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| Introduction\\ | Introduction\\ | ||
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| * This article is Royce Barber's non-professional notes. For learning about detailing your car, but focusing on the car paint, detailing your car paint, and possibly doing it yourself. Easy ideas and tips.\\ | * This article is Royce Barber's non-professional notes. For learning about detailing your car, but focusing on the car paint, detailing your car paint, and possibly doing it yourself. Easy ideas and tips.\\ | ||
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| - | * Related articles here on RoyceBarber.Com: My Personal Mazda Miata Page. Jeep Research. \\ | + | * Related articles here on RoyceBarber.Com: My Personal Mazda Miata Page. Jeep Research.\\ |
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| - | * Caution Statement: These are my personal notes. I'm not a professional. This article is not connected with any organization or company. Be careful what you do to your car. \\ | + | * Caution Statement: These are my personal notes. I'm not a professional. This article is not connected with any organization or company. Be careful what you do to your car.\\ |
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| * Do you have corrections and ideas?: We love hearing from guests! Feel free to use the Contact Page.\\ | * Do you have corrections and ideas?: We love hearing from guests! Feel free to use the Contact Page.\\ | ||
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| What is Auto Detailing?\\ | What is Auto Detailing?\\ | ||
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| * Areas Generally Not Seen\\ | * Areas Generally Not Seen\\ | ||
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| - | * More to be added...\\ | + | * More to be added…\\ |
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| - | * Areas vulnerable to rust. \\ | + | * Areas vulnerable to rust.\\ |
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| * Where a fully-functioning vehicle only needs its appearance improved.\\ | * Where a fully-functioning vehicle only needs its appearance improved.\\ | ||
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| - | * You have prior experience in detailing, have worked with a detailer, taken a class on detailing, or are adventurous and have experience with paint and chemicals. \\ | + | * You have prior experience in detailing, have worked with a detailer, taken a class on detailing, or are adventurous and have experience with paint and chemicals.\\ |
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| - | * If your car is looking scruffy, and it's not so new that mistakes will devalue it. \\ | + | * If your car is looking scruffy, and it's not so new that mistakes will devalue it.\\ |
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| - | * You take pride in how you and others view your vehicle. \\ | + | * You take pride in how you and others view your vehicle.\\ |
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| - | * When you sell the vehicle, you'll make more money than you spent restoring it. \\ | + | * When you sell the vehicle, you'll make more money than you spent restoring it.\\ |
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| * Increase the sale value of the car.\\ | * Increase the sale value of the car.\\ | ||
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| - | * Prevent rust and corrosion from entering the scratches. \\ | + | * Prevent rust and corrosion from entering the scratches.\\ |
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| Cons about Car Detailing\\ | Cons about Car Detailing\\ | ||
| - | * Detailing or restoring a vehicle may not be worth it, and may cost more than the cars sale value. For a junker car (often used for four wheeling), sometimes it's quicker to just buy a few cans of spray paint and carefully paint over the car, taping off non-paint areas. Using a car rated spray paint. \\ | + | * Detailing or restoring a vehicle may not be worth it, and may cost more than the cars sale value. For a junker car (often used for four wheeling), sometimes it's quicker to just buy a few cans of spray paint and carefully paint over the car, taping off non-paint areas. Using a car rated spray paint.\\ |
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| - | * Lathering or scrubbing on a vehicle may do more damage than good. Be gentle about it. \\ | + | * Lathering or scrubbing on a vehicle may do more damage than good. Be gentle about it.\\ |
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| Experts Say about Car Detailing\\ | Experts Say about Car Detailing\\ | ||
| - | * Cleaning vehicle interiors: Warm water and mild soap, gently lathering (agitating) with a bristled brush. Wiping off with a microfiber rag. Wipe off the later before drying, so the dirt doesn't stick into the material pores again. Clean one small area at a time, so dirt doesn't have time to settle back down. \\ | + | * Cleaning vehicle interiors: Warm water and mild soap, gently lathering (agitating) with a bristled brush. Wiping off with a microfiber rag. Wipe off the later before drying, so the dirt doesn't stick into the material pores again. Clean one small area at a time, so dirt doesn't have time to settle back down.\\ |
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| - | Misc Notes about Car Detailing\\ | + | Misc Notes about Car Detailing\\ |
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| General Car Paint Maintenance\\ | General Car Paint Maintenance\\ | ||
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| - | * Keep the automobile covered. \\ | + | * Keep the automobile covered.\\ |
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| - | * Enemy of automotive paint: Sun. Debris in the wind. Tree sap. Rain through a tree, coating the car in tree debris. Cat claws. Driving too close to bushes, branches. Leaning on your car. Pedestrians walking by your car. \\ | + | * Enemy of automotive paint: Sun. Debris in the wind. Tree sap. Rain through a tree, coating the car in tree debris. Cat claws. Driving too close to bushes, branches. Leaning on your car. Pedestrians walking by your car.\\ |
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| Internet Resources\\ | Internet Resources\\ | ||
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| - | * Wikipedia on Auto Detailing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_detailing\\ | + | * Wikipedia on Auto Detailing: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_detailing|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_detailing]]\\ |
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| - | * Wikipedia on Automotive Restoration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_restoration\\ | + | * Wikipedia on Automotive Restoration: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_restoration|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_restoration]]\\ |
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| - | * Wikipedia on Auto Maintenance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_maintenance\\ | + | * Wikipedia on Auto Maintenance: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_maintenance|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_maintenance]]\\ |
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| - | * Wikipedia List of Articles on Automobile Maintenance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Automobile_maintenance\\ | + | * Wikipedia List of Articles on Automobile Maintenance: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Automobile_maintenance|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Automobile_maintenance]]\\ |
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| - | * Wikipedia on Car Talk on National Public Radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Talk\\ | + | * Wikipedia on Car Talk on National Public Radio: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Talk|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Talk]]\\ |
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| - | * Wikipedia on Custom Car: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_car\\ | + | * Wikipedia on Custom Car: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_car|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom_car]]\\ |
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| - | * Car and Driver: http://www.caranddriver.com/\\ | + | * Car and Driver: [[http://www.caranddriver.com/|http://www.caranddriver.com/]]\\ |
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| - | * Kelly Blue Book: http://www.kbb.com/\\ | + | * Kelly Blue Book: [[http://www.kbb.com/|http://www.kbb.com/]]\\ |
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| Sources Cited\\ | Sources Cited\\ | ||
| * Too freaking many. To be determined. | * Too freaking many. To be determined. | ||
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