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    Thank you Mequiars

    I need to say a public thank you to Mequiars for the outstanding products they provide to us. Here's my story. Yesterday I needed to touch up a some paint from a stone chip. I washed the stone chip out with IPA. Next I laid down the base coat. (Tricolor paint). After that dried I laid down the mid coat. I am not anywhere near an experienced painter so it was no surprise that the touchup looked awful. Rough spots in the paint etc. toady after work I figured I would,stop to but some 2000 grit wet dry sandpaper. I was able to take down the rough spots and smooth out the paint fairly good. After I was satisfied that the paint was smoother I was horrified to see that when the car was dried off there was an awful discoloration in the paint from the 2000 grit. I figured I ruined the paint and was not happy. In total desperation I remembered I had an old can of Mequires cleaner wax in the garage. I figured I would give it a try. I needed to press down a litlr harder than normal so the wax would cut the fine scratch marks. To my delight the cleaner wax to away the haze and made the car look as though nothing was ever there. If it wasn't for that cleaner wax I would have been a Avery unhappy camper! Thank You Mequiars for making outstanding products for us. I don't have any before or after pictures sorry to say.
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    Re: Thank you Mequiars

    We're glad it all worked out for you in the end, but this is why we always caution against wet sanding unless you really understand what's going on with the process. All too often the more experienced members of our forum will recommend that process, but all too commonly they're giving that advice to a noobie, and that rarely ends well.
    Michael Stoops
    Senior Global Product & Training Specialist | Meguiar's Inc.

    Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy.

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    • #3
      Re: Thank you Mequiars

      Nice story.
      I'm glad you over came a wetsanding episode.
      I really want to see your end results. I'm sure you need to do some more work to it to make it look great.

      DetailingByM.com

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      • #4
        Re: Thank you Mequiars

        ^^ I agree.

        I doubt Cleaner Wax would have eliminated the haze from wet sanding. Probabaly just temporarily masking it..
        Originally posted by Blueline
        I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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        • #5
          Re: Thank you Mequiars

          Originally posted by davey g-force View Post
          ^^ I agree.

          I doubt Cleaner Wax would have eliminated the haze from wet sanding. Probabaly just temporarily masking it..
          If the haze does come back how do I remove it? Am I right in my thinking that the haze was really fine scratches in the pint from the wet sanding?

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          • #6
            Re: Thank you Mequiars

            Yeah that's right.

            To remove the fine scratches, you would need to abrade the paint using a compound such as Ultimate Compound.

            Then you'd use a polish like Ultimate Polish.

            Then wax...
            Originally posted by Blueline
            I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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            • #7
              Re: Thank you Mequiars

              Originally posted by davey g-force View Post
              Yeah that's right.

              To remove the fine scratches, you would need to abrade the paint using a compound such as Ultimate Compound.

              Then you'd use a polish like Ultimate Polish.

              Then wax...
              I would imagine that using the da polishing system would work better than working the spot by hand?

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              • #8
                Re: Thank you Mequiars

                Absolutely. Especially if you're trying to remove sanding marks. They can be hard work, or near impossible by hand..
                Originally posted by Blueline
                I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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                • #9
                  Re: Thank you Mequiars

                  Hey guys I haven't forgot about that picture. It's been raining on and off and now the car needs to be washed again. Will try over the weekend if the weather permits

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                  • #10
                    Re: Thank you Mequiars

                    Finally I had a fairly good day to wash and take pictures of my paint touchup. Soory no sunlight shots but this is the best I can get.

                    Front shot. No trace of the haze

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                    Another Front shot

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                    Close up of the nick. Not the best touchup. Hoping a can get a da susten and dome ultimate coumpound to take down the high spot

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