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    External trim restoration

    To throw a real wild card out there, try teak oil, £4 for a liter or half a liter...results are amazing and lasts very well...im on the same bottle that I bought about 2 years ago...on the weekend, I put two layers on my Mk3 Golf which was near enough white!! They were so bad! But they look like...
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    cleaning and protecting rear arches?

    To clean the fronts and rears are similar, use a good APC with a medium bristle brush, rinse off, if there are any tar spots (etc) that havent come off, then you can use something like Iron X or the like to help break them down and again, rinse off. To seal the plastic arches, you can use...
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    Tyre Dressing

    One I have tried recently and have really enjoyed and will continue to use is the Gyeon Tire Gel...leaves a perfect satin finish that I like and lasts longer than most previous tire shines that I have used... And with it being gel type consistancy, a little goes a LONG way!
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    Your Top 5 Detailing Products/Tools

    Top 5 of mine in no particular order... Gyeon Wetcoat - AMAZING results with VERY little effort...simply spray onto a wet car a panel at a time, and it will seal the paintwork for around 6 weeks GTechniq Serum Light and Exo V3 combo - Awesome durability, amazing shine, water repellancy is...
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    Sonax BSD Mixes

    Will be interested in seeing all your results...but out of cuirosity, why do you feel you need to mix BSD? BSD/Bouncers sounds like a good mix though! Im with @jassyo06 though, C2v3 and Gyeon Cure are hard to beat!
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    Keep Leather Matt Looking

    In my experience of detailing, personally I have always used Megs APC and a cloth...the amount of crud that comes off the seat is unbelieveable! This in itself, is more than enough to give the seat the original matt appearance and how I left my leather seats...its lasted around 3-4 years now and...
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    Go to Detailing Shop ?

    I tend to use cleanyourcar or elitecarcare...havent used cleanyourcar in a good while now but I like that they offer a loyalty scheme. Elite car care are not too far up the road and its convenient for me to just pop up there and use them...Alex the owner is a nice guy and I like doing business...
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    Detailing/cleaning brand new s3

    From my experience, a new car will always need to be detailed...I have been detailing for years now, and just because a car is new, doesnt mean its already not showing signs of swirling...dont forget, dealers etc would have washed the car for you already in their preperation to get it ready for...
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    My mind is made up.....No more wax......

    Strange...I have heard of this happening but never happened to me because the use of ceramics...on a previous car, I used to get this issue with Sonax Brilliant Shine with the spotting in the paint...swapped spray detail and its not happened since, that wasnt ceramic coated either!
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    My mind is made up.....No more wax......

    Thats strange, in all my years of using ceramics, I have never had that issue...either on my cars or others! What brand did you use?
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    My mind is made up.....No more wax......

    As already pointed out, theres alot of myths and urban legands surrounding ceramics etc I started using ceramics around 4-5 years back and all I ever recommend now are them...my favourite brands are Gtechniq and Gyeon...havent tried much else as I get on so well with these...all of our cars are...
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    Fusso Coat on top of CQuartz

    Ceramic coatings are a difficult one...im a MASSIVE fan of Gyeon MOHS and Gtechniq Serum Light/Exo/C1 etc Everytime I have applied any of those, I have managed to get around 2 years out of a single application...even after the two years, it still still beading very well and repelling the dirt...