One of the worst things you can do....

[Saturday140]

Hey guys,

I committed a colossal mistake today and I thought sharing it with you might deter some from following my erroneous footsteps. Well, it all began this afternoon. I washed my beautiful Honda CRV and then used Meguiars Ultimate Compound to touch up some swirl marks (it worked great!). Then, I proceeded to apply wax to the back and side of my car. As I removed the wax, I could hardly contain my child-like excitement! The car looked great. Then things took a turn for the worse. Instead of grabbing the wax for the hood of the car, I selected the Ultimate Compound! I applied a liberal coat of UC on my hood and two doors! When I realized I had done this, I was greatly discouraged. I had spent several hours washing and prepping the car and now I have to redo a good portion of it! Even worse, I have conveniently removed a thin layer of paint from two sides of my car!

The point of the story: look at the bottle before applying!

[Sean Conrad]

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OUCH!!! That *****. I feel bad for you. I've grabbed my UC by mistake but caught it.

[Shawn T.]

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That stinks. But, you shouldn't have been applying a liberal amount of wax; only use a thin layer. And don't worry about removing a thin layer of paint because if you applied it like a wax with very little pressure then it removed even less than minimal to no paint.

[J. A. Michaels]

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Man, what a bummer. I guess I should share a lesson I learned a long time ago. Clean as you go. This way "accidents" like this rarely happen.

I feel sorry for you. It really stinks.

[smack]

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Why would you clean half the car with UC and then wax half?

[Saturday140]

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Just wanted to give an update: the car had a significant amount of swirl marks on it after the faux pas. However, I was able to remove them with an additional application of Ultimate Compound. Now the car looks like nothing ever happened. Although it was a big inconvenience, no serious damage was done.

[J. A. Michaels]

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Just wanted to give an update: the car had a significant amount of swirl marks on it after the faux pas. However, I was able to remove them with an additional application of Ultimate Compound. Now the car looks like nothing ever happened. Although it was a big inconvenience, no serious damage was done.

Glad everything worked out for you.

[l SIC l]

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I'm sorry. How did you manage to not look at what product you were using lol? Slack!!

[Woodie6250]

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That's why one of my standard practices is to separate the various stages of work and pack the respective products away after each stage.

[Poki]

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About as bad as me....grabbed the clear spray Meg's bottle of window cleaner and shot the windshield....with Hot Shine Tire Spray....read the label first!!!

[kevblah]

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lol i've grabbed ultimate protectant thinking it was ultimate quick detailer and sprayed it on my windshield before, left huge smears!!

[agp56]

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Woody in post #9 said:

That's why one of my standard practices is to separate the various stages of work and pack the respective products away after each stage.

If I am doing anything more involved that a regular 2-bucket wash, I work the same way.

[karlos09]

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hi guys just bought some ultimate compound just done part of my camper van and boy it dont half take a good layer of paint off and thats just by hand ,but what a finish ,so be careful with it cheers karl

[MARKCORE]

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I doubt UC would cut hard enough to get through the clearcoat and to the paint. Especially by hand.

Just my thoughts...

[KKloppe]

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Just one more thing about Meguiars Products that I love: Smell. I could probably tell you which wax was what by the smell alone, just one more way to prevent mixing up the wrong products.