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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » September 12th, 2021, 12:06 am

https://youtu.be/AMX12aGxL0c video of the coating up guys. Roughly half hour. Recorded in portrait.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » September 17th, 2021, 8:31 pm

https://youtu.be/uT1Q_fjSI2k latest video. Badly scratched Audi A4. Buffed, polished then waxed. Took 6 hours. Pic is before. The only thing I do in editing is stitch the clips together. How the car looks on video is literally how it looks in real life.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » September 26th, 2021, 11:42 pm

Mk4 supra may be up for sale in the near future. Will be detailed by me when it's ready for sale.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby triniboi49 » September 29th, 2021, 9:28 pm

What’s the avg cost to ceramic coat a car?

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Postby FineToothDetailing » September 29th, 2021, 9:36 pm

I've done as low as 1500 and as high as 3500. Really depends on the situation. I try to do things on a case by case basis.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » October 6th, 2021, 11:48 pm

https://youtu.be/XlpGB7L3PK0
Music video of a 2 stage correction. BMW GT. Paint was badly etched due to sun and rain with no maintenance. Spent five and a half hours on the paint.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » October 8th, 2021, 7:57 pm

Oh my firetruck gawd!!!!!!
This is amazing work ( guy in the us )
Wetsanded from 1000 grit then each increment to 3000 grit. Compounded twice, polished twice, waxed.
Mentioned 1 scratch he couldn't get out. ( Probably the sand paper edge )
Ok so this is my goal for the next 5 months.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » October 9th, 2021, 2:34 pm

The funny looking stuff is plain water. What happened is water spots ontop of a ceramic coating. Coating may have failed as well, as nothing came off as easy as it should. Those responsible for the coating application said that they can't remove water spots. ..... Which makes no sense imo..........Anyways..... cleaned it up n fixed water spots.

Ensure that the installer of the coating is capable of maintaining the coating if anything like this should happen guys. Coatings can still get water spots no matter the quality.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » October 14th, 2021, 1:40 pm

2 stage correction and a wax. Sadly no before pictures. Was really focused on getting the job started.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » October 25th, 2021, 6:51 pm

S20 plus back up!!!!
Enjoy the vid! 2 stage Correction on Grand Cherokee!
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby worksux101 » November 13th, 2021, 7:46 pm

Looking for a good car wash in chaguanas.
Done ceramic coats both in and out recently so not that level of detail, just somewhere that uses proper products (I've used carpro from new) and won't leave swirl marks etc on my paint.
Any suggestions?

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby FineToothDetailing » December 1st, 2021, 10:16 am

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Episode one!!!!
1934 Citroen detail.
I'm hunting for more unique cars to do.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby kamakazi » December 17th, 2021, 3:30 pm

For those that use turtle wax products...I believe Laughlin and de Gannes have a 15% of sale store wide.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby aaron17 » December 25th, 2021, 4:52 pm

Ohhhh

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby king p11 » April 22nd, 2022, 10:09 am

Good morning who has the best autoglym prices at the moment.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby carluva » April 22nd, 2022, 11:58 am

I have only seen a few places selling Autoglym.

Garage Fresh, Carplus and Tune up Shop.

All prices seem about the same at those places. Carplus had a large array of products last time I checked. But the other two have the more commonly used products - shampoos, polishes, wax and dressing.

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Postby king p11 » April 22nd, 2022, 4:08 pm

carluva wrote:I have only seen a few places selling Autoglym.

Garage Fresh, Carplus and Tune up Shop.

All prices seem about the same at those places. Carplus had a large array of products last time I checked. But the other two have the more commonly used products - shampoos, polishes, wax and dressing.



Ok thanks

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The Official Car Care Thread

Postby nick639v2 » April 23rd, 2022, 1:17 pm

Did my first black detail last weekend. Came out exceptional!

Nerta diamond
Adam’s megafoam
Turtle wax 1 and done
Carpro reflect


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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

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Also did a jeep last month. More or less the same products.. I will never let the firm do their quick polish before delivery again, tons of swirls and marring

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby carluva » April 23rd, 2022, 2:54 pm

That black looks like onyx.

You need to apply a coating (carnauba wax or a synthetic wax). If you don't, all your hard work will be all for naught in a few weeks.

The paint is good but you need the protection of the coating to preserve that finish.
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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby david12 » April 23rd, 2022, 2:55 pm

Woah, both look good man!

