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My SSS has tiny little scratches on nearly everywhere imaginable. To top this off, I also have to have a new rear bumper fitted and painted.

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Was just curious if anyone has had their car buffed (professionally), and the results that they had. I have heard reports of people charging up to $1000 for a full coat, buff, and interior steam clean.. This is way out of my budget.

I was thinking that a new bumper fitted and sprayed should cost $300 and wasn't too sure what to pay for buffing.

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got my car buffed at micheal's autodetailing at wetheril park. got recommended to me by a few people in the spraypainting industry. he did an awesome job, cost around $230. full buff and steam clean is about 180 from memory but i had a few more things done.

It came up awesome, when i first got my car the paintwork was terrible(9 months on the docks). when he finished it it looked like a respray it was that good. there is a pic in my galllery of my car just after he detailed it.

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I am about to invest in a american random orbital buffing machine so hopefully with a little practice I should be able to get the same professional results my self. These machines are good as they make it very hard to burn the paint.. (maybe i should practice on someone else's car first).

That said I am considering getting someone to do the WHOLE car.. see if I can get it nice and clean. The poor girl has had alot of attention to performance of late and not to the outside.

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I am about to invest in a american random orbital buffing machine so hopefully with a little practice I should be able to get the same professional results my self. These machines are good as they make it very hard to burn the paint.. (maybe i should practice on someone else's car first).

That said I am considering getting someone to do the WHOLE car.. see if I can get it nice and clean. The poor girl has had alot of attention to performance of late and not to the outside.

These machines are very good and you dont need to be a pro to use them , they are not buffing machines though and they wont bring up a badly faded paint job .

Don't frget you need a transfomer as well and they are not cheap !

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I bought one of those random orbital buffers from Kmart, and used the Meguiars 3 step polishing system.

I only used the orbital buffer for the 1st step (slight cut), and 2nd step (polish), then just used cloths for the carnauba wax.

When I first got my car the paint looked clean but was incredibly rough. If you looked closely at it there were tiny little black spots all throughout the paint too.

Now it's as smooth as a baby's butt :P

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Ive been told that the second step is just silicon which gives the car the wet look is a pannel beaters nightmare as it is a real pain in the ass to match.

I just use step 1 and 3 after i heard that.

maybe true, i had a friends supra for a day that had been ruined by using a cut on a perfectly fine clear coat, he wanted me to test the paint cleaner and it did the trick (temporarily)

covered up all the swirls 100%

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Ive been told that the second step is just silicon which gives the car the wet look is a pannel beaters nightmare as it is a real pain in the ass to match.

I just use step 1 and 3 after i heard that.

yeh silicone is a painters nightmare, not to match, but it sort of sticks to the paint really well, and causes hundreds of small indentations in the paint

don't use anything with silicone in it

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guys i am a professional detailer and if you want good results, see a pro. get your car looking good first then keeping it looking good is all about how you maintain it. techniques for car care are posted in the forum as a complete car care prescription, everything from engine bay to paint. any questions dont hesitate to pm me.

mr r32 if anyone tries to charge you $1000 for a detail tell them that that is absolute bull. you should no get charged any more than a couple of hundred. give your car a clean before you go and get it quoteted. trust me it will lower the price, how do i know because i am the one who quotes.

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