[quote name='rhudeboye' post='60145' date='Sep 19 2008, 03:23 PM']A. I know you have to reduce to conserve space but I suffer when you guys do. My monitor and graphic card take full advantage of your hi res pics, so if you detail guys could start photo albums and just provide the link that would be awesome.
just a thought.
B. As a buffer works out the swirls isn't it removing clear coat and paint? The amount of time put into that detail job was quite lengthy. Its a slow removal but even at 1700 it is removing. Do you worry about paint protection after such a treatment?[/quote]
Rhude,
I plan to get my detailing site better suited for pics very soon. I'm getting quite the collection on my server. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/blink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
As for removing paint and clear coat, that's actually what paint correction is...the leveling out process and why guys use paint meters to measure the thickness of the paint in various areas- so you don't take too much off. That's why "detailing" is part science and part art and why it takes so much practice to do it well. You're correct in that it is a very legthy process...most folks do not realize that and when it runs upwards of 5 or 6 hundred dollars to bring a car back, it's well worth it. I'm guessing the work that is represented on this thread was 3 or 4 hundred minimum as the car wasn't in horrible shape to begin with and it was an exterior only job.
To answer your question about protection after polishing, ABSOLUTELY, you must seal everything to lock in your work and to protect the paint. Only after that can you apply a wax as a final "icing on the cake". Wax offers no protection, only shine.
- Darryl
