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Just to add my 2 cents. I agree with those posted above however in my experience the climate may play a part as well. hot summer weather will wear down and evaporate a wax much faster than nice cool spring or fall weather so adjust accordingly. You may want to try using a spray wax after your...

Typically $400-$500 (give or take). Depending on how much over the 10 hours I go.

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Ok I used the Diamondite Glass Repair Kit that has a polish and those discs as well as a special backing plate. I just did 2 passes on my coffee table using a UDM as the pads do not fit my flex Orbital backing plate. Well there were some pretty light scratches and some pretty deep scratches. I...

I'm actually getting ready to try them out on a coffee table of mine in about 5 mins. I'll let you know how they work out.

Where are the before and after pics? :buffing:

Beautiful Work as usual. Couple ?'s 1. I see that you taped the seems around the hood and front end of the car. What do you do about the 1/4" space covered up by the tape? Don't you have swirls left behind from under neath the tape? I guess on that color it may be hard to see but on a black car...

Very..Very! unusual for a car dealer!! Great Job Toto! as usual. The car looks fantastic! Did you remove the badging?

Can't wait to see your pics afterwards. I tape off all trim pieces that will stain if the polish touches them such as around windows, moon roof, some plastic trim around the wheels, lower panels etc. Around the wiper blades, some door handles, window washer sprayers on the hood (the holes can...

Hello all. I am curious to learn what speeds you guys are using with your FLex Orbital polisher. I will be honest and say that I almost always use Speed 6 when correcting, and maybe drop down to 5. Speed 3 when spreading the polish but then its usually right up to 5 or 6. I've read posts where...

Wow! Excellent work. how many hours did you spend on it?

Oily glazes do not mix with paint sealants. You are correct in that you want to put on your glaze first but then top it with a carnauba. mixing a glaze with a paint sealant is like trying to mix oil and water. It will be a mess. The only glaze that I know of that you can top with a sealant is...

I may not have the experience of many on this forum but I've certainly detailed enough cars to say I know what I am doing. I have tried speeding up my process many times and tried different polishes,pads, and amounts of polish all in different combos and always found that when I tried going too...

Wow, unless you have very nice paint to start off with that easily cleans up I would be hard pressed to finish a 2 step polishing job in under 10 hrs. 4-5 hours is flying! how do you guys break down your polish that fast and yet still remove the swirls.

I will start out by saying WOW! You really did an amazing job on that Bimmer! Your post was very interesting to read and informative. I've never heard of paint that gets marred by Ultrafina or 106ff? That blew me away. Very nice work! I hope you were well compensated for your efforts. Top Notch Job!

What was the hourly rate you guys were talking about? I am like you in that I'm much more critical of my work than the client is. You may just want to talk with this guy and do a set price for each car whether you take 3 days or 5 hours. If you are doing this more to keep busy vs. need the money...

I dont tape off my head lights unless there is a trim piece around it like plastic or chrome. Otherwise I will polish the headlights along with the rest of the car.

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An ozone machine may help

No, at least not on this clear. Acura clear is relatively softer so there was significant marring that 106ff could not completely correct on its own so I had to hit it with some SIP followed by the 106ff and the results were fantastic.