Well, I kinda explained in the detailer section(cuz I may want to find one near me) that my paint is in bad shape. My very first brand new BMW was rear ended by the RTA(regional bus co.) in November and sat in a shop for all or December and half of January. Last week I was able to do my first hand wash and I can feel so much contamination on the paint. More than I've ever felt in all my years of careing for my cars.
My normal run down was wash(gold class), dry(absorber), #7, #26 and I'm done. With that being said I have never clayed before. I know I should have been doing this but until recently didn't know how crucial it was. I thought just waxing took care of things, duh haha.
I've rear through some things here and sought advice from the resident detailing guru on E90post.com. He suggested I get away from Meguiars and use this stuff that I use on my car which is painted in Sparkling Graphite,
Prime Acrylic
Acrylic Jett Trigger:
Acrylic Glos:
I do trust him by all means, but I've never hear of this stuff. I've always used Meguiars, obviously #7 and #26. I've also had a buddy who understands BMW's soft paint and he says I should switch over to Klasse products such as AIO and then top with Pinnacle Souvern. I even found a good kit on autogeek.net. I also want to say that I have no plans for buying a PC and still like to do most things by hand, at least for now.
From what I gather, if I want to stick with Megs I would need to go with some steps like this,
Wash - Gold class
Clay - Just bought the Megs kit
#9 or #83
#7 or #3?
#26 or NXT or something like that.
I'm completely lost and have had so much thrown at me that last week that I figured why not get the Meguiars fans opinion.
All suggestions are welcome and I thank whoever took the time to read my post and help me out.
Garrett
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My normal run down was wash(gold class), dry(absorber), #7, #26 and I'm done. With that being said I have never clayed before. I know I should have been doing this but until recently didn't know how crucial it was. I thought just waxing took care of things, duh haha.
I've rear through some things here and sought advice from the resident detailing guru on E90post.com. He suggested I get away from Meguiars and use this stuff that I use on my car which is painted in Sparkling Graphite,
Prime Acrylic
Acrylic Jett Trigger:
Acrylic Glos:
I do trust him by all means, but I've never hear of this stuff. I've always used Meguiars, obviously #7 and #26. I've also had a buddy who understands BMW's soft paint and he says I should switch over to Klasse products such as AIO and then top with Pinnacle Souvern. I even found a good kit on autogeek.net. I also want to say that I have no plans for buying a PC and still like to do most things by hand, at least for now.
From what I gather, if I want to stick with Megs I would need to go with some steps like this,
Wash - Gold class
Clay - Just bought the Megs kit
#9 or #83
#7 or #3?
#26 or NXT or something like that.
I'm completely lost and have had so much thrown at me that last week that I figured why not get the Meguiars fans opinion.
All suggestions are welcome and I thank whoever took the time to read my post and help me out.
Garrett
[Commercial links are not allowed on MOL. Please refer to teh Forum Rules, Thanks, 2hotford]
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