Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

[Brad777]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

That's how ALL Black Cars/Trucks should look. Unfortunately, not everyone is as motivated as you are to make yours look its best. Great Work!!

[LS1 Sounds]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

An IPA wipedown is NOT required nor should it even be necessary. And if it was running out of the bottle easily, without squeezing the bottle, that does indeed sound quite thin. Don't ever expect it to be as thick as M105/M205 - and don't expect those to be as heavy as D151 - but it shouldn't be as thin as you described.

Give a call to Customer Care and they'll get this taken care of for you. 800-347-5700

Thanks for your help Michael, I will give them a call.

[Golden]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

I have the same problems with NXT 2.0 as well. I switched to M26 and actually prefer the look.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

An IPA wipedown is NOT required nor should it even be necessary. And if it was running out of the bottle easily, without squeezing the bottle, that does indeed sound quite thin. Don't ever expect it to be as thick as M105/M205 - and don't expect those to be as heavy as D151 - but it shouldn't be as thin as you described.

Give a call to Customer Care and they'll get this taken care of for you. 800-347-5700

[LS1 Sounds]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

Any chance you may not have gotten all the polish off beforehand? Very odd that you're getting streaking from a very thin coat of NXT that dried that long. It's also doubtful that anything is actually "wrong" with your bottle of NXT - we would have heard complaints from many people were that the case, and we just aren't.

The product isn't lumpy or watery after a good shaking, is it?

M205 is the final polish that I used, and I wiped all of it off with microfibers. I did not do an IPA wipedown before applying the NXT 2.0 though; this is a suggestion that I came across after I finished working on it last Sunday but haven't had a chance to try. Is an IPA wipedown required or suggested before application? I'm still new to polishing, thanks for your help!

I shook the devil out of the bottle for several minutes before using any, and also kept shaking it as I went around the car. I didn't notice any lumpiness or watery texture, the consistency was very consistent () but it did seem "runny" after working with the M105 and M205. It would pour out of the bottle in a very thin stream when it was tipped over, I did not have to squeeze at all to get it to come out. In comparison, I had to squeeze out the M105 and M205 from the ADS sampler bottles and they would create drops if I held the bottle far enough from the pad.

You should use this one as your avatar too!!

Good idea! Done.

[RKN LS3]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

This one is my personal favorite, and has become my new desktop wallpaper:

You should use this one as your avatar too!!

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

Thanks Mike, I applied it thin as shown in picture #2 using a finishing pad and speed 4 on the G110. After applying to the entire car, I let it sit while I removed the tape, cleaned the cracks, crevices, and glass, applied tire dressing, cleaned up my supplies, etc. I would estimate that the NXT 2.0 was allowed to set up for 2 hours before removing with a pair of clean Supreme Shine MF towels.

Any chance you may not have gotten all the polish off beforehand? Very odd that you're getting streaking from a very thin coat of NXT that dried that long. It's also doubtful that anything is actually "wrong" with your bottle of NXT - we would have heard complaints from many people were that the case, and we just aren't.

The product isn't lumpy or watery after a good shaking, is it?

[KC's]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

great effort always pays well

[Ganesa]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

.... those are some great results

you could try to shake the bottle of the NXT before pouring it on the pad...
and also try a wipedown with UQD, and then if you are really car crazy use the UQW too afterwards...

[Ohiostate]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

Man that looks good!!!!!

[LS1 Sounds]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

That's generally a sign that the product was applied too heavy and/or not given sufficient drying time.

This is waaay too heavy:



This is just right:


You want to work the NXT Tech Wax 2.0 with a finishing pad, speed 3, and light to moderate pressure. Don't move the machine too quickly, but certainly faster than when you're doing defect correction. Just make sure to go over every square inch 3 or 4 times and leave a nice, thin, uniform coat behind. Cover all the painted surfaces of the car and then start your clock - give it 30 minutes to dry, minimum. It may take longer if you're doing this late in the day and temperatures are dropping while humidity is rising. If you apply the wax and then start working on the interior - vacuum, clean, dress, etc - and then dress the tires, wax the wheels or whatever other touch up you might do on them, wipe down the door jambs, a little touch up on the engine bay and finally put away all your detailing supplies, the wax should be fully dry. By this time you've probably spent an hour or more doing all these other things and the NXT should wipe off with virtually no effort, and be streak free in the process.

