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    Octy Blues

    This octy had some problems with scratches and watermarks. Condition on the three horizontal panels (bonnet, roof n boot) was quite bad with all the watermark etchings. This three areas therefore received closer attention compared to other side panels from my rotary: 1) Powergloss n...
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    SLK detail with CG's

    This classy ride from the 3 pointed star came with some light swirls on the body and slightly more on the bumpers. There were also some light watermarks that were etched on the horizontal panels that required more attention. The process: 1) Wash n Clay 2) Rotary wif orange Pad n IP on...
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    Refreshing a Lancer

    This detail is on a 2 & half yrs old Mitsubishi lancer. When i got it, it looked kinda "tired" in the sense that the bright Mit Black paintwork looks slightly dull and there were scratches all over. Those near the door handles were even deeper and makes me wonder abt the owner's fingernails...
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    Too much wetsanding??

    Need help here, is anyone here experienced with wetsanding? My car was scratched some time ago and I used touch up paint to fill the scratch before wetsanding after alowing it to dry for a few days. I used meg's unigrit 2500 paper and 3000 grit sanding block for this work (soaked overnight)...
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    PC7424 heating up??

    Hello everyone, I just purchased a PC7424 with some 6"pads and 4" ones from WG. While using the 4" pads with optimum compound yesterday, I felt the PC heating up. I was working on my side door at speed 2 to 3. My guess is that i might have used too much strength trying to make sure that the...
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    PC heating up?

    Hi guys, I was using my PC7424 with the 4" orange foam pad with Optimum compound to remove wetsanding haze today when i noticed the PC starts to heat up after about 10mins of working at speed 2 to 3 on my side doors. Question is, why? when I changed to the 6" pads, i noticed the heat...
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    advice for long and deep scratch

    hello, My car got scratched by a loser across 4 panels on the right side with a sharp pointed object about 2 mths ago. Certain parts of the scratch did not reach the bare metal but quite a significant length hit the metal. :hairpull Going for a total respray was an option which i...
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    Newbie's greetings to all

    Hi guys!! This is Tian Hong here from Singapore :grinno: My ride is a black 03 Mit Colt and my search for answers on solving my car's scratch brought me here. I must say that i have been enlighten somewhat after reading David's detailing guide. Hope to learn more from everyone here...
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