Hi everyone,
First I'd like to say that your everyday advice on car washing and detailing has been invaluable (cotton towels, 2 bucket method, etc.). Without it and living in an apartment complex like I do, my car would look much worse than it does. Not that it looks horrible to the layperson, but sometimes I can't bear to look at it in direct sunlight!
Anyway, the point of my message. My car, a black pearl 2000 Civic Si, has a lot of swirl marks from a dealer "detailing" (after I asked them not to, but that's another story) plus has some scratches from inconsiderate neighbors as well as water spots. I have about 3 coats of Z5 and 2 of Z2 on there, but it's not cutting it anymore. I had considered, after readimg many of the posts on here, using 3M stuff (PI or FI) to remove the swirls et. al. The problem is that I don't have the facilities (a garage) or the equipment (rotary buffer) to do this in a timely manner. From what I've read on here, doing the job by hand application takes an extremely long time to get results similar to those of a machine application. Add to that the time needed for a decent Zaino application and you have a very daunting task. Honestly, I can't wait for the day when I can buy a house with a nice garage for detailing!
I was wondering if there's anybody on here from the Atlanta area who would be willing to help me remove these swirls etc. from my car. If you charge for your services, that's no problem. If you'd help out for the pure love of detailing, that's cool too!
Lunch is on me. Alternatively, if anyone knows of an actual detail shop that would do a good job and not charge me out the @$#! for it, that would work too.
Thanks a bunch everyone and I hope someone will be able to help me out even more.
Bo
First I'd like to say that your everyday advice on car washing and detailing has been invaluable (cotton towels, 2 bucket method, etc.). Without it and living in an apartment complex like I do, my car would look much worse than it does. Not that it looks horrible to the layperson, but sometimes I can't bear to look at it in direct sunlight!
Anyway, the point of my message. My car, a black pearl 2000 Civic Si, has a lot of swirl marks from a dealer "detailing" (after I asked them not to, but that's another story) plus has some scratches from inconsiderate neighbors as well as water spots. I have about 3 coats of Z5 and 2 of Z2 on there, but it's not cutting it anymore. I had considered, after readimg many of the posts on here, using 3M stuff (PI or FI) to remove the swirls et. al. The problem is that I don't have the facilities (a garage) or the equipment (rotary buffer) to do this in a timely manner. From what I've read on here, doing the job by hand application takes an extremely long time to get results similar to those of a machine application. Add to that the time needed for a decent Zaino application and you have a very daunting task. Honestly, I can't wait for the day when I can buy a house with a nice garage for detailing!
I was wondering if there's anybody on here from the Atlanta area who would be willing to help me remove these swirls etc. from my car. If you charge for your services, that's no problem. If you'd help out for the pure love of detailing, that's cool too!
Lunch is on me. Alternatively, if anyone knows of an actual detail shop that would do a good job and not charge me out the @$#! for it, that would work too.Thanks a bunch everyone and I hope someone will be able to help me out even more.
Bo
