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    DP Preimum Paint Protection Shield

    HAs anyone used this. I got my bottle this week, and prob one of the first UK detailers to get the DP bottle...its part of my winter prep and am hoping to use this sunday coming... any comments would be helpful TIA Iain
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    WTB W7006, W8006 and W9006

    I have a friend flying out to Florida at the weekend, and he has very kindly offered me the opportunity to have an order sent to the hotel, and he will bring it back for me. He's staying at: Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 Where's the best place to buy the Megs W series pads and have...
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    out of the pink AND INTO THE RED

    For those of you that have had the pleasure of visiting DF homeland you will know about my fondness for a red car ;) Here's today's detail on arrival:
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    FinerDetails takes on Big and Small

    Following a recent cry of help I loaded the Altea up with everything needed and did a rare trip out to help undertake a couple of details. The trips down a a bit of a traffic nightmare, but next morning the weather was all clear and looked good to get on and detail. Then just as I was all set...
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    Born 1983, de-swirled 2006!

    Paul contacted me some time ago, we also met to have a discussion about his car and what i could do to bring it back to the condition he wanted. The car is a 1983 VW Golf Gti MK1, a total show car, used for meets, shows and nothing else....:eek: He's paul getting stuck in with the foam...
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    spit shining CG with Pinnacle Crystal mist!

    Dan popped over today, bringing his three year old LCR for a de-swirl and renovation. he has owned the car for a while, and has suspicions it had a hard life with its previous owner..... We started out with the usual array of arrival pictures..... We started out by rinsing off...
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    swirled, hologrammed, resprayed, does it get any worse?

    Tim took time out from his usual Tuesday activities yesterday to bring the other half’s Audi TT along for some serious paint work treatment. The car is a 2004 model (so I was already prepared for a long day as these models seem to be carrying harder than normal jackets). To further challenge...
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    little red riding hood gets all wet

    Big Syd came over today with his wife's Tigra. The car has only covered 1500 miles, but Syd felt it lacked any real depth and shine, and the dealer had provided free of charge minor swirls on purchase too:o here's the minor swirls, the pic was hard to capture... So with Syd's...
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    17 year old MB Cosworth

    This was one very seriously under rated detail. The paint put up such a fight, it could well push BMW CC for its money!:doublesho I started the detail at 10am and finished at 5pm. First the car was rinsed off with the Karcher, then while Poorboys APC soaked in arches and on alloys I washed...
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    my new purpose bought wheels

    My detailing is pretty 'full on' there days so I decided it was time to invest in some wheels to help me improve and take my detailing to the next 'mobile' level. Moving to using sample size bottles for all my 'brews' means this purchase is spot on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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    mate used a scouring pad to remove weld shears

    A mate gave me a shout a few weeks ago. Could I pop over and help with his cars? A Renault Grand Scenic and a BMW 330D M Sport. Yeah I said why not. Then I asked what he had in mind having already agreed :wall: The wagon needs a full interior clean, and a once over, the Beemer needs some...
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    de-swirling hard VAG Ebony Black Paint

    I thought so! This one nearly drove me to the edge tho! The met balck are far more forgiving than the solids! Mal came to Rochdale today, bringing his Black LCR for the FinerDetails treatment. Here's the car on arrival: Mal had booked in to have a blemish on the bonnet removed and...
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    Had some playtime

    I've got some quite demanding details coming up in the near future so spent some time this morning before work trying some new combo's and techniques. I can't say too much as to what was used, and how, but here are the pics of the car hood afterwards: the reflections the flake...
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    Sample Bottles

    fed up with balancing various bottles around the place, and trying to hold everything at once, you know the score, I invested in some sample bottles to transfer all my polishes, glazes, AIO's, and sealants into. Two pics, first the line up, then with the PC so you can gauge size. This should...
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    hurts me to post this!

    Sometimes you get a detail where the owner has specific requests to improve the car'sappearance in order to sell. On a small budget, and extremely tight time frame (this was done before I went to work one morning this week), you have to improve the appearance of a car as best you can. The...
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    An eight stage detail paint?

    Thanks to Steve for taking the day off work and making the trip North (even if he did over estimate the time needed to trvael and was sat in Tescos cafe from 6am having breakfast:D ). Here's the Leon on arrival: Whilst the car appeared to holding a fairly decent shine, the swirls...
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    FinerDetails takes on the Germans!

    Dave had already been to see me regarding his BMW, he had been using a local valeting company, who, judging by the car's presentation wasn't really much further advanced than a 'splash n dash' mobile van.... Here's the car on arrival: some close up worries: roof: boot...
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    flake popping wet looking deep reflective cake and eat it!

    Earpy took time out yest to make a trip up from Derbyshire to Rochdale. His Ibiza had minor surface swirls and also quite a few scratches. The demand was for flake popping paint, with a really deep reflection and wet look. Talk about cake and eating it! lol here's the on arrival shots...
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    SEAT Leon, red paint, and Souveran.... mmmmmmm!

    Chris booked in following a demo I did for him, here's the TDi FR on arrival: Chris likes to drive his car, and it had covered 800 miles the week just gone. After washing using the two bucket method I clayed the car using the foam gun for lub. Next up was the 4 inch light cutting...
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    Its 100% plastic - tastic!

    Its not everyone that gets to drive round in plastic panels...and when they are covered in minor/medium swirls the black paint just doesn't catch your eye one bit. Damean contacted me via the Meguiars forum and asked about getting his Roadster de-swirled. Needless to say he was a little...
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