Recent content by mrmarkmac

I think I applied Elixer once but otherwise very little maintenance. Based in performance so far I should be good for at least a year. Other vehicles with same coatings are now well past a year and look great.

Still solid coating here. Washes and cleans up like it did day 1.

I don’t know it’s paint overspray, but it’s overspray from something. I have kept the car perfect, then leave it at the dealer for a week, and washed it when I got home to find this. The dealer also does the collision work for all the network of dealers under the owner name, outside Ford. If...

Did a car last week in 45f-50f ambient temp, and the CQUK3.0 took forever to flash. I kept thinking I need to remove it, but literally after 15 min it was still smearing. Ended up being around 20 min. After I figured it out on the first panel, it did allow me to apply it to most of the car at...

The Mustang has been in the garage pretty much since Ford coated it with Overspray and after I spent two weekends claying. Today I had it out and washed it, then did an elixer wipe down. I did the same wash and elixer to my wife’s car which had the same ceramic coatings applied. It was...

it took most of the dust off well. However there are still lots of stuck on parts of polish dust. I didn’t want to rub them with Ech2o. Maybe I just need to use IPA mix or Eraser on those.

I have Ech2O that I can use as a rinsless or waterless wash. I was just thinking of even spraying it down with water to get the dust off. Given I’m going over it again with essence, it would clean up any water spots or otherwise.

Given the truck is covered in dust now, what is the normal course of action for the second stage paint correction? Planning to do Essence Extreme next, then CQUK. I’ve always finished previous cars with essence then straight to eraser and CQUK. I’m just concerned there is so much dust that...

that was what I was assuming, but when I moved on to better panels it was still dusty. Started using Guz suggestion if two easy passes then 2 with pressure. Still not zero dust but a lot less.

With a recent order here, I received a free bottle of pad conditioner. I tried using it today on the pad before priming it. Maybe that’s causing it to dust?

I’m priming the pad, and then using 3 or 4 pea size drops per 2x2 section.

I’m doing 2-3 passes with little to no pressure, the. 2-3 with increasing pressure until clear.

I’m trying Carpro clearcut for the first time. Trying to bring back to life a 2005 Xterra that has some oxidation on horizontal surfaces and just lots of swirls on vertical panels. The oxidized areas of the hood took a few iterations of the 2-3 light passes then 2-3 pressure passes to finish...

ha, ha. Yeah, that easy. No, just shopping for a new car and basically couldn’t find anything close to the quality and options anywhere near that price.

^^ this. 100%. Test drive costs nothing, and worth the 15 min. I didn’t even know what a cx-5 was. I just stopped at the next dealer after Lexus, infinity, Acura, Audi. Now I have one in my driveway, and the amount of options that are standard in the top two trim levels is crazy when...