HOT Mini...

*Shuffles off to get a mop*

yes true and fair enough I appreciate what you are saying but most of those scratches happen during the washing of the vehicle as most people use cheap crappy stuff they actually think is fine (no say you do) they also the applying of wax/polish to vehicles.

My paint job is $14,000 dollars worth (160 hours in body prep) not that I paid him no where near that much so I do hope it will look good years down the track with the proper paint care. Gotta love the Brazilian wax

Mine will be very similar to your driving just on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon (stereotype)

I wash mine with a chamois Enka-fill brand, the orange ones, use Mothers car wash, have a chamois for washing the car, 1 for drying the car, 1 for cleaning the wheels, i for drying the wheels, 1 for the engine bay, 1 for drying the engine bay, and one for the interior.........

Overboard a bit, but like u say thats where a lot of scratches come from, polishing is all done by hand and thats another overboard job as well!!!!!!

CLEANLINESS

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Nothing can be overboard when you are talking about trying to maximise you paint life and look. I will be doing a very similar thing with mine

Very Good to hear!!! Next u will be contemplating buying one of those CarCoons!!! The inflatable bubble that u park ur car in and allow de-humidified air to filter through into it. I know i certainly was until i found out it was $1k........

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lol..... the only different thing i will be doing is using nice soft clothes most of the time in place of a chamios as they do atcually remove wax from cars.....strange but true

Really?? That will be a pain trying to dry a car with cloths?? Will need a stack of dry ones ay???

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yeah i kept a heap when i sold my car detailing business so i am lucky not tthat chamios are all bad

I replace the chamois's on a decent basis tho, even tho the car dosnt get washed that often! Sits in the shed under wraps!!! Specially at the momment with this bloody rain and just general unpredictable weather!!!!

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i'd like to know wat color that is... my leyland clubby is going in for paint soonish... and i would like my mini the same color as my lancer... close to that is there a tech name for it or just metallic silver

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1972 Mini Clubman 1100 cc
1972 Mini Clubman 1100 cc
2005 VZ SV6 Commodore

well its close to pure silver, the way i matched it was to get a shade darker than my wheels so its sort of a custom colour. as the same as the white roof.