Yellow Mustang HELP PLEASE

[ZincPony]

I have a 01 Zinc Yellow Mustang. I am very anal about it. I vacum the interios every couple days. Ferbrees it every other night. Normally i wash n wax it every few weeks but i can never seem to get the shine and The mirror effect i want. what can i use or do to get the deep DEEP Shine. Even though yellow isnt the easiest color to get a deep mirror like shine. PLEASE HELP!

[ZincPony]

I washed and put 2 coats on NXT Wax about 3-4 weeks ago. but the 2 straight weeks of rain i think stripped the wax right off. but the weather has been pretty since the weekend so if the weather keeps up im gonna try to wash, wax and detail the inside as well.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Yellow Mustang HELP PLEASE

Originally posted by ZincPony
Normally i wash n wax it every few weeks but i can never seem to get the shine and The mirror effect i want. what can i use or do to get the deep DEEP Shine. Even though yellow isn't the easiest color to get a deep mirror like shine. PLEASE HELP!

Hi ZincPony,

Welcome to Meguiar's Online!

If you're looking for deep, clear easy to see reflections out of yellow, it isn't going to ever be as dramatic as it is for black and other dark colors.






The best thing to do is focus on making your car's clear coat as clear and smooth as possible. This would include doing things like claying the finish and possibly using a paint cleaner depending on the condition of the finish.

Have you been using detailing clay to maintain your car's finish?

What have you used in the past to wash and wax the paint?

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by ZincPony
I washed and put 2 coats on NXT Wax about 3-4 weeks ago. but the 2 straight weeks of rain i think stripped the wax right off. but the weather has been pretty since the weekend so if the weather keeps up I'm gonna try to wash, wax and detail the inside as well.

Water won't break down NXT Tech Wax, next time you use the product try to break it down out of your wax pad by trying to wash it out of the pad using water... it ain't going to happen.

[ZincPony]

well beading is no were near the same as it was. i think after 300 hours of rain it might have done some damage to the NXT. i use NXT wax but i just use a no name wash. I havent used any clay products, paint cleaners or anything like that. There are some paint swirls developing in the hood and door panels. I've tried the WAX paste and the liquid i enjoyed the liquid much better in ease to apply.

what products do i need to aquire and what procedure n steps should i take for my next Detail scheduled.

[Murr1525]

If you havent used any clay/cleaner/polish, then that is certainly part of the problem. The prep is what will increase the gloss and shine, and enhance the durability of a wax.

Read about the standard 5-step procedure:

1. Wash: Use a quality car wash like Nxt or Gold CLass.

2. CLay: Clay with Quick Clay.

3. Clean: DC#1 is a mild cleaner for the swirl free areas. USe ScratchX on the areas with swirls.

4. Polish: Use DC#2 Polish, or #7 Show Room Glaze.

5. Wax: You enjoyed Nxt Liquid, stay with that or #26.

Then maintain with Nxt Spray wax after future washings.

Incidently, Nxt wax isnt one that beads the water the most.

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by ZincPony
well beading is no were near the same as it was. i think after 300 hours of rain it might have done some damage to the NXT. i use NXT wax but i just use a no name wash.

I haven't used any clay products, paint cleaners or anything like that. There are some paint swirls developing in the hood and door panels. I've tried the WAX paste and the liquid i enjoyed the liquid much better in ease to apply.

I'll pass these comments on to the Department Manager for NXT, but suffice to say, NXT Tech Wax, both paste and liquid versions are not cleaner/waxes and should only be applied to paint that is either, New or Like New. By the term,Like New, we mean that before using a wax like NXT Tech Wax, or one of our other pure waxes, the paint needs to be clayed, cleaned and polished for best results.

Wax won't stick to dirty paint and if this car is parked outside, some, most or all of the time, then the paint gets dirty and even oxidized over time. Also above surface bonded contaminants build up on the horizontal surfaces. All of these things will prevent a wax or paint protectant from properly adhering and bonding to the paint.

what products do i need to acquire and what procedure n steps should i take for my next Detail scheduled.

Follow the the below steps and your car's finish should be the shiniest, and glossiest on the block...




The below write-up was taken from page three of this Saturday Detailing Class at Meguiar's where approximately 25 people witnessed the products shown below, applied and removed using the correct techniques to remove the gross rotary buffer swirls and restore a swirl free finish by hand.

San Diego Mercedes-Benz club at Meguiar's!


After selecting two Mercedes-Benz automobiles to work on, one being Tom's, we broke for a pizza lunch. After everyone had their fill of pizza and something cold to drink, it was time to re-gather in Meguiar's Garage to see what we could do with the gross swirls in Tom's recently painted hood.




Often times when the topic of removing swirls is being discussed on our discussion forum, or some other detailing forum, it centers around the dual action polisher, foam buffing pads and somebody's compound or polish. Yet many people don't own a dual action polisher. So here at Meguiar's Garage, we like to show people how to use the what they already own... their hands!



Like most detailing enthusiasts, I personally love a challenge, and with Tom's car, I believe most people would agree, his car's finish presents a challenge!

BEFORE - 700 Pixel-wide cropped out section from an un-touched, original photo of rotary buffer swirls in a clear coat finish.





