Detailing Process?
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Detailing Process?
Wanted to get some input on what steps I should do when detailing my01 berlina. It has fine swirl marks/scratches but nothing really deep. So far I have wash, clay bar, polish, sealant, wax. Would it be necessary for me to clay bar again when I did it about a couple weeks ago, and btw I also have a layer of wax on the car. For polish I have the Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and Meguiar's m205 as my main polish, for sealant I plan on using Menerna Power Lock, and S100 for wax. Let me know if I have the appropriate products and if they are the correct ones, what pads should I use with them? I have the 7424xp kit with these pads:
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Products seems fine. A lot of people recommend a jeweling polish after M205, such as 3M Ultrafine (formerly known as Ultrafina) or Menzerna PO85RD. I was lazy/cheap and just did M205 twice, once with a CCS white pad and once with a CCS black pad.
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Products seems fine. A lot of people recommend a jeweling polish after M205, such as 3M Ultrafine (formerly known as Ultrafina) or Menzerna PO85RD. I was lazy/cheap and just did M205 twice, once with a CCS white pad and once with a CCS black pad.
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Originally Posted by dwight' timestamp='1307047521' post='20643343
Products seems fine. A lot of people recommend a jeweling polish after M205, such as 3M Ultrafine (formerly known as Ultrafina) or Menzerna PO85RD. I was lazy/cheap and just did M205 twice, once with a CCS white pad and once with a CCS black pad.
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If you pick a brand of pads, people can help you better.
http://www.live2detail.com/showthread.php?t=665
The blue has less cut than the green, so it should finish up a little better. M205 is a little oily, but I didn't have much trouble working with it. Overall it was easier to work with than M105.
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by any chance do you have any before pics to show the condition of the paint or how bad the swirls/scratches were. if anything I think I might just go with the equivalent pad and products then.
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Just a small tip from what I have seen and that's BB are the hardest to get perfect. A friend of mine experienced this with his new S. He has to put in a lot more work to get about 95% perfect. Don't be surprised if its not 100% after the first few passes.
He has a thread posted here and I'm sure he will give you pointers if you have any questions. Good luck.
He has a thread posted here and I'm sure he will give you pointers if you have any questions. Good luck.
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Just a small tip from what I have seen and that's BB are the hardest to get perfect. A friend of mine experienced this with his new S. He has to put in a lot more work to get about 95% perfect. Don't be surprised if its not 100% after the first few passes.
He has a thread posted here and I'm sure he will give you pointers if you have any questions. Good luck.
He has a thread posted here and I'm sure he will give you pointers if you have any questions. Good luck.
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I only compounded:
1) my hood because it had hologramming on my hood from before I got my car
2) my passenger door had a lot of scratches from a bird attack. It wouldn't be a good point of reference.
I don't really have any good after pictures. Here's pictures of my door after the bird attack.
105 was able to clear all of that.