Detailing Thread [For Newbies][ARCHIVED]

**ILuvDetailing** · May 30th, 2005 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by patopig

RainX Treatment

When applying this make sure to apply really thin coats, or else your wiper will skip. You might want to have your windows detailed first before applying this.

**chain** · May 30th, 2005 12:22 PM

actually ako nga I run a ROP sa windows just to polish the glass too. hehehe

**ILuvDetailing** · May 30th, 2005 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by dehadista

actually ako nga I run a ROP sa windows just to polish the glass too.

What polish do you use?

BTW what ROP are you using? I have the KP600.

**chain** · May 30th, 2005 12:43 PM

DeWalt 443 (maingay!). Minsan pa nga Rotary with a wool pad whenever I'm in the warehouse. produces too much sling lang talaga. teka ILD, I think you asked that before ah...

as for polish, I tried DACP. but i prefer the PYLON and Glass & Chrome Polisher.

**patopig** · May 30th, 2005 01:40 PM

Wooo. I never imagined using a ROP on windows. COOL!

Will clean windows thoroughly before applying rainx(in really thin coats) Thanks again for all your tips! It is much appreciated!

**chain** · May 30th, 2005 03:10 PM

on older cars, they look really good if the acid rain markings on windows are polished off. makes them look new.

**jeff** · May 30th, 2005 09:45 PM

gaano ba katagal bago puwede ipa paint protection ang newly painted na vehicle?

**chain** · May 30th, 2005 10:06 PM

newly painted? hmm... that's like asking when you can wax / seal fresh paint.
anyway, I posted this in a different forum. same answer to a similar query.

New paint, as in fresh paint, as in paint that was applied less than 30 days ago should not be waxed because there are solvents in the paint that need to gas out. Wax and / or paint sealants, whether natural or synthetic, or a blend of both of these ingredients, seals the paint by coating over the surface and filling into any microscopic surface imperfections creating a barrier coating over the surface. This blocks, or inhibits these solvents from escaping through evaporation.

**ILuvDetailing** · May 31st, 2005 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by dehadista

teka ILD, I think you asked that before ah...

Oppps

I forgot hehehe.

I tried the Pylon Strip-It. Its hard to remove baked on water marks, tried it several times on my car before it removed some of the water marks but not all of it. Don't know what am doin wrong. I used my ROP for this task. It would take a lot of elbow grease to do it by hand.

**chain** · May 31st, 2005 01:11 AM

you have to do numerous passes to remove the stains sa windows talaga. One time I got really fed up with this kasi kahit ROP nahihirapan so I took out the Rotary with a wool pad and proceeded to buff the windows. I sprayed the wool pad with some water / shampoo mixture and used a glass polisher. needless to say, I got most of them off. pero syempre, the Rotary can't reach the tight spots suchas the corners and sides. had to do these by hand naman pero majority (those found in the center) natanggal naman. Oh, BTW, i don't recommend this. malaki ang chance na pumutok ang glass.

usually, ang maraming acidrain yung mga imported vehicles from Japan. Matindi ang industrial fall-out nila. add to that the long time na nakatengga lang yung vehicle, the water marks on the glass really dries up and bakes into the windows.