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Looking nice. How bad was the car before?

 

He wasnt there long?

 

The car was full of buffer trails from the bodyshop that painted it, it wasn't a full detail just paint correction/glaze/wax. He's been here since 8.30 this morning so still been here a fair time.

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How much did it cost and what did he do to get rid of them? That buffer thing looks circular after all...

 

You need to use a machine polisher with some compund on to remove the swirls. I'm sure Peter could tell you more if you wanted to know! You'll need someone in your area to do it as he wont travel that far, but here's someone's price list in your area: http://www.mirrorfinishautodetailing.co.uk/mirror_finish_pricing_detailing_pricing.html.

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swirl defect removal is done either with a rotary polisher , or orbital polisher , both spin but the orbital will stop if to much pressure is aplied the other wont .

then its a matter of finding a combination of pad and compound to remove the defects , always best to start with the least aggressive combo , and work up if that doesnt do the job, thickness tests are important to find out before you start what each panel has or hasnt got in lacquer depth , as if thin then certain defects can only be improved rather than removed, as if you go to far its off to the bodyshop for a respray .

if the defects are quite bad then it will quite often need two or three hits to refine the lacquer to the required finish , as the first more aggresive compound will leave its own slight marring and this will need further work to get the result.

 

hope that helps a bit

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The easy ones are never fun Peter, get stuck in there ;) Only ever done 1 Impreza which the owner had removed the residue of Gumball stickers with the scourer side of a washing up sponge :( crazy

 

330 cab for me this w'end which im sure will give the usual bmw paint joys :)

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