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Old 12-10-17, 12:17 AM
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Old 12-10-17, 08:49 AM
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Great looking car
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My acid test for assessing the quality of the detailing is to ask "do I want to lick the paint?". All these pics make me wanna go over and lick the paint, so y'all 've done a fine job.
Personally, I loooove P21S wax.
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Nothing too crazy here just two clean usb isfs parked, one of them simple spray wax and ceramic on the other. Thought the background looked pretty cool and matched the clean cars.
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Ok I cant tell which was ceramic ??
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Not the best quality photo. After a week of paint correction it turned out pretty good.
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Originally Posted by isfvss
Ok I cant tell which was ceramic ??
The actual detailing process (creating a mirror like finish) has way more of an effect on the overall result than the type of protection that was applied. Assuming both cars underwent an identical process except for the protection, there would be only extremely subtle differences to even the most trained eye.
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We took the photos in the shade and its harder to tell there, however in person you will notice the added gloss clarity depth, and in the sun walking around the car is when you will notice a huge difference.

But on the 1st pic left was 1 stepped and coated the right was spray waxed.

We plan to coat the right one too as it has been through the dealer multiple times and the use of rotary machine by an unskilled personnel was quite evident, no biggie thats the industry standard and nothing a cheap $50 da won't fix in the right hands.
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Can a Claybar help my Car ?
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Clay bar might just help but don't drop it on the ground or it will scratch the paint! Sorry to see that, total bummer.
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Some people say white cars are not as pretty when they're polished. IMO there isn't a better looking paint than a properly done white car.

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Originally Posted by AWD4Mo
My acid test for assessing the quality of the detailing is to ask "do I want to lick the paint?". All these pics make me wanna go over and lick the paint, so y'all 've done a fine job.
Personally, I loooove P21S wax.
Well, you just triggered very troubling, old memories of a 1st grader that a city school referred for an evaluation due to disturbing behaviors--she was sucking on the doorknobs in school.
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Originally Posted by lukemmm
Damn, so clean! I love that color.


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