Detailing Thread [For Newbies][continued]

[Ritch_04]

to prevent adding more swirls, practice proper washing technique. (purchase a good quality washmitt adn use the 2 bucket system with gritguards) for drying the car, do not use a rubber chamois, try using a good quality towel. check out microtex products

For protection, you may apply a sealant or a wax or both

good luck and enjoy!

First comes prevention before the cure

First as Watusi have mentioned, first learn how to wash the car properly without inducing new swirls and then after that a good option would be to fill the swirls and just wait for it to accumulate before you have it corrected.

Get the FF for washing the car

1. Microtex Washmitt and 1 Cheap Ace hardware washmitt for lower parts
2. California Gold Shampoo is good so is NXT Shampoo but if you want cheaper alternatives you can also get Microtex Shampoo i think its just 150
3. Microtex Chamois or Elite, don't use rubber chamois, other drying towels can also be used like Mothers and Meguiars Drying towel but i find that Microtex Absorbs more although its a lot more expensive.
4. 2 buckets

Optional items available OTC

1. Tire Black - Get the creme and water based ones like Microtex Tire Black or Red Carpet Tire Cream from BB
2. Wax - Moms Step 3, Megs NXT, Megs Gold Class, Microtex Nano Glos and TW Platinum is good.

Thanks bro watusi and ms. madkatz. Definitely I will get myself those washing materials
Ms. Madkatz, since there are already swirls, how will I be able to correct them, as I read NanoGlos has filling properties, would this help in hiding the swirls and spiderwebs? How many coats should I apply and curing time? After NanoGlos ano ang magandang kasunod? Sorry for asking too many questions...

Thanks so much again!!!

[jed_015]

There's always a next time

As with the Silver paint, Silver paints just require better paint preparation to make the paint stand out more but yes its still achievable

Functionality-wise i would say NXT and Sapphire because of NXT's Hydrophobic Technology

But if you're after filling i would give it to Microtex Nano Glos and then Sapphire, Nano Glos' fillers last longer and fill better than NXT and even Step 2 so it would fill more once used before Sapphire.

so ma'm ang step is NXT then Sapphire?or Sapphire then NXT? or sagad sagadan na..NANO GLOS+SAPPHIRE+NXT?? Kintab ang habol ko naman ngayun ma'm..solve na ako sa protection ng Sapphire..

nakakaaddict ang detailing..seryoso..hehe

[Chikselog]

Great job! i think you're the one my BF told me did a spectacular job using SwirlX by hand and finished it out like you used a PC. Great job! Not everyone gets great results with SwirlX via hand application and some even have a hard time finishing with it.

Hala, di pala madali gamitin ang SwirlX? Mam can you share kung paano po ang tamang way ng pag-apply nito? I'm about to buy this soon po kasi and I'm applying it by hand. Thanks.

Hahaha i just learned what it is, give us some feed back regarding the results and try to post pictures, at first it would seem that it might flatten the Collinite's beading but wait for a few more days and it'll be back, its just that the sealant needs time to cure and breath more, also my BF told me to ask you a favor, Can you do one section 915 first and then followed by the Meds69 hahaha thats really funny, and then one panel Meds69 first then 915?

he wants to check which combination would last longer.

I agree with this. Kahapon ng umaga kala ko talaga natanggal ko yung pinatong kong 476 pero nung pauwi na ako pansin ko may beading na ulit ng konti.

I'll just observe na lang in the coming days. I'm not 100% sure yet if natanggal ko talaga yung coating ko ng 476. Sobrang mabilisang application lang kasi yung 476. 30 minutes whole car na!

[bombitmd]

Congrats on the new house! Does it have a huge garage? Hahaha you thinking what im thinking? Next Detail EB?

It's a townhouse lang, pero spacious 2-car garage. As much as gusto ko magpa-EB doon, mahirap kasi ang sungit nung katabi namin! Buti na lang one year lang plano namin dito.

When we start building our future home, I'll make sure there's a big covered parking So if you guys know of any vacant lot for sale (at least 100 sqm and max 1.5M, let me know, hehe! Within the main QC area sana...)

[electone]

Idol, minsan bisita ka sa eb. para naman makita namin personal car mo.

Nice Detail sir. In the future, sana ma-achieve ko yang ganyang results...syempre dapat ma-achieve ko muna pambili ng zaino. hehehe

Sana nga bisita ako, kaya lang dito ako sa south ng Pinas, hehe. Kaya hanggang internet nalang ang eb, haha.

Medyo may kamahalan talaga ang Zaino pero sulit na sulit. Kahapon umulan dito, naputikan yung sidings. Pagdating sa bahay hose down lang dumudulas lang ang dumi. Then water drying lang. Parang walang nangyari, makintab ulit. Di ko pa to naranasan sa ibang sealant, kahit sa Wolfgang.

Kaya lang ang disadvantage sa pag dedetailing, eh parang ayaw mo nang gamitin yung kotse pag na detail na, haha. Imagine yung sa akin daily driver na black pa. Masama talagang ma addict sa detailing haha.

Thanks for the compliments and invitation to eb.

[watusi]

I'll just observe na lang in the coming days. I'm not 100% sure yet if natanggal ko talaga yung coating ko ng 476. Sobrang mabilisang application lang kasi yung 476. 30 minutes whole car na!

wow! 30 mins lang, nice! hindi na kailangan bumili ng polishers, hehe

Kaya lang ang disadvantage sa pag dedetailing, eh parang ayaw mo nang gamitin yung kotse pag na detail na, haha. Imagine yung sa akin daily driver na black pa. Masama talagang ma addict sa detailing haha.

mahirap nga maa-addict, mapapa-absent ka sa trabajo tulad sa ginawa ko ngayon, haha!

[air23]

mga boss, ano ba ang mas less aggresive between Mothers Step 1 and Megs Swirlx? 3M scratch remover aggresive na ba masyado yun? plano ko tanggalin watermarks sa trunk ko using the less aggresive product muna sana eh.

OT: plan ko rin ipaint yung mudguard ko na flat black plastic. ano po dapat ko gamitin na grit ng sandpaper before primer, after primer, at after base coat? wala kasi akong alam sa grits ng sandpaper eh. thanks!

[thebest]

Boys,

Nasulatan ng ballpen ng anak yung leather seats ng auto ko? Kaya ba to tanggalin thru detailing?

TIA

[jed_015]

Boys,

Nasulatan ng ballpen ng anak yung leather seats ng auto ko? Kaya ba to tanggalin thru detailing?

TIA

try niyo yung EMZE baka matanggal yan..hindi ko lang sure kung meron nito sa ace hardware..yung akin kasi nabili ko sa seatmate e..

[jmpet626]

Masyadong agressive yung 3m scratch remover parang liquid sand paper. Need pa gumamit ng polish para bumalik kintab. Parang mabuhangin siya pag hinawakan mo