2wookies
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- Jul 24, 2015
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Man was I nervous!!! So I've had the product for 2 months and between life and constant customer cars I just haven't had the time to do a proper paint correction on my personal car this season, and I knew at some point I was going to want to try CQuartz. Well being military I got a 4 day weekend this weekend and with no customer cars it was the perfect chance. So of course did the usual full decon and clay with Iron X. No pictures we all know what that looks like. For the paint correction I went with Menzerna FG400 on a LC flat MF cutting pad and followed with a white pad and SF3800. Just those two products made a huge difference in not only removal of swirls but really made the paint come to life.
Here is a shot of uncorrected side
Corrected side
Anybody who's done work on Audi & VW paint knows how hard the clear coat can be, I had about 13 hours behind the polisher over the two days. The nice thing about FG400 is how little it dusts, so I wasn't constantly wiping down huge dust mounds.
So day three, time for CQuartz UK. Why did I go with UK? Being stationed in Nebraska our winters can be brutal, I was in Minot ND prior, so opted for this in hopes that it offers great winter protection. Of course I used Eraser for a panel wipe down, at first I just did small sections thinking that was the way to go but as I spread on the coating i found myself wasting time going back and forth between the two. So I just did big panel wipes prior to coating, i.e. entire hood with part of fender, remainder of fender into door and a half...you get the idea.
Now for the application of CQuartz, it was so stupid easy to do!! It was about 75 degrees when I was doing the work, didn't get a humidity reading but it was comfortable. Anybody who's on the fence or nervous about using this don't be!! Once you figure out that you can actually do large sections and with how easy it comes off you'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. I was very careful to make sure I was doing alternating swipe patterns to make sure no high spots were left and when I buffed off using a strong headlamp to make sure nothing was left behind. Never once did I fight the product, doing two coats with 90 min between coats took about 4 hours then let it bake in the sun. We have no rain chances till Thursday so thats a plus.
Here is a shot with the first coat
Second coat, I feel its more glossy.
After shots, these shots just do not do the car justice, the level of gloss is crazy. A friend with an S4 same color came over and couldn't believe how different it looks, he just spent $700 on a paint correction from a local place and is less than pleased after seeing mine. He's booked with me now lol.
Happy detailing.
Here is a shot of uncorrected side
Corrected side
Anybody who's done work on Audi & VW paint knows how hard the clear coat can be, I had about 13 hours behind the polisher over the two days. The nice thing about FG400 is how little it dusts, so I wasn't constantly wiping down huge dust mounds.
So day three, time for CQuartz UK. Why did I go with UK? Being stationed in Nebraska our winters can be brutal, I was in Minot ND prior, so opted for this in hopes that it offers great winter protection. Of course I used Eraser for a panel wipe down, at first I just did small sections thinking that was the way to go but as I spread on the coating i found myself wasting time going back and forth between the two. So I just did big panel wipes prior to coating, i.e. entire hood with part of fender, remainder of fender into door and a half...you get the idea.
Now for the application of CQuartz, it was so stupid easy to do!! It was about 75 degrees when I was doing the work, didn't get a humidity reading but it was comfortable. Anybody who's on the fence or nervous about using this don't be!! Once you figure out that you can actually do large sections and with how easy it comes off you'll kick yourself for not doing it sooner. I was very careful to make sure I was doing alternating swipe patterns to make sure no high spots were left and when I buffed off using a strong headlamp to make sure nothing was left behind. Never once did I fight the product, doing two coats with 90 min between coats took about 4 hours then let it bake in the sun. We have no rain chances till Thursday so thats a plus.
Here is a shot with the first coat
Second coat, I feel its more glossy.
After shots, these shots just do not do the car justice, the level of gloss is crazy. A friend with an S4 same color came over and couldn't believe how different it looks, he just spent $700 on a paint correction from a local place and is less than pleased after seeing mine. He's booked with me now lol.
Happy detailing.
