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Offline JDM82

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Today my detailing spirit died.
« on: 27 March 2011, 20:34 »
I wrote a post ranting about how bad today went trying to detail my car. But after reading it I realised who cares  :grin:

So Ive deleted it  :wink:
« Last Edit: 27 March 2011, 20:44 by JDM82 »
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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #1 on: 28 March 2011, 00:10 »
you loser whats up ?
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Offline Dan J

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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #2 on: 28 March 2011, 00:24 »
yes what happened? you must release this informtion lol
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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #3 on: 28 March 2011, 00:26 »
scouring pads to get rid of bird sh!t ??  :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #4 on: 28 March 2011, 14:52 »
used white spirit as clay lube  :grin:

Offline JDM82

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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #5 on: 01 April 2011, 17:32 »
you loser whats up ?

Loser? A bit harsh!

I had a nitemare detailing my car thats all. I expected better results from the DA polisher and I was quite pissed off after spending a full day doing all thats involved and no light scratches or swirls had been removed.

But ill go back to the drawing board and have another go after Ive learn't abit more about how to get the best results.
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Offline FOREST GREEN

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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #6 on: 01 April 2011, 20:41 »


Don't give up mate, we all have bad days, chalk it up to experience, ask for a bit more help/advice from the detailing section, then give it another whirl!!

Post a few pics up of what you did today, tell us what you used etc, so the experts can point you in the right direction

And ignore small minded comments

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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #7 on: 01 April 2011, 22:07 »
DA are baba, well they aint but you gotta work them very hard to get anyplace in a decent time, and when it comes to harsh marks, well you will be their all day..

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ROTARY, not for the kids tho  :cool:
  


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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #8 on: 01 April 2011, 22:42 »
yes rotarys are a different beast but DA's are fine they just take a bit of getting used to, if your not getting results with your current polish then go up to the next stage of polish for a little more cut, also look at your technique,

what were you using? ie polish,pad/s etc, have you clayed,de-tard etc etc?

let us know and we can help mate, all is not lost.
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Re: Today my detailing spirit died.
« Reply #9 on: 01 April 2011, 22:58 »
^^ He has some Valid points.. takes time to master it, deffo need to know what combo pads etc he is rocking
  


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