is this the best you can do for a biege car?

flb18r

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  1. wash with mother's gold with foam gun ( I like the shampoo, lots of suds)
  2. clay with OPT lube
  3. QD wipe down
  4. meg 105 with PC speed 5 edge yellow pad and Makita 1500 rpm LC orange pad
  5. meg 205 with PC speed 5 blue edge pad
  6. rinse car /QD wipe down
  7. apply meg m16, and griot spray wax after
  8. 24hr later apply pinnicle series II wax
I also have 3m ultrafina, which I didn't use, because no time for it. plus its my DD. maybe summer time. I already spend close to $2000 on my hobby. all these specials are killing me!!!
 
tuscarora dave said:
I would say no. Unless it's just a bad angle I would say you can get much more gloss than what the pic shows. Here is a car as an example of the shine that can be had on these light colors. it is a little darker than yours but not much.
03 Buick LeSabre custom - DetailCity.org - Auto Detailing & Car Detailing Forum
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I wish I have your skillz hehe, I like to try poorboys someday. so far I have fourstars, meg, opt and ultrafina. I have more products than skillz. lol :detailer:
 
Rsurfer said:
Why are you doing step 4 twice?
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no I didnt, sorry if I put it wrong in writing. the P/s of the car I use makita and d/s I used PC with KBM. im just trying things out. I will take more pictures tommorow.
 
flb18r said:
I wish I have your skillz hehe, I like to try poorboys someday. so far I have fourstars, meg, opt and ultrafina. I have more products than skillz. lol :detailer:
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Keep at it flb, you'll get there.:xyxthumbs:
 
On that color car, Im much prefer synthetic sealants. FK1000P would look great on it and its $16.
 
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I wish it shines like this in the sun lol.
 
fwiw... i used the klass twins on my daughters silver mustang and my wife's, it's not beige and it's not black stang, and it made them shine real nice. lsp was megs #26 yellow wax.
 
cooksnj said:
fwiw... i used the klass twins on my daughters silver mustang and my wife's, it's not beige and it's not black stang, and it made them shine real nice. lsp was megs #26 yellow wax.
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For lighter colors I personally prefer sealants. I find that the best way to make lighter colors look good is to make them as reflective as possible verses a deep wet look. Do you have any sealants on hand?
 
I have Opt seal and fourstar sealant ( not upp). but I can appy sealant after wax? I throught lsp only increase 5% of the shine, would ultrafina make it bettter?
 
I use Poorboys EX-P on my our pearl silver Honda Odyssey. I apply it with a PC, let it sit for a good 20-30 minutes (while I clean other stuff), then buff gently.

The shine and reflectivity is incredible.

I just got Klasse sealant glaze and on my black TSX, it's amazing. Will try it on the silver as soon as the weather warms up.
 
here are some shop pictures with lighting 2 stories high.

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out in the sun (cloud day, below 20', 12pm eastern time)

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flb18r said:
I have Opt seal and fourstar sealant ( not upp). but I can appy sealant after wax? I throught lsp only increase 5% of the shine, would ultrafina make it bettter?
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You right in that the LSP only increases 5% but that 5% can totally change a cars look. Take a black car and and apply a highly reflective sealant to one side and apply a warm nuba to the other you can see a clear difference. Opti-seal is unique in that you can apply it on top of another sealant or wax so you could give it a try. Just note in the future that most sealants are best used as a base coat..

I reserve ultrafina for darker color cars as the results are more noticable but on a lighter tone the gains are negligible.
 
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