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    [Video] Water Behaviour on Different States of Paintwork

    YouTube - Water Behaviour on Different States of Paintwork This video shows different patterns of water repellency on three states of paintwork: 1st state: Levelled paintwork with wax. This panel has least exposure to environmental attacks such as UV rays and acid rain. The paint has been...
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    Wet Shine Detailing: Honda (swirl)City in Nighthawk black

    Hey guys, so this is a detail for an ’06 Honda City in nighthawk black. It has been in an accident and resprayed in a few areas and there were some colour mismatches as well as other minor damage in other areas. So the whole car was resprayed and Honda kindly provided free buffer marks service...
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    Getting black PERFECT

    what are your combos to getting black absolutely perfect (no fillers from waxes to help:chuckle:) is it possible with a rotary? or better to finish off with a DA:waxing: let's hear your process/opinions!
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    Black Mitsubishi AirtrekT (18 hours of machine polishing)

    Hello everyone, the car today is a Mitsubishi Airtrek Turbo in metallic black, with the colour of the flakes similar to Honda’s Nighthawk black. Here is the car upon arrival. The swirls were more evident after a wash and clay. Wheel wells and tires...
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    Black Toyota Vios

    I have about 9 hours for this car, and have to correct the paint as best as I could in that time. Process as follow: Cleaning • Clean wheel face, tire and wheel well with Meguiar’s All Purpose Cleaner • Pre-wash soak with Meguiar’s Hyper Wash • Rinse at...
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    Nissan Skyline GT-R 34 Metallic Black

    The car is a Nissan Skyline GT-R 34 in metallic black. The original plan was just to give it a one-step polish and then straight to wax. However when the owner brought it in, he realized of the horrendous scratches after I switched on the halogens. The scratches weren’t there before and he...
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    Menzerna 106FF vs Optimum Polish.

    Are these products identical in any way?. both when not used with a finishing pad, will still finish down nicely. both is very very well lubricated to prevent dry buffing. I'd like to hear your thoughts on both these products when compared to each other. thanks
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    FK Pink on a Red Honda Odyssey

    *warning long post ahead* This MPV belongs to my uncle and was polished with M80 via ROB about a year back, it was the first car that doesn’t belong to me that I ever detailed. I've learned a bit more about detailing since then. So it’s back again for me to do a proper job on it. It is a...
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    Audi A4 Mauritius Blue

    The car is a Mauritius Blue Audi A4, when the car came in at night, it was IMMACULATE, the back of the wheels were clean, the paintwork, SPOT ON! No swirls, the paintwork has been sanded to remove orange by a renowned detailer here in Malaysia about 11 months ago. Nothing but perfect...
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    Jaguar XK8 and 3 days...(56k..absolutely not)

    Hello everyone, today I am to detail a car to prepare it for my good friend’s wedding day. This car is a year 2000 Jaguar XK8 with metallic red paint. When the car came in, it was obvious that the paint was really letting it down, lots of defects like swirls and mainly RDS caused by cat claws...
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    Is this premature clearcoat failure?

    I'm in the middle of correcting this car and I'm not sure what this is. If it is premature clearcoat failure, how should I go about handling it? will appreciate your comments!! thank you
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    Simple detail on a light blue(met) Honda City

    Anyway here’s a write-up for a quick detail on a Honda City Metallic light blue in colour. Enjoy! When the car came in, the owner pointed the main problem that needed to be resolved, tar. The newly tarred road splashed lots of tar, hitting mainly the front bumper and the whole of the...
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    Optimum Polish, correct usage? (pix inside)

    Hi guys, I recently got hold of a bottle of Optimum Polish. I have been using Meguiar's line of polish(M83,M80,M82) before this, and the Optimum Polish does not behave like any of them at all. 1) Do you first put a few pea-sized drops of polish on the pad(so little compared to a line of...
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    Nissan 350z Solid Black

    Hello, a few days back I had the greatest opportunity to detail a Nissan 350Z. The owner takes care of it and washes it himself. Car is parked indoors most of the time, so the condition shouldn’t be that bad. Or so I thought!. There were horrible buffer marks on the roof and some type of...
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    Pressure Washer + Degreaser = Clean wheel wells?

    hi there, firstly many thanks to the forummers on autopia and the pros here that give good advice to help newbies like me out, appreciate them. I was looking into getting a pressure washer to get wheel wells 100% clean. I have Meguiar's Super Degreaser and a brush, still, the dirtiest...
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