Ace's price is too expensive. Tesco you can get it around RM35. Just bought it 2 weeks ago but haven't started using it. Online reviews said you can achieve the same result as ONR if you follow the instructions (4oz for 2 gallons).

Yeah, if you measure this way, the price is actually the same as ONR. The great thing is that you can easily get TWRF easily in Tesco compared to ONR. 

recently just started my diy detailing and found it is very interesting. bought black and decker kp600 polisher, because it is more gentle for a beginner like me? cause i read a lot review saying rotary polisher might damage car paint so i dont want to take the risk.

so my materials are Permanon Platinum pro pack, with brilliantshine shampoo and fusion x3, meguairs quik detailer, meguairs ultimate polish. my process goes like this (wash-clay-wash-polish-platinum coat first layer-fusion x3-platinum coat another layer.

i took 7 hours non-stop for an accord without realizing the time pass so fast.

but actually what i wanted to achieve is the mirror shine effect, and i am not achieving. is this because of the polishing part? i not dare to go too much for polishing yet because scare it will cause more scratchess.

looks like tar/road film that etched into the clear coat...

Normal...for this situation I'd normally start with normal wash with double the shampoo dilution...or mix 1oz of APC into the shampoo mix. I'd also have my spray wax in hand to top up afterwards.

Year end coming.
Anyone taking leave to polish their car?

no need that serious to take leave...weekend half a day or max 1 days can do everything 

I detailed my car over the weekend using Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover, Finishing Glaze, Deep Gloss Paint Sealant.

Niceyyyy......
Looks more like a job for paintshop....the paint had been scrapped & need to put some new one on. Could do some touch-ups but it'll still look obvious....
My suggestion, try to have a go at it first. A DA vibrates a lot, some can handle it and some can't. But putting that aside, i would say thats a good price cuz a new one retails here for about rm1300 or so.

'Roft'??? What's that? If you mean Rupes Bigfoot then yes, it's not as 'powerful' but still decent enough for some good quality results, with the correct pads and polishes.

Pads would cost you around rm50 ~ rm60 for the Lake Country ones. My suggestion, for a start, get 1 x CCS orange light compounding pad, 2 x CCS white polishing pads and 1 x CCS black finishing pad (all 5.5" ones), or at the minimum 1 white and 1 black. Pair them with Megs Ultimate twins ( Ultimate Polish & Ultimate Compound) then you're set for most of the more common medium defects correction works.

ok the water beads on a sealant is not all the same size

Normal...for this situation I'd normally start with normal wash with double the shampoo dilution...or mix 1oz of APC into the shampoo mix. I'd also have my spray wax in hand to top up afterwards.

hmm can use thinner/tupin to clean too? more effective?

or use RAINX that use to clean our windscreen? (guess this will have effect because it's acid) ?

Have you ever seen any labels on the bottle/can from any brands of wax that mention DO NOT USE ON WHITE CARS? Well....I haven't....and I've never heard such a thing.

Maybe what the article meant to say is you couldn't get that deep carnauba-look on a white coloured car when using a carnauba-based waxes, hence not so suitable if that's what you're looking for. If for protection and the rest of other stuffs, I don't think there's any difference whether the colour is white or black...I mean clear coat is clear coat and they're the same regardless what the colour is underneath......