Hello everyone, I have been a visitor in this forum for awhile. But because I have several questions and comments, I decided to join Meguiars online forum.
First of all, I recently purchased a G100 polisher among with other products. I decided to give a full detail to my wife’s 5 year old dark green Honda. The car’s paint has some deep scratches that you can feel them with your nails, some light ones and a fair amount of swirls marks. Also, two edged spots from bird poop and a bit of paint oxidation in some spots. Oh, the car never sees a garage.
This is my detailing arsenal:
Deep crystal car wash
Quick clay system
Scratch X
Plastic X
Endurance Tire dressing
Medalion Premium Paint cleaner
#9 swirl remover
#7 show car glaze
NTX wax
2-8006 pads
2-9006 pads
G-100 DAP
Here is what I did and some comments
1- Wash the car with Deep crystal car wash. Most of the dirt got washed after two weeks straight of constant rain
2- Clay with Quick clay system. The car was clayed previously by using the other M brand clay system about less than two months. I was surprised how much stuff you pick up with the Meg clay compared with the other brand. I used half of the clay but I ended up dropping it on the ground. So, I started to use the other half and guess what? I dropped the clay again just before finishing. So, I finished claying the car using the other brand. Fortunately the now I can get the QCS in a local Kmart instead of the local autopart store.
3- I started to tackle the paint edged by using scratch X by hand. Either the paint is too hard or the etching is so deep that I could not be removed. To describe it looks like after clay gets dried by the sun it shows a lot of cracks. I tried using a cotton terry cloth, a cotton swab, foam applicator... No result. I worked the area for al least 15 minutes, reapplying the product. No luck, but al least is less noticeable. So I left it like that fearing that I was removing too much paint.
4- I stated to use my DA set a 4.5 with 8006 pad and MPPC to remove the light scratches. I decided not to do anything with the deep scratch. Still too afraid to remove a lot of paint. Now here is the part that I am not sure what I am doing right. I started a section of about 2’x2’ going back and forward from side to side then up and down with about 3 lbs of pressure. My arm speed is set by counting one thousand one, on thousand two, and one thousand thee. I am guessing that is the medium arm speed that everyone refers. After spending about 5 minutes there still some scratches and swirls but not as much. Am I spending too little time per section? Do I need to use #80 instead of the MPPC?
5- Then I switched to #9 with a clean 8006 pad and did the same procedure. Some of the swirls are gone but still more to take. Again too little time per section?
6- Then I use #7 with a 9006 pad…it was hard to remove but I found what I did wrong… I applied too tick with my PC…novice mistake… after reading the proper way to apply and remove the #7, I am thinking doing the following: apply #7 with a foam applicator by hand the entire car then slightly remove it little bit twice with a cotton towel. Any other suggestion? Perhaps I should try deep crystal polish #2 step.
7- With another 9006 pad I proceed to apply the NTX wax with my PC and then remove it by hand.
Here are my observations after all the process;
Paint reflection was really good to the point that I could see the blue sky in the green paint. Swirls marks and scratches are still noticeable at certain sun light angle. One more question, I carefully labeled each pad for cleaning, polishing, etc. Let say if I am using a pad for the MPPC can I reuse the same pad for something more aggressive like #80 as long as I washed it?
Thank you for reading my long post and I appreciate your comments.
romulus
First of all, I recently purchased a G100 polisher among with other products. I decided to give a full detail to my wife’s 5 year old dark green Honda. The car’s paint has some deep scratches that you can feel them with your nails, some light ones and a fair amount of swirls marks. Also, two edged spots from bird poop and a bit of paint oxidation in some spots. Oh, the car never sees a garage.
This is my detailing arsenal:
Deep crystal car wash
Quick clay system
Scratch X
Plastic X
Endurance Tire dressing
Medalion Premium Paint cleaner
#9 swirl remover
#7 show car glaze
NTX wax
2-8006 pads
2-9006 pads
G-100 DAP
Here is what I did and some comments
1- Wash the car with Deep crystal car wash. Most of the dirt got washed after two weeks straight of constant rain
2- Clay with Quick clay system. The car was clayed previously by using the other M brand clay system about less than two months. I was surprised how much stuff you pick up with the Meg clay compared with the other brand. I used half of the clay but I ended up dropping it on the ground. So, I started to use the other half and guess what? I dropped the clay again just before finishing. So, I finished claying the car using the other brand. Fortunately the now I can get the QCS in a local Kmart instead of the local autopart store.
3- I started to tackle the paint edged by using scratch X by hand. Either the paint is too hard or the etching is so deep that I could not be removed. To describe it looks like after clay gets dried by the sun it shows a lot of cracks. I tried using a cotton terry cloth, a cotton swab, foam applicator... No result. I worked the area for al least 15 minutes, reapplying the product. No luck, but al least is less noticeable. So I left it like that fearing that I was removing too much paint.
4- I stated to use my DA set a 4.5 with 8006 pad and MPPC to remove the light scratches. I decided not to do anything with the deep scratch. Still too afraid to remove a lot of paint. Now here is the part that I am not sure what I am doing right. I started a section of about 2’x2’ going back and forward from side to side then up and down with about 3 lbs of pressure. My arm speed is set by counting one thousand one, on thousand two, and one thousand thee. I am guessing that is the medium arm speed that everyone refers. After spending about 5 minutes there still some scratches and swirls but not as much. Am I spending too little time per section? Do I need to use #80 instead of the MPPC?
5- Then I switched to #9 with a clean 8006 pad and did the same procedure. Some of the swirls are gone but still more to take. Again too little time per section?
6- Then I use #7 with a 9006 pad…it was hard to remove but I found what I did wrong… I applied too tick with my PC…novice mistake… after reading the proper way to apply and remove the #7, I am thinking doing the following: apply #7 with a foam applicator by hand the entire car then slightly remove it little bit twice with a cotton towel. Any other suggestion? Perhaps I should try deep crystal polish #2 step.
7- With another 9006 pad I proceed to apply the NTX wax with my PC and then remove it by hand.
Here are my observations after all the process;
Paint reflection was really good to the point that I could see the blue sky in the green paint. Swirls marks and scratches are still noticeable at certain sun light angle. One more question, I carefully labeled each pad for cleaning, polishing, etc. Let say if I am using a pad for the MPPC can I reuse the same pad for something more aggressive like #80 as long as I washed it?
Thank you for reading my long post and I appreciate your comments.
romulus
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