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Car is a 2012 Elantra touring. I did a test spot with D151, and it didn't remove enough defects for me personally. I did a second test with UC and it came out great. So on I went with UC, until I got to the hood. The hood had some pretty bad etching on it, that UC would not take out. M105 would probably have gotten it, but as you can see I got pressed for time in a hurry. The car had been to the beach the night before so it was COVERED, so much so that overnight the ants took over and I came out to find ants had overtaken the bumper. It cleaned up nice, but it is worth noting a couple of things. 1) This is the DRIEST paint I have ever worked on. Even my DD which rarely gets attention these days, is easier to run a finger over. I can only equate it to the sound a squeegee makes on a window, or the sound a latex glove makes with pulled over your hand. This paint could bring my hand to a hault, it was so grabby. It hasnt been touched since purchase in FEB '12, so I am sure that is why. 2) The body lines on these cars are awful, and can make working with a large pad, difficult. A smaller pad would have made this quite a bit easier. 3) It is a metallic black paint, which I generally dislike because I never feel like it is clean enough. I spent more time searching for missed wax to wipe off, than I did waxing it. 4) A first for me, what happens when a random summer downpour starts while the wax is curing? Nothing it looked like, product was still easy to wipe off. I added another coat so I could sleep at night, but I doubt it needed it. Gold class has always been my go to for black cars or trucks, the depth it leave is awesome. I decided to try it on a metallic black and the pop factor works just as good as I had hoped.
Process:
Gold class wash
Clay
UC/Orange pad
Gold class wax-2 coats
Sonax on wheels
UB on trim
The interior still needs a good bit of attention, especially after a trip to the beach, but this was exterior only on this one.
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