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Old 12-30-2009, 06:29 PM
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My OB also has some nasty swirs

After doing this, how long or how many washes does it endure before it gets all swirly again??
 
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My OB also has some nasty swirs

After doing this, how long or how many washes does it endure before it gets all swirly again??
If you properly wash/dry the car, it should never get too swirly and you'll only need to do minor paint corrections.
 
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Originally Posted by cpufreak3
If you properly wash/dry the car, it should never get too swirly and you'll only need to do minor paint corrections.
Nice!
 
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I have never seen paint that bad man, totally turned it around!
 
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Great work OP

BO FTMFW!

Love the way my G37 looks when I detail it
 
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Update:

2 Months later.

Water still beads. I love this sealant!






Doing the interior this weekend!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Black Acc
Update:

2 Months later.

Water still beads. I love this sealant!






Doing the interior this weekend!!!


Berry nice! cant wait to get mine done
 
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is that the one in colonial dr?? next to the uhaul?
 
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WOW! Great job! My car is in need of a serious wax/buff/polish but im affraid ill mess the paint up. looks great adn it looks like you took your time to get the great results. looks like my *** is going to spend some time learning how to do this. thanks for the inspiration.
 
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Envious!
 
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this thread really makes me want to buy a package from detailed image...

considering this:

http://www.detailedimage.com/DI-Pack...dro-Pads-P425/

do you remember how much you paid all in for your pads/polishes? my paint isn't as bad as yours but it's starting to show some swirls in direct sunlight..
 
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Thank you for checking out www.DetailedImage.com. I like the kit you linked, if you want to save some money this kit may suit your needs better:

DI Packages Porter Cable 7424XP, Meguiar's Polishes and Hydro Pads Basic Kit
 
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Nice...man i wish i had the time to detail my car
 
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The car came out great but my honest opinion is that you did NOT need to go as aggressive as you did. Menzerna Power Gloss is a pretty aggressive compound, especially to then follow it up with IP and then Final Polish, that's a LOT of polishing. With detailing it's ALWAYS best to start with the least aggressive method first and work your way up as needed. I've been detailing for some time now and if I was doing this car, I would have went with a LC Orange pad DI pads are solid too) and SIP and then followed it up with 106ff if needed. The less cutting into the clear the better assuming what you're doing is working. Plus this will save you a lot of extra time too. Here's an example of a 350Z I detailed that I think was even worse than your G https://g35driver.com/forums/care-de...d-up-350z.html all I used was sip and 106ff and the finish was FLAWLESS. So again, not that you did a bad job because the car does look great, I just think you could have gotten the same great results with a much less aggressive route which in the long run will be better for your paint.
 
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