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I sort of played hookie yesterday (Had a Dr. Appointment in the AM, felt worse after the Dr so I stayed home, felt a bit better after laying down for a while, feel so-so right now) so I finally cleaned up the Mazdaspeed3 with the new wax.
Car was washed 3 days ago,at a coin op and then I wipped her down with a ONR QD.
Then Klasse All In One paint cleaner was applied with a Dual Action Polisher and a medium white pad
Then I taped the roof off in half, I want to do a comparison with my old sealant, NXT 2.0 and the new UW. I've always used NXT as my sealant and I've regularly seen 6+ months of protection from it on my personal cars.
UW applied with the DA and a brand new Meguiars Finishing Pad
NXT applied with the DA and my old grey finishing pad.
Pics: New hawtness
Roof taped off. Pass side will be UW and the Drivers side will be NXT
Dabs of the UW on the pad
I then dab the pad on the section of the paint to preload the wax
Run the DA on 3 to spread the UW nice and evenly. THIN EVEN COATS is the KEY!
I did the rest of the car the same way then I moved onto the drivers side of the roof with NXT. I push the applicator pad 2-3 times into the container and then dab that onto the roof. I usually use liquid NXT but late last season when I was running out, this was all I could find, so I'm still GETting used to using it, I should have only done 1-2 dabs in retrospect.
Spread it like the UW on 3 in the DA.
Both side curing on the paint. Since it was only in the mid 30's, I let it cure on the paint for over an hour.
I wiped both the UW and NXT with a MF bonnet and a medium pad misted with QD. Here are some after pics. Again, I'll update this regularly with pics regarding the longevity of UW vrs NXT.
Car was washed 3 days ago,at a coin op and then I wipped her down with a ONR QD.
Then Klasse All In One paint cleaner was applied with a Dual Action Polisher and a medium white pad
Then I taped the roof off in half, I want to do a comparison with my old sealant, NXT 2.0 and the new UW. I've always used NXT as my sealant and I've regularly seen 6+ months of protection from it on my personal cars.
UW applied with the DA and a brand new Meguiars Finishing Pad
NXT applied with the DA and my old grey finishing pad.
Pics: New hawtness
Roof taped off. Pass side will be UW and the Drivers side will be NXT
Dabs of the UW on the pad
I then dab the pad on the section of the paint to preload the wax
Run the DA on 3 to spread the UW nice and evenly. THIN EVEN COATS is the KEY!
I did the rest of the car the same way then I moved onto the drivers side of the roof with NXT. I push the applicator pad 2-3 times into the container and then dab that onto the roof. I usually use liquid NXT but late last season when I was running out, this was all I could find, so I'm still GETting used to using it, I should have only done 1-2 dabs in retrospect.
Spread it like the UW on 3 in the DA.
Both side curing on the paint. Since it was only in the mid 30's, I let it cure on the paint for over an hour.
I wiped both the UW and NXT with a MF bonnet and a medium pad misted with QD. Here are some after pics. Again, I'll update this regularly with pics regarding the longevity of UW vrs NXT.
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