exceldetail

I remember when Dodo cam e around a couple years ago. i was impressed with the marketing concept. I have not used it, but have already been in contact with overseas dept's......You guys drive me nuts sometimes.....We'll see if it pans out. USD vs. the Euro is what its all about....I really wanted to bring in some Italian polishes next........

TSC17

Steven...$50/hr

Fergy...I take pride in my 2 year old 37K mile vehicle looking nicer than brand new ones!

Denzil

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Quite a bit. Not all of us detailers are relatively cheap, hehe.

JLTSX07

So, you'll be carrying DODO now? Sweet!

mrclrider

that is alot more miles than I thought it would have.

PortlandRL

Todd...your car looks better than some with 36,000 fewer miles on them.

CLtotheTL32

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Wow the engine looks amazing. Thanks for the pics!

CocheseUGA

FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

That's the nicest car I've ever seen. Period.

Ramrodthrusterpuppy

I gotta start hanging out in the W & W forum....unreal depth....WOW! Nice job!

I can't wait to go to town on my TL-S!

bigeshorte45

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Holy cleanliness

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Thanks guys!

97BlackAckCL

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Man that engine bay is clean, can't wait to use my bottle of 303 on my EB's

o2thesama

okay...so i'm a complete noob and new to this detail thing...HOW do you clean an engine bay? spray with hose? anyone got a nice write up I can read or video or something?!?!

Thanks!

SweetJazz

Beautiful work Todd!!!

This is getting me motivated to do my spring detail.

SweetJazz

It is even better when the Merc, BMW, and Audi guys do double and triple takes of your car on the road. It makes all the extra work worth it.

jmkiang

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Come to IL pleeeeeeeeeeeease!!!! My NBP needs some lovin

SLAKERZ

Amaaaazing. Looks ready to go to Barret Jackson's auction. Great work!

TSC17

Thanks everybody.

SJ...get your motivation on...we want to see juicy NBP pics!

Slakerz...I get frustrated watching Barrett Jackson. I look for swirls and defects every time they have a closeup on the car (it's nice having HD), and usually see them. How in the world can somebody take a $150K car to an auction looking like that? Well I guess they're getting big $$ for it, so I just answered my own question.

And thanks for the trophy, I'll add it to my shelf.

blazinxhott

Nice NBP Type-S!!

97BlackAckCL

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I thought I was the only crackhead that looked for swirls on those cars, gotta love HD for sure Todd

imj0257

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Wow. That is quite a clean car. Very nice.

sleepinxlionhart

Hey TSC17, nice work! I have a question about the door handles. Although your car doesn't have scratches within the inside of the door handle(the oval indentation part) from nails and stuff (I read how you trained your kid to close the door super carefully, haha). I was wondering what is the best way to get rid of those scratches? Is there a super small machine that can get in there to help polish it out? Or is the only way by hand?

Oh, and another question. What is the best way to clean between the emblems? Like the "A" and "acura" etc..I noticed that there's a bit of a build up of crud between the emblems on my car. Makes me want to debadge it and clean the area and rebadge it.

TSC17

For under the door handles, pick up a bottle of Meguiars ScratchX. Use a clean foam applicator to work the product in until clear, and re-apply a couple of times. This should clean up all but the heaviest scratches under there.

For the emblems, you can either de-badge and re-badge, or you can take your time with a soft toothbrush, q-tips, toothpicks, etc to thoroughly clean the area. If doing this method, I would tape off the painted area surrounding the emblem so you don't risk scratching anything.

sleepinxlionhart

Cool, thanks for the swift reply Todd! Another question if I may. I'm a rookie at detailing, and I don't know any good detailers around where I live.
Is it necessary to get a paint depth gauge if I were to use a random orbital on my car that I have bought new? And if I were to get one, what is the reading that deems the clear coat "thin" for Acuras? And I guess, exactly how "low" can I go in terms of stripping off the clear coat (probably wouldn't even happen, but just curious).

Thanks!

TSC17

If you have a new car, and are using a PC on it every now and then to keep it looking nice, then you probably don't need to worry about a PTG.

Acuras typically range from 100 to 150 microns depending on the area of the car. You don't want to remove more than about 7 microns otherwise you'll lose the UV protection which will eventually result in clear coat failure. To put it in perspective, you might remove .5 micron during a heavy compounding session with a rotary (very aggressive combination). A car shouldn't require many heavy compounding sessions!

So use common sense, don't spend too much time on edges and seams, and your new car should be fine with the occasional polish via PC.

sleepinxlionhart

I see. My car is 4 years old, and I haven't polished it before. I'm thinking of polishing it every couple of years or so because it's garaged and I don't take it up to the mountains or anything of that sort. But it has been damaged by improper washing. I would like to invest in a PTG, but wow, never imagined it would cost so much. Too bad I live in California or I'll let you work your magic on my car! So then I wouldn't have to worry about these things, haha.

shenaniganz08

Damn !

Great shot