Degreaser on paint, and Wolfgang issues on another car.

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This is accurate and good advice.

And with Speed you don’t need a prep wipe, it actually probably creates a mess due to not being able to remove the wax completely and leaving irregular surface.

Next time go straight to the sealant and maybe use a polish that’s not Speed if you don’t want the wax under the sealant.

Oh man, not a good week at all, and not a good way to start this hobby. I am sad because I am mainly doing this for my nephew who's been on video games since March so I thought this would be a good outlet for him. I built a whole detailing station for us, and invested a relatively big amount in this. I guess it's a good learning experience.

Very cool of you. :bowdown:

Apparently I confused the Speed for being a one-step compound/polish, hence I used the wipe out.

Easy to get confused when you're first getting into the detailing world. So many products and opinions.



Here's another image of the water spot (or etching?) on the Jeep.

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Here's the full size picture,

Here's a section I cropped out to focus on the defects.

These look like IMPRINT RINGS to me. Here's my article with pictures and explanation.

Imprint Rings - A specific type of water spot on car paint by Mike Phillips

CLOSE-UP Shots of Imprint Rings

After posting this, I went and clayed a panel on the hood, used wipe out then compounded with Maguiar's ultimate compound , nothing.

The mark is still there

MORE information.

How did you apply the Meguiar's Ultimate Compound?

This is a very capable product and I'm confident if applied correctly it will remove these water spots without having to use a hair dryer to heat up the paint.


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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

More....

I don't know what these spots are,

The PROBLEM of water spots comes up all the time. And thus the reason I wrote this article,

What's in the water?


It's mostly to make people THINK. Modern clearcoats are pretty tough. Clearcoats are urathane paint and in context with a lot of paints - it's pretty stout.

So anytime someone has water spots or marks or imprint rings or the worst type of water spot, CRATER ETCHINGS - you have to wonder?


What's in the WATER?

I think I"m the ONLY guy in the online internet world that has an article like this to make us all think - you know - go deep.

 

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Apologies Mike, didn't mean to imply that at all. Just happened to be re-listening to a podcast the other day about water spots appearing again after a compound and polish as it pertains to coatings.

Ha ha... yeah I never get into details. :laughing:


For what it's worth - since this is posted in a forum group called,

Ask Mike Phillips your detailing questions?


When I get to work and out of our Wednesday morning meeting, I'll re-read this thread and offer any input I might have.


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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Apologies Mike, didn't mean to imply that at all.

Just happened to be re-listening to a podcast the other day about water spots appearing again after a compound and polish as it pertains to coatings.

I just thought it was funny! It's all good man. I included 2 emoticons laughing....


And I've known Kevin Brown, and actually was one of his guest Instructors for the first two NXTi Tech Institute Classes years ago. I actually helped him out in the HUGE Meguiar's Booths he used to set-up at Good Guys shows years ago in SoCal. He's a great guy, super smart and also probably has forgotten more than I've know.

I don't know Larry very well but anytime we're both at detailing events, he's always just as nice as he seems on video.


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