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby nick639v2 » April 23rd, 2022, 3:28 pm

carluva wrote:That black looks like onyx.

You need to apply a coating (carnauba wax or a synthetic wax). If you don't, all your hard work will be all for naught in a few weeks.

The paint is good but you need the protection of the coating to preserve that finish.


Yup i did apply a coating afterwards.

I honestly doubted myself to handle the Nissan soft black paint as my first try but I gt.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby carluva » April 23rd, 2022, 4:03 pm

Thank goodness you did... What coating if you don't mind?
nick639v2 wrote:
carluva wrote:That black looks like onyx.

You need to apply a coating (carnauba wax or a synthetic wax). If you don't, all your hard work will be all for naught in a few weeks.

The paint is good but you need the protection of the coating to preserve that finish.


Yup i did apply a coating afterwards.

I honestly doubted myself to handle the Nissan soft black paint as my first try but I gt.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby nick639v2 » April 24th, 2022, 8:32 am

Adam’s graphene ceramic. Got a bottle for free.. was thinking of the igl or car pro. But free is better lol

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby NR8 » July 13th, 2022, 11:46 am

Anybody knows where I can get Chemical Guys Headlight Restorer locally?

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Postby david12 » July 13th, 2022, 5:18 pm

NR8 wrote:Anybody knows where I can get Chemical Guys Headlight Restorer locally?

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You check Garage Fresh? They supposed to be carrying Chemical Guys.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby NR8 » July 14th, 2022, 9:38 am

david12 wrote:
NR8 wrote:Anybody knows where I can get Chemical Guys Headlight Restorer locally?

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You check Garage Fresh? They supposed to be carrying Chemical Guys.

Thanks much. Didn't see it on their website. Ended up ordering it online.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby nick639v2 » July 16th, 2022, 9:12 am

How’s the rain treating you guys?? Keeping up with maintenance washes? New coat of wax or coating on your windshields?

Although we’re carded for more rain I still try to keep up with the weekly or bimonthly washes here. Even if it’s a ph neutral foam and spray off after. Nerta active diamond keeps the undercarriage clean as well

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby NR8 » July 21st, 2022, 9:17 am

Guys what's the most cost effective iron remover on the local market? Only product I'm finding right now is the Meguiar's Iron Decon 1 gallon which blows my budget.

Planning to do a couple full details soon. I've already got Megs M105 compound, Autoglym SRP and Megs NXT Tech Wax. Just bought Megs Hybrid Ceramic liquid wax to try out (already got the spray version which works a treat) hoping it helps with the current rains. One of the vehicles is white though, not sure if the SRP would give a good result or if there's a better polish available locally for it. This vehicle has heavy contamination hence the request for iron remover.

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Re: The Official Car Care Thread

Postby Alpha_2nr » July 28th, 2022, 2:37 pm

NR8 wrote:Guys what's the most cost effective iron remover on the local market? Only product I'm finding right now is the Meguiar's Iron Decon 1 gallon which blows my budget.

Planning to do a couple full details soon. I've already got Megs M105 compound, Autoglym SRP and Megs NXT Tech Wax. Just bought Megs Hybrid Ceramic liquid wax to try out (already got the spray version which works a treat) hoping it helps with the current rains. One of the vehicles is white though, not sure if the SRP would give a good result or if there's a better polish available locally for it. This vehicle has heavy contamination hence the request for iron remover.


Some thoughts:

- Remember to use the least aggressive method to get the job done. Clear coat does not regenerate (neither does single stage).

- Are you working by hand or machine? DA or Rotary?

- M105 can finish okay (mild haze) on all but softer paints, but is a fairly aggressive compound IME. Don't know what car or level of defects you're working on, but a test spot is your friend. MF pads may have a higher chance of hazing....but again, it depends on the paint (test spot!).

- Are you using a follow-up after compounding?

- Are you using SRP then NXT 2.0? That may be slightly redundant IMO.
SRP has mild fillers and incorporates an LSP (aka wax or sealant). Topping SRP with NXT may up potentially affecting how NXT "adheres" to the paint (in my experience, I tried NXT over AG UDS some years ago, wasn't happy). Consider AG EGP over the SRP instead, since that's what its designed for. I got around 2-3 months durability with SRP/EGP. Had I used AG RD or AW I could have boosted that.

- I use CarPro Iron X. ZMMA had it at the time (I believe they are the agents).
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