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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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It doesn't get better than this

Ok. After working on my car off and on for the last 2 days. I'm beat but I'm really happy with the results. You need to have supreme patience and faith that the Menzerna is going to work and boy...it does!

Before. I had no idea how bad the swirl marks were until I went and bought a proper light

After. Got most if the swirl marks out.

Whoa! check this out. The lights don't lie!
 
Old Mar 17, 2008 | 01:01 AM
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GREAT JOB Gomez....excellent results. Looking forward to seeing the final beauty shots.
 
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Wow, fantastic results. What machine and pad combos were you using?
 
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Awesome work. Full shots of the car please
 
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Looks great, did you take any whole car shot?
 
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awesome work!
 
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Yes..More information on what you used...
 
Old Mar 17, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Stealth 993
Looks great, did you take any whole car shot?
As far as process I followed Moe's and Phil's recommends. After clay bar I used the Porter Cable with Lake County orange pad for cutting and the white pad for Micro Polishing followed by the grey pad for waxing. I used Menzerna Intensive Polish followed by the 106FF Micro Polish or the 85RD Micro Polish. Then I used Meguiars Hi-tech yellow wax no#26. I don't have full pics of the car yet since I still need to do the rear bumper and the roof. But here are some pics of the car and process anyways.
At GMG

Taped up. Notice I tape the seam so as to not touch my clear bra front end.

Awaiting more attention


I will post the final results when I get the entire car polished. I'm like 13 hours into it and man it's not for the impatient.
 

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Looks great. You have to be really committed to take on black under the halogen's. I am taking on a similar project now

Keep at it and post the pics when you are done.

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Looks great. Detailing at this level takes A LOT of patience. Don't rush it because if you try and rush and cut corners, it'll ruin all the hard work you've already put in. Can't wait to see the end result.
 
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Damn, I'm impressed that was done with a PC. I'm not familiar with Porsche's clear but on my BMW the PC could never, at least for me using the same products, get that much correction. Well done again.
 
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Damn, I'm impressed that was done with a PC. I'm not familiar with Porsche's clear but on my BMW the PC could never, at least for me using the same products, get that much correction. Well done again.
Different paints will always react differently with the same products. BMW has a very HARD paint and requires much more finessing. Porsche paint is much softer and easier to correct. You can still get excellent results with a PC on your BMW, it just requires even more patience.
 
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It looks real good. Nice work for a PC for sure. Good thing the Porsche clear is as soft as it is.
 
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This is one pretty looking Porsche.
 
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Very nice job!!
 


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