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PDR Technician: A Journey Through Clearcoat Maintenance For The Detailer Part IX

To further prove my point about the car washes or the use of detergents, professional car detailers (PDR Technicians) will use detergents to specifically remove the wax or polish because they want to strip it down to the clearcoat so that there is no foggy buildup or lumps. So if they are using it to …

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PDR Technician: A Journey Through Clearcoat Maintenance For The Detailer Part VII

When washing or waxing your clearcoat, under no circumstances are you to use any products that are abrasive. Not ever. You must be absolutely sure of this. I cannot emphasize this enough. Any abrasives used with scuff and scar its surface. The only change to this order is that when your vehicle is taken to …

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PDR Technician: A Journey Through Clearcoat Maintenance For The Detailer Part VI

Now that I have you hooked on the somewhat scientific proof by using a window analogy, let’s get you back to the window. For a new car, the clearcoats protection from ultra-violet rays, keeps the car from fading the way the older cars do. So essentially, if you have a newer model vehicle that has …

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PDR Technician: A Journey Through Clearcoat Maintenance For The Detailer Part V

What is imperative is that you understand the type of clearcoat that you have on your vehicle. Knowing this information is the first step to understanding how to care for the vehicle. As of today, there are four basic clearcoat systems and tomorrow there could be six. There are urethane, polyurethane, polyester, and fluorine high-tech …

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PDR Technician: A Journey Through Clearcoat Maintenance For The Detailer Part I

Time and modern invention have changed many things in our society from computers to car finishes. The trick in all is to try to keep up or even, if possible, get ahead of these changes see here now. Keeping your finger on the pulse of the Paintless Dent Repair industry will prove to be the …

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PDR Technician: A Journey Through Clearcoat Maintenance For The Detailer Part X

So what is the ‘Just Right’ clearcoat wash product? The proper and ideal slippery, soapy solution for frictionless dirt removal from a vehicles finish, including clearcoat, can be defined by a number of characteristics: High-foaming inherent cleaning action High lubricity slipperiness, like a lubricant Free-rinsing-a solution, in itself, leaves no residue pH-balance-a product with an …

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