Recent content by Mjgillen

Update: I got some of the Meguire's Aggressive clay and it worked great! Did the rest of the hood and the trunk in 20 min. Really worked great. 2008 Scion tC. I stopped by one of the very very few local detailing stores and they a lot of the 3D products so I picked up some 3D One and a pad that...

OK will use the clay. Any benefit in using the Iron X iron remover first? What will that buy me? Less stuff to remove with the clay? What do you think of the 3D One product? Looks like it might also be an option.

If I use the 3D compound do I still need to use the clay? Trying to do as little as possible. Also, if I use the compound do I still need to use the polish or can I just put on a wax?

Thanks!

OK I can do this!

The clay is just the regular stuff that came with the Maguire's Quick Detailer. White blocks of clay. I've used this stuff for years seemed to work OK however I never had to deal with a paint surface like this before. Its all scratchy like sand paper. My wife thinks its overspray from paint...

Thanks for the advice! I thought I had some polish but just looked and am all out. No compound either. I am thinking I should use some Pinnacle Advanced Compound. I’ve also read to try the Nanoskin AutoScrub pad$$$. Do you think the compound will get that stuff off? I’ve never used an iron...

Double post.

Hello all, Bought a used car yesterday and the paint finish is very rough and grainy. So I washed the car and started on the hood with a clay bar and meguires quick detailer. Wow it is going very slow. The bar is getting a brownish rust color and I spent about an hour and only got half the...

Hi guys! Kind of new at this, and still learning. Recently I detailed my 2006 Toyota Highlander with a wash, clay bar, Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 and two coats of WDGPS3.0 I'd love to have that buttery satin finish last forever - so how do I do that? I am thinking about re-applying WDGPS3.0...

Thanks Bob!

How long to wait between coats? I just put my first coat on, will wait an hour to buff off. However the bottle does not say how long to wait between coats. Thanks, Michael

Thank you for the kind words. I just did the roof, to get re-aquainted with the products and techniques. Gonna do the rest tomorrow. That was just a warm up. Gonna go watch the videos in the iBook I bought "Show Car Shine" just to refresh some more... this is really satisfying. The roof on the...

A year and a half later and the Prius still feels pretty smooth when washed. Its not as beautiful as it was when I first detailed the paint, however its still very nice. I'm going to do my daughter's Corolla this weekend so I wanted to dig up this information to refresh my memory. I'll post...

Thanks! As you can see I've been lurking and learning for three years before my first post. Now I just want to help out the other new guys. Yeah this site rocks! Thanks again everyone! Michael