Originally Posted by Detailed Image

I'm thrilled to hear the paint came out so well. Those pictures look great and I'm sure it looks even better in person. A good detail really helps make the paint pop again! The Klasse AIO is a great choice for the clear bra, should help with light surface imperfections. To get it perfect you may have to eventually remove the clear bra and polish the paint underneath it, but that is just a guess.

Keep up the great work and I look forward to hearing from you again!

Greg @ DI

Originally Posted by Mo07G35s

Greg, I just bought a used 07 g35. It was in pretty decent shape, so I did some work on it with the products I got from you guys (you helped me on the acura forums) and used the m205 with the PC on the hood, then some poorboy's Ex sealant/wax on the hood, and then the Optimum GPS AIO on the rest of the car. I am pretty happy with the results for now. My issue now is the wheels. It looks like they were painted black in the past and now a lot of the paint has wore off. It actually looks neat from a distance, kind of hyperblack, but looks like **** up close. Any suggestions? (i tried simple chrome polish, but didn't make a dent)

Thanks

Originally Posted by QuickYuppie

Hey Greg - I'm a big fan of the DI detailing guide and the products you carry. I have a big paint issue now, though, that I can't seem to figure out....I have detailed my OB G35 once (sometimes twice) a year for the past 4-5 years using my PC. But the last two times I have detailed, my paint has looked very bad in some spots, especially the hood and one of the rear pillars. I have what looks like very bad fading and scratching in these areas, and I can't figure out if I have not cut deep enough with the polish, or if I have gone too deep, and there is little or no clear coat left. As your guides and postings recommended, I have always started with a light cutting polish to test, then moved to heavier cutting polish and pads with several passes as necessary. The picture below shows the condition of my hood after 1 pass of Power Gloss with a yellow pad, several passes of Megs M105 on an orange then Surbuf pads, then Intensive Polish, and NanoFinish....and it looks terrible after a couple of days.

I know it is supposed to be difficult to take off the clear coat with the PC random orbital, but is it possible that the hood has been polished too many times, with too many passes with Power Gloss and SIP?

This last picture shows my rear pillar, which besides being faded also looks like it has some etching that I have not been able to remove. Do you think this paint can be saved?

Thanks
Joe

Originally Posted by V's G

Hi Greg, so I took care of my other car (I didn't take any pictures) and it turned out great. I ended up putting 2 coats of sealant on this one which I realize I should have done on the first 2 cars I did.

But now, I am working on my sister's pickup truck. It's always been parked outside and it's a 2004. Plus, it's white and shows everything. I am only in the cleaning stage right now and the fine grade clay bar is not picking up everything. I'll try to take some pics when I'm home, but there's some funky brown dots all over the hood and roof or any other body part that is parallel to the ground. There's also tree sap or some other stuff that I have no idea what it is. What's the best way to tackle this? Do I first get as much as I can with the clay bar that I have and then order a more course clay bar to hit it again? I hate having to break up work over a week or two waiting for materials!

Thanks

Originally Posted by junon

is it safe to use one of those powerball style attachments to buff off wheel wax? My wheels have 11 spokes and were a real PITA to tackle with elbow grease. My wheels have a matte finish and I use an appropriate matte finish wheel wax.

Originally Posted by albert3029

Hey, my roof is wrap in vinyl and while it was at the body shop it got covered with overspray and water spots. I was pretty pissed off and made the shop send it out to get the entire got detailed to remove the overspray, for some reason they only removed the overspray on half of the roof. They realized that it was vinyl and were afraid to finish the rest in fear they would ruin it.
I've tried some meguires polish compound on the side that still has the water spots & over spray with no luck. I have a PC but haven't gotten around to using it, any suggestions??

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Originally Posted by Mo07G35s

Here are pics of the wheels. I tried some wheel cleaner and a wheel brush with no luck. I also tried some chrome polish.

Am i going to have to sand and get some wheel clear coat or sealant? I have never tried wheel "correction" before.

Thanks

Originally Posted by V's G

Hi Greg

I am having difficulty removing hardened tree sap off of a car. It's pretty thick and has probably been there for quite some time. I tried the clay bar which helped just a tiny bit, but about 90% of the original sap is still there. Do you have any tips to get this off?

Thanks
Vince

Originally Posted by ME GUSTA

thank god for thread subscriptions. just got the new post email for this thread and reminded me I need more wax and polish.

time to surf detailed images site again.

and does anybody use glaze/sealant or whatever that thing is that people put besides just wax and polish? i know there's glaze, but I'm not sure if it's even worth applying unless there's a decent difference.