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Thanks for the advice! Yes, I'll do a little bit of polishing and then apply a ceramic coating. I was able to convince my mom to clear out her garage, so this car will park in her garage from now on. My mom feels I'm wasting my time and money on fixing her car, as she believes it will break...

Thanks for the reply! Yes, I believe this car is clear coated. There is actually a spot near the trim of one window where the clear coat has slightly lifted from the paint and I can see how thin clear coat is--similar to the thickness of a Post-it note, which Mike has mentioned in the past. I'll...

I was getting ready to finally do a test spot on my mom's car, but then I noticed two small "lightly speckled areas" on the roof between the moonroof and the windshield. I don't recall noticing them before--or if I did, I must have thought it was oxidation that I could polish out. But upon...

Thanks for the advice and suggestions! I'll buy the rest of the stuff so I can get started correcting the paint on my mom's car. At this point, I need to focus on getting my hands dirty, learning, and working on techniques instead of thinking too much about products! I'll ask my friend to buy...

I'm still waiting for some items to get back in stock before purchasing the rest of the detailing products I need to correct the paint on my mom's mid-1990s Acura Integra. I did wash her car with SiO2 rinseless and cleaned the wheels with a foaming wheel cleaner, so it looks better than before...

Thanks for the advice! I'm hoping to do as little hand polishing as possible, so I'll probably just buy a few correcting and polishing 3" pads. For tape, I'm looking at CarPro and 3M, and will try reducing their stickiness a bit since I will be dealing with old clearcoat.

Thanks! It's probably going to be a few weeks before I start my project since some of the items I want are out of stock at the moment. About the hand polishing with machine pads, now that you mention it, I recall reading one of Mike's articles where he recommended thinner pads if hand...

I've never used automotive masking tape before, so I wasn't sure if pulling off the tape could also pull off a microscopic layer of the ceramic coating or weaken it a tiny bit? So I wanted to get around that by restoring the headlights before applying the ceramic coating, but I'm probably...

Hi Paul, thanks for the reply! Yes, there's no better source for real-world detailing info than Mike. I'll probably stop by my mom's place this weekend or next, and wash her car with the SiO2 Rinseless just to get most of the dirt off and get some SiO2 protection on it. I'll also use a...

Hi Mike, thanks so much for your detailed responses! I know you are a very busy person, so I appreciate you taking the time to help me out. Oh, and congratulations on becoming the Chief Education Officer at Dr. Beasley's! I took a quick look at their website and their products seem very...

Hi everybody! I'm very glad to join this forum and can't wait to learn more about detailing! I'm finalizing the plan for my first detailing project involving a machine polisher (and ceramic coating). I already bought all the chemicals needed, but need advice on buffing pads. The goal of this...