Re: Newbie to detailing...
I suggest you first post photos of the vehicle first if possible. We can determine if the paint can be corrected with a DA polisher.
I'd suggest getting the DA polisher and correcting the paint yourself. It's not that difficult. You can find numerous posts of people getting near perfect results on their first attempt.
Being it's black, likely you'll want to do periodic maintenance and correction.
Don't think of a DA Polisher as a sunk cost. You can always easily resell it used for more than 50% of it's initial cost.
To me it's a no brainer. If you have the time, space and physical ability, it's much better to do it yourself. After all, you have us as a support group to offer direction if needed.
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Re: Newbie to detailing...
Being kind of inexpirenced in car detailing.... would it be better for me to pay a professional about $200- 275 to completely detail the car and likely have the car looking flawless... or buy my self a dual action polisher kit and have the ablilty to do it my self time and time again???... my issue is i dont want to spend the money on the polisher which is $200 plus materials and time. and not achieve make any impact on the issue. thank ahead for the advise...Leave a comment:
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i want it as close 2 new perfection as possible...yes i will keep it up, but the car will eventually be repainted as time goes along.... . it more of a project car that i want to look good and still driveuntil replenish funds after buying the car..Leave a comment:
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Re: Newbie to detailing...
What sort of level of correction are you after?
The problems you describe can all be completely corrected or greatly improved.
The real question is: once you get the car looking good, are you prepared for all the hard work it takes to keep a black car looking good?Leave a comment:
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Re: Newbie to detailing...
If the water spots have etched the paint, it can be very challenging to correct. The swirls should be no problemo. As far as the rock chips...
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Newbie to detailing...
Hey everyone, Im not so new to the site, but i dont get on often... I have a light knowledge on cleaning up cars, but i am thinking about buying a used car that is black with water spot, a few rock chips, and swirls.... i want to know if there is anyway possible how to get this out, i have used swirl x with a tradional buffer on vehicles before that i actually had swirl (i used it on one of my car before and it worked but honestly never had swirl to begin with), but it wasnt as affective as i thought it would be, any pointers?!
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