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Old 05-17-08, 08:46 PM
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Default First detail of the summer

Detailed my car today. I worked on it from 1040 am till 415 pm. here are some pics.
products used,
Meguiars gold class car wash
Meguiars Deep Crystal paint cleaner
Meguairs deep crystal paint polish
meguiars ultimate quik detailer
NXT 2.0 wax
Orbital buffer
hot rims chrome wheel cleaner
nxt insane shine

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Tomorrows project, My truck!
Old 05-17-08, 08:58 PM
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crisp- beautifly done
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i'm waiting on my PC7424 and once that comes swirls be gone!
Old 05-17-08, 09:26 PM
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wow. i need to detail my car.
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open the hood, trunk, doors and get the edges I always miss there. I can see the rubbing compounds present in your picutres. but other then that looks awesome. you should try clay bar before the paint cleaner on your truck. you wont be disappointed.
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Tomorrows project, forget the truck and buy a toothbrush for your left over wax. You're gonna have hours of detail in the hood, trunk, sunroof, and doors. Wax left everywhere in the cracks. It's even on the rear tails.

The paint looks very good.
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Are these swirl marks still? Which orbital buffer were you using if I may ask?
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your paint and body is a helluva lot better than mine; looks great.
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SC30096 & OLT

I kinda forgot about those things :P but hey its the first one of the summer. My first Full 100% detail will come when i get the PC7424

eyezack87 Yes those are some of them. I have some pretty nasty ones on the hood too. Definatly need to get them taken care of soon. I also have some deeper ones on the sides too. and a couple of door dings . effing highschool parking lot.
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sexy.... thats what i like to see
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Looks really good! I've got some pretty bad swirlmarks too, but I'm hoping to take care of that this summer. Now if I can just get my car looking like that!
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Originally Posted by durtysc300
SC30096 & OLT

I kinda forgot about those things :P but hey its the first one of the summer. My first Full 100% detail will come when i get the PC7424

eyezack87 Yes those are some of them. I have some pretty nasty ones on the hood too. Definatly need to get them taken care of soon. I also have some deeper ones on the sides too. and a couple of door dings . effing highschool parking lot.
try using meguiars scratchx for the minor swirls and door scuffs it works suprisingly well. it may require 2 or 3 applications though and some elbow grease. how many times do you detail a year? haha I only do it once in the summer and it usually last me the whole year.
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thats how it should be done! im about to do mine too, just cant wait to spend 8 hours detailing my car
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Nicely done man!


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