Ernie Ball
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- May 13, 2006
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This is my first post here.
I've got a small problem. I just spent quite a lot of time and effort on my black MR2 Roadster to try to get rid of some swirls/cobwebs and generally polish it up for the summer. Here's a pic:
Here's what I did:
1) Wash & Dry
2) Clay with Meguiar's Bar + Quik Detailer
3) Menzerna Intensive Polish using PC 7424 and orange light cutting pad
4) Menzerna Final Polish II using PC and white pad
5) Wash & Dry
6) Klasse All-in-One (hand applied)
Now here's where the problems arise. After the Klasse, I put Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant on the car: 3 layers of it over the course of a few days. I knew that the Wolfgang had to sit on the car for 12 hours or so between coats.
After the three layers I topped with P21s.
What I didn't know (because the Wolfgang bottle has no instructions at all--bad Wolfgang!) but have since learned is that the Deep Gloss sealant needs to be left on the car for 30 to 45 minutes at each application. I was just wiping it on and wiping it off. D'oh!
So now I'm guessing I don't have the sealant protection I thought I did and just have the P21s over the Klasse (and maybe a little Wolfgang). Also, as it was my first time using the PC polisher, I realize now that I didn't do as good a job with the swirls as I might have.
What would you do to rectify this?
Would you:
1) Start over from scratch (no pun intended), including clay bar, intensive and final polish, etc.?
2) Wait until the wax stops beading water and then start from scratch?
3) Wash it with some sort of wax-stripping shampoo (which one?) and then start again beginning with the polish?
4) Something not mentioned?
I assume that putting Wolfgang Sealant on over the P21s is a no-no.
Thanks for all advice.
I've got a small problem. I just spent quite a lot of time and effort on my black MR2 Roadster to try to get rid of some swirls/cobwebs and generally polish it up for the summer. Here's a pic:
Here's what I did:
1) Wash & Dry
2) Clay with Meguiar's Bar + Quik Detailer
3) Menzerna Intensive Polish using PC 7424 and orange light cutting pad
4) Menzerna Final Polish II using PC and white pad
5) Wash & Dry
6) Klasse All-in-One (hand applied)
Now here's where the problems arise. After the Klasse, I put Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant on the car: 3 layers of it over the course of a few days. I knew that the Wolfgang had to sit on the car for 12 hours or so between coats.
After the three layers I topped with P21s.
What I didn't know (because the Wolfgang bottle has no instructions at all--bad Wolfgang!) but have since learned is that the Deep Gloss sealant needs to be left on the car for 30 to 45 minutes at each application. I was just wiping it on and wiping it off. D'oh!
So now I'm guessing I don't have the sealant protection I thought I did and just have the P21s over the Klasse (and maybe a little Wolfgang). Also, as it was my first time using the PC polisher, I realize now that I didn't do as good a job with the swirls as I might have.
What would you do to rectify this?
Would you:
1) Start over from scratch (no pun intended), including clay bar, intensive and final polish, etc.?
2) Wait until the wax stops beading water and then start from scratch?
3) Wash it with some sort of wax-stripping shampoo (which one?) and then start again beginning with the polish?
4) Something not mentioned?
I assume that putting Wolfgang Sealant on over the P21s is a no-no.
Thanks for all advice.