haggis Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 can anyone recommend anyone who does narrowboat polishing? I occasionally see a guy who does it being mentioned on FB but trying to find anything there is impossible 🙂 I wash kelpie a couple of times a year but she is needing a polish to help protect her paint and although we have an electric polisher on board I think we have only used it once - himself always has more interesting things to do 🙂. Anyone know anyone who does boat polishing in marinas? haggis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 I'm disappointed. I thought you might DIY! It was always one of the most satisfying jobs we did on Naughty-Cal 😀 Looking forward to getting the machine polisher on the van in a couple of weeks. It somehow symbolises the start of the year and the start of some proper "cruising " for us. (Be that by water or road) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 I would normally have done it myself but I have had three operations on my right eye this year so far with at least one more to come so apart from not being able to see all that well, I am supposed to avoid doing anything strenuous. Not sure where boat washing and polishing fits in with that :-). In a few weeks time we are going down to the boat on the Wednesday to get our BSS on the Thursday then we will be staying in the marina till Sunday as we are driving to a relatives anniversary do on the Saturday. Having shore power it seems a good opportunity to give kelpie a face lift but then common sense stepped in 🙂 haggis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Nah. Get it done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldlimey Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Hi, Where are you based? We had ours professionally done once, took the guys 2 days. Oddly enough I was thinking of asking them again as I have had 3 eye surgeries since October and am waiting on my 4th. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 13 minutes ago, baldlimey said: Hi, Where are you based? We had ours professionally done once, took the guys 2 days. Oddly enough I was thinking of asking them again as I have had 3 eye surgeries since October and am waiting on my 4th. Pete We are at Park Farm marina at the top of the Trent and mersey. Who did yours ? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldlimey Posted March 26, 2022 Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 It was actually a guy called Stephen Causon who is a car detailer, I have just dropped him an email to see if he would be interested in doing mine in Nottingham. I've asked him if it is OK if I pass his email on to you. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Thank you although Nottingham is perhaps a bit far for him to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 All fixed now! The ad appeared on FB again this morning and I was able to make contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 I polish my boat about once every 25 years, whether it needs it or not. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, MtB said: I polish my boat about once every 25 years, whether it needs it or not. Iain has much the same view but I like my car and boat to look good! Does that put me into the shiny boat brigade ? 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, haggis said: Iain has much the same view but I like my car and boat to look good! Does that put me into the shiny boat brigade ? 🙂 I had to get my car washed on Thursday as C insisted it should be clean when we visit her mother today. It's now covered in dust from the road down to the marina so a complete waste if time and money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 But it would look good for a while! When you say "had to get my car washed " does this mean you don't do it yourself ? When my activities were greatly reduced because of my eye problem one of the things which really bugged me was my dirty car. I am allowed to do a bit more now and my car is shining in the sun this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 26 minutes ago, haggis said: But it would look good for a while! When you say "had to get my car washed " does this mean you don't do it yourself ? When my activities were greatly reduced because of my eye problem one of the things which really bugged me was my dirty car. I am allowed to do a bit more now and my car is shining in the sun this morning I run my van through a car wash every so often as it needs to look smart and professional when I arrive as a customer's house. More recently I've taken to washing it with a broom and a large tub of water as it seems actually quicker than the car wash, especially if there is a queue of a car or two in front. But polish it? Life's too short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 I don't polish the car either I get them treated with Diamond Bright when they are new and a quick wash and they are all shiny again 😃. I went to a car wash once and it wouldn't work as my car was too wide. Never went back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, haggis said: But it would look good for a while! When you say "had to get my car washed " does this mean you don't do it yourself ? Absolutely not. When the local chaps charge £5 for wash and go why would I DIY? 😎 It looked good for 24hrs until I drove down to the dustbowl that is Ringstead 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanA Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Might be worth trying any local mobile car valeting people. They usually have the buffing machines etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 Just now, jonathanA said: Might be worth trying any local mobile car valeting people. They usually have the buffing machines etc. Thanks, Jonathan, I have it all sorted now. 21 minutes ago, Loddon said: Absolutely not. When the local chaps charge £5 for wash and go why would I DIY? 😎 It looked good for 24hrs until I drove down to the dustbowl that is Ringstead 😱 The local chaps probably use pressure washers which I wouldn't have anywhere near my car 🙂 . I use a long handled brush which goes round with the force of the water and which has a bit you put the car shampoo in. Then a hose with clean water. Job done in about 10 minutes. and I haven't spent £5 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 4 hours ago, haggis said: All fixed now! The ad appeared on FB again this morning and I was able to make contact. @haggis Who was the advert for? Might help others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, haggis said: Thanks, Jonathan, I have it all sorted now. The local chaps probably use pressure washers which I wouldn't have anywhere near my car 🙂 . I use a long handled brush which goes round with the force of the water and which has a bit you put the car shampoo in. Then a hose with clean water. Job done in about 10 minutes. and I haven't spent £5 🙂 Yes they do but from a distance for rinsing, not real close up. Plus a pre wash and then a foam wash. For me £5 is worth it 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Loddon said: Yes they do but from a distance for rinsing, not real close up. Plus a pre wash and then a foam wash. For me £5 is worth it 😁 Who runs these places now? It always used to be Eastern European casual labour, employed by small-time drugs money launderers. Or so I was told. I have just cleaned my car windows, inside and out, and hoovered (well, Henry'd) the inside. No point in washing or polishing the paintwork, given that rain is on its way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said: that rain is on its way. Snow for Wednesday (North of Hull) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said: Snow for Wednesday (North of Hull) Not on this side of the Pennines. A light snowfall tends can take quite a lot of muck off a car parked outside, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Trackman Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 26/03/2022 at 17:57, baldlimey said: It was actually a guy called Stephen Causon who is a car detailer, I have just dropped him an email to see if he would be interested in doing mine in Nottingham. I've asked him if it is OK if I pass his email on to you. Pete We might be interested too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 The guy coming to polish Kelpie is Jordan Fiels and I found him on FB in the Friendly Narrowboat and Waterways group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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