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Thread Author: Lygonos	Replies: 28

New Fri 11 Feb 11 20:47   Amazing detailing skillz - Lygonos

Remember the guy with the insane attention to detail and his Vauxhalls/Ford Focus. Here's the domestic outcome... www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=38692 Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Feb 11 20:50   Amazing detailing skillz - Focusless

Amazing. Bet his wife doesn't know whether to laugh or cry :) (assuming he has one?) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Feb 11 20:52   Amazing detailing skillz - Bellboy

he needs to get a life wife (insert which one you think fits best) Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Feb 11 21:16   Amazing detailing skillz - Iffy

...he needs to get a life wife... The threads more than three year's old, so he might have both by now. Reply to this message | Report message

New Fri 11 Feb 11 22:06   Amazing detailing skillz - Ted

What was that thing ? Ted Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 09:55   Amazing detailing skillz - DP

I don't know whether to be jealous or appalled that someone can have so much time on their hands ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:12   Amazing detailing skillz - Lygonos

Just looked up that "Swissvax Mystery Wax" - appears to be about £400 per pot. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:13   Amazing detailing skillz - bathtub tom

>>What was that thing ? Dunno. Ask Pat? ;>) Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:27   Amazing detailing skillz - Fenlander

He wants to take care he doesn't get Dyson fever. We started with one and currently have five plus one for spares... but there's always room for another if the local tip have a bargain. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:35   Amazing detailing skillz - Fenlander

On a slightly different detail subject have a look at this forum thread with brilliant images of an early 1970s Audi 100GL. I gather it has just changed hands for around £10,000 and it looks as new. Mr F senior had one of that colour/model in 1973 and it was the car he had when I passed my test. Probably the first modern big FWD car after the previous RWD trad British cars we'd had before. It was superbly built, fast, brilliant FWD handling, powerful brakes, roomy and very economical with a sporty feeling engine. Tying in with the cassette thread it was the first vehicle I'd been in with a dealet fitted FM radio/cassette. www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23358 Scroll right to the bottom for the as-finished images..... stunning. Last edited by: Fenlander on Sat 12 Feb 11 at 10:35 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:58   Amazing detailing skillz - Zero

I really really like those Audi 100's Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:57   Amazing detailing skillz - Fursty Ferret

>> He wants to take care he doesn't get Dyson fever. We started with one and >> currently have five plus one for spares... but there's always room for another if the >> local tip have a bargain. >> Pah. I have one Numatic "Henry" which I have no doubt will outlive me. Last edited by: Alfa Floor on Sat 12 Feb 11 at 10:57 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 10:59   Amazing detailing skillz - Iffy

...Pah. I have one Numatic "Henry" which I have no doubt will outlive me... Pah Pah. I have two Numatic Henrys which I have no doubt will outlive me. One in Iffy Towers and one in the caravan. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 11:17   Amazing detailing skillz - -

Chah to the lot of you. We have 2 Oreck upright vacuums and a wet and dry wash vac made by someone else though i don't know where it's kept so can't tell you what make. The Oreck's are super light and good at the job, don't want SWM getting too muscled up do i. :-) She can't see this, she's in the kitchen where tea is under way. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 11:30   Amazing detailing skillz - Fenlander

>>>Pah. I have one Numatic "Henry" which I have no doubt will outlive me. But what do you polish at the weekends then? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 11:39   Amazing detailing skillz - Iffy

...But what do you polish at the weekends then?... Henry's black hat is shiny and comes up quite well, but the rest of him is made of dull plastic. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 12:04   Amazing detailing skillz - Fenlander

I think Jimmy Carr said who thought of putting a face on something that sucks. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 12:39   Amazing detailing skillz - Bellboy

im still shocked that a detailer uses back to black its so 1980's Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 17:50   Amazing detailing skillz - Ted

Poo to the lot of you ! We have a cylinder vac upstairs, an upright 'oover downstairs. An upright Vax in storage in the garage. A cylinder, still boxed, in the garage. A Henry for workshop use and a hand Dirt Devil in the caravan ( in leafy South Manchester ) Chucked a Dyson before Christmas. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 17:54   Amazing detailing skillz - Iffy

...Chucked a Dyson before Christmas... The few Dysons I have seen in use have all been very noisy. Henrys are whisper quiet in comparison, which is one of the reasons hotels like 'em. Another is the long cord, hose, and tubes, which give a very long reach from the plug - handy for lengthy hotel corridors. Last edited by: Iffy on Sat 12 Feb 11 at 17:55 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 17:57   Amazing detailing skillz - Bellboy

henries are indeed good but wickes own copy were only £40 notes last year so i bought another one so im £60 up............ Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 14:06   Amazing detailing skillz - CGNorwich

I have two Numatic Henrys We have a red Henry and a nice pink Henrietta. We are setting up a breeding program so as to be self sufficient in vacuum cleaners. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 14:55   Amazing detailing skillz - BiggerBadderDave

"I have two Numatic Henrys" Are they like Hooray Henrys? Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 14:57   Amazing detailing skillz - Zero

We have Noo Noo at home. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 15:24   Amazing detailing skillz - henry k

>> "I have two Numatic Henrys" >> >> Are they like Hooray Henrys? >> There is only one Henry in my house. He uses a Sebo which has superb details. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 15:39   Amazing detailing skillz - -

I've used the upmarket spec Oreck just now, the headlight could be better so will try to get an HiD kit for it later, the base model doesn't have a lamp so doesn't do lighter duties...boom boom. Due to pile shift and the shape of the roller beater underneath, it tends to drift to the left, is there anything i could do to compensate for this drifting..in silent mode, switched off, it steers straight as a die. Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 16:27   Amazing detailing skillz - CGNorwich

'is there anything i could do to compensate for this drifting." Not really - perhaps you should be thinking of modding something like this with contra rotating brushes which should negate the effect Terrific spec too - might not do the domestic axminster much good though. tinyurl.com/4v7qjej Last edited by: CGNorwich on Sat 12 Feb 11 at 16:29 Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 17:18   Amazing detailing skillz - Bellboy

suggest strip beasty down, grease all nipples, lube all bendy bits and try another test drive ........................good luck post back results if you need further help Reply to this message | Report message

New Sat 12 Feb 11 23:27   Amazing detailing skillz - -

Cor flip me you lot is as barmy as a box o' frogs. I'll consider those suggestions, much obliged for them me learned fiends, will inspect the aforesaid drifting Oreck and report back in due gorse. Reply to this message | Report message