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catswhiskers

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New member here from across the pond in Nottingham England. I keep reading on various forums the merits of Meguires, Zainos, and other such excellent polishes.

We dont seem to have them over here, unless they're sold under different names.

I'm keen to remove, polish out (or whatever you can recommend) the inevitable swirl marks and bring my paintwork up to maximum gloss and reflectiveness.

Your input would be appreciated.

Photo of my car enclosed.

Thanks everyone,



Cheers, Mick
 

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:welcome to Autopia catswhiskers!



Beautiful auto you got there. I can only barely see some evidence of swirling on the passanger front bumper area... If they are indeed swirls.



There are many polishes discussed here. I would recommend some of the 3M products or Meguiars pro line products, but I don't know what you have available to you there.
 
catswhiskers said:
New member here from across the pond in Nottingham England. I keep reading on various forums the merits of Meguires, Zainos, and other such excellent polishes.

We dont seem to have them over here, unless they're sold under different names.
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:brit :welcome :brit Mick,



Well some are available here, PM me for a couple of sources (just in case I get my knuckles wrapped for advertising), but we should create a thread we can point people at listing the products available in the UK.



One of the problems you will come across is that although it would appear that some products are available here, some of them can have a different formulation.



If you decide to order products from outside the UK, beware of carriage and customs costs! Its a bit annoying that quite a few of the manufacturers don't have UK distributors (although I know a man who probably would be happy to if some of us got together to create a demand and make it worth his while)
 
Meguiars distributors in the UK



Flying Colours (Smart Repairs) Ltd.

Grosvenor House/Hollingswood Rd. Central Park

Telford TF2 9TW

Derrick Roberts

Phone: +44-1952292901

Fax: +44-1952292902

Email: [email protected]



Meguiar's UK Ltd.

URL: http://www.meguiars.co.uk

14 Cottesbrooke Park

Heartlands, Daventry

Northamptonshire

England

NN11 5YL

Stephen King

Phone: 44-1327-314-893

Fax: 44-1327-300116

Email: [email protected]



Here is a link for 3M products in the UK. You may want to contact them to find a distributor in your area. Click Here!



Hope this helps! :usa
 
:brit Welcome, Mick! Gorgeous car! And glad you found Autopia. Get ready for a serious case of brain-overload. :D



You'll find there are a surprising (to me, at least) number of UK Autopians. Seems to me that you all might want to start a thread in the Hot Tub forum to find each other.



BTW, butchdave, there's no problem at all in giving folks the names/URLs of vendors. Only problem about the "advertising prohibition" is that one can't promote/advertise a product in which s/he has a personal interest. You'll find lots of threads where folks share info on good vendors. So fire away. :up
 
Lynn said:
BTW, butchdave, there's no problem at all in giving folks the names/URLs of vendors. Only problem about the "advertising prohibition" is that one can't promote/advertise a product in which s/he has a personal interest. You'll find lots of threads where folks share info on good vendors. So fire away. :up
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Thanks Lynn! :up



OK, first step PM Alex Creasey. He has a detailing supply business in the UK and he is importing some (eg Clearkote) products from the US (but PM for the full product list). For example he is selling P21S including delivery for less than I can buy P100 here.



Here are some other links, but aside from the 3M one I have no personal experience with any of them yet



Car Lack/ Klasse Car Lack (who supposedly make Klasse) claim that the product they sell is very close in formulation to AIO - but theres no SG (please feel free to refer to the acronyms ). No UK distributor



dftowel reckons he supplies MF towels into the UK - I haven't found anyone will to do the same with PakShak towels yet (you can PM them).



Einzett - another German company without a UK distributor - but cheaper than importing from the US! You should be able to find some products reviews



Grojet Another German company without a UK distributor! They do an AIO type product and claim the English version of the site will be up soon.



Dr Wack products



Another Meguiars distributor



Zainos European distributor - you guessed it - in Germany!



Another Meguiars distributor - but with a bigger range than you can get from Meguiars UK!



Don't forget the 3M link that Splichy gave - but their distributor list seems several years out of date - 4 out of 5 of my local ones weren't even there anymore!
 
well thats certainly given me some homework to get on with. Thanks everyone for your kind welcome and useful information.

I suppose the hard work starts now.



Cheers, Mick



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And if you keep reading about people going on and on about Simple Green for engine cleaning then try their UK site



No automotive products listed yet - maybe we should email them ;)
 
Blitz www.frost.co.uk great wax and glaze. DIY is good plastic cleaner



303 www.wwc.co.uk/



Eagle One http://www.valvolineeurope.com/eagleone/english/index.html includes the recommended 20:20 glass cleaner



Plexus available in various shops including Demon Tweeks. Also http://www.justpaintball.co.uk/acatalog/Mask_Accessories.html and http://www.diyplas.co.uk/diy.nsf/frameset?openform&body=http://www.diyplas.co.uk/fixings.html



3M www.3m.co.uk Great clay and polish – almost all motor factors



Meguiar's www.meguiars.co.uk Pro range is the best. Nice foam pads.



Gummi Phledge (BMW dealerships)



Dr OK Wack www.iauto.co.uk Best shampoo in UK wheel and glass cleaners are superb



S100 most Harley Davidson dealers



Zaino http://www.viper-lifestyle.de/indexengl.html http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc



Wurth http://www.wurth.co.uk/start.html lots of great reviews from Autopia



Farecla http://www.farecla.com/ professional line of polishes



Sonax http://www.sonax.de/sonax-e/index_d.html

SCHULP Marketing Ltd 01798 344888 [email protected]

Also from Vauxhall dealers



Einszett http://www.einszett.de/ Europe only



Clearkote & P21S wax http://www.demomedia.co.uk/sp/



Not forgetting Autoglym www.autoglym.co.uk nice line in the pro range.



Steven
 
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