Ultimate Detailing Machine

Nobody has said it makes NO difference. If anything, those pics have reinforced what I am saying, you have to be at a certain distance/height/angle and under a certain light to see the difference.
 
divine` said:
Taken from the winner of detailingworld.co.uk's monthly competition;



Now to be honest, for all the effort he describes having gone through, i'm not seeing much difference in that door compared to the panel... :/
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Gotta be honest, neither can I really.
 
DreXeL said:
Nobody has said it makes NO difference. If anything, those pics have reinforced what I am saying, you have to be at a certain distance/height/angle and under a certain to see the difference.
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Or just a vaigly sunny day, or even under street lights in the dark :)

I personally think for the sake of a few hours it's worth doing. I did mine on Sunday, by hand- and was really happy with the results. I guess some people like me just enjoy these things.

Different strokes for different folks.
 
[TW]Fox;10336599 said:
Whats wrong with wanting perfection? Whats wrong with not wanting a crap car infested with swirlmarks?
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'Detailing' is one step away from entering concours competitions and telling people they have the wrong numberplate screws. I may have a beard but I'm not anal.

As it has already been said, you can get 95% of the results with 10% of the costs and a little elbow grease. Being anti-'detailing' doesn't mean you have to have a POS car and/or swirl-ridden paint.

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It's a hobby. Some people enjoy spending the whole day fiddling with pointless products. I do. It's enjoyable.

Other people enjoy stapling their ears together, inserting metal rings into bodyparts, and having random designs etched onto their bodies.

Why can't we live and let live?
 
One coat of Zymol

To echo what has already been said - no one is saying it's pointless, mainly that it's a Law of diminishing returns. It seems like a huge waste of time given the climate in the UK, I'd probably be more interested in it if I lived somewhere where it was sunny practically all year round. In the UK you could spend an entire weekend doing it and it would look crap the following morning as soon as you drove to work on wet roads.
 
Durzel said:
In the UK you could spend an entire weekend doing it and it would look crap the following morning as soon as you drove to work on wet roads.
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But a car with a decent coat of wax won't look crap, that's the point. I've told the story before but when I had my MR2 I gave it a good coat of NXT wax, did a 600 mile round journey in torrential rain and when I got home it was still immaculate. It hadn't picked up any motorway grime and still had a deep reflective shine.

My MGF on the other hand hasn't had the same treatment and it picks up dirt like there's no tomorrow. I've just washed it there now and I bet by the end of the week it'll be filthy even though I bet I don't even cover more than 50 miles in it.
 
People saying it's not noticeable unless you look up close, I can tell from afar my cars scratched up with the way the light hits it. Not all black cars are as bad though, I think the silver metallic fleck compounds the problem.
 
I think it's being pushed back into next year now. I imported one last week with extra pads & polish for £140, the transformer & 110v extension lead cost £60.

I like cleaning my car, like most things I do when I set to it I want to do the best I can until i'm happy, It's my time and it's my money, screw what anyone else thinks.
 
They have a random orbit buffer in halfords for £30, what would the PC or Ultimate Detailing Machine offer that the halfords machine wouldn't?. Genuine question as I'm interested in getting it to polish my car but i wouldn't spend much more than £30.
 
Mark A said:
They have a random orbit buffer in halfords for £30, what would the PC or Ultimate Detailing Machine offer that the halfords machine wouldn't?. Genuine question as I'm interested in getting it to polish my car but i wouldn't spend much more than £30.
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I have one of those and it's crap!
 
I've also got one of those (bought from "somewhere else" many years ago)

Its ok for putting wax on and then buffing it off but for removing any paint defects its a waste of time. It also makes your hand go numb really quickly
 
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The best budget device is a Silverline rotary from ebay. However then youll need better pads and polishes so youre looking at approx £100 for a decent setup.
 
Mark A said:
They have a random orbit buffer in halfords for £30, what would the PC or Ultimate Detailing Machine offer that the halfords machine wouldn't?. Genuine question as I'm interested in getting it to polish my car but i wouldn't spend much more than £30.
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Throw the halfords thing in the bin as we're only going to point at you and laugh if you keep it.

Then buy one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1200w-7-Polis...ryZ72201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem and get hold of some good polish and pads.

Variable speed is the important thing, lets you slow the work down to keep the heat from building up.
 
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