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I now a lot of car owners just love mollycoddling their machines - sprays for this, cloths for that and so on.

So before you fall for the latest hype on coatings, ceramic or graphite or just plain old wax, before you spend, (or waste) your hard earned, you might find this BBC Sounds podcast an interesting listen.

Now where's my bucket and Fairy Liquid.....
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Importland said:
With respect, I wouldn't look to the BBC as a trusted source to tell what day of the week it is, let along whether particular car products are worthwhile.
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Hmm, that's a very pessemistic view of our national broadcaster although I accept that all countries and their broadcasters have certain 'directions' to what and how they say things.

Maybe if you listened to this and other podcasts by the same person and the folks he has to help him review the different aspects of these things, you might take a different view. I mean, do you think that all of the different people involved in the podcast are biased - maybe you do?

For me I'd rather use the opinions of broadcasters like this chap ( and his guests) than the blurb created by marketeers whose purpose is to convince you of the merits of what ever it is they are selling in order for you to part with your money.
 
Any other car detailers amongst us? I've about 10 year experience, others do it for a job?
If so, hold fire, and maybe listen to the BBC to tell you instead.
 
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Importland said:
Any other car detailers amongst us? I've about 10 year experience, others do it for a job?
If so, hold fire, and maybe listen to the BBC to tell you instead.
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Detailing my van was what kept me sane through the lockdowns. (It was one thing I could control I guess)
I like to think I got pretty good too.
I reckon that products are quite a bit of hype, much like anything it'll be down to quality and quantity of chemicals versus marketing hype.
Fusso waxes and meguire coatings for instance versus Tesco own-brand only a fool couldn't tell the difference in use.

And the BBC? Nah, wouldn't ever trust em!
 
I like the BBC - they gave us Strictly.

The owner of this site was a detailer, I think…there is a whole section devoted to it, Detailing Central.

Detailing Central

Do you have a passion for a clean wagon? Fancy sharing your hints, tips and product recommendations, then add them here. We all love to learn new ways to get a great shine.
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The asylum seekers who wash my car have put the fee up to £15….£15 tax free.
 
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I wouldn't call myself a 'detailer' but I do like to keep my cars in as good a condition as I can.
The recommendations I have seen have generally been good and from brands that have been around for some time so must be doing something right or are masters of pulling the wool over our eyes
I go for mid-range products but will also pick up some in Aldi or Lidl for a few quid.
The Aldi/Lidl shampoo and snow foam isn't as good as Bilt Hamber or Autoglym but it is also less than half the price but does still do an OK job.

As for the BBC. I trust more than pretty much any other news source but not for detailing advice :D
They are held to high standards.
When people say 'trust' do they really mean disagree with what they are reporting?

Without getting too political, do people find GB 'news' more trustworthy. In these days where people believe any old rubbish they read on the internet, a news organisation that is regulated with many layers of scrutiny through various committees is unusual.

I'm not sure what the phenomenon is called but it appears the more information is available to people, the lazier they get at actually checking facts. I've been looking at the growing 'flat earth' believers which given the vast amounts of scientific, peer reviewed data, is hard to fathom.

Same goes for anti-vaxxers
 
MarkT said:
The problem with that view is the proponent typically goes on to recommend a completely biased, completely untrustworthy alternative... 😭
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My own experience. And if I can't trust myself, who can I trust. As Geoff Tate sang in Queensrÿche's Revolution Calling 'I used to trust the media to tell me the truth, tell us the truth, but now I've seen the payoffs everywhere I look, who do you trust when everyone's a crook?:-)
 
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The 'media' is not one thing but it does appear to have been oversimplified to weaponise for a large section of the general public who have bought into it as a single entity who cannot be trusted. Obviously this has been taken to the extreme in the US.
Sow distrust in the media to control the narrative was one of the first steps from the Nazi playbook from the 1930's and clearly still be used today.

People still have to look at what the sources are, the agenda of the organisation, where does their funding come from etc but it appears people can't be bothered as it is much easier to remain in an echo chamber re-inforcing any beliefs.

It is a very lazy excuse to blame 'the media' as they are only half the equation.
 
There is so much deep fake content on the net now that I tend not to believe anything I see. Take for instance the amount of garbage posted about comet 3I/Atlas, even to the extent of faked well respected physicists telling us the aliens are coming.
 
AnthonyUK said:
As for the BBC. I trust more than pretty much any other news source
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Fair play, at least you're in the minority
yougov.co.uk

Who do Britons trust to tell the truth? | YouGov

Most Britons trust doctors, scientists, teachers and judges, but Reform UK voters have significantly less trust in most institutions
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Mind you, 42% of people actually trust the BBC??! Surely that must only be their vast workforce who voted yay

I'm glad that my job is in one of the ones above the BBC in the trust table. Heck, if people trusted me less than the BBC, I don't know what I'd do
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I think that poll must be old though, as, not venturing it politics, but Starmer has 33% trusting him!!
 
Seemed there were few options for detailing vehicles years ago. Wash it with fairy liquid, polish with Tcut, wax with Turtle Wax. All done by hand using a hosepipe, bucket, rags and maybe a sponge.

I seldom wash vehicles now, might take it to the automatic or hand car wash occasionally. I'm more into detailing the boat these days.

The waxing stage is a whole lot easier than it used to be using modern waxes but I'm not sure the results are as long lasting or good. They almost seem too easy and I'm left thinking the layer of wax that's left on must be a lot thinner than with the olf Turtle Wax. Except I've found the ceramic coating stuff I put on the boat (because apparently normal waxes aren't suited for the marine environment but ceramic coatings are) really do seem to last.
 
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