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Old 04-14-2008, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jmike,Apr 14 2008, 08:39 PM
This is what I used.

http://www.amazon.com/Simoniz-17108-Diamon...s/dp/B000BLEP8Q

Please tell me I didnt eat up layers of clear coat with this crap...
This where things get a little tricky. Remember when i said "true" polish earlier? Well that isn't a true polish. Technically that's a spray-n- wax.
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I picked all of my 3M detailing supplies up at my local Pep Boys. Now I just need to get a porter cable!! Doing it by hand is such a PITA.
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get Zymol from Autozone. I run a detailing business and I've done Ferrari and Lamborghini (as well as my S :-) and this stuff works wonders. There's no competition...
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thanks, Ill be detailing on FRI, for the badge
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Originally Posted by jmike,Apr 14 2008, 04:35 PM
I cant believe this! What kind of friends do I have!?!?! They told me it was the other way. Wax eats clear coat. I bough polish and used it on my car about 6 or 7 times. That sucks...
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zymol OTC i heard is actually just made by tutle wax. I would say find which online detailer is closest to you. Im in MD and poorboysworld.com is in NJ so i got my stuff the next day. (for example)
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meguiars mirror glaze is the probably the best line of products you can buy at a local store. usually its #7, #26, and some sort of paint cleaner avaliable. #7 is nice but won't last long, plus it doesnt't cut as well as something like #80 or a more intense polish. #26 is a pretty decent wax, if possible i'd go to a local motorcycle shop and get some s100, but #26 is a great wax especially for darker colors. obviously these products aren't in the same tier as others, but with decent paint prep and good technique (rotary or da) you can really make your car pop with these otc products.
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What's this S100 I keep hearing about?
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Originally Posted by FlyingPig,Apr 18 2008, 02:02 PM
What's this S100 I keep hearing about?
It is a wax made by P21S that a lot of us wackos like to put on top of a few coats of sealant to give the paint "pop".
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Read some more posts about it....it seems nice.
Now I just need to score some Z2 for the year.
It's spring detailing time.
Unfortunately for me, I live in NJ. Z2s are hard to come by


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