Introducing myself

[DetailManiac]

Hey guy's,

I just registerd to this forum and first let me tell you something
about myself:

I come from the Netherlands ( forgive me if i make to many language mistakes ) and recently i bought my self
an other car, it's an Skoda Octavia and i don't think it's well
known in the U.S. please correct me if i'am wrong here.

The car was not new but 4 years old and in pretty good shape.
It has a dark blue metallic collour. So i decided to keep it that way.

Then i watched a Meguiar's detailing demo, and i said to myself
that's the stuff i got to have for my car and i just had to buy
some things to get started right a way, so i came home with
these products:

Nxt gen. car wash
Quick clay detailing system
Scratchx
Step 1 dc paintcleaner
Step 2 dc polish
Step 3 dc carnaubawax
Quickwax
Nxt speeddetailer
Nxt glasscleaner
Endurance tyre gel
Trimdetailer
The ultimate washmitt
4 high tech app. pads
4 ultimate wipes
The watermagnet

And i have to say i love all of these products a lot
It just works great and it even smells nice also.

I try now to keep my car in top shape with Meguiar's
no other stuff is allowed to " touch " my car again.
Every weekend i wash and detail my car with such joy now.

Here i have a before picture:



This is a after picture:



Not all of the swirls are gone ( did it all by hand ) but the scratchx made a big difference.
In the near future i will try to master myself with D.A. polishing etc.

Here are some more " after pic's ":













Well that's it by now i guess

Kind regards,

Berend Bentlage

[Snowman]

Welcome to Meguiar's and I must say that you got yourself a very nice looking ride there. I would also say that you got a decent amount of good supplies for the start of your collection

[DetailManiac]

Thank's,

I'am very pleased with it and also with the Meguiar's products
and i'am looking forward to the weekends so i can work on
the car again

[zsoap]

Welcome! You will absolutely love the information and the friendly people you'll find on this forum.

[DetailManiac]

Yes i will love it that's for sure, and the info about detailing
your car here on this forum is absolute enormous

[DetailManiac]

Well it's almost midnight over here i am going to try to get
some sleep right now.

i will be here again tomorrow

[Mike Phillips]

Hi DetailManiac,

Welcome to Meguiar's Online!

[Blr123]

Hi Berend

Are you sure that car is 4years old...............NO WAY...............looks brand new................top job there

Bryan

[Sheik]

Hi Tomcat,

A very welcome Dutch mate. Your car looks very shiny and glossy You've done a great job. See you at the Dutch Meguiars forum.

[Erik]

Hei Tomcat!

Welcome at meguiar's online! Your skoda is looking good there! Keep up the good work and we will see you on the dutch board

Erik

[Tuningfreak]

@Maniac: Nice result, especially with the swirls. Can you explain how you exactly worked them out? I had also great results with PC and ScratchX, but at the weekend I tried to remove the the "DEaler installed swirls" but still after more than 3 or 4 steps there was not really some changing. These scratches look like yours, you can not feel them...

I used the applicator pad with some pressure to rub the scratchX in, then I let it dry a little bit, then i removed the product with a microfiber towel (also with a terry towell) - this time there was no result. I removed a lot of small and big scratches with scratchX in the past, but on this car I´m getting crazy...

[DetailManiac]

Thanks everyone for the nice responses.

Well Tuningfreak,

I think that i worked almost the same way like you described
i also did apply the scratchx with a appl. pad on a small area
and sometimes 2 or 3 times depends on the amount of swirls
with quit some musclepower i must say
then i used a ultimate wipe microfiber cloth to remove the
scratchx from the paint. The whole job took me 2 full day's!
The short version:

* Washing
* Claying
* Sratchx
* Step 2+3
* Waxing
* Detailing

Maybe you got a dfferent kind of clear coat ( hardness )

What kind of car you worked on?

[Tuningfreak]

It has been a Vauxhall Tigra Twintop. I also did nearly the same steps like you - took also around 8 hours to complete (this time I didnt polish or use paintcleaner, only wax this time).

[DetailManiac]

Well it looks great, nice shine and beautiful colour that likes
to being cared of. Like i said in the start of this thread that not
all of my swirls were gone but the most of all have disappered.

Are you familiar with mechanized polishing? i think that will clear
your problem and maybe mine i understood that it's possible
to use the scratchx with a orbital polishing machine?

[Tuningfreak]

I think I will learn to use a machine - I used yesterday the cablefree buffer from meguiars and the batteries last maximum 15-20 minutes (1 only 10) - it was really bad, so I think there is no way out instead of buying a high quality buffer. This will for sure solve the swirl problem, but first I have 2 learn! ;-)