#7 after scratch x

[the red baron]

Hi all

I've just spent the last 3 nights on my single stage red mr2. First night was claying and the last two nights scratch x entire car. Car is looking clean but conceded I need a DA and something more abrasive to remove the remaining swirls and scratches. Won't be scratch x the entire car again!

Next step I plan to use #7 and finish up with 2 thin coats of NXT 2.0 and if time maybe UQD.

Just wondering as the Scratch X left a bit of shine and slippery feel to the car, will the oils in the #7 take to the finish or was I better off applying the #7 after the clay?

Cheers

Dan

[Mike Phillips]

Re: #7 after scratch x

Wow!

Rubbing out a single stage MR2, what year is it?

Sounds like a fun project, you have to get some pictures into this thread. Did you take any "before" shots?

As to your question, go from one product to the next, don't were about interference.

Check out this thread...

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27698

[the red baron]

Re: #7 after scratch x

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Thanks Mike. The car is a 1990 Hardtop Import. First time I washed it had red on my microfibre and thought the worst. Had no idea it was a single stage paint. I’ll have to make sure it’s always waxed and keep it out of the sun as the paint seems like it would just wash off.

I only intending doing a panel a night, but setup some halogen lights in the garage and went to work for good amount of time. Ended up doing half a car each night with a few drink breaks inbetween! Half due to the results I was getting from Scratch X I wanted to keep going.

The halogen lights really pointed out the defects hiding in the paint however. The previous owner and I thought the rear wing had clear coat failure and requiring a respray. After doing a test spot on half of the wing with clay, scratch x, #7, nxt 2.0 it come back as new. Hopefully I can take a photo of this (lent camera to parents who are away overseas) as I was amazed at difference.

I have heard all the Meguiars DA’s are sold out in ffice:smarttags" />Australia, but will have to invest in one. Unfortunately been unable to find M105 as well, so feel like I’ve hit a bit of a ceiling in any more improvement by hand.

Cheers

Dan

[Michael Stoops]

Re: #7 after scratch x

Do you have access to M80 Speed Glaze in Australia, Dan? If so, that is an awesome product for working on single stage paint, even by hand. It takes the abrasiveness of ScratchX up a few notches and introduces a fairly high concentration of the same type of polishing oils found in M07 Show Car Glaze. If you can find some, grab it!

[the red baron]

Re: #7 after scratch x

Hi Michael

We do have M80 down in Australia, i'll have a look at it next time.

The only thing i'd be worried about is how quickly my foam applicator turned red after one pass of scratch x. It's got me looking at faded red cars for sale wondering if they could come up l like the MR2 did.

The problem is now my little white chips seem to stick out a bit more now the paint looks like new again, so i'll have to learn how to touch up. I got a few quotes for professional job but they were remove panel, sand back, respray, put in oven and weren't cheap!

[Michael Stoops]

Re: #7 after scratch x

Single stage red paint is an amazing thing. Take a look at this thread, Blast from the Past! - Bringing the dead back to life!, for a fairly extreme example of what can be done with badly faded SS red.

Having the applicator turn red quickly is just a function of working with oxidized SS paint. I recently detailed a SS 1981 Ferrari 512BBi and I have a buffing pad that is so uniformly black that I'm going to mount it somehow and keep it as a souvenir.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: #7 after scratch x

Also think about this...

Working on single stage paints is a little messier but if you're working on a clear coat paint, as in doing some kind of cleaning/abrading work, you're also removing paint and staining your pad but you can't see the staining because the clear coat paint you're removing is clear...

Make sense?