Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

[Blueline]

I am going to do a little UC and UP on my hood in the next few days. (I might UP the entire car). I find both to be a little difficult to remove and sometimes I get some small but annoying areas that dry. That is tough to get off. I am wondering, since I will be following up with Ultimate Wax, if I could just leave those small area where UC or UP dries, and just wax over it? The wax should soften it up and all of it will disappear when I polish the wax off. I am not going to let the UC or UP completely dry all over the car, it is just those small missed areas, usualyl the outer edges, that sometimes dry. Can I just wax over them, if I have any. Thanks.

[The Guz]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

You could always use a little water to aid you in removing the product if you find it difficult.

[Don]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

You could always use a little water to aid you in removing the product if you find it difficult.

QD works well too.

[Blueline]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

Thanks for the replies. I have no issue getting most of the UC off, in some case all of it off. It is just sometimes there may be some drying in the outer edges of my spot correction and I am too interested in moving on, than spray a little water or QD on to remove it. Much like when I clay, there is always some drying of the lube, and I don't bother getting it all off knowing that the next step, being it polish or wax will work over it, I will just leave any small patches of drying of the UC, and just polish/wax over it. I really don't think there will be any issue, but I thought I would ask. Thanks for the replies.

[Top Gear]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

You can't really do this stuff in a hurry, or with impatience to get to the payoff (been there). A great correction is a lot of work, worth protecting so that it only has to be done after a long count of months. UC (and other compounds) can definitely glaze in places and the glaze is very hard to wipe off, so don't wipe. A spray of something wet, or more product itself, with a quick spin of the pad, will loosen the glazing without adding any streaking or such. I wouldn't just polish or wax over such areas. I think you know all that, and I agree, it's seductive to want to get it done and marvel at the result

[Blueline]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

You can't really do this stuff in a hurry, or with impatience to get to the payoff (been there). A great correction is a lot of work, worth protecting so that it only has to be done after a long count of months. UC (and other compounds) can definitely glaze in places and the glaze is very hard to wipe off, so don't wipe. A spray of something wet, or more product itself, with a quick spin of the pad, will loosen the glazing without adding any streaking or such. I wouldn't just polish or wax over such areas. I think you know all that, and I agree, it's seductive to want to get it done and marvel at the result

I agree. While I love the waxing part, for some reason I dislike claying and correction with UC. But, I probably shall do as you, Don and The Guz suggests. It never is a lot to remove and few more minutes with a spray bottle won't kill me. It is a black car so it does require the little extra work, but it sure is worth it when done. Thanks all for the replies.

[billddrummer]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

You can't really do this stuff in a hurry, or with impatience to get to the payoff (been there). A great correction is a lot of work, worth protecting so that it only has to be done after a long count of months. UC (and other compounds) can definitely glaze in places and the glaze is very hard to wipe off, so don't wipe. A spray of something wet, or more product itself, with a quick spin of the pad, will loosen the glazing without adding any streaking or such. I wouldn't just polish or wax over such areas. I think you know all that, and I agree, it's seductive to want to get it done and marvel at the result

Another somewhat related question: Is it better to clay before UP, or can I skip the clay step? Just wondering whether I can go with UP to further work out the dealer installed scratches and go straight to wax, or whether claying is an essential part of the process.

Decided not to use UC again so soon (last month) since the car is still 'new' despite its 8500 miles.

Thanks.

[Top Gear]

Re: Is It Necessary To Get All of the UC and UP off?

That's a hard question. To me, claying is only necessary when it's clear claying will make a difference, say in smoothness, and relative to the huge amount of work of properly claying a whole car. If it's a spot-correction, like a scratch or other odd scuff, yes, I often clay first, or wipe with UWWA and then clay, etc. Sometimes that's all I need to move on to replacing the wax. For full-on correction purposes, my take is a bit different from the official Meguiar's advice - claying is rarely worth the effort over the whole car. However, if you've never clayed, and especially if you don't regularly wipe-down with something like UWWA or QW, claying can make a big difference. Yet, a light compounding can actually be faster and easier than claying, and yield better results, at least for me. My point is that once the finish is baby-smooth, it's not hard to keep it that way, and claying is too hard, so to speak. Claying is more of a spot correction tool, but that's me.