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9hrs swirl removal and Zaino.

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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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i spent about 5-6 hours.i first went with menzerna power gloss with a lc yellow pad then to intensive polish w/lc orange pad and finally to fpII with a lc white pad.finally some pinnacle xmt glaze and then poorboys natty,s blue.power gloss is pretty aggresive only use that if you have bad swirls,i would use ip for minor swirls followed by fpII.yes 95% of the swirls and scratches came out and next spring ill do it one more time to get the rest out.but you really have to look hard to see them now.this is a reflection of after being done(all 3 steps with no glaze or wax yet).the whole car looks like this now.


That looks amazing...i love the feeling of personal pride and knowing that my car is 95% swirl free. I will check into the menzerna products...are you using their polishing pads also or are you using lake pads?
 
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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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Thats a long time.!!
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 02:45 AM
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Thats a long time.!!
but well worth it man...i got so many complements driving today to campus...
 
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 08:27 AM
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im using lake country pads.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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so, when applying the zaino do you use back and forth or circles?
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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great job!!! way to rep the OB
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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so, when applying the zaino do you use back and forth or circles?
back and forth...it helps reduce the chances of swirls and makes the ability to reflect more light...its ont he tips sect on zaino's site..
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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great job!!! way to rep the OB
Just making sure that OB dont get the reputation of being high maintenece. OB will always look the greatest when its nice and clean.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 07:17 PM
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back and forth...it helps reduce the chances of swirls and makes the ability to reflect more light...its ont he tips sect on zaino's site..
thanks man! I used to be a car detailer, and we ALWAYS did it in swirls, wax on, wax off kinda thing, so this is good to know! I have to do a huge clean up on my ride, I just cleaned, clayed and waxed it this past week, but I don't have my own orbiter!! So my wax job is meh.. I plan on picking up the same thing you have there, 7424 thing. thanks again man!
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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thanks man! I used to be a car detailer, and we ALWAYS did it in swirls, wax on, wax off kinda thing, so this is good to know! I have to do a huge clean up on my ride, I just cleaned, clayed and waxed it this past week, but I don't have my own orbiter!! So my wax job is meh.. I plan on picking up the same thing you have there, 7424 thing. thanks again man!
good luck on it...and its the portercable 7424 you can look around i think you can get one for 109 +shipping
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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wow! so shiny. after fix my G I will do this!
 
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 08:42 PM
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how bad was the car before?
BTW it does look amazing.
 
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