Detailing Thread [For Newbies][ARCHIVED]

[indiej]

*madkatz. could you please take and post before and after pictures if and when you are able to detail your car. get well soon.

happy new year to all.

[jmpet626]

Ganun po ba hehehe..Oo nga po eh, di ko aakalaing magiging ganun ka-visible.. Kapag nag washer po kasi tinatamaan talaga yung wiper arm kasi halos nakatutok yung washer sa wiper arm tapos ayun, natutuyuan.. Elevo kaya? hehehe kaso baka mag-fade naman yung black color ng wiper arm :laughbounce:

Sir gamit kayo ng distilled or purified drinking water para sa washer fluid nyo para pag natuyo walang maiiwang marks

[Chikselog]

*ma'am madkatz
Thanks for the inputs po BTW, what APC do you recommend? Armorall just doesn't work eh..Ang akala ko sa umpisa gumana na kasi naging black yung surface, nung natuyo yung armorall nandun pa rin..As much as possible kasi kung kaya pa ng DIY, gagawin ko na..

*jmpet626
I'll try that..Pero paano ba maglinis ng reservoir? Kailangan ba tanggalin yung bumper para lang makuha yung reservoir? Baka kasi marumi na sa loob eh at baka bumara pa sa washer at masira pa

*water
Sir feedback po sa TW Platinum shampoo ah..I'm interested kasi mauubos na shampoo ko hehe..Salamat

BTW, I think yung plushy part pang wash yun or for drying kasi absorbent yun tapos yung kabila yung non-plushy tingin ko pang remove ng applied wax yun.. just my :twocents:

:cheers: guys and happy new year to all

[indiej]

*chikselog

your washer fluid container is accessible upon opening the hood. as to removing the container, good if you can, stir and siphon if you can't.

your microtex MF cloths are color coded and their packaging come with a nice cardboard with color coded instructions.

[water]

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Natapon ko yung cardboard.

[madkatz]

*tool: sorry for the late reply, those were more of a paint transfer rather than deep scratches, usually if you see some other color on your paint aside from the base color and aside from white chances are its paint transfer, you could remove this using Moms Step 1, or Megs 84 and some MF towel and you just simply rub it off, as for some other blemishes, those were simply uneven paint spots that i leveled out using the same procedure.

*water: Wow i've never seen a TW platinum shampoo, i might go about and look for one and test one as well. As for the MF questions generally there aren't that much differences in terms of using both kinds of MF towels, its just that looped MF towels IMO allow more dirt and particles to be dragged away due to its structure. And as for buffing out waxes, if you're looking at microtex products what i use in their line is the ultra plush/green, i have tons of other MF towels that i use but generally any of the looped or plush type would do the job well. I have like more than 20 brands of different MF towels in my box and nearly all of them are good not to mention i have a MF supplier here and from the US and even though their brands are cheaper than Microtex and Cobra they can still perform well. So bottomline any MF towel would do only difference i see is that plush buffs a lot easier but doesn't hold that much was as compared to the looped type which gets more wax but is a bit tougher when it comes to buffing wax off.

*indiej: i don't know if you could call it detailing but im planning on taking pictures of my car with tree saps and other contaminants, wash and clay and then do a 2x sealant and 2x wax probably after i get well, that or if my condition still doesn't permit me i might have to bring it over to BB since tree saps and bird droppings are really bad for the paint especially if left for a long time. I will post pictures of my projects as well as soon as i get a project car to do, our next detail session would be around late January.

Here's a compounding and polishing step i did last Christmas on a very old corolla, there's a lot of oxidized paint and some light scratches as well as most of the clear coat is already gone so you really can't get it to shine that much but the difference it pretty noticeable.

Before the compound and polish step



After compounding and polishing using Megs 84 and 83



As for the other parts on the after shot where there's a patch of reflection thats dulled, this part was dulled from the start due to my friends carelessness driving her overheated car.

I'll post more when out next detailing session pushes through

*chikselog: currently i use simple green, Megs and Mark V. but for your situation i would recommend you just use simple green since its a lot more gentle and its more economical because they sell Megs and Mark V by the gallons. But we're still not sure as to how far the damage have gone, but try simple green its just about 200 bucks and if it doesn't take it off you could always use it in other parts of the car especially in the interior.

[water]

madkatz

Saan yang microfiber supplier mo at magkano? Kasi mahal nga yung microtex.

About naman sa turtle wax platinum shampoo sa ace megamall available.

Pag sa windshield naman ano pantaggal mo sa waterspots and rainbow glare?

Salamat ulit

[jmpet626]

*madkatz

Gumamit ka ba ng LC pad? By DA polisher or rotary ba yung nasa pics?

[Chikselog]

*chikselog: currently i use simple green, Megs and Mark V. but for your situation i would recommend you just use simple green since its a lot more gentle and its more economical because they sell Megs and Mark V by the gallons. But we're still not sure as to how far the damage have gone, but try simple green its just about 200 bucks and if it doesn't take it off you could always use it in other parts of the car especially in the interior.

Great! Thanks for this.. Simple Green, is that yung spray type din? Where can I find one? I'm gonna try this as soon as I happen to see one..

[madkatz]

*water: the suppliers of MF are actually just importers from the US, one is just based here and the other one is based in the US, both of them only sell MF's by the dozen, the foreign one at 100/pc and the second one at 92/pc these are discounted prices already since i got more than 4 dozens from each of them, if you want you could message me and we could share one dozen. If you're after a cheap alternative to a MF cloth for removing wax and buffing polishes, you could try the i-clean brand, its about 130 to 150 bucks, 150 at blade as i remember, and its not bad since its 2 pieces already, their MF's are actually even a bit softer than the Microtex ultra, As for Microtex being a lot more expensive i guess its also because their quality is actually pretty good, its actually good enough to compete with the mid class of foreign good brands like Cobra and Griots. Actually our family knows the owner of Microtex, but he knows i still don't buy all of his products, he offered me a 10% discount on purchases above 2k but i still have to decline since the imported ones i have are quite near their plush towels already.

As for water spots you could use elevo water spot remover, one other thing i do if the car has lots of water spots is do glass polishing, i use the one from simex but not a megs product, its a glass and chrome cleaner, use some carpet rags and some rubber backing pads and scrub the glass until its all clean.

The other cheap alternative to this would be to buy a D'best glass cleaning compound available at most DIY and handyman, get some old thick cotton rag and just make a makeshift rubber backing pad from some old worn out slippers and scrub it the same way but if you're going this route you better have a handy spray bottle with distilled white vinegar on hand and use that to wet the glass surface. But before you start i warn you that this can be very tiring, even more tiring than waxing a whole car for me but it all depends on how much spots and contaminants are on the glass.

I'm not that sure about what rainbow glare is, if its the rainbow colors you see on the glass one a certain angle, it could also be removed by the above mentioned procedure.

*jmpet626: yup i use LC pads, the one on the picture was polished using a Makita9227 + LC yellow cutting pad, compounding step was LC yellow cutting pad + Megs 84, then i tried the LC white polishing pads + Megs 83 but it didn't remove most of the swirls so i switched to LC green light cutting pad + Megs 83. You could have the same results with the PC, it just takes a lot longer but its definitely safer, i've actually tried using a PC first, before i went to rotary due to the amount of defects to be removed and i only have 1 day to play with that car. Have you got your PC already?