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One follow-up guys -- when I had somebody look at my car and evaluate it, they used a paint thickness meter; their comment was that the clearcoat is thick enough all around to be able to polish the car and get good results. So the question that I have is -- assume I use a DA along with the...

On a newly acquired car (new to me) I have a driver's side scratch which is about 2.5 x 0.5" in size. It's a very weird scratch almost like a thick blade was run into the glass. Is there a way to polish this out? Putting my finger on it feels like a matte textured section where the scratch...

Thinking of going between these two levels -- looks like pros had been able to restore these inside and out? Since this type of PVC plastic? is pretty much resilient to anything I wonder if there are aggressive solutions (acidic?) that can work wonders...

One of my cars has a discolored and weathered fluid reservoir -- these are the clear plastic reservoirs which can be for coolant, brake fluid, or washer fluid for example. Is there an easy/convenient way to clean these up to look like new? I am not sure whether this is a proper location to ask...

So if somebody says three step correction and then protection on top of that isn't it redundant? Here's a website in the Northeast (no affiliation whatsoever) where some of these things are listed: Exterior detailing,paint correction, car care | NH, Boston MA, New England | Northeast Auto...

Thanks guys -- some questions, I've done some reading and a few things are becoming more clear. These are random thoughts: (1) I have a car which was previously repainted and now has relatively dull paint. I don't know what type of paint process was used (it was painted about 10-15 years...

Yes I can use the car which is at the bottom of my list for practicing as long as I don't completely destroy it :-). Also -- what is the 'shadow' thing that was brought up earlier, is it something where I can look over the shoulder of an experienced detailer from this site who lives in my area?

Thanks all -- will look and try to learn as much as possible before posting specific questions. Regarding the $1K/car detailing that I was quoted -- I think it was anywhere between 1 and 2 stage paint correction and some finishing treatment..general prices were: (1) multi-step polishing (I was...

Thank you -- I am in Boston MA.

So I found this forum after a number of people were linking their amazing car detailing results and crediting the experience gathered here for these results. I have a bunch of cars each needing some level of detailing. I have a local guy who gave me a proposal to do some paint correction on...