Satria Neo: Wax With Rotary Buffer Creates Holograms Review

QUOTE(Zaypher @ Aug 21 2011, 01:48 PM)

Dear all,

Is this what hologram mark is?
Is this serious?


I was quoted around RM250 to remove it and also another one, RM99 to cover up.
Can anyone recommend me a place to remove it?
or recommend me a product which i can use to remove by hand (well, i've been advised that the only way to remove such marks are by way of machine).

p.s.: i truly regret leaving my car at Proton......they provide this free wash and wax session and the guy there used a rotary buffer to wax my car and hence, this mark...although they offer to polish it up, i'm not sure if i can trust them?

Hi fella readers,

i have something to clear out here. as the car above have holograms issue caused by improper waxing technique. as every liquid/paste wax labeled behind, we only use hand to apply wax but did the label says we can use a rotary buffer to apply wax? is this true or false? what will caused holograms?

1. improper technique handle rotary buffer
2. dry buffing
3. did not finish well at the last step
4. pads not clean
5. apply wax on machine
6. wrong polish

all these i labeled above will caused holograms. i still heard sometimes people say "owner: ohh, and then you wax with machine ar?" xxx: "yalor, if not the car wont kilat" i saw many cars have holograms on the road, not wira, saga or etc but those alphard, camry, bmw etc. all these issues seems like abusing to me, you suppose to finish up like a mirror, not tattoo-ing. this owner have come to me yesterday morning, i didnt take much pictures during the process cause im actually rushing back to ipoh with my girlfriend. but i did have some sunshine shot i took after the finishing.

the 4hours process was:
-wash with ONR
-clay
-OHP + double sided foam pad (remove holograms while i get to finish at the same time)
-OCW to protect

before


after




close up


side view











thanks for reading, Selamat Hari Raya!

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Audi A4 Just Got Herself Coated With Opti-Coat

Good evening. what a busy week for me this coming Hari Raya, so many appointments and stuff to do. the traffic also suffer quite badly due to everyone "balik kampung". to people who driving back kampung, please drive safely on the road, please aware any weird object on the highway that will caused accidents, check your engine oil, battery, tires, radiator water. apply any water repellent if needed on your front windscreen for better vision due to raining session. commercial says "ingat-lah orang yang tersayang" so please be careful and have a pleasant drive! Selamat Hari Raya!

back to the topic, i have another opportunity hands on with KC again after our last detail session. this is a 5months old A4, this car being taken care properly by the owner until we cant spot any swirls on the surface with halogen, unfortunately we could spot some RIDS caused by washing. other than that, this car is perfectly fine. moving any further, this car washed with OPC & ONR for deeper cleaning then followed up by clay to remove above contaminants etc like tars. after the surface preparation was done, the front grill, windscreen, rims, spotlight are wrapped with newspaper to avoid any compound/polish residue. the trim also being taped properly to avoid any cutting. after taped everything, surgery begins..







1st test spot is on the rear bonnet, spotted some RIDS and decided to bring out the least aggressive polish and polishing pad to remove it. not really satisfied with the result, later on we tried to step down to more aggressive compound with double sided wool for more cutting power. 2nd test spot is on the hood.

very minor one almost i cant capture with my camera


after compound


A pillar before


A pillar after


close up


after the correction was done then we decided to clean the engine bay with Opti-Clean




full of dust


introduce Opti-Clean, just spray & wipe. the polymers will give you a great beading and slick to touch on interior/exterior surface.


believe it or not?




50/50


before

after






clean with just 1 product Opti-Clean




after the engine bay was cleaned, KC is ready to add some protection on it. not OLP nor either any protectant but Opti-Coat it.


nike says "just do it", KC says "just Opti-Coat it"


tadaa!


50/50


close up


after we done coating on the engine bay then we moved to exterior. we use IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) diluted 1:3 to wipe down the whole exterior surface to remove any existing polishing oil prior coating.

coating begins


everything was done perfectly after coated with Opti-Coat, the interior also cleaned with Opti-Clean by KC, some pictures maybe i have left out like washing, wheels, claying, paint correction if you have notice cause we're really busy doing this A4 since 8am until 5pm. people who read his blog at www.thedetailers.blogspot.com  im sure you guys know that KC's spine is not fully recover yet thats why he wearing a protection around his waist to straighten his back. i really have to salute him, his passion and spirit for detailing really never ends. another day i spent with him have prove me that how many effort he puts on each car. now i understand. let us just wish him one day he will recover as soon as possible. pray hard for him please.


and now, shall we proceed to the finish pictures? enjoy peeps!

final inspection


no swirls, good to go.


rims coated as well


interior


leather protected


here as well




console looking good and clean
















Audi says "i feel like im a superstar"


KC says "come, lets go for a sunshine shot"


look good


close up

























thanks for reading and Selamat Hari Raya again.

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