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I just bought a black Corolla that is two years old. It's Toyota certified. Good car. It was a lease vehicle. I don't think anybody ever waxed it. The clear coat has taken a beating. I can see it is strong though. This is so bad, I didn't even notice the flakes of green/silver to create the Black Pearl look until I had the car a week.
I wasn't looking for a black car. Got a good deal on it. Dealership did a lousy job of detailing. There are no good detailers here. I have to address this myself. I want to address it myself.
On doing parts of the car at a time. This is interesting to me. I almost died ten years ago. Rehabilitated myself well. But a year ago Jan. I had a bad fall on wet ice. I'm good at falling. But this one took me by surprise. My spine twisted in the fall. I've worked through a whole bunch. Keep getting better, slowly. I'm at a point now that I can't walk very far without severe fatigue. I am getting better. Taken a year and all my knowledge in rehabilitation. I'm thinking I may be wise to do parts of this car at a time. Don't go getting fatigued and doing a less than good job on it. Maybe I'm just looking for reassurance that I can do as good a job, parts at a time, as I can doing each step completely.
I am going to go through a deep compound polish. Then light compound polish. Then sealer/polish. Then the UWP. Then using X-wax spray on to maintain often.
I never owned a DA polisher before. I have a couple rather naive questions. I'd like opinions.
Do I really need to tape off the headlights? Tape off anything else?
.... on the deep compound polish...am using a orange pad... I know it's on the light side of compounding. Can I just be careful and if I do slip a little. Not have to worry about scratching the plastic headlight lenses? Should I really be careful and use tape? If so.... would I need the tape beyond the two compounding steps? ... the second lighter compound...I'm using a light blue ultra light finish pad... same light blue pad to sealer/polish and wax.
Does anybody have any thoughts on using a DA polisher to take off any of this? When it dries? Or just stick with a microfiber towel to take compound/polish/wax off?
On the big plastic and carbon fiber grill on this car. Should I clay that? Is there any need to try to compound it? I though I would just use the spray on X-wax on it. And that's all?
May sound like dumb questions. I'd just like to know opinions and specifics. I'd take the conservative side on any of this if restricted to my own thinking.
My apologies to Meguiars for not going 100% complete Meguiars products. I do, however, use much of Meguiars. It is dominant in my detailing.
I wasn't looking for a black car. Got a good deal on it. Dealership did a lousy job of detailing. There are no good detailers here. I have to address this myself. I want to address it myself.
On doing parts of the car at a time. This is interesting to me. I almost died ten years ago. Rehabilitated myself well. But a year ago Jan. I had a bad fall on wet ice. I'm good at falling. But this one took me by surprise. My spine twisted in the fall. I've worked through a whole bunch. Keep getting better, slowly. I'm at a point now that I can't walk very far without severe fatigue. I am getting better. Taken a year and all my knowledge in rehabilitation. I'm thinking I may be wise to do parts of this car at a time. Don't go getting fatigued and doing a less than good job on it. Maybe I'm just looking for reassurance that I can do as good a job, parts at a time, as I can doing each step completely.
I am going to go through a deep compound polish. Then light compound polish. Then sealer/polish. Then the UWP. Then using X-wax spray on to maintain often.
I never owned a DA polisher before. I have a couple rather naive questions. I'd like opinions.
Do I really need to tape off the headlights? Tape off anything else?
.... on the deep compound polish...am using a orange pad... I know it's on the light side of compounding. Can I just be careful and if I do slip a little. Not have to worry about scratching the plastic headlight lenses? Should I really be careful and use tape? If so.... would I need the tape beyond the two compounding steps? ... the second lighter compound...I'm using a light blue ultra light finish pad... same light blue pad to sealer/polish and wax.
Does anybody have any thoughts on using a DA polisher to take off any of this? When it dries? Or just stick with a microfiber towel to take compound/polish/wax off?
On the big plastic and carbon fiber grill on this car. Should I clay that? Is there any need to try to compound it? I though I would just use the spray on X-wax on it. And that's all?
May sound like dumb questions. I'd just like to know opinions and specifics. I'd take the conservative side on any of this if restricted to my own thinking.
My apologies to Meguiars for not going 100% complete Meguiars products. I do, however, use much of Meguiars. It is dominant in my detailing.
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