#7 Show Car Glaze

[Tim Lingor]

Since it is a pure polish with no ingredients intended for cleaning the paint, it does not matter whether you apply it in circles or straight lines. However, I tend to use straight lines.

As for the cross-hatch pattern, it does not matter which direction you start with. The main thing is to ensure that the product has been applied evenly over the paint.

Please post some pics when done!

Tim

[nick1897]

Sure thing Tim. I dont have a digital camera, but I only have 6 pictures or so left on my camera so expect some pics tonight.



Thanks for your help,




-Nick

[atticdog]

if there are any smears left of a pure polish would they be removed when waxing?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by atticdog
if there are any smears left of a pure polish would they be removed when waxing?

Yes.

[Mike Phillips]

Just to chime in on this thread...

Using a pure polish is different than using a wax. Waxes, or paint sealant, (whether they contain natural ingredients or all man-made ingredients), need to dry before wiping them off because it's in the drying, or curing process that some of the ingredients in a wax, (or paint protectant), adhere or bond to the surface and remain behind after removing the excess residue.

With a pure polish, you're not leaving behind any ingredients that protect like a paint protection product, thus there is no benefit to allowing the polish to dry and in fact if you let it dry in most cases wiping it off will become more difficult. The degree of difficulty will depend upon your wipe off cloth and your skill level, but the point is you don't need or want to let a pure polish dry or set-up as there is no benefit to this.

Simply apply a pure polish using a thin coat. Work the product in like you would if you were applying a skin lotion to the dry skin on your face or arm, then remove.

Pro's tend to apply product to entire cars at a time and them remove as this can save time if your skill level is high. The reason it saves time is because of the little things.

"Sometimes the little things are the big things"

By this I mean, if I were to this single stage 1960 Corvette, (which I did),



In one hand I would have my bottle of #7 and in my other hand I would have my foam applicator pad, I would start out by pouring small amount of polish onto my applicator pad and then applying it to the finish of the car.

Typically will take a product and use circular motions to spread the product out (that's because it's easier to spread a product out using circular motions as straight-line motions don't work as well, try it sometime and you'll see), and then use a combination of circular and straight-line motions to work the product in depending upon the shape of the panel.

For more information on circles or straight-lines, read this...

Circles or Straight Lines?

After I have thoroughly worked the #7 into the paint using care, not being so gentle I'm not doing anything, but not being so aggressive I'm potentially instilling scratches or marring, I remove my pad from the finish and pour a little more product onto it and move to a section next the section I just worked. These sections can be small like the A-Pillar of a car, or about 12 to 16 inches square for example working on a large flat area like the hood or a door.

I continue this process and move around the car until the entire finish has a well worked in coating of #7.

Here is the time savings, I didn't have to put the bottle and the applicator down then locate my wiping cloth and remove a section, then set the wiping cloth down and then locate and pick up my bottle of #7 and the applicator pad and start in again, and then set my bottle of #7 an my applicator down again and then locate my wiping cloth and remove a section and on and on and on...

Too slow for someone that has been there and done that and is applying a product to a previously cleaned finish using thin coats. You see, a pure polish is only for a finish that is new, or like-new condition, by like-new, we mean that the finish had probably deteriorated to some degree and before applying a pure polish you pre-clean the paint using either a paint cleaner, or a cleaner/polish or some combination of these products until all the defects have been removed.

In the Corvette above, we use the dual action polisher to remove swirls, scratches, and oxidation with the M80 Speed Glaze. Then as a part of a demonstration on how to apply and remove the #7, I quickly applied a thin coat all at once to the entire car and then removed the #7 all at once to the entire car.

It probably took me less than 20 minutes to apply and remove the #7 to this Corvette, and I'm hedging my time because I believe I probably did it in under 15 minute.

After I applied the number #7 to the entire car, I started removing it in the place where I first began and then followed my path of travel continuing around the car until the most of the #7 was off. I made my first pass using Meguiar's Ultra Plush Super Terry cotton towel because I prefer to use a wiping cloth with a large, soft nap (the little cotton loops), to break-up and remove things like oily continuous layers of product like the #7.



After this first pass, I then make a second pass only this time I switched to Meguiar's Supreme Shine Microfiber polishing cloths because you can't beat microfiber polishing cloths for getting all the minute traces of product, be it a pure polish or a wax off the finish.



For this final wipe I used the technique outlined here,

Final Wiping Techniques

This final wipe down is after the 15 to 20 minutes I stated I was able to apply and remove the #7 as technically, in this amount of time I did apply and remove "most" of the #7. After this initial wipe down, your second pass has to be slow and careful adding the human elements of care and passion. You don't run around a 1960 Corvette and frantically wipe off a polish or a was, (or anything for that matter), in fact, you slow down and enjoy the process because the car is so cool, and the results came out so good that the paint looks like it's wet...

[atticdog]

Thanks for the reply
just finished
car looks awesome
i used
#80
#81
#26 paste x2
and Target had super terry and ultra plush washmit clearance 1/2 price

[Blr123]

Evening everyone,

All I have to say is

Bryan

[rusty bumper]

Originally posted by atticdog
...and Target had super terry and ultra plush washmit clearance 1/2 price

Wow. I need to check it out.

[nick1897]

Brian, had to postpone the detail today due to numerous minute showers. I wasn't sure if it was going to poor or what.. pics should be done maybe tomorrow.




-Nick