Don M
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- Jan 8, 2010
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After buying both of them LAST SUMMER, I finally had an opportunity to use them this morning at around "Oh-Hell-No-Thirty," after a bad night's sleep.
Since I couldn't sleep, and my Niece's KIA Soul was "prisoner" in my garage, I figured I'd give it it's first ever polish and wax. My wife and niece were away visiting and my niece had an appointment to get an oil change at her dealership (don't get me started). Since she was gone, she asked me (Uncle Car Guy). if I would take it in. Seeing an opportunity for a "Sneak Attack" detail, I agreed.
I did all the "heavy cleaning" yesterday. It took me over two hours to clean the rims and tires, all four door jams. under the gas door and the hatchback, as well as taking a detailing brush and car wash soap to "pre-wash" all the areas my mitt wouldn't reach. By then it was time for the appointment, and of course, the dealership gave it a "complimentary" wash (Yes, I know). But they actually didn't do a BAD job, but it wasn't a GOOD job either. BUT, it DID save me from having to wash it, and it was only a short drive back to my house - so all the water was blown from the hiding spots, and there was just a LITTLE dust from the drive, easy enough for the Turtle Wax 3 in 1 Quick Detailer to handle. 20 minutes later, it was ready to polish, but I was done.
Fast forward to "WHAT time is it?!" And since my wife and niece decided to make a night of it, there was no one stopping me from going out to the garage and firing up the PC.
I'll start with the pads. They are AT LEAST twice as thick as the Meguiar's thin pads I had been using, but to my surprise, the PC stalled SIGNIFICANTLY less with the Lake Country pads, and the thickness of the pads absorbed A LOT of vibration and the polisher ran a lot smoother, and they worked the compound excellently, especially once the pads had absorbed a bit of compound, it seem like they were now 'primed' and worked even better.
Onto the compound. I had watched a lot videos on the Turtle Wax One and Done Compound. The videos I saw, they all liked the performance of the compound, but a lot of them said that removal was So-So at best. *I* didn't find this to be true. What I did discover was that the only time I even started to have issues with removal, it was because of something I did and not a fault of the compound, and it was one of two things: Either I didn't work the polish in well enough in a certain area and it was still 'too thick' there, OR my removal towel was becoming loaded up and wasn't pulling the residue off the paint. Otherwise, it was wipe, flip the towel and buff ... done. One of the pictures I'm posting is of the hood, after using the One and Done, and the finish is awesome after about 10 minutes of going over the hood. The second pic is after total completion, right before delivery and about 20 seconds before the rain started.
Since I couldn't sleep, and my Niece's KIA Soul was "prisoner" in my garage, I figured I'd give it it's first ever polish and wax. My wife and niece were away visiting and my niece had an appointment to get an oil change at her dealership (don't get me started). Since she was gone, she asked me (Uncle Car Guy). if I would take it in. Seeing an opportunity for a "Sneak Attack" detail, I agreed.
I did all the "heavy cleaning" yesterday. It took me over two hours to clean the rims and tires, all four door jams. under the gas door and the hatchback, as well as taking a detailing brush and car wash soap to "pre-wash" all the areas my mitt wouldn't reach. By then it was time for the appointment, and of course, the dealership gave it a "complimentary" wash (Yes, I know). But they actually didn't do a BAD job, but it wasn't a GOOD job either. BUT, it DID save me from having to wash it, and it was only a short drive back to my house - so all the water was blown from the hiding spots, and there was just a LITTLE dust from the drive, easy enough for the Turtle Wax 3 in 1 Quick Detailer to handle. 20 minutes later, it was ready to polish, but I was done.
Fast forward to "WHAT time is it?!" And since my wife and niece decided to make a night of it, there was no one stopping me from going out to the garage and firing up the PC.
I'll start with the pads. They are AT LEAST twice as thick as the Meguiar's thin pads I had been using, but to my surprise, the PC stalled SIGNIFICANTLY less with the Lake Country pads, and the thickness of the pads absorbed A LOT of vibration and the polisher ran a lot smoother, and they worked the compound excellently, especially once the pads had absorbed a bit of compound, it seem like they were now 'primed' and worked even better.
Onto the compound. I had watched a lot videos on the Turtle Wax One and Done Compound. The videos I saw, they all liked the performance of the compound, but a lot of them said that removal was So-So at best. *I* didn't find this to be true. What I did discover was that the only time I even started to have issues with removal, it was because of something I did and not a fault of the compound, and it was one of two things: Either I didn't work the polish in well enough in a certain area and it was still 'too thick' there, OR my removal towel was becoming loaded up and wasn't pulling the residue off the paint. Otherwise, it was wipe, flip the towel and buff ... done. One of the pictures I'm posting is of the hood, after using the One and Done, and the finish is awesome after about 10 minutes of going over the hood. The second pic is after total completion, right before delivery and about 20 seconds before the rain started.