Using some painters tape, we taped-off a section of the hood to separate the before and after results. Then, we applied three, well worked in applications of Meguiar's ScratchX all applied by hand using Meguiar's High-Tech Applicator Pad






The secret to removing swirls by hand using Meguiar's ScratchX is all in your technique. You see in order to remove swirls out of your car's finish, you need to remove a little bit of paint. If we we're to look at a horizontal view of what gross rotary buffer swirls look like in the paint, it would look something like the diagram below. In order to remove these below surface defects, (swirls), you need to remove enough paint from the finish to level the upper surface with the *****t depths of the swirls until you've restored the finish to a flat, level surface.




To do this by hand with ScratchX, you need to,

• * Apply to a small section at a time
  * First spread the ScratchX evenly over the area you're going to work (before working it in)
  * Work the microscopic diminishing abrasives against the finish applying a little passion behind the applicator pad
  * Repeat this process with multiple applications after first removing the residue from each application after working it against the finish

Remember that Meguiar's paint cleaners, like ScratchX do not need to dry before removing. Drying adds no benefit. The only Meguiar's paint products that need to dry before removing are Meguiar's waxes.

Technique Tip

The question is often asked,

"Which direction should I move my hand when applying a Meguiar's paint cleaner?"

A common mis-conception, often espoused on other discussion forums, or by some car care product manufactures, is the technique of only rubbing a product in a certain direction to keep all of your scratches going in the same direction.

Meguiar's teaches that if the products you're using are non-abrasive, that is they are not instilling scratches into the finish, as such, it shouldn't matter which direction you move your hand!

If the products you're using are inflicting scratches into your car's finish, the correct thing to do is to stop using the product! Don't try to camouflage the scratches to your eyes by instilling them in straight-lines as determined by the movement of your hand.

ScratchX can be applied using straight-lines or circular motion and for this particular demonstration we used a combination of both.

Removing ScratchX using Meguiar's Supreme Shine Microfiber after working the product against the finish until the product has broken down, turned somewhat clear and begun to dissipate.




At Meguiar's Saturday Detailing 101 classes, we go through a power point presentation that covers a wide spectrum of detailing topics, one of which is Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle , which includes;

• Step 1 Wash
  Step 2 Clean
  Step 3 Polish
  Step 4 Protect
  Step 5 Maintain

After cleaning the paint with a paint cleaner like ScratchX, we then apply a pure polish, in this case, Deep Crystal Polish which is a non-abrasive pure polish.



In Meguiar's line, we offer two types of polishes, cleaner/polishes, which contain a diminishing abrasive, and pure polishes, which are completely non-abrasive and are used solely for the purpose of creating brilliant gloss. Deep Crystal Polish is a pure polish.



The way you apply a pure polish is akin to applying a skin lotion to your skin. That is you apply the polish to a small section at a time, work the product in thoroughly.



After thoroughly, (but gently with care and passion), remove any excess polish with a clean, soft premium quality microfiber polishing cloth or 100% cotton towel.



Like ScratchX a paint cleaner, it is not necessary to let a pure polish like Deep Crystal Polish dry before removing it. Allowing a polish to dry will not add anything beneficial to the process, so after you work it in well, go a head and remove it.


At this point, we have cleaned and polished the finish. The cleaning step removed the swirls and the polishing step restored optical clarity, depth, reflectivity, richness of color and brilliant gloss. Next we're going to apply a coating of Meguiar's new NXT Generation Tech Wax Paste



NXT Generation Tech Wax Paste is identical to NXT Generation Tech Wax Liquid except that it comes in a paste form. There are two types of paste waxes, the difference is in their consistency. The practical application difference is in how you remove them from the can and then apply them.

With a cleaner/wax (paste), like Meguiar's A12 Meguiar's Cleaner/Wax you can scoop out a small amount and with your applicator pad and then apply it to the finish and work it in.



With paste waxes like Gold Class Clear Coat Wax Paste, M26 Hi Tech Yellow Wax, and NXT Generation Tech Wax Paste, instead of scooping wax out of the can, you can twist, or spin your wax applicator against the wax while it's in the can and this little bit of agitation will help to liquefy the wax and enable it to seep, or penetrate into your applicator pad whereupon making it easier to apply to the finish.





Paste waxes like NXT Tech Generation Wax offer good gliding action and tend to apply very easy. Remember a little bit goes a long ways and it's important to try to apply a uniform, thin coating.



After applying the Tech Wax Paste and allowing it to dry, we removed it using a Supreme Shine Microfiber polishing cloth and the Tom backed his Mercedes-Benz out into the sun where everyone could look at the results and see with their own two eyes what can be accomplished by hand with the right products and the correct techniques.







Here's the owner Tom inspecting closely!



And here I am capturing the results with our Sony Digital which does an excellent job of capture swirls in the sun.




Before



After
















Perfect? No.

dramatically improved? Yes!

Most importantly, we fixed by hand what someone else inflicted with a rotary buffer.

Meguiar's products, applied and removed using the correct techniques will outperform the competition hands down and give your car a swirl-free show car shine!

[ZincPony]

cool thanks a lot. Ill surely try this and ill let you know what the results are. Ill be sure to take lots n lots of pics.

[lmnvnm]

I have a zinc yellow cobra that stays in the man cave (my shop).
A coulpe of weeks ago I washed with nxt, clayed, washed with nxt, the used color x then nxt liquid, then the next day hit it again with nxt liquid, it really made a big difference. I keep it wiped down with nxt speed detailer. I think you need to use the nxt products together to get the looks and beading you are looking for.

[Murr1525]

ColorX is an excellent one-step product to save some time.