Optimum No Rinse. It comes in the form of spray bottle FYI.

Its a pleasure to see another great work done by bro KC. Well done, bro . Im glad to see all the pics that has been uploaded by Bro KC so far as they are giving me lots of determination for me to push myself and work harder to obtain a better outcome for my upcoming detalling session.

Btw, I've juz completed my first detailing session in my life. Eventhough it wasn't a complete session, im still satisfied with my hardwork and outcome so far. Doing it all alone without machine aid is kinda torturing to my arms No pics to share though.


Happy New Year to all the detailing enthusiast over here

Hey dude, where did u bought that torchlight from ? Could you also kindly tell me the price and the brand of the torchlight too? I'm urgently looking for one. Thanks.

Mate, a great thanks to ur info. Btw, u did a great job over there. Best of luck to u, mate
Btw, I wonder if the LED torch would be able to reflect scratches and swirl marks on light-coloured vehicles such as white ?? Thanks.

This post has been edited by jackal400: Jan 2 2011, 09:34 PM

Any ideas on where to purchase the 30 LED's torch ?

Thx a lot, mate.

@ming: My ride's paintwork had the similar marks too. Dont mind me asking the following questions, mate. Firstly, did you applied passion on to your pads while applying UC on the marks ? Secondly, how many times did you applied UC on the marks; one time only or a continuous repeat of few times application ? Thirdly, what pads are you using for the above mentioned works ?

Here's my noob yet humble opinion, I would presume that your clear coat is more of a hard type and thus may require a stronger compound & apparatus to remove the marks. Perhaps you could give a try on the combination of terry cloth towel + UC.


Pls sincerely correct me if I'm giving the wrong advice over here. A completely newbie detailler over here.

I guess Optimum Power Clean should be able to meet your requirements. On the other hand, Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner should be able to solve your task.

Happy detailing, mate.

This post has been edited by jackal400: Jan 11 2011, 07:51 PM

Hey guys, any idea of getting the 7" polishing pads in KL ? Most likely gonna get a polisher real soon

Meg's ultimate compound and deep crystal polish.

Has any1 experienced the clay cloth from Osren on their precious ride ? RM 120 for one piece....sounds a bit pricey to me but seems like it could down my claying time.....

Sadly to sAy that it's out of my budget as I've spent a few hundreds on the pads.
However, they did let me to try out on one of the panels of my lovely ride and all I can say it was good....

Hi sifu sifu sekalian, I have a problem over here and really looking forward on the answers that you guys are providing to me.

My prob lies on the wax spots that appears a few days later after my detailing session. I did followed Meguiars 5 basic car care steps and yet I'm still puzzled with the outcome. FYI, I did let the wax to undergo at least 10 mins of drying process and did a swipe test after that. The swipe test result was okey. I'm using hand application and gold class Meguiars paste wax just FYI.

Any solution to my problem?

This post has been edited by jackal400: Mar 30 2011, 06:00 PM

Unfortunately, I did not snapped any photos. The wax spots that I'm facing is like sort of whitish wax which has not been buffed off in my case.

Anyway, here are my waxing process:

1) using a dry foam applicator and dip a very minimum amount of wax by going through a complete circle of the can. And yes, I dipped it by using the edge of the foam applicator.

2) apply the wax in a circular overlapping motion with little amount of pressure being applied and work it out till it's almost non-visible.

3) proceed to the next panel and followed by step 1) & step 2). usually, I would be able to cover my car within the 10 mins timeframe and then immediately buff off the whole car.


Oh btw, I'm applying the wax on a warm surface.

Unfortunately, im using 1 MF cloth to buff off the whole car. Could that be one of the cause too ?
Didn't know such crucial fact about carnauba thingy till u said so, really appreciate your info . I guess i'd give it another try on this saturday and see what will happens.

Thx sifu KC. Will keep that in mind.

Yo bro KC, it seems like ur blog page is no longer available for viewing.

@KC: Great write-up and good info spewed out from your mouth once again.....Sifu

Hi sifus-sifus over here, here's a sample of my latest work. Feel free to drop me any comments/feedbacks to further improve myself. Have a great detailing day to every enthusiast over here.

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This post has been edited by jackal400: Jul 26 2011, 05:22 PM

Great work to my fellow MLC member's great effort. Well done, mate

Greetings and congrats for owning a new ride.

IMHO, waxing doesn't create any damages to the paintwork and in fact they are being categorized as LSP; Last Step Product a.k.a Protection step. Waxes does actually provide a temporary defense barrier on your paintwork surface and it'll wears off / deplete after a certain amount of period. It helps to defense your paintwork from environmental contaminants and gives a glossy or warmer look. The looks will be subjected to the properties of the wax itself and thus not every wax would provide similar looks. Lets take for example, human & clothings. We, humans wear shirts & pants in a daily basis to protect from environmental contaminants too. Otherwise, our skin will be damaged by these nasty contaminants and soon may lead to major failure. So, just imagine urself as your lovely focus and walk around without any clothings and i'm pretty sure you'll understand how it feels.....

As to your polishing question, I'd somehow agree to your POV. It is good to minimize the polishing work to a minimum level as to maintain the clear coat thickness & the quality of your paintwork. With that said, appropriate paintwork maintenance is the key to achieve minimal polishing works. Well, I have some doubts when you mentioned there's no problem to be found on the paintwork which rarely happens on mass produced modern vehicles.......plus its a black vehicle. If possible, try to gain some proper light source; sunlight, street lamp, spotlight at petrol stations, LED torch, halogen lamps n etc and let it light up on your paintwork surface as these are the best possible light sources that can easily detect paint defects; swirl marks, holograms, & fine sanding marks.

Just wondering how did you clayed your vehicle ? Dry clay, clay + quik detailer or clay + normal water ? Sometimes, improper method of claying may cause marring / fine scratches to your paintwork too.

Just my 2c.