With it being such nice weather I thought I'd give the Freely a bit of a wash and brush up. Washed her yesterday and left her to dry out overnight in the garage. Then polished her today, so no pulling water out of crevices with the polish cloth. Quite pleased with the results!

Great results , nice colour too .

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2007 FL2 TD4 GS (The wifes , gone after 8 great years)
2012 FL2 SD4 SPORT LE(Gone and missing it)
2015 DISCOVERY SPORT 2.2SD4 HSE (Now gone)
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Car looks lovely and a very nice colour but I think letting it dry in the garage is not the thing to do.

Looks superb and the silver bits stand out well in that colour.

Agree with the not 'letting it dry in the garage' comment..... not good! FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

It's not left to dry in the garage. It is dried with a microfibre towel but as we all know, when you go to polish there are little pockets of water in various crevices that get pulled out by the polish cloth. Leving it overnight these pockets drain away so you're polishing a dry car.

Good man, it just wasn't clear in your original post.

Bet it really sparkles in the sunlight.  FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

rather pull water out of gaps, than polish in dust that has settled overnight

Last time i did a full on detail, i washed it the day before, totally clean no tar or anything, then left it over night washed it again and taped up the gaps to prevent dirt been puilled out by the machine polisher

the other week, i got my blower attachment on the petrol strimmer and blew off all the water  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Great result. I like this color

npinks wrote:

rather pull water out of gaps, than polish in dust that has settled overnight

Unless your garage is within nasa's clean rooms then you do too  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Looks great fantastic colour.

I use this trick after washing my car, take it for a short spin around the block, ideally where corners are involved and you can get above 40mph, blows all the water out the holes and then just dry again with Microfibre.

Ready to polish up same day then . . . .  Freelander 2 LE Sport - Largo Grey
Nissan 350Z
Toyota MR2 Roadster

Sold - Alfa GTV 3.0 V6 - missed dearly

I did that the other week, fast rural road nearby, was a little exuberant and ended up washing the front again as it was covered in flies

What polish are you using?

Greased Lightning Showroom Shine