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Ok Guys the process was:
1.- Wash car with Dawn Soap
2.- Clay entire car one section at a time, this is very important so take your time.
3.- Wash car again with Menzerna Auto Shampoo
4.- Menzerna Intensive Polish with Orange Pad and Dewalt 849.
5.- Menzerna Intensive Polish with White Pad and Dewalt 849. (White Pad is less agressive than Orange Pad.)
6.- Menzerna Final Polish with with White Pad and Porter Cable 7424
7.- Menzerna Finishing Touch Glaze with Black Pad and Porter Cable 7424
8.- Menzerna FMJ with Red Pad and Porter Cable 7424
For best Results, work under Flourescent lights because they will help you see where you need to spend more time buffing out the deep swirl marks.
1.- Wash car with Dawn Soap
2.- Clay entire car one section at a time, this is very important so take your time.
3.- Wash car again with Menzerna Auto Shampoo
4.- Menzerna Intensive Polish with Orange Pad and Dewalt 849.
5.- Menzerna Intensive Polish with White Pad and Dewalt 849. (White Pad is less agressive than Orange Pad.)
6.- Menzerna Final Polish with with White Pad and Porter Cable 7424
7.- Menzerna Finishing Touch Glaze with Black Pad and Porter Cable 7424
8.- Menzerna FMJ with Red Pad and Porter Cable 7424
For best Results, work under Flourescent lights because they will help you see where you need to spend more time buffing out the deep swirl marks.
A. still clay bar it
and
B. skip the orange pad and just use white
... If the car is brand new built a month ago with 600 miles on it? the dealer "prepped" it with a quick wash and some cheap spray wax and i can see very light spiderweb swirl marks in some spots on the car. I'm in austin and will take a road trip to S.A. with cash and beer in exchange for some tips and tricks.
also are there any good microfiber towels that can be bought locally? walmart has microtex which i junk, pepboys is stuck on california products. I haven't found any good shops in austin yet to detail my car or buy products from. I want to learn and do it right while the paint is still fresh.
Last edited by MarkRx; Mar 24, 2008 at 02:17 AM.
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Would you:
A. still clay bar it
and
B. skip the orange pad and just use white
... If the car is brand new built a month ago with 600 miles on it? the dealer "prepped" it with a quick wash and some cheap spray wax and i can see very light spiderweb swirl marks in some spots on the car. I'm in austin and will take a road trip to S.A. with cash and beer in exchange for some tips and tricks.
also are there any good microfiber towels that can be bought locally? walmart has microtex which i junk, pepboys is stuck on california products. I haven't found any good shops in austin yet to detail my car or buy products from. I want to learn and do it right while the paint is still fresh.
A. still clay bar it
and
B. skip the orange pad and just use white
... If the car is brand new built a month ago with 600 miles on it? the dealer "prepped" it with a quick wash and some cheap spray wax and i can see very light spiderweb swirl marks in some spots on the car. I'm in austin and will take a road trip to S.A. with cash and beer in exchange for some tips and tricks.
also are there any good microfiber towels that can be bought locally? walmart has microtex which i junk, pepboys is stuck on california products. I haven't found any good shops in austin yet to detail my car or buy products from. I want to learn and do it right while the paint is still fresh.
You can skip A and B and start with C! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Mike,
Last year, I detailed my car. Here’s what I did:
1.- Washed car with Meguiars’s Gold Class Shampoo
2.- Clayed with Blackfire Poly Clay
3.- Washed car again with Meguiars’s Gold Class Shampoo
4.- Menzerna Intensive Polish with Yellow Pad (PC 7424).
6.- Menzerna Final Polish with with White Pad (PC 7424).
7.- Klasse All-in-one with black foam pad (PC 7424).
8.- Three coats of Klasse Sealant Glaze, hand applied 24 hours apart
9. Meguiars’s Gold Class Carnauba wax
I still have a few faint scratches. I do not have an orange pad, yellow is the most abraisive that I posess, although I do have a wool bonnet. Any thoughts on using the wool bonnet as a substitute for the orange pad?
Also, did you get any compounding haze from the Menzerna’s intensive polish with the orange pad? I assume that you did, which could be why you followed it with the Menzerna’s intensive polish and the white pad.
Also, my Menzerna intensive polish seems to dry out rather quickly on the PC 7424. I have to use a spray bottle and mist the body panel I'm working on (and the pad, initially, of course) to be able to finish a 2x2 square foot section without the polish drying in less than a minute..Any thoughts?
By the way, been buying from proper auto care for a while. Saw your vette on the contest and voted for ya..
Thanks,
-Jason
Last year, I detailed my car. Here’s what I did:
1.- Washed car with Meguiars’s Gold Class Shampoo
2.- Clayed with Blackfire Poly Clay
3.- Washed car again with Meguiars’s Gold Class Shampoo
4.- Menzerna Intensive Polish with Yellow Pad (PC 7424).
6.- Menzerna Final Polish with with White Pad (PC 7424).
7.- Klasse All-in-one with black foam pad (PC 7424).
8.- Three coats of Klasse Sealant Glaze, hand applied 24 hours apart
9. Meguiars’s Gold Class Carnauba wax
I still have a few faint scratches. I do not have an orange pad, yellow is the most abraisive that I posess, although I do have a wool bonnet. Any thoughts on using the wool bonnet as a substitute for the orange pad?
Also, did you get any compounding haze from the Menzerna’s intensive polish with the orange pad? I assume that you did, which could be why you followed it with the Menzerna’s intensive polish and the white pad.
Also, my Menzerna intensive polish seems to dry out rather quickly on the PC 7424. I have to use a spray bottle and mist the body panel I'm working on (and the pad, initially, of course) to be able to finish a 2x2 square foot section without the polish drying in less than a minute..Any thoughts?
By the way, been buying from proper auto care for a while. Saw your vette on the contest and voted for ya..
Thanks,
-Jason
Last edited by Gideon's_Test; Mar 24, 2008 at 02:36 PM.