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We had another fantastic class on Saturday down here at the Irvine office, welcoming members from the Covair club and the GMC Typhoon/ Sclon club... what a great mix!
After a seminar covering the five basic steps of car care, we took a quick break to enjoy some pizza...
In the garage, we started with a clay demo for those who had never used/ seen clay before.
Even though the car felt rather smooth, there were still plenty of contaminants on the surface.
This particular GMC was a fantastic demo car. It looked as though there were several deep scratches with many swirls in the surface. I began with a little Ultimate Compound demo by hand. As it turns out, this car had a repaint five years back. Both Ultimate Compound and SwirlX by hand were too aggressive! Both removed the swirls with ease, but left some undesireable hazing in the paint. This was a great example for the class. As always, no 2 paints are ever the same, especially when working on repaints!
All this car needed with a very light polish (like Ultimate Polish) at a lower speed (3) and a yellow polish pad and the finish was nearly flawless! Again, detailing is an art, not a science. there is no perfect regiment for every finish. This served as a fantastic example of the "art" of detailing for the class.
We then turned our attention to a much newer, factory paint job on an Xb for a second demonstration. After a careful evaluation...
Some Ultimate Compound and a yellow polishing pad at speed 5...
Followed by some Ultimate Polish and a yellow pad at speed 3...
And some Ultimate Liquid Wax with a super fast wipe off...
left a flawless finish with a much deeper, darker blue shine. Little did we know before the demo that this paint was LOADED with metallic flake!
Once out in the sun, the before and after was tremendous.
We brought the car back inside to give others a chance to try out our DA and some of our products
And finished off the hood of our friend's car. The class served as a great example of trial and error, the art of detailing, and that no two paints are created equal. A big thank you to the two individuals who allowed us time to play with their paints and to the Covair and GMC club and other individuals that came out to Meguiar's!
After a seminar covering the five basic steps of car care, we took a quick break to enjoy some pizza...
In the garage, we started with a clay demo for those who had never used/ seen clay before.
Even though the car felt rather smooth, there were still plenty of contaminants on the surface.
This particular GMC was a fantastic demo car. It looked as though there were several deep scratches with many swirls in the surface. I began with a little Ultimate Compound demo by hand. As it turns out, this car had a repaint five years back. Both Ultimate Compound and SwirlX by hand were too aggressive! Both removed the swirls with ease, but left some undesireable hazing in the paint. This was a great example for the class. As always, no 2 paints are ever the same, especially when working on repaints!
All this car needed with a very light polish (like Ultimate Polish) at a lower speed (3) and a yellow polish pad and the finish was nearly flawless! Again, detailing is an art, not a science. there is no perfect regiment for every finish. This served as a fantastic example of the "art" of detailing for the class.
We then turned our attention to a much newer, factory paint job on an Xb for a second demonstration. After a careful evaluation...
Some Ultimate Compound and a yellow polishing pad at speed 5...
Followed by some Ultimate Polish and a yellow pad at speed 3...
And some Ultimate Liquid Wax with a super fast wipe off...
left a flawless finish with a much deeper, darker blue shine. Little did we know before the demo that this paint was LOADED with metallic flake!
Once out in the sun, the before and after was tremendous.
We brought the car back inside to give others a chance to try out our DA and some of our products
And finished off the hood of our friend's car. The class served as a great example of trial and error, the art of detailing, and that no two paints are created equal. A big thank you to the two individuals who allowed us time to play with their paints and to the Covair and GMC club and other individuals that came out to Meguiar's!
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