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    new paint - wet sand polish ?

    My car was repainted It's got a noticeable orange peel I'm planning to wet sand it , and polish I do not own a polisher , and I'm planning to get one, I'm not sure a DA polisher will help much after wet sanding ... altough a lot safer, if I get a rotary , I have an old jeep cherokee...
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    Lower grill in aluminum ?

    I have replaced the lower grill with aluminum ... it is now in two pieces as I did it with leftovers from a friend that installed this on his black Jetta, if i decide to keep it I'll buy the big piece so it is not splitted in the middle. I wanted to try it on my car ... I think it looks...
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    turbo vs. turbo ...

    This morning a Stratus RT passed me a few times while driving to work, we got to the entrance of a 3 lane road a the same time, the guy was looking at me thru his mirror and took of, I was in 2nd gear already, hitted 6000, third gear, passed him easy... shifted to fourth and easied on the gas as...
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    Wax Wizard contact info

    Found this thread in the SEAT forum, it has waxwizard contact info, maybe of interest to people in the UK: http://www.seatcars.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=6760
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    Detailing student flunked

    I had a friend visiting today so we can detail his car, the car was washed, clayed, AIO, SG, trim detailed, tires dressed, windows cleaned, interior vaccumed, inside plastics dressed ... the whole works. I stopped him a couple of times when he rubbed dirt from the bottom of the door on the...
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    Klasse SG==emperor's cloths but real

    Saturday SG was stripped of my Leon reapplied once and still saw some hazing on the sun ... Today applied a second coath, thiner, like I'm not putting anything, altough I did put a couple of drops of SG on the applicatior for each panel ... after 30 minutes there was a little cloudiness...
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    Autopian wife !!

    Over here (Guadalajara) there are people on the malls, restaurants, or near any big parking lot offering car washes for about $2 (free scratches and swirls included). My wife's car got sprayed with dirty water and got offered a car wash at a restaurant, she refused and replied to the guy "My...
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    MF towels - how long do they last ?

    The ones I got a couple of months ago are loosing their plushness and I think their water absorbing capability. After using them I wash them by hand with Dawn , wringe and air dry them ... probably twice a week ... I might try machine dawn wash and dryer (low heat) ... I'll buy some more...
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    Got my Klasse !

    It is so long since I ordered that i forgot it was the kit with applicators ... guess what I'll be doing the next few days ... ;) OK time to read the Klasse application threads ...
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    Blitz topper over BF

    Well... I have decided that I want to try Klasse ... but.... while it gets here I got my Blitz and it is now 2x over BF. I can't say it looks any better than BFPP freshly applied. A few observations: Used a foam applicator, dead easy to get a light even coat. I found it nice that it...
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    Guess i'll shop somewhere else

    I ordered a can of OG Blitz Wax from autosupermart.com and they sent me an email asking me to send a good quality photo copy of my credit card... LOL ... sure! what else? a copy of my SSN and birth certificate maybe? I've doing e-shopping for years now and this is the first time someone asks...
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    Tell a nice story about PAC

    How bad does it get ? I'm getting a little frustrated trying to detail my two daily drivers, because some or all the following reasons: 1. I wash them and I'm sure caused lots of the scratches I'm just recently noticing 2. Washing needs to be done frequently, tree sap and dust are a real...
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    Digital Camera Purchase?

    I'm trying to apply the thinest coat of BF as possible, so far I tried a MF applicator, but I found it too big and takes a bunch of product before the applicator is soaked enough. A foam applicator worked well much faster than the MF applicator, it is also smaller, but again it need to get...
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    Cheap Wax

    I hope this not like a turtle wax question... :rolleyes: but if it is just say so and I'll give it away ... I got some AmWay car wash, but I'm not really sure what should I be looking for, my cars was a breeze to dry after washing it with it, easier than if i just used water, car got...
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    First Detail of the Year: Mitsubishi Galant (lots of pics)

    new car (2 months old Seat Leon) new paint protectant new to this level of detailing .... so far results are awesome waiting on my MF towels to arrive looking into getting some black again for rubber and tire dressing ... little editing to the image ...
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