Ok penski, go to detailingworld or autopia and tell them they're all idiots for using mechanical polishers and that doing it by hand gives you the same results
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Ok penski, go to detailingworld or autopia and tell them they're all idiots for using mechanical polishers and that doing it by hand gives you the same results
I must say I agree with penski on this. To 99% of the public in 99% of conditions, a 200 quid 'detail' isn't going to look any different to a good old fashioned wash'n'polish.
Sure, you may notice a difference under artificial light placed at a 36 degree angle wilst looking at it from a height of 1.32 meters and a distance of 213mm, but come on, as soon as it's outside on a typical overcast British day nobody is going to see any difference atall.....
That said, each to their own
Sure, you may notice a difference under artificial light placed at a 36 degree angle wilst looking at it from a height of 1.32 meters and a distance of 213mm, but come on, as soon as it's outside on a typical overcast British day nobody is going to see any difference atall.....
That said, each to their own
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I must say I agree with penski on this. To 99% of the public in 99% of conditions, a 200 quid 'detail' isn't going to look any different to a good old fashioned wash'n'polish.
Sure, you may notice a differene under artificial light placed at a 36 degree angle wilst looking at it from a height of 1.32 meters and a distance of 213mm, but come on, as soon as it's outside on a typical day nobody is going to see the difference.....
That said, each to their own
Well you're ok, your car's white.
Racist!
Since a bird did the worlds largest most acidic crap on my car bonnet ive been unable to remove the resulting mark by hand, the mark is fairly visible in some lights. If my car was worth >2k id want to get rid of it and buying a £200 PC allowed me to do this as well as meaning i could be a lazy mofo when polishing it i would happily do so!
My previous car was black. I still felt the same.
Well what to you is a regular wax and polish, if a glorified one is with a machine?
The swirls/marrs on mine drive me nuts.
The fact that it's a machine has nothing to do with it.
It's the term and 'culture' of 'detailing' that I despise.
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Because it's not going to be several hundred pounds, it's going to be around £100 when it hits our shores. By hand it takes a great deal of effort to polish out swirls/marring and you'll never end up with the finish you can get from a machine polisher.
Maybe you have the arm of popeye or something but I sure don't.
Maybe you have the arm of popeye or something but I sure don't.
So? I despise clapped out pieces of crap on the roads, yet you seem to love them. I dont make a big song and dance about it.
Just agree to disagree, not everyone is into the same things, some people enjoy pouring money into having perfect paint work, who cares, its their money. You obviously dont have an eye for detail if you cant see the difference between a bucket and sponge, and the correction of swirled and marred paintwork.
I take it that your eyesight isn't too good then?
In that case I'd make sure you're wearing your specs next time you look at a detailed car up close
In that case I'd make sure you're wearing your specs next time you look at a detailed car up close
But that's the point, you can only see the difference between a 'detailed' car and one that has merely had a good wash'n'polish whilst standing about 3cms away under some artificial light. 99% of the time the two look no different.
Your posts are contradicting, what exactly is it that you have a problem with?
Not really, bad swirling and marring of the paint makes the car look dull and lacklustre, even from a distance. You dont neglect the engine of your car, so why neglect the body? Admittedly some people do go over the top with detailing, but correcting the paint yourself is rewarding and makes the car look so much better. Plus adding layers of good wax protects the paint from bird droppings, tar, grime etc.
IMO Whats the difference in spending £200 on rejuvenating the paint work, and spending £200 on a new aftermarket bumper? They both change the look of your car, just that one is more noticable than the other
EDIT - it always works on black and darker coloured cars to a greater extent. Silver is pretty unnoticable.
Seems fairly obvious to me.
He doesn't see the point in blowing £250 on a detail or detailing equipment when just washing and waxing yourself properly does almost the same thing.
Where the hell did 'detailing' spring up from anyway, it was unheard of a year ago, now everyone seems to want to pay some guy £250 to polish swirls out of their cars.