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mondial rjay was talking about a cabled meguiars one, its not available in the uk and is basically a rebadged porter cable, the uk battery powered one above wont remove swirls, it just doesnt have the power
NP, yeh you can use both, i used #21 after the #80 just to seal it and and depth :-), the p21 is brillian so use that instead of the collinite(i only used it coz its winter
hi mate, well i used megs #83 to start with, i knew i neede this as the vw paint is very hard so needs the cut of the #80, i then followed with megs #80 wchich brings up the shine, you shoudl start with the least aggresive first (#80 in this case) and if that doesnt remove the swirls go up to...
howie p, heres how it was done;-
middles were powder coated, lip was polished
ps it will be for sale soon if anyones is interested, oh and if anyone wants alloys doing i know a man who can ;-)
i just read about it, guess i started years ago when i was younger, i had an RS 1800 and i once tcut the whole car (not to be recomended LOL) to remove swirls, of course cars changed and i just tried different products till i came across the pc, anyone can get results like above if you spend the...
engine bay was done by spraying megs degreaser and all purpose cleaner (instead of these two you can use autoglym engine cleaner £4.99 from halfrauds), agitate it with various sized brushes then leave it a little while, wash it all off, re-apply if needed then spray a plastic protector (armorall...
er, about a week, but that was with swirl removal, cold weather stopping me, and rain etc etc, would have probably been two full working days, i did inside too (carpets ,seats ,roof lining etc)
ok i know people on detailingworld will know the car but here we go ,, i know its not a clio, its my runaround till my st comes, but thought it may show you what a pc and some hard work can do, from the start to the end, used a pc and megs #83, megs #80, then #21, with a bit of wax ontop...