Truls
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The other day i got the Porter Cable/Meguiars polish machine in the mail, i had to buy it with a transformer (220v-110v) so it could be used in Norway.
And what a machine!!! ive got a orbital polisher and a cyclo "lookalike" polisher in my garage, but i dont think i will be using those so much more (maybe the orbital, with tough swirl removal jobs)
With The PC/Megs machine i gave my wifes Volvo a total makeover. I am fairly new with detailing, yes, ive had my goes in the past, but then there was the turtl i used, and i didnt catch the fun in polishing, i always waited to short or to long before removal, and i couldnt use my arms the next 2 days.
But one day in a carshop i was introduced to a man caled Barry, you probably know his last name
I stod there with my arms full of polishes and wax, then a man approach me and asked if i needed help, i said i was going to wax my new car and needed som stuff to get started. He looked at me, and my arms full, and said "you dont need all that stuff" then he reach for a blue bottle besides him and gave it to me "here you go, this is all you need" he said. I looked at the bottle and read "NXT gen tech wax" fancy name i said, is it good? "its the best" he said Ok i`ll try it (quite expensive 50 usd)
Later that day when came home, I gently washed my car, and let it dry, took the bottle out of the box, it came with a polishing pad, and the salesman also made me buy a Microfiber towel to use to remove the polish. I started to polish, i took the whole car, and waited some minutes before i started to buff the polish of the hood, k-a-p-i-n-g, hoooooly crap this is shiny, I tought. i started buffing like a madman to reveal more of the shiny shiny shiny car. After i had removed all of the polish, i just stood ther for some minutes, i was shell shocked............I WAS HOOKED
The day after i went back to the store a bought all the Meguiars stuff i could afford, washing mitts, towels.....you name it....Meguiars....i buy it...
Then i started to look around at the internet, to find some tips about car detailing/care, i found this page/forum, and i stoped looking. What i now can, i have learned from reading this forum, so THANK YOU guys/girls for sharing your enthusiastic carcare and detailing knowhows, You make it SHINE......
I have. as said in the beginning detailed my wifes car, so her are the result from what i have learnd by reading the post at this forum:
!. WASHING/DRYING
RIMS/WHEELS
-Megs Ultra safe wheel brush
-nxt car wash
-Chenille wash mit
-Megs Hot wheels
-Megs tire brush
CAR:
-GrittGuard
-Megs nxt tech wash
-Megs microfiber washing mit
-megs water magnet
-Megs microfiber towel
2 CLAYING
-Megs Quick Clay Detailing system where it was needed
3 POLISH/WAX
car
PorterCable/Meguiars polisher
-Megs MG #85 (purple megs pad) Only where needed
-Megs MG #82 (yellow megs pad)
-Megs MG #21 /white megs pad)
All removed with Megs Microfiber
-P21s Carnauba wax
(on by hand of by PC & microfiber bonnet)
Swirl Free
rims
-Mother Power Ball
-Megs MG #82
-NXT gen Wax
-Megs Microfiber
Winter rims, 8 years old, washed 2/3 times each winter (everything freece, so its no good idea to wash in blistering cold)
Tire: Megs NXT gen Insane shine tire coating
The "TEAM"
what a Team
Some more pics of the result (sorry didnt take anny "before" pics, but belive me....the car was dirty.
Thers nothing like a newly detailed, swirl free BLACK car
I used one sunday (around 9 hours), to get it done
I have already made up my mind about buying the Schmit washing mit, and the Pinnacle xmt series #3, #1 and the finishing glaze, this is going on MY car, thats the red one you can see in the "mirror" picture
So thank you all, for guiding me trough my first real detailing "job"
I`ll be back
Please dont mind the writing errors, i do the best i can
TH
And what a machine!!! ive got a orbital polisher and a cyclo "lookalike" polisher in my garage, but i dont think i will be using those so much more (maybe the orbital, with tough swirl removal jobs)
With The PC/Megs machine i gave my wifes Volvo a total makeover. I am fairly new with detailing, yes, ive had my goes in the past, but then there was the turtl i used, and i didnt catch the fun in polishing, i always waited to short or to long before removal, and i couldnt use my arms the next 2 days.
But one day in a carshop i was introduced to a man caled Barry, you probably know his last name
I stod there with my arms full of polishes and wax, then a man approach me and asked if i needed help, i said i was going to wax my new car and needed som stuff to get started. He looked at me, and my arms full, and said "you dont need all that stuff" then he reach for a blue bottle besides him and gave it to me "here you go, this is all you need" he said. I looked at the bottle and read "NXT gen tech wax" fancy name i said, is it good? "its the best" he said Ok i`ll try it (quite expensive 50 usd)Later that day when came home, I gently washed my car, and let it dry, took the bottle out of the box, it came with a polishing pad, and the salesman also made me buy a Microfiber towel to use to remove the polish. I started to polish, i took the whole car, and waited some minutes before i started to buff the polish of the hood, k-a-p-i-n-g, hoooooly crap this is shiny, I tought. i started buffing like a madman to reveal more of the shiny shiny shiny car. After i had removed all of the polish, i just stood ther for some minutes, i was shell shocked............I WAS HOOKED
The day after i went back to the store a bought all the Meguiars stuff i could afford, washing mitts, towels.....you name it....Meguiars....i buy it...
Then i started to look around at the internet, to find some tips about car detailing/care, i found this page/forum, and i stoped looking. What i now can, i have learned from reading this forum, so THANK YOU guys/girls for sharing your enthusiastic carcare and detailing knowhows, You make it SHINE......
I have. as said in the beginning detailed my wifes car, so her are the result from what i have learnd by reading the post at this forum:
!. WASHING/DRYING
RIMS/WHEELS
-Megs Ultra safe wheel brush
-nxt car wash
-Chenille wash mit
-Megs Hot wheels
-Megs tire brush
CAR:
-GrittGuard
-Megs nxt tech wash
-Megs microfiber washing mit
-megs water magnet
-Megs microfiber towel
2 CLAYING
-Megs Quick Clay Detailing system where it was needed
3 POLISH/WAX
car
PorterCable/Meguiars polisher
-Megs MG #85 (purple megs pad) Only where needed
-Megs MG #82 (yellow megs pad)
-Megs MG #21 /white megs pad)
All removed with Megs Microfiber
-P21s Carnauba wax
(on by hand of by PC & microfiber bonnet)
Swirl Free
rims
-Mother Power Ball
-Megs MG #82
-NXT gen Wax
-Megs Microfiber
Winter rims, 8 years old, washed 2/3 times each winter (everything freece, so its no good idea to wash in blistering cold)
Tire: Megs NXT gen Insane shine tire coating
The "TEAM"
what a Team
Some more pics of the result (sorry didnt take anny "before" pics, but belive me....the car was dirty.
Thers nothing like a newly detailed, swirl free BLACK car
I used one sunday (around 9 hours), to get it done
I have already made up my mind about buying the Schmit washing mit, and the Pinnacle xmt series #3, #1 and the finishing glaze, this is going on MY car, thats the red one you can see in the "mirror" picture
So thank you all, for guiding me trough my first real detailing "job"
I`ll be back
Please dont mind the writing errors, i do the best i can
TH
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