Hi. I hope someone out there can make some suggestions for my situations. I would greatly appreciate it!
I recently purchased a Meguiar's G110V2. I have no experience with it. Years ago I used a Black and Decker random orbit at times. Other than that I have always done most things by hand. The pads I purchased for the G110V2 are the Soft Buff 2.0 polishing and finishing pads... yellow and black pads. Is it critical to "prime" a pad before use? Should I lightly mist the pads with Quick Detailer or something else before I apply products like Swirl X, Ultimate Compound, a pure polish, or wax? I've seen some suggest that, but I'm not sure what to do in each case. I have some Quick Detailer and also some Ultimate Detailer. I am concerned that the "quick detailer type sprays" may not be appropriate and may possibly work against some products like Ultimate Compound, Swirl-X, etc. Can I just take a dry pad, squirt an X pattern of product on the pad and go to work? Please let me know as much as you can. Thanks!
I plan to work on 3 cars in the near future. One is a blue Chevy Cobalt. I will wash and clay it first. I looked at the car and I saw it does have a fair amount of swirl marks in it. I have Siwrl-X, Scratch X 2.0, and Ultimate Compound at my disposal. At this point in time I only have experience using Scratch X 2.0. Maybe I should have purchased a different product like...
M83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish (M8332)
M80 Speed Glaze (M8032)
M82 Swirl Free Polish (M8232)
or something else? What do you think???
The second vehicle is a 2002 black Mercedes CLK 430. It has a fair amount swirls and some scratches in it if you look at it under certain conditions. A few weeks ago I washed, clayed, and used Meguiar's Cleaner Wax on it by hand. The owner was present to witness the claying part make a HUGE difference! I must say I never clayed a car that was as contaminated as this one was. The unclayed areas -vs- the clayed areas... was like going from sandpaper to glass. The owner was very happy with the end result. I told him in order to make it right (make it look even better) it really should have the swirls and scratches removed. I want to try Swirl-X or Ultimate Compound on it, followed up with #7 (M-0716) Professional Show Car Glaze, and then NXT liquid wax. Suggestions on this project are much appreciated!
The third vehicle is a silver 2009 Toyota Rav 4 Limited. The paint is in excellent shape. It better be at that age. I looked it over and it doesn't have any scratches or swirls. I plan to wash, clay, and use NXT liquid on it.
Can anyone tell me the difference between Meguiar's Deep Crystal polish and Meguiar's #7 (M-0716) Professional Show Car Glaze?
After a detail and these Soft Buff 2.0 pads have wax, polish, etc. accumulation on them, should I wash them with liquid Tide on a gentle or regular wash cycle? Water temp... hot/cold, warm/warm, warm/cold, or cold/cold? Those are the temps on my washer. I ask because I did see some people talk about letting them the way they are (not washing) and storing them in open ziplock bags? The way I currently do things... any hand applicator pads that had wax, polish etc. accumulation on them I would take and spray with a degreaser called "Mean Green" and work them clean under warm water. In my experience the Mean Green does a great job
of getting almost all, if not all of the product out. After the Mean Green treatment I put them in the washing machine with liquid Tide on a gentle cycle. I would like to know the proper way to take care of these pads so they last longer and I don't contaminate them. I guess I could start substituting Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner for the Mean Green if that's ok to do?
Thanks for the help! It is greatly appreciated!
I recently purchased a Meguiar's G110V2. I have no experience with it. Years ago I used a Black and Decker random orbit at times. Other than that I have always done most things by hand. The pads I purchased for the G110V2 are the Soft Buff 2.0 polishing and finishing pads... yellow and black pads. Is it critical to "prime" a pad before use? Should I lightly mist the pads with Quick Detailer or something else before I apply products like Swirl X, Ultimate Compound, a pure polish, or wax? I've seen some suggest that, but I'm not sure what to do in each case. I have some Quick Detailer and also some Ultimate Detailer. I am concerned that the "quick detailer type sprays" may not be appropriate and may possibly work against some products like Ultimate Compound, Swirl-X, etc. Can I just take a dry pad, squirt an X pattern of product on the pad and go to work? Please let me know as much as you can. Thanks!
I plan to work on 3 cars in the near future. One is a blue Chevy Cobalt. I will wash and clay it first. I looked at the car and I saw it does have a fair amount of swirl marks in it. I have Siwrl-X, Scratch X 2.0, and Ultimate Compound at my disposal. At this point in time I only have experience using Scratch X 2.0. Maybe I should have purchased a different product like...
M83 Dual Action Cleaner Polish (M8332)
M80 Speed Glaze (M8032)
M82 Swirl Free Polish (M8232)
or something else? What do you think???
The second vehicle is a 2002 black Mercedes CLK 430. It has a fair amount swirls and some scratches in it if you look at it under certain conditions. A few weeks ago I washed, clayed, and used Meguiar's Cleaner Wax on it by hand. The owner was present to witness the claying part make a HUGE difference! I must say I never clayed a car that was as contaminated as this one was. The unclayed areas -vs- the clayed areas... was like going from sandpaper to glass. The owner was very happy with the end result. I told him in order to make it right (make it look even better) it really should have the swirls and scratches removed. I want to try Swirl-X or Ultimate Compound on it, followed up with #7 (M-0716) Professional Show Car Glaze, and then NXT liquid wax. Suggestions on this project are much appreciated!
The third vehicle is a silver 2009 Toyota Rav 4 Limited. The paint is in excellent shape. It better be at that age. I looked it over and it doesn't have any scratches or swirls. I plan to wash, clay, and use NXT liquid on it.
Can anyone tell me the difference between Meguiar's Deep Crystal polish and Meguiar's #7 (M-0716) Professional Show Car Glaze?
After a detail and these Soft Buff 2.0 pads have wax, polish, etc. accumulation on them, should I wash them with liquid Tide on a gentle or regular wash cycle? Water temp... hot/cold, warm/warm, warm/cold, or cold/cold? Those are the temps on my washer. I ask because I did see some people talk about letting them the way they are (not washing) and storing them in open ziplock bags? The way I currently do things... any hand applicator pads that had wax, polish etc. accumulation on them I would take and spray with a degreaser called "Mean Green" and work them clean under warm water. In my experience the Mean Green does a great job
of getting almost all, if not all of the product out. After the Mean Green treatment I put them in the washing machine with liquid Tide on a gentle cycle. I would like to know the proper way to take care of these pads so they last longer and I don't contaminate them. I guess I could start substituting Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner for the Mean Green if that's ok to do?
Thanks for the help! It is greatly appreciated!
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