Need help with dull white single stage paint

[Piranah]

Wash it by hand to get all the little cracks and crevices. Then clay it.then scrub it down with Megs #7 and then use a cleaning wax

[lilbilly]

Re: Need help with dull white single stage paint

So I started to tackle this Saturday. Hand wash with a few different scrubbers, then dry, then ultimate compound. I am pretty pleased with the compound. It left a shine the car didn't previously have, and it also seemed to take some caked in dirt off on an area that I wasn't able to get off with soap and water.

Ill try to get some pics up of my midway results. It definitely professional, but I'm thrilled with the shine it brought out of the paint that was previously dull and flat.

I didn't have the time to take the steps. If I don't get to it for a polish and wax in the next few days, will I have to compound again? Or can I just wash to make sure it's clean, and then go straight to polish or waxing?

[Detailing by M]

Re: Need help with dull white single stage paint

just wash N wax. glad to see you got some good results. looking forward to your pics

[Murr1525]

Re: Need help with dull white single stage paint

If you can get some clay in there, it will also help.

[lilbilly]

Re: Need help with dull white single stage paint

If you can get some clay in there, it will also help.

Yeah I hate to admit, but I was being lazy and also cheap.

[lilbilly]

Re: Need help with dull white single stage paint

just wash N wax. glad to see you got some good results. looking forward to your pics

Is a polish needed, or just straight to a wax?

[Murr1525]

Re: Need help with dull white single stage paint

If you use the UC on everything over a couple days, you could save one day to Ult. Polish and Wax everything at once maybe, so it is all nice and even.

But the polish is a bit of an optional step.