Recent content by BlackCoupe

Why not use 16 on a nice finish? Too much rubbing to apply and remove?

Hi have had three cans of Meg's 16 that have been in my South Florida garage for 3-4 years. Is it likely to still be good? I used it on my new graphite gray Infiniti and it looked good and went on (by hand) as I remembered but it seemed to come off easier than I recalled (also by hand). I have a...

Hand waxed with.....?

I can't believe 1000 miles is too far for you. I saw a movie about a dog that found its way home from father away than that.

OK -- Postpone sounds better. That makes it easier to walk away. I'd gladly pay for a lesson on my car, but I've got the typical scenarios down pretty well, so full boot camp maybe not so useful. I may go up for a Thursday, but it sounds like those might not be happening for awhile, with...

Hi. Thanks Rich. I know what youmean about reading three pages of posts! The plan is prepping for Opti-Coat so we are looking for "perfect" with no polish/oil/filler left behind. We (me) are not able to get it "perfect", so we (me) are giving up and just hiding the minor swirling as per usual...

I didn't take it as a flame - I took it as an effort to help me. Sorry if it didn't seem that way - I was trying to be funny. I think the finish down needs a professional. I would even do it by hand if I thought it would work - any suggestions on that scenario?

I think my Opti-Coat Project is going onto my "Land of Broken Dreams" shelf. Its not the Opti-Coat, its me not being able to get the finish in appropriate condition to lock it down with the Opti. I will just keep using my Wolfgang liquid wax, and accept the compliments about how good my car looks.

Darn you!

I will try and find one locally. Everyone - please note that I do not believe that I am instilling these swirls with the MF (although I know that is possible) because I am drawing the MF across the finished area in a straight line - not rubbing in circles - I am doing this deliberately to see...

Tried Optimum Polish II on a black pad. This swirled it - lot. I went back with a white pad with Menz Intensive, and then Green pad with Menz Micro and got back to my base "as good as I can get it" of very light swirls. With wax you can't see it, but I don't want to lock them in. I get other...

I bought their Opimum Polish II when I bought the Opti coat. I'll try it and report back

IPA is Walgreens it says 92%. But I am doing a small spot and 12x12, and lightly drawing the mf cloth in a straight line to clean the polish off, not working it in circles - I wanted to make sure I was not re-instilling.

My concern is that I can not get my surface swirl-free. Black, soft clear. I have never been able to get it perfect. It can LOOK perfect after Menzerna Micro Polish with a grey or green pad, but when I clean it with alcohol, there are always fine swirls remaining. I tested a small area, and I...

I think I read most posts, and I did see that this came from a family friend. I do not doubt that you that there had been no repaint, but did you ask the friend specifically about the chips? (sorry if I missed that above. BTW - darn good detective job by forum members (IMHO). I have a black...