the whole detailing thing - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 04-12-2007, 11:38 AM

get one of these if you are going to order. Its the best thing for cleaning the top with Raggtopp.
http://detailcity.com/oxo-good-grips-small-car-wash-brush.html

unklekraker · 04-12-2007, 11:40 AM

yap...saw that on your other post

SC986 · 04-12-2007, 04:49 PM

I agree on the wetsand, I wouldn't do it DJ.

The SSR's are great, but you do have to work them more. I haven't had luck with the Menzerna. I tried their final polish on a burgandy and it just didn't look right. I ended up re-doing it with SSR1.

How long your pads last will depend on how much product you cake in them and how well you get them clean.

You can't mix them, but Autogeek has six pads for $39.99

http://www.autogeek.net/vcpad.html

The no rinse is interesting being my black does not get to dirty, mostly dust. A little skeptical though.

Perfectlap · 04-12-2007, 05:21 PM

I can't speak for the final polish. Just the Intensive Polish I and II and the Optimum's. Seem to be the go to choices for the pros, I only note it because time is money to those guys. I've spent hours and hours trying to bust out swirls on black cars with SSR and and the over the counters.
Man there was thread somewhere where a Turbo 993 was restored from oblivion using Menzerna IP, I'll see if I can dig it up. The pics were amazing because the after shots were taken directly under the sun with not a cloud in the sky. I couldnot see one swirl.

As for the NoRinse, that and FK 425 I would say are the two products that have no equal. The differences in waxes and dressing are marginal between brands but these two really are their own category for the purposes they serve.
Using the NoRInse takes some getting use to. At first I didn't trust it and I would put in way way more than the two ounces they claim. But some pro detailers told me its the only thing they use now not only on mobile detailing but at their own shop as well. They don't even use two buckets, just one with the grit guard.
These are high end cars too.

djomlas · 04-12-2007, 07:42 PM

for the scratch that i have, its really not a scratch, it has like al iter of touchup in there how bad it is, so im sure it will come out good once done right. but i think that it will have to be wetsanded.
my dad has a LOT of touchup paint on his car, along the whole left side when he sideswiped our house, lol, so i will practice on that before i even dare touch the porsche.

and yes, my friend will be doing a LOT of work, meaning washing the car, claying, drying, and ill have him clean the hell outta his own interior while i do the polishing...should be fun at least

cfos · 04-13-2007, 12:51 PM

dj--

Not sure if this was you, but I thought your car has those red stickers above your tail lights. What do you do when detailing around the stickers (if it was you/or you still have them)? I'm just curious cuz my wife drive a Mini and she has bonnett (sp?) stripes on her hood and I've been wondering what to do should I get around to waxing, etc., her car.

Perfectlap · 04-13-2007, 01:26 PM

oh you don't want to bring up that subject cfos....

as for the "hood stripes" the correct thing to do is to get out the blue painter's tape and tape the edge of the stripes. Keeps the wax from getting under the edge of the vinyl. You really should do it for gaps between body panels.. well at least when you are using a buffer.