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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 01:25 AM
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Waxed the car and took some night shots! Also tried the HDR photo shooting technique on the night shots and I think they came out pretty well

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some reflection shots




night shots at a local mall








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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 02:23 AM
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Nice pixs man! The car is really clean. Job well done.
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 08:11 AM
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im gonna try to cut polish the car this weekend.

i washed her, then clay bar'd her on tuesday, gonna try washing her again, and cut polishing with 3m rubbing compound, then wax and then glaze... good thing i dont have to do this every time... hahaha


lookin good!
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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nice pics!

i should be washing my car soon... somehow it got covered in tree sap recently then i gotta wax it... since the detail job at the dealership a little over a year ago i hvn't touched it since... whatever they used has kept up pretty well though...
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by SorrGwa
im gonna try to cut polish the car this weekend.

i washed her, then clay bar'd her on tuesday, gonna try washing her again, and cut polishing with 3m rubbing compound, then wax and then glaze... good thing i dont have to do this every time... hahaha


lookin good!
Where do you buy the 3m rubbing compound?
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Damn, can you wash mine?
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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Very nice shots.
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Old Jul 13, 2007 | 08:47 PM
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SorrGwa: I've been thinking of cut-polishing too but since my car is silver, you can't really see the swirl marks so I guess if the future if my car is really banged up then I will try cut-polishing.. not to mention I don't have one of those machines for cut-polishing

cspec: sure, i don't mind
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 12:22 AM
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wow
thats a very good job you did
how long did it take you?

my car is silver too but i saw swirl marks in the sunlight under close inspection
i feel bad for my car, i dont have the time to wax it and there is nothing on the car right now to protect the paint
ill have to polish my car too when i have more time in mid august after my final exams
but i only have a random orbit waxer that isnt fast enuf to do proper cut polish

what tools do u guys use?
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Old Jul 14, 2007 | 06:58 AM
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Looks great! I've used a clay bar a couple of times and I was surprised with the results. Your pictures are inspiring so I'm going to polish my car now.
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