Ebf2k
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- Jan 2, 2013
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On Saturday we picked up my wife's new 2014 Ford Fusion Hybrid in the beautiful Sunset color. Then I spent the rest of the weekend working on the finish. I had purchased the PBL Elite Kit ahead of time and was ready to go!
Wash (Zaino Z7)
Dry with electric blower and Cobra Guzzler MF towels
Did the baggie test, it was slightly bumpy on the horizontal panels, especially the hood. Vertical panels were fine. I clayed the horizontal panels with a Meg's clay bar.
Inspected the paint, the DISO was very minor, better than I was expecting.
Taped off all the rubber & trim (what a pain!) and then I took care of what was there with Wolfgang Finishing Glaze on my PC 7424 XP and a blue pad.
Then I machine applied PBL Surface Cleansing Polish with a black pad over everything that wasn't taped down, paint, chrome trim, windows, lights. Did the wheels with finger applicator. Those gaps between the spokes are narrow and those finger applicators worked great.
Applied the PBL Paint Coating, Glass Coating, and Wheel Coating with the foam applicators, buffing off the high spots right away with the green MF towel from the kit. Those green towels are amazing.
Let it set up over night then un-taped it.
Here are the results (Sorry for the no photo skills with the iPone camera). I am impressed with how wet it looks, I don't feel like I need to add anything else to it. Also the wheels seem much brighter with the PBL on them, I noticed that immediately.
I went with the PBL since this will be the wife's DD and wanted something that would look good, be durable and not need a lot of attention, but I'm really thinking about using this on my vette when I polish it next. It really brings out the different colors in the metal flakes of the paint which you can't see too well in the photos.
One question I have, along all the tape lines and around gaps I'm kept seeing this very fine light gray dust which I am assuming is extra PBL coating that has dried. It came back a few times in different spots after driving it a while, too. I very carefully inspected the car after applying the Wolfgang and the PBL cleanser to make sure I had nothing in the nooks and crannies, so I'm pretty sure its coating dust. Is this normal? I haven't seen any new dust today so I think it's all gone now.
Wash (Zaino Z7)
Dry with electric blower and Cobra Guzzler MF towels
Did the baggie test, it was slightly bumpy on the horizontal panels, especially the hood. Vertical panels were fine. I clayed the horizontal panels with a Meg's clay bar.
Inspected the paint, the DISO was very minor, better than I was expecting.
Taped off all the rubber & trim (what a pain!) and then I took care of what was there with Wolfgang Finishing Glaze on my PC 7424 XP and a blue pad.
Then I machine applied PBL Surface Cleansing Polish with a black pad over everything that wasn't taped down, paint, chrome trim, windows, lights. Did the wheels with finger applicator. Those gaps between the spokes are narrow and those finger applicators worked great.
Applied the PBL Paint Coating, Glass Coating, and Wheel Coating with the foam applicators, buffing off the high spots right away with the green MF towel from the kit. Those green towels are amazing.
Let it set up over night then un-taped it.
Here are the results (Sorry for the no photo skills with the iPone camera). I am impressed with how wet it looks, I don't feel like I need to add anything else to it. Also the wheels seem much brighter with the PBL on them, I noticed that immediately.
I went with the PBL since this will be the wife's DD and wanted something that would look good, be durable and not need a lot of attention, but I'm really thinking about using this on my vette when I polish it next. It really brings out the different colors in the metal flakes of the paint which you can't see too well in the photos.
One question I have, along all the tape lines and around gaps I'm kept seeing this very fine light gray dust which I am assuming is extra PBL coating that has dried. It came back a few times in different spots after driving it a while, too. I very carefully inspected the car after applying the Wolfgang and the PBL cleanser to make sure I had nothing in the nooks and crannies, so I'm pretty sure its coating dust. Is this normal? I haven't seen any new dust today so I think it's all gone now.
