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Originally Posted by HouseStark
Dude I'm a full blown addict that's my problem. I keep getting thrown all this random nonsense that I "need". I literally have like 4 layers of protection, hand washing with clean soft pads and towels and I still have swirls
I'm even considering a stage 1 paint correction for 800 and a 3 layer ceramic coating for 1500 and they said swirls could still appear. What is the point of all of this?
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I think you’re getting to the stage like I was. I had shelves full of stuff and was talked into “layering” - adding this and then adding that. Over the last five years I’ve used three different ceramic coatings, multiple polymers, multiple SIO two products etc. and when I got done I didn’t have any greater gloss than what I have now. Finishing polish with a random orbital once a year takes out any of the swirls I care about.
It almost became like phil hartman's “the anal retentive chef” on SNL, that is, throwing away garbage, then putting it in a Ziploc , then putting that in a Ziploc etc. etc.
the detailers want you to lay on a base coat then protect that with a sealant then protect that with blah blah blah, etc etc
I no longer buy that line of thinking… A good wash and sealants all I do in my car as always look immaculate…In fact I have broken down to the blasphemous procedure of using a touchless carwash, then wiping it down with something like Meguires Hydro ceramic spray while it’s still wet and then drying the car ....do it every couple months -15 minutes and I’m done.
The only place that I will still use fancy stuff like coatings is on the wheels, because it does make it easier to clean them, but that’s only once every couple years.