First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

[Sal329]

One of the techs at my job purchased this vehicle little over a year ago. It has 94k on it and he drive it daily. He told me no matter how much he washes and waxes the car still feels "grainy". So we opted for a wash, clay, the most correction we can get with just a one step polish and seal. So Saturday I met him at work on my day off and got to work. I was excited because I was trying a few new products on this detail.
First I pulled the car into the wash bay at work and rinsed with the pressure washer
Washed with First Place finish car shampoo, mixed in some First Place finish APC and Zep Citrus figured the paint was bad so I used a new brush they had in the package
Then I sprayed the entire car with Iron X (I was in a very well ventilated area and this stuff was still horrible)
Then cleaned the wheels with same APC mixture and wheel brushes
Sprayed wheels with Iron X
Rinsed the paint then the wheels then proceeded to clean the vehicle again
Out of the wash bay into the detail bay for clay
Used Dodo Clay with Dodo Born Slippery you could feel the paint felt very bad but the clay was not very dirty. After looking over the car I noticed over spray all over the paint and window moldings
After clay was done I then proceeded with the polishing step and for this I was to use my new Meguiars MF cutting pads and D300
Did my test area and D300 was not giving me the cut I was after so I used a little M105 in the mix and wow what great cut, finish and NO dust
Using a MF pad primed with D300 and a few drops of M105 with my Griots Garage DA I did the entire car with this combo using air to clean the pad
3 IPA wipe downs ( I did this also because the paint was so oxidized I wanted to make sure I was seeing the true paint and not oiling the oxidation ). The paint was near perfect the ABS Plastic (bumpers, spoiler and side skirts not so much, they were better a lot better, glossy but still looked like **** to me).
Sealed the car with ReLoad this worked well but on the black hood it streaked very bad. I will see how well it holds up but I think I will continue to use Opti Seal
Well I am very bad with pics and never take 50/50 so this one I did my best and took all the in process pics I could

Before







Iron X doing its thing



All washed and clayed






In process


















All Done







detail bay

wash bay


Sun Pics

[Murr1525]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

Looks good, esp using other products with the MF system. Nice to see that work well.

[PursuitSE]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

Nice results.
What is IronX exactly ? Never heard of it.

[Young953]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

pretty funny, i used my mf system last night for the first time on a 2000 black Grand Prix GTP also

[Sal329]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

Iron X is made by Car Pro it is simply a 1 Step decontamination product. Spray it on and wait and you se the product go from clear to purple when it is activated by iron particles in the paint.
Thank you for the compliments. Young that's pretty funny. Did you post the pics?

[Young953]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

I only did the hood, it was just a test with the new system. Worked great for me. Don't mean to hijack your thread, but here's a few pics

[BlackScreaminMachine]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

Looking much better, I do love GTP's

I think the hood would look better painted same color as the car.

[RamAirV1]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

Excellent job Sal! I had a GTP in that same color, dark bronzemist metallic. It has more depth than silver but dust is not real obvious on it. It made a great daily driver for me. I got a great deal on the G8 so then I traded it.

I found the clearcoat on the GTP to be very hard. With #83 it just about required a rotary to get any meaningful paint correction. This shows just how good the MF system is!

BTW, that is an aftermarket hood on this GTP. The factory hood is aluminum and doesn't have the hood scoops. Most likely that is why the color is different.

RamAirV1

[Sal329]

Re: First time with MF cutting pads Grand Prix GTP

Thanks guys. The hood is aftermarket, the factory hood was damaged and the tech went with this one and had one of the companies we use at work paint it for him. Great work on your Young.