hi fellow detailers! im a newbee here, just joined in the detailing gang

I recently bought the Megs DA polisher, and its full detailing set. Did my first detailing session for my mom's kelisa with a polisher, claybar and compound for the first time! But I have a few problems, hope all sifus can enlighten me

here are my steps: wash dry -> claybar -> compound -> polish -> wax.
after I finished compound, I found some tiny scratches on my roof, not sure it was there before or not, but it shouldnt be there after applying compound right.

1. is it possible to scratch my car with my claybar? cause i used it to remove tar (megs remover didnt do the job). now that it contains tar, would the tar potentially scratch the paint?

2. is it possible to get scratches using the DA polisher? when I apply compound the process produce little "dust" like particles. is it normal? I wiped it off before polishing again. but would this get trapped in the polishing pad and scratch the paint?

3. Waxing, im using megs ULW, when Im cleaning the pad, i squeezed out plenty of product.. does it mean im using too much?

Anyway, in the end I managed to remove water marks and major scratches.. 3 hours hard work
Still worth my effort hehe

Thanks bro, ya i should squeeze out and save for next use, LOL

haha.. its true
but i highly doubt that ill use the DA to apply wax next time, just use an applicator.. haha..

Thanks KrisMas, the scratches are tiny and straight. and quite uniform, so i guess its caused by the dirty claybar.. looks not too deep. can i use swirl remover to deal with them?

Sifus, any of you guys are using DA and polishing at home? My neighbor has a baby, and I just woke her up cause of the noise of my DA... I feel so embarrassed and in the end I only managed to do my hood..

When and where r u guys using your DAs?
pls help

Aihh why babies... the other neighbor say ok, the noise not too bad.. the other one didn't come out so I didn't ask.. not long after I start polishing baby cry like hell..

Hopefully hopefully not cause of my DA..
hopefully lah...

Can I join too? So many things to learn~ But may I know roughly where ah. Might need to plan early.. =))

Just did my 12 yr old wira.. there comes the scratched again.. now in swirls.. dunno where went terribly wrong...

Megs G110V2/ Yellow 8xx series polishing pad/ Yes I clayed it, but I left it overnight.
The second day (detailing day) I only rinsed down with water.

Anyway, the swirls removing are no success using megs swirlx. The swirls too deep?
Pss.. geram,,

Ya better do it fast

share a story:

My friend brand new Mazda 3 dark silver, come with so called "Tribos Coating- Marine Technology";
the sales guy say cannot wax/ polish whatever in 3 years, cause the warranty for the coating is 3 years

recently found out the paint "POP" out at one spot, and when send back to Mazda they said it was caused by bird droppings.
They even said need to inspect the cause, and if it is really caused by bird droppings, my friend have to pay the paint cost.
Its like the paint dissolved into the bird poo. and yeah, the other bird dropping spots leaves behind a hard stain after cleaning.

Now my mindset-> Mazda = extremely vulnerable to bird droppings LOL

I did 2-3 passes.. probably need more?

I was being sarcastic about the statement.

I missed out something la.. the paint was ok before send in mazda service center. After servicing my friend noticed the damage. When complain, they say it was factory manufacture defect. Haha, expected better reason la..

Anyway she tried to "peel" the "popped" area after driving home, but end up pulling the paint out. The scratch is so deep. She complained again the next day, then they say it was caused by bird poo. LOL.

now I'm thinking the must have dripped something on the paint that caused it, and try to avoid being responsible for the damage, and bully my friend. An innocent gal who believes the service center so much. Haha

Its one hell of a bird that poo so hard it happen to eat up the paint in such a short time. Haha.

ps just sharing, this is mazda jalan 222. And Mazda 3 happens to be my fav in that segment. hehe

Hi bro KrisMas

I found that there's a "hole" in my polishing pad.



would that have cause the scratches?

I saw Sonax at One Utama Eneos. The wheel cleaner is very expensive -.-"

Probably? I never knew the price.. Its selling at approx RM78. heh

btw, can I know what brand of clay you guys using? and where can I find clay bars?

Ya I also only saw Megs clay bar at Ace . Soft99 good? How bout other brand like 3M?

Haha.. I guess all clay bars are similar.. ok will check them out.. thx bro

Liquid Wax = spray wax?

Megs ULW considered paste wax?
I always tot spray waxes are for top ups and dont last that long

Yea. its Ultimate Liquid Wax. yalo so its kinda confusing. Paste wax u rub it out of a container. ULW u squeeze out. haha..
So spray waxes work equally fine huh

whoa, clay bar stains. thanks for the input.