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After my encounter with bambi, the new hood and front end of my car made the rest of the car look terrible (SS red paint after a hard winter). All I had was some Deep Crystal Polish (DC-2) and I gave that a good rub with the PC and a polishing pad. It applied and came off beautifully and combined with two coats of NXT2, the car was sparkling again.
Well I finally bought some #7 so I could start my summer side work detailiing cars for a few extra dollars. First up was a BMW 528? with a carbon fiber hood. It was a hot day and the 7 spread beautifully. My method for removing the #7 is to apply the first of two sealant coats directly over the #7, it typically makes the removal of the #7 much easier. A good rub of #7 with a coat of NXT2 overtop, remove, then put a fresh coat of NXT2 on the car then wait for the swipe test and remove. This usually results in a near-perfect finish. I did my father in law's truck today (60* and humid). First the car wouldn't dry after the wash...too cold & damp I guess then the #7 didn't want to spread as well as it did when it was warmer. I had started with Megs UC, so I had a good surface to work with, it just didn't want to spread as thin. Since I was working on a truck I used Collinite 845 Insulator wax. The wax spread over the #7 fine and removal of the wax/#7 was just as easy as before. The second layer of 845 went on with no issues.
So after seeing how well these cars turned out using #7, I decided mine needed repolished and waxed. Since I had just used UC only a week or so before, I went straight to the polishing step. As with the truck, the #7 didn't want to spread so well in the colder weather. On my car I used the NXT2 and the first coat that went on directly over the #7 was a BEAST to remove. I know that even if you apply NXT2 too heavy it's still easy to remove so it had to be the #7 and the cold weather causing me issues. The second layer of NXT2 was more like normal, easy to remove with only slight streaking on a few of the panels...I did have a bit of a "waxident" I accidentally applied the NXT2 to the hood which was only painted a few weeks ago.
To make a long story short (too late) once I got eveything buffed off and used the UQW on the edges etc. I was able to stand back and see the car in the setting sunlight...WOW, and I thought the DC-2 made the red pop, the car is now red-hot-chili-pepper-fire engine-Rudolph's-nose-has-nothing-on-my-car-red.
Although the #7 is a bit more work in cooler weather, the results are most definately worth it.
After my encounter with bambi, the new hood and front end of my car made the rest of the car look terrible (SS red paint after a hard winter). All I had was some Deep Crystal Polish (DC-2) and I gave that a good rub with the PC and a polishing pad. It applied and came off beautifully and combined with two coats of NXT2, the car was sparkling again.
Well I finally bought some #7 so I could start my summer side work detailiing cars for a few extra dollars. First up was a BMW 528? with a carbon fiber hood. It was a hot day and the 7 spread beautifully. My method for removing the #7 is to apply the first of two sealant coats directly over the #7, it typically makes the removal of the #7 much easier. A good rub of #7 with a coat of NXT2 overtop, remove, then put a fresh coat of NXT2 on the car then wait for the swipe test and remove. This usually results in a near-perfect finish. I did my father in law's truck today (60* and humid). First the car wouldn't dry after the wash...too cold & damp I guess then the #7 didn't want to spread as well as it did when it was warmer. I had started with Megs UC, so I had a good surface to work with, it just didn't want to spread as thin. Since I was working on a truck I used Collinite 845 Insulator wax. The wax spread over the #7 fine and removal of the wax/#7 was just as easy as before. The second layer of 845 went on with no issues.
So after seeing how well these cars turned out using #7, I decided mine needed repolished and waxed. Since I had just used UC only a week or so before, I went straight to the polishing step. As with the truck, the #7 didn't want to spread so well in the colder weather. On my car I used the NXT2 and the first coat that went on directly over the #7 was a BEAST to remove. I know that even if you apply NXT2 too heavy it's still easy to remove so it had to be the #7 and the cold weather causing me issues. The second layer of NXT2 was more like normal, easy to remove with only slight streaking on a few of the panels...I did have a bit of a "waxident" I accidentally applied the NXT2 to the hood which was only painted a few weeks ago.
To make a long story short (too late) once I got eveything buffed off and used the UQW on the edges etc. I was able to stand back and see the car in the setting sunlight...WOW, and I thought the DC-2 made the red pop, the car is now red-hot-chili-pepper-fire engine-Rudolph's-nose-has-nothing-on-my-car-red.
Although the #7 is a bit more work in cooler weather, the results are most definately worth it.
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