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No, I'm not Scottwax. But I'd like to give Scott the credit he deserves for his outstanding work, as well as being a truly great guy. And although he posted his version of the work he did on another forum, this is my version, combined with some quotes from his post.
I had every intention of trying to correct the paint on my 2012 Nissan Murano myself. I purchased a GG DA, various pads and some Meguiar's M105 and M205 polish. Two sessions of attempting test spots didn't give me the results I was looking for, and I wrote about it here:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...did-test-spot-less-than-thrilled-results.html
StuDLei, from this forum, read about my adventures in paint correction, and my decision to seek some help from a local detailer. He put me in touch with Scott from Scottwax, and Scott stopped by one day to offer some of his expertise. He tried a few different products and pads on my car, and told me that the Nissan black is a very difficult paint to work on. In addition, he felt that there would be better products to use than the ones I had purchased, and at that point I decided instead of investing any more time experimenting, as well as more money for additional polishes and pads, I would rather have Scott do the work. Once the paint was corrected, I would continue to maintain the car with ONRWW, sealing, occasional waxing, and polishing with my DA if needed.
Last Saturday was the day. Scott, and his son/assistant Chris, arrived at 9:30 AM to begin their work. It was already approaching 90 degrees - soon to be over 100 - and the work was going to be done in my garage with a halogen light blazing away. Two portable fans barely helped and the conditions were anything but ideal. I had offered to postpone, but Scott said that he was used to working in the heat, and at least we would be out of the sun.
I prepped the car with an ONR wash in the morning before he arrived, and had clayed it previously. When Scott had stopped by the first time he applied Collinite 476, Clearkote Carnauba Moose and Opti-Seal side by side by side on three separate panels. In his write up, Scott wrote, "Looked over the three panels, Carnauba Moose was slightly darker than the other two, Collinite 476 had better depth than CMW, but the winner was Opti-Seal, had more noticeable depth then either carnauba. Real surprise, my expectation would be that the appearance would be wetter than the other two, didn't expect the added depth." I had to agree with Scott, and in fact, had already purchased Opti-Seal after seeing how easy it was to apply.
"Meguiar's M100 using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my Rupes 21 DA
3D HD Polish using a Meguiar's yellow foam polishing pad and my Rupes
ONR wash to remove dust
Optimum Opti-Seal to protect
Armor All on tires
Why foam pads when I usually use microfiber? Too much hazing, even some light hazing with HD Polish and an Optimum MF polishing pad. With foam, it was finishing out just amazing."
I think that the pictures speak for themselves. I know that there are plenty of first-timers who have had great success correcting the paint on their car, and have posted photos showing the excellent results. Watching Scott work was a learning experience for me, and I didn't mind having someone with his expertise and arsenal of products do the job that I had intended to tackle myself. I think that eventually I'll get some use from my DA, even if it's just to occasionally maintain the finish, and by using the correct polish and pads I don't expect to have the same difficulty I did trying to do a full paint correction.
Thanks for reading.
I had every intention of trying to correct the paint on my 2012 Nissan Murano myself. I purchased a GG DA, various pads and some Meguiar's M105 and M205 polish. Two sessions of attempting test spots didn't give me the results I was looking for, and I wrote about it here:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...did-test-spot-less-than-thrilled-results.html
StuDLei, from this forum, read about my adventures in paint correction, and my decision to seek some help from a local detailer. He put me in touch with Scott from Scottwax, and Scott stopped by one day to offer some of his expertise. He tried a few different products and pads on my car, and told me that the Nissan black is a very difficult paint to work on. In addition, he felt that there would be better products to use than the ones I had purchased, and at that point I decided instead of investing any more time experimenting, as well as more money for additional polishes and pads, I would rather have Scott do the work. Once the paint was corrected, I would continue to maintain the car with ONRWW, sealing, occasional waxing, and polishing with my DA if needed.
Last Saturday was the day. Scott, and his son/assistant Chris, arrived at 9:30 AM to begin their work. It was already approaching 90 degrees - soon to be over 100 - and the work was going to be done in my garage with a halogen light blazing away. Two portable fans barely helped and the conditions were anything but ideal. I had offered to postpone, but Scott said that he was used to working in the heat, and at least we would be out of the sun.
I prepped the car with an ONR wash in the morning before he arrived, and had clayed it previously. When Scott had stopped by the first time he applied Collinite 476, Clearkote Carnauba Moose and Opti-Seal side by side by side on three separate panels. In his write up, Scott wrote, "Looked over the three panels, Carnauba Moose was slightly darker than the other two, Collinite 476 had better depth than CMW, but the winner was Opti-Seal, had more noticeable depth then either carnauba. Real surprise, my expectation would be that the appearance would be wetter than the other two, didn't expect the added depth." I had to agree with Scott, and in fact, had already purchased Opti-Seal after seeing how easy it was to apply.
Here are some before photos:
Driver's Side:
Passenger Side:
After Meguiar's M100, using an Optimum orange foam pad cutting pad with a Rupes 21 DA Polisher:
Half and half:
Both sides compounded (entire car took about 4 hours just to compound)
Full process, from Scott:Driver's Side:
Passenger Side:
After Meguiar's M100, using an Optimum orange foam pad cutting pad with a Rupes 21 DA Polisher:
Half and half:
Both sides compounded (entire car took about 4 hours just to compound)
"Meguiar's M100 using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my Rupes 21 DA
3D HD Polish using a Meguiar's yellow foam polishing pad and my Rupes
ONR wash to remove dust
Optimum Opti-Seal to protect
Armor All on tires
Why foam pads when I usually use microfiber? Too much hazing, even some light hazing with HD Polish and an Optimum MF polishing pad. With foam, it was finishing out just amazing."
I think that the pictures speak for themselves. I know that there are plenty of first-timers who have had great success correcting the paint on their car, and have posted photos showing the excellent results. Watching Scott work was a learning experience for me, and I didn't mind having someone with his expertise and arsenal of products do the job that I had intended to tackle myself. I think that eventually I'll get some use from my DA, even if it's just to occasionally maintain the finish, and by using the correct polish and pads I don't expect to have the same difficulty I did trying to do a full paint correction.
Thanks for reading.
