As promised, here's the follow-up to Dana's question about how the results will look after washing the car. First I'm just going to wash the section, and then later this week I'll do the chemical strip of the same sections.
So in the normal world, if a person were really trying to restore their paint, then afterwards they would likely wash with a
non-detergent, premium car wash, not a
known strong detergent wash.
Agree?
So to play Devil's Advocate, I went ahead and washed the text section with Dawn Detergent Dish Washing Soap even though it about killed me to
work backwards.
Not only did I use Dawn, I used
plenty of Dawn and really washed the paint down thoroughly.
Again, if you re-read this thread, Dana, aka ASPHALT ROCKET was wondering if after the test sections were washed if all the swirls that were in the paint to begin with would simply show back up, meaning the Ultimate Compound, the SwirlX and the NXT for the most part just filled them in.
After lunch, when the sun is directly overhead, assuming it stays sunny here at work, (weather changes quickly), I'll go out side and take some after pictures.
I'll take a guess right now, without having checked the results yet as the sun is still at a low angle, that the before side will look horrible and the after side will still look very good.
Note I never said my 2 applications of UC were going to remove 100% of the swirls. If I wanted to remove 100% of the swirls I would have applied it 2, 3, maybe 4 times and used a more aggressive applicator pad and then, 99.9% of all defects would be removed.
What I did, not knowing the thread was going to turn this direction, was simply apply UC twice using an applicator pad that the same company sells, then the SwirlX as a finishing polish and then their wax, (so their system for working by hand),
to show another member in another thread the difference in results a person could get by using only a one-step cleaner/wax versus breaking the process up into multiple, steps using dedicated products. I wasn't trying to show him how to get flawless show car results by hand, if I were I would have invested the amount of time required by checking my results and doing what ti would take to reach the goal. Instead I did what I thought would be a good example of what the average Joe Consumer
could do.
For the record, I never mind a challenge and while my preference is to always work by machine, I very comfortable working by machine or by hand on clear coat finishes and always willing to tailor the process to best serve our customers and what they're interested in.
So hang tight, and if it's sunny, I'll snap some after shots of both sections and post them, if it's not sunny, then we'll just have to wait till it is, with the fact that with more time the finish results won't be getting better and better but worse and worse, or in other words, time is NOT on my side to prove my point.
Since moving to Florida, I now understand the say,
"If you don't like the weather, just wait 20 minutes and it will change"
Thanks everyone for their patience...
rops: Side note: I used to be in the broadcasting industry for a bit, we used 3CCD camera's and I used to hate using a home camera after what I used in the studio, but a lot of this newer prosumer stuff and even your iphone are impressive for what they are.
