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Old 08-02-2005, 10:17 PM
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WOW This is better than WAX!!! NO more little Scratches! OMG my car is like a red tinted mirror! Really it Is!!! it was 5bux for this little thing iused 1/4 of it onmy car and WOW it Works Great!!! except on my hood which i painted because it was faded and oxidized... only if i bought this stuff first!
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Old 08-02-2005, 10:46 PM
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now get some polish, then some glaze and be truly amazed your just started
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Originally Posted by MetalliCamaro
WOW This is better than WAX!!! NO more little Scratches! OMG my car is like a red tinted mirror! Really it Is!!! it was 5bux for this little thing iused 1/4 of it onmy car and WOW it Works Great!!! except on my hood which i painted because it was faded and oxidized... only if i bought this stuff first!
wht brand?
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Old 08-02-2005, 11:44 PM
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wht brand?
Probably Turtle wax if it was 5 bucks.
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Old 08-03-2005, 11:33 AM
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No it was 3M in a dark green bottle says RUBBING COMPOUND Its the first thing you see on the bottle..
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Old 08-03-2005, 02:39 PM
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x2 to arch (for once), go and polish your buggy now!
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Old 08-05-2005, 01:32 PM
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um what kind of polish do i get? yje car hasnt moved since i put the rubbing compund to it, whats the polish going to do? any way i can rewash and re do the rubbing compund right? then polish or can i just polish it? it hasnt moved.. still in the same spot..
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think of rubbing compound and polish as sand paper, compound would be say 120 grit, polish would be 400 and glaze would be 2000 if you can find it get 3m perfect it or finesse it
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omg i am going to get some of that polish and glaze, for best results i should get it from 3m since thats who made the rubbing compound i used?!?!
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Old 08-05-2005, 02:50 PM
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no they just make the best stuff.I only use 3m if I can help it
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no they just make the best stuff.I only use 3m if I can help it
Odd, no one ever buys any 3M products at my job. The again it's not in a big flashly box either.
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Old 08-05-2005, 03:31 PM
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pros will, but how many body shops buy from a regualr parts store
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Originally Posted by archemedes
pros will, but how many body shops buy from a regualr parts store
In our case, several.
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what paint do you guys carry? the one here only has duplicolor no real automotive paint
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what paint do you guys carry? the one here only has duplicolor no real automotive paint
Don't know really, I was talking about sand paper ans scrapers anyway not paint.
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