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Hello all...this is the final result of detailing my Aloe Green Camry. As this is the first "light" colored car I've ever owned, I knew I couldn't get that deep wet gloss look like you can on a dark paint color but I think I came as close as possible. I wanted to see how much "pop" I could get out of this cars paint so I decided to try Meguiar's new Ultimate Line and man was I surprised! Up until now I've been a big fan of NXT 2.0 and M07 but after reading alot of mainly positive posts here in the forums about UP and UW, thought I'd give them a try and share my experience and photos of the end result. This car hasn't been polished or waxed in over a year just treated to a wash with GC and maintained with UQD maybe twice a month. Overall the paint is in excellent condition but had a few defects from sitting out in the elements when I would drive it to work. I keep it in the garage at home. After all was said and done, I'm going to have to give the nod to both UW and UP as my new choice for polish/wax in the consumer line. I still may use NXT but I was blown away at how the UP/UW made my paint look! I am really amazed at how darker overall my paint looks and the level of gloss I achieved. The only way to really describe how this car looks without seeing it in person is to say it has the same look as really "polished" sterling silver. I know the Ultimate line has more polishing oils in it but man it is just incredible! I tried to get some shots to convey this but the photos just don't do it justice. I had read others experiences with UP/UW and have to say this stuff was VERY EASY to work with. I did not experience ANY of the problems other users reported..especially streaking. Of course this is a lighter colored car so that's probably not going to be very noticeable anyway. Same goes for swirls. I did notice several before I started when I examined the paint under the lights in the garage but some swirlX took care of that in the paint correction stage. I did not notice any swirls at all under lights in the garage or otherwise after I was through. I started out with a good clean, smooth surface. Proper surface prep really does make or break your detail. The trick here definitely is to use and apply small/thin amounts of product. When they say apply small/thin amounts in the directions...they MEAN IT! The UP went on and right back off of each panel with ease. I used UW Paste and just barely wet the pad before applying a VERY THIN coat to the entire car...almost as if there was nothing on the pad at all. That is definitely key here, atleast in my experience, to apply a "thin" coat. It may not look like enough of the product is actually going on but wait until it hazes and you can definitely see it is. A couple of spots I applied it too thick and you could definitely tell it but it wiped right off just like butter! I applied UW to the entire car and let it dry a good hour. Just to ensure coverage, I re-applied it again and waited another hour for it haze really well. The humidity was a tad high in my area really the main reason I let it dry so long before taking it off. Like I said, I'm really amazed at how it turned out. Anyway, just wanted to post my positive experience with UP/UW. I'm not an expert or professional detailer like most of you guys but have been detailing my own cars for over 25 years. I consider it my "therapy" after working all week to keep me sane! I know there's probably some things I could've done better so take a look and tell me what you think!
Here's my detail progression:
Wash -
2 bucket, Twice with Gold Class Wash using Meguiar's MF Wash Mitt
Clay -
Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay Kit
Paint Correction -
SwirlX
Polish -
Meguiar's Ultimate Polish
Wax/LSP -
2 thin coats Meguiar's Ultimate Paste Wax
Wheels -
Meguiar's Deep Crystal Wash
Meguiar's Clay (seperate small piece) on wheels
Meguiar's Deep Crystal polish and Wax
Meguiar's Hot Shine Tire Foam
Glass -
Meguiar's clay (seperate small piece)
RainX Glass Cleaner
RainX Water Repellent
Exhaust -
Turtle Wax Chrome Polish
**All Microfiber Towels for removing product and wipe downs**
Garage shots - Awesome reflections
Outside - was overcast at times -
Clouds on photo day - Ha!
Like I said just sharing my experience...didn't think I would be posting this until I saw how great it turned out or I would've taken some before shots!
Thanks for checking them out!
Here's my detail progression:
Wash -
2 bucket, Twice with Gold Class Wash using Meguiar's MF Wash Mitt
Clay -
Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay Kit
Paint Correction -
SwirlX
Polish -
Meguiar's Ultimate Polish
Wax/LSP -
2 thin coats Meguiar's Ultimate Paste Wax
Wheels -
Meguiar's Deep Crystal Wash
Meguiar's Clay (seperate small piece) on wheels
Meguiar's Deep Crystal polish and Wax
Meguiar's Hot Shine Tire Foam
Glass -
Meguiar's clay (seperate small piece)
RainX Glass Cleaner
RainX Water Repellent
Exhaust -
Turtle Wax Chrome Polish
**All Microfiber Towels for removing product and wipe downs**
Garage shots - Awesome reflections
Outside - was overcast at times -
Clouds on photo day - Ha!
Like I said just sharing my experience...didn't think I would be posting this until I saw how great it turned out or I would've taken some before shots!
Thanks for checking them out!
Still have a lot to learn from the pros around here.
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