Turtle wax ice

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shedrool83
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:22 pm

Bought this last week and i used it on the cab with good results.
Did the 4 door with it a few days ago(pics taken today) and i wont be going back to meguairs.
Anyone else using ice ?

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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:29 pm

looks like good stuff, nice work lookin very shiney :D
i use autogleam untral deep shine witch is good, always brings it back up nice
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:39 pm

Dont know what the autogylm stuff cost but this cost £12.50 from halfords and came with applicator sponge and fibre cloth and judging by the amount i have use you will get well over ten polishes from the 473ml bottle.

I think it a really good value for money polish and you can go over everything with it.
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:42 pm

i've used zymol alot but i do like the look of this!
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:45 pm

The initial finish it gives seems to be pretty good, But what's it's durability like?

It's certainly an interesting looking product.
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:46 pm

the auto gleam is £12 for 500ml on its own
so that ice sounds like good stuff, might give it a go when i run out lol :D
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:54 pm

d6dph wrote:The initial finish it gives seems to be pretty good, But what's it's durability like?

It's certainly an interesting looking product.
Will have to wait and see about the durability side of it Dave but it was done on Monday and its been raining everyday since.The car hasnt moved since it was done thou except a 5min run to the shops and back.
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Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:15 pm

i seen this advertised on DAVE or something and ever since ive been meaning to buy some. the end results look good :cool:
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Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:56 am

An alternative to the Ice is the Autoglym aqua wax. It retails about the same price and works well. You can really smell the carnuba wax in it.
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:48 pm

Ive brought this product going to use it on my convertible hen i get time to wash it which hasn't been for the last god knows how many week so it'l need a good wash n wax see what the results will come out.
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:01 pm

interestingly the autoexpress review is the only poor review i've seen of the meguires gold class.

a product i bought on hype alone, but was amazingly dissapointed by. smells nice, easy to apply, utter pain to buff off, looks ok, lasts about 5 mins. tried it on several different cars and it's never given a reult i've been happy with.
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:28 pm

Just gave mines a second coat of ice
Crap picture but i think its shinier that the first time.
I left in for 15mins before buffing this time rather than the 5mins it says on the bottle.

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for best best results with wax i would start with insulator wax 845 last up to a year and is detergant proof. then top off a couple of hours later with a finishing wax. my mate uses dodo juice purple haze. and im usiing chemical guys express carnuba wax.

i wouldnt touch auto glym or turtle wax as there just crap halfrauds jobies. meguirs gold class wax is ok but and absolute pain to get off and is not very durable.

but make sure before you wax you use a sealant. im currently using chemical guy m-seal and chemicals guys jetseal 109. ive heard some really good results also from poorboys exp
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Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:00 pm

I used turtle wax ice today gave off quite a bit of a shine but i want to give it another coat jus to give it that extra bit as you do tend to miss a few spots.


chrisdovey1 read through yours sounds like you put alot off effort in to your detailing on your car have you got any pictures?
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Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:47 am

lol well it isnt a bmw but here goes
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Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:49 am

anyone know what my car is?
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Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:01 am

these are all good sealants

http://www.cleanandshiny.co.uk/index.ph ... oductId=15
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/ ... d_181.html
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/ ... od_26.html

then for durability use this
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/colli ... d_208.html

then for top coat a couple of hours later use one of these. they are all colour charged, so they bring different finishes/ different effects to different colour paints

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/wax/dodo- ... at_59.html
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i dont know if you know these sites but these are the onces i get my chemicals from
www.cleanyourcar.co.uk
www.cleanandshiny.co.uk
www.elitecarcare.co.uk/
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Sun Oct 05, 2008 12:21 pm

It's a Jetta Chris, beautifully prepped too by the looks of it. Just one thing - how did you find your way onto an E30 forum?
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chrisdovey1 wrote:anyone know what my car is?
Almost everyone on here will know what your car is dude :)
Very smart looking aswell 8)
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Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:46 pm

lol cheers.

im on here cos im breaking my mates e30 touring
and a couple of month ago my mate sourced the parts the the person off of here to put an m50 into his e30 cab
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Chris gets everywhere...
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:12 pm

what you on here for paul lol.


i may be on here permernantly, cos ive just been given a e30 convertible 2.5 for free lol
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Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:52 am

chrisdovey1 wrote:
i wouldnt touch auto glym or turtle wax as there just crap halfrauds jobies. meguirs gold class wax is ok but and absolute pain to get off and is not very durable.
What a load of bollox. Never used the turtle wax product but I only ever use auto glym and for the money, it's god value. The auto Glym extra gloss protection lasts ages on my daily drives and the ultra deep shine definately makes a difference especially on dark colours.
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Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:49 pm

yes it may make a differncve but not as much as the products i stated and it does last anywhere near as long
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Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:01 pm

I used to use Autoglym SRP and then the gold finish stuff and was always impressed with the results but I found the white dust a pain in the bum....I now use Bilt Hamber autobalm and I'm very impressed.
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