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OK guys I am new to this forum but not the detailing world. I have searched for weeks for my some new products to try. I just bought my first NICE car a 2008 silver vette. I plan on the usual with some new products Please advise on your opinions. I really want a wet pop look. Thanks
Wash- Dawn (usually Meg gold class)
Clay
Polish- Menzerna PO 91 or PO83? if needed (White pad)
Finish- Menzerna PO106 or PO87 (black or blue pad)
Should I then glaze after a prepsol wipe down or go straight to a sealant and wax combo.
Sealant-Wolf deep gloss paint sealant
Wax - P21s 100%
Feel free to advise in any direction thanks again
 
For the Polishing step, the white pad might not be enough if you are trying to remove swirls. You might want to have an orange pad for back-up.

For the Finishing step, I would reccomend the green pad (assuming you are talking about LC pads). It has enough bit to help the polish remove any haze from the harsher polishes, but it finishes down really nicely. The black will work, but it might not cut enough to help the polish burnish the paint.

If you have removed all the imnperfections you want to, using a glaze would be pointless. I would go stright to the selant/wax combo.
 
Interesting...I'd never thought to use a green LC pad with a finishing polish. The green LC pads I have supposedly fall between the orange and white pads in terms of cut.
 
As a current Vette owner and past silver C5 Vette owner, let me warn you the clearcoat is quite hard. Your gonna need Menzerna SIP and 106FF for polishes or the Wolfgang 3.0 offerings.

Please rid your detailing aersonal of Dawn. Its does nothing for car care and highly alkaline. Use a good car wash. Your clay and polishing will remove any old wax and Dawn hardly dents a paint sealant.
 
MadOzodi said:
Interesting...I'd never thought to use a green LC pad with a finishing polish. The green LC pads I have supposedly fall between the orange and white pads in terms of cut.
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Mad, that is incorrect information, you use a finishing pad as in the blue or black pads to finish with. Good thing this was asked on another forum. Also mad you are correct on where the green pad is in the LC line up, SIP and the green pad make an awesome combo.
 
ASPHALT ROCKET said:
Mad, that is incorrect information, you use a finishing pad as in the blue or black pads to finish with. Good thing this was asked on another forum. Also mad you are correct on where the green pad is in the LC line up, SIP and the green pad make an awesome combo.
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Wrong....the new LC green pads are a polishing/finishing foam, which is between gray and white.

The old LC green pads are more like an orange....
 
Even so if the new green pads are a combo you still want to finish with a blue or black pad. Also how can you compare the green to the orange pad, that is wrong.
 
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What I said was the old green ones compare to orange in the sense that they are both light cutting pads. The new green polishing/finishing work great for jeweling/fine polishing.
 
I would have to disagree, the blue and black work better. Not trying to get in a peeing match with you but from doing this for forever and a day they still dont match the finish of the blue or black pads.
 
ASPHALT ROCKET said:
I would have to disagree, the blue and black work better. Not trying to get in a peeing match with you but from doing this for forever and a day they still dont match the finish of the blue or black pads.
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion...C5s and C6s are known for having very hard clearcoats, and in my experiences the green pads worked better on harder clearcoats whereas the blue/black don't do as much IMO. Temperatures, choice in polish, polisher being used, etc also play big roles, so varying opinions do not surprise me. :cheers:
 
I hear you on the vette clear having had four and owning the one in the avatar. The green ccs pad and SIP on the vette is an awesome combo, then finish with 85rd on a blue and black pad and you will see what I am talking about, this is by rotary.
 
Well there you go...I tend to use the Flex XC3401 more than anything these days, so that is the reasoning behind our differences in pad choices.
 
My Vette is cleaner than both your Vettes (you two jokers) .... seriously, I am also just finding out that there is more than one green pad and the newer version is lighter too. Thanks for the info guys !
 
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Wrong....the new LC green pads are a polishing/finishing foam, which is between gray and white.
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This was my understanding from what I read when I purchased them and the feel is between white and grey.

All I know is that PO85RD worked better with a green pad on my A4's finish then did my grey pad and everyone knows that Audi/VW clear is harder then Vette clear.:D
 
The blue and black pad for the final finish for every clear, wasn't just saying on vettes, goes for any vehicle.
 
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