Turtle wax: It works

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Turtle wax: It works

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well today i had the afternoon off so seeing as it is a beautiful day i thought i would give the beast a good old polish with red turtle wax and well judge yourselves guys it awesome stuff but a tad expensive!

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more red than ever!
1991 Citroen BX 16v - Red
1991 Citroen BX 16v - Silver
1992 Citroen BX 16v - White
1989 Peugeot 205 MI16 - Miami Blue
2002 Peugeot 406 est. HDI110 exec - Dark Blue
2006 Citroen C6 2.7HDi Exclusive - Storm Grey

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Post by Hurricane »

That's well nice, we found cherry blossom shoe polish works very well to.
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Post by Philip Chidlow »

Excellent. I found the red tinted polish worked extremely well on my fading Visa.
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Post by MULLEY »

Very nice, but whats up with the front fog lights, they look a bit small to me?
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Post by Wooscary »

I need to clean my car!

That looks great.
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Lovely car (shame about the badges lol) 8)
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Post by Rich »

Nice one, looks great... Did you use a machine or elbow gease?
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Post by Defender110 »

If you used white turtlte polish would it come out white?? :lol:
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Post by Rich »

Ah... cheap respray! Good thinking :wink:
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Post by Leobx16v »

Rich wrote:Nice one, looks great... Did you use a machine or elbow gease?

well im a mechanic but we also do valeting and i find theres nothing like a bit of good old fashioned elbow grease to bring the colour out of a car and i think machine leave to many swirls on the paintwork :P
1991 Citroen BX 16v - Red
1991 Citroen BX 16v - Silver
1992 Citroen BX 16v - White
1989 Peugeot 205 MI16 - Miami Blue
2002 Peugeot 406 est. HDI110 exec - Dark Blue
2006 Citroen C6 2.7HDi Exclusive - Storm Grey

Scrapped:
G650PGX 1989 ph.2 red BX 16v
G-VOT 1989 ph.1 White BX 16v
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you missed a bit! :roll:
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