Thanks Mike, I applied it thin as shown in picture #2 using a finishing pad and speed 4 on the G110. After applying to the entire car, I let it sit while I removed the tape, cleaned the cracks, crevices, and glass, applied tire dressing, cleaned up my supplies, etc. I would estimate that the NXT 2.0 was allowed to set up for 2 hours before removing with a pair of clean Supreme Shine MF towels.

I have used NXT 1.0 several times before, but this was only the second time I had used NXT 2.0. I always remembered 1.0 being a product that was extremely easy to both apply and remove, so I was surprised this time. It appeared greasy and would smear across the surface instead of wiping off. Turning my towel to a fresh area did not help, and I tried multiple different towels including ADS Premium MF. I could even see "trails" from the MF left behind in the greasiness; these trails looked like tiny scratches but they would change direction to match the direction of my wipe. I used NXT 2.0 on Sunday and it is now Wednesday and I am still able to see a lot of cloudiness after several wipedowns of the entire car with SS MF towels. I have not yet tried a full wipedown with Final Touch, but I've read that it may help.

Is it possible that there is something wrong with my bottle of NXT 2.0?

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

Now if I could just figure out the NXT 2.0 streaking and cloudiness problem...

That's generally a sign that the product was applied too heavy and/or not given sufficient drying time.

This is waaay too heavy:



This is just right:


You want to work the NXT Tech Wax 2.0 with a finishing pad, speed 3, and light to moderate pressure. Don't move the machine too quickly, but certainly faster than when you're doing defect correction. Just make sure to go over every square inch 3 or 4 times and leave a nice, thin, uniform coat behind. Cover all the painted surfaces of the car and then start your clock - give it 30 minutes to dry, minimum. It may take longer if you're doing this late in the day and temperatures are dropping while humidity is rising. If you apply the wax and then start working on the interior - vacuum, clean, dress, etc - and then dress the tires, wax the wheels or whatever other touch up you might do on them, wipe down the door jambs, a little touch up on the engine bay and finally put away all your detailing supplies, the wax should be fully dry. By this time you've probably spent an hour or more doing all these other things and the NXT should wipe off with virtually no effort, and be streak free in the process.

[LS1 Sounds]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

The pads I assume where new how did you prime them. I'm still working getting things down and just curious how you went about getting the pads ready to use

Hi SpinsB, yes the pads were new and I primed them by placing a thick X of product on the pads and rubbed it in with my thumbs. While working with the M105, I found it to be very thick and would also mist the pad with one spray of Last Touch diluted 1:1 before adding more M105. Once the pad was primed, I would only add about three drops of M105 for each new 2x2 section. I would work that section until the M105 started to dust, then I would mist the panel with Last Touch again keep working until it dusted a second time. I then wiped it down with a MF and inspected the progress.

I primed a separate pad with M205 in the same manner, but found that M205 wasn't nearly as thick and did not require any Last Touch at all. I experienced no dusting with this one either.

FRAUD!!!! I saw these pictures posted years ago on the net! There is no way a rookie could turn out a reflection like that! Sorry, I don't buy it!

j/k

Awesome job man! Maybe I need to start looking for another job You guys are making me look bad Excellent turn out on it! I don't think even the great Mr Brown could do any better

j/k Kevin, you know you're my hero

LOL, you crack me up! I was committed to achieving great results when I started, and yours are some of the pictures that I used as my reference! ... along with the stories Cindy tells me about the finish you left on her 'Vette.

Yeah, I hate his guts!

Very nice job on that Camaro, those wheels really make it nice.

Now it looks as fast as it should be!

Good show

LOL, thank you! I think? It took me forever to decide which wheels I wanted, but I'm very happy with the choice. It does pretty well in the fast department too.

[SHYNEMAN123]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

SIMPLY OUTSTANDING

[Nappers]

Re: Detailed and buffed: 2002 Black Z28 with BS Street Lite wheels, 41 photos

This is your first experience using a G110 buffer? And you do this to a 7 year old black car?

Gee, to think there are still people out there who think using a machine like this is too hard, too dangerous, too scary!

Yeah, I hate his guts!

Very nice job on that Camaro, those wheels really make it nice.

Now it looks as fast as it should be!

Good show