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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 04:30 AM
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Paint polished - 2005 TSX

With people posting their detail jobs, I suppose I'll post a one and see how it goes.
This is a 2005 Acura TSX with about 3 years worth of water spots on it

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This is what it looked like AFTER I washed it:















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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 04:36 AM
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 08:34 AM
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Good work what polish did you use ?
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 08:43 AM
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Prima Swirl and a DA + lots of pads.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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Nice job, way to bring it back. Why did you go through so many pads though?
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by BoostedThrills
Nice job, way to bring it back. Why did you go through so many pads though?
thanks!

The condition of the paint was so bad I did not want to waste clay bars, so I opted to polish before clay (yeah I know, I reversed the steps to save clay bar, it gets expensive ya know). Therefore I was switching out pads every 2 panels lol.
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Old Oct 16, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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Damn I those are some serious waterspots.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by TriniSpec
Damn I those are some serious waterspots.
lol yeah, i taught him how to do a rinseless wash so he is able to maintain a water spot free finish now
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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lol... didn't know u were still on the forum mike... hows the acura?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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lol yeah, i taught him how to do a rinseless wash so he is able to maintain a water spot free finish now
and how exactly do you do a rinseless wash?
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 06:42 PM
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Looks good.
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Detrich
lol... didn't know u were still on the forum mike... hows the acura?
The acura is good. almost 56k miles and trouble free.
I'm going to try a special nano coating pretty soon thats suppose to be scratch and marring resistant. plus it lasts a whole year
See vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1XK-fy3AM
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by -WILL-
and how exactly do you do a rinseless wash?
1 oz of solution in 2 gallons of water, a sponge, and towels to dry. no need to rinse, many detailers converted to this instead of doing traditional 2 buckets now.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL5A29qIjnc
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirt_Nasty
Looks good.
thanks
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by BRGREEN8
The acura is good. almost 56k miles and trouble free.
I'm going to try a special nano coating pretty soon thats suppose to be scratch and marring resistant. plus it lasts a whole year
See vid here:
I will be bugging you about this when the time comes! haha
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BRGREEN8
The acura is good. almost 56k miles and trouble free.
I'm going to try a special nano coating pretty soon thats suppose to be scratch and marring resistant. plus it lasts a whole year
See vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg1XK-fy3AM

WTFFF thats sick. No way this really works. Did you try it out ?!?!?!?!!
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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based on the prices for this stuff, it has to work or there will be a riot.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
I will be bugging you about this when the time comes! haha
I can get it for you and you can apply it yourself lol.
Not exactly rocket science to apply.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Rotary-RX8
WTFFF thats sick. No way this really works. Did you try it out ?!?!?!?!!
The whole point of nano coating technology is to eliminate wash induced swirls marks and scratches. The test is a little extreme, but yes it does work.
It's actually a pretty popular product in Europe, I'm waiting for my buddy to give me feedback before I order any. It's $50 + shipping for .85oz. No, not a typo, .85oz.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BRGREEN8
I can get it for you and you can apply it yourself lol.
Not exactly rocket science to apply.
lol, not about the application, but i will want to see your car after you apply it. haha
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
lol, not about the application, but i will want to see your car after you apply it. haha
lol ok
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Old May 9, 2011 | 09:57 AM
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looks good
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