Dear friend's(new friend's),

I just boungth a brand new car with metallic ligth grey colour. I intend to do my own washing n polishing the car, since i'am a pensioner n nothing to do. Most of the time the car is use to send my wife to her office ( around 15 minute fr my house) n once a while travel down to kl/melaka for visiting relative. The will be park under my balcony n mostly 70% out of the sun..

Please correct me if i'am wrong.

1) wash at the moment i'll be washing the car using waxco car shampo...washing using water pipe n the 2 bucket sistem.

2) Must i do the claying? Since it is a brand new car?

3) polishing? Waxing are two different thing, rigth? So if i just wax the car by hand is it ok, without polishing? How long agian do i need to wax the car?

I'am still confuse with what is wax n what is polish???
To me benda nie sama ajer...

Compond apa pulak? Pening2....

Anyway sorry guy krn menyusahkan u all n BIG TQ in advance to u all...anyone coming to alor setar boleh la singgah rumah saya...

Thanks for the reply, should I get dap15, or dap8? Worried dap15 too big, hard to cover the smaller areas of the car surface?

Been on and off at here. Sometimes just dive and did not comment haha. But lately was busy to help out in new detailing shop. Great chance to see different cases of car and try out different stuffs
Erm I don't think you can upload the video here. It's ok

Yea from the vid, it looks like blue hybrid foamed wool. Maybe I can give it a try sometimes. If DA can get decent result, I assume pairing up with rotary will give you faster result then

2017 has been good.

Started off with putting more emphasis on car aesthetics, despite the fact that they're not mine but building on foundations once I got a car of my own after started working

Finally got a full set of DA, pads, solutions for compounding and polishing, pressure washer etc etc. I hope this won't be a 3 minute thing and I'll put more effort into this in 2018

Wax on, wax off

use hand drill boleh tak?

Wah now only he bring in... that time I wanted to buy he don't have, then I ended buying Shinemate then bought pads from him. But got feedback to him for my car the 3" is used more actually (minus bonnet, roof and trunk top la). Cause I think the newer cars, got more curves etc, thus the 3" more useful.

baru lepas wax kereta proton guna handrill, mula2 susah jugak...dah lepas bonet dgn pintu sebelah driver, ok la...tapi mcm u all cakap la...wax ajer...calar2 halus masih ada bila suluh dgn lampu hp...douglas...belum dpt nak try da yg i beli haritu...wax guna liquid wax kix....

I like the Shinemate 3" more than my DAP8 now LOL. The speed control is continuous versus the DAP8 which is like based on clicks... and it has soft start too. But best part is, it is lighter (or feels lighter haha!). I use it for doors and bumpers... but certain areas think I need those smaller rotary 1" 2" for the really small edges, but those just use hand for now .

Want to ask some advice.

What is the proper name/terminology for dark lines seen in the below pictures?
Washing doesn't remove it.
What should I use to remove it? Will a detailer do?

Thanks!

https://i.imgur.com/TGnTaq5.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FOThfi2.jpg

I did use meguiars ultimate polish before applying wax, maybe my elbow power not good enough time to invest a DA polisher

Thank you. I tried the dish wash method mentioned by douglas earlier. Seems to work quite well. If necessary,I'll  try the claybar method next time.

Hi All

Is this website http://www.autogeek.com.my/ selling genuine product?

Thanks

My first attempt to try glass/ceramic coating. Paint prep using Wash with all purpose cleaner, Clay using Meguiars White Clay using ONR diluted as Lube, Meguairs Ultimate Polish on Yellow Rupes Pads on LHR15 Mark 2 (lightswirl), Finish with OSREN P20 on White Rupes Pads  on LHR15 Mark 2. IPA 99.7% diluted 1:1 with RO water. Glass Coat -> 30 seconds light pressure MF buff -> 5minutes later medium Pressure  buff.

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Applicator suede MF used to apply the coating, right after coat already sunk in water with APC, yet it still hardened.

Am I right doing the application? Please Comments and Critics sifu.

Hi guys, is CarPro product better than Meguiars? A shop quote me RM350 for wash, clay, compound, polish and wax using CarPro while another quote me RM280 using Meguiars. By the way, is the cost reasonable? Thank you.

Hi guys, I'm thinking of getting a polisher for compounding and polishing job but don't know any cheap and good polisher for starters like me. I feel that getting like makita or osren DA around RM1k is quite a lot to me. I'm looking for something maybe around 300-500 only. Any recommendation?
Was thinking of getting the meguiar DA power system converter to use on my drill but wondering if my drill rpm is good enough or not.

think i am getting older lol
wash + clay, after that no energy left to do minor polish the car dy

N33d as Douglas mentioned, there is no rush, we are not running a business and wanna ensure proper detailing.

It took mine about 10 days to complete, last december. Still have 2 more car to go...

Meguairs gc quite pricey 😅😅 is Osren bubble&wax ok? Wat would u recommend for windscreen water repellent ?

Anyone can suggest good, affordable coating for medium sedan? Saw few brands offering different prices and packages, yet all seems about the same. Not familiar with the jargon used.

My budget is less than 2k generally. Hopefully can offered some degree of protection toward stonechip as well.

anyone can intro any gooding high pressure washer thats 350+- ?
looking to order 1

thank you, found a smaller model which comes with a foam lance, i think i might order that

who using bosch pressure washer? what kind of foam lance can fit, bosch model Ahr 1000? i’am thinking of buying one...

Guys, I've just done my ceramic coating from Ceramic Pro. Now I would like to ask what is a good shampoo to use for maintenance wash? I'm assuming preferably a pH neutral would be ideal?
Besides a car shampoo, are there any other additional things I should use when washing my car as well?

Thanks