How Do Ya Make White Shine

[ICECAR]

Depending on the condition of your paint, I had good luck with the Wolfgang TSR, FG and Sealant trio with a white bimmer wagon. Great slickness and shine if you prep the paint properly. I found that claying a white car is mandatory. The secret to any good paint finish is the prep and polishing steps.

I think that I get a little more depth and shimmer out of the paint with a carnuba wax topper over the WG sealant but it may just be the added oils from the fresh wax. One of these days when my piggybank is flush again, I will pick up one of the more exotic waxes to try.

OID as a detailer really made the paint slick and shiny when I wanted a quick pick me up. You'll find that if you apply it at night, the paint is even slicker the following morning. I like it better than several other detailing products in my garage from Megs, OG, CG, etc. Pollen and dust tends to blow off easily too.

Lastly, I bought OCW for my wife's girlfriend's car, so she would be able to wash and wax her own car after I polished it out. It will be super easy for her to use and did a nice job on her Navy car. For laughs and giggles, I used it on my white bimmer on Saturday after washing it. It was starting to lose its beading ability on the roof after 4 months and I didn't have time to polish and reseal the bimmer. Dang, that OCW did a nice job with the white paint for 15-20 minutes of quick detailing. I also used it on my in-law's metallic silver Maxima and the metal flake just popped.

Hope that helps!

Lot's of good info. Thanks.

 

[Big Turkey]

Love Pinnacle Liquid Souveran on white!

Maybe I am doing something wrong but I simply cannot get Liquid Souveran to come off easily. I have tried it on 5 different vehicles, 3 different methods. By hand or polisher, and from immediately wiping off after application, to waiting a few minutes, to waiting an hour to wipe off, I get the same results. I have used it on black, BMW's Steel Grey, silver and gunmetal Lexus.

The problem I'm having is after I wipe off the wax, in direct light I can see oil traces from the wax over the entire car. Doing a Final Wipe will smear the oil in one direction, and a turn of the towel will "smear" it back to it's original position. This leads me to do about 3-4 Final Wipes before they get off.

I can see that on white it would be impossible to see, but on these darker cars it's definitely noticeable. This is the only liquid wax that I own, I have Fuzion, DP, Poorboy, S100, Meg's, etc all in paste and I like that much better, but I'd love to know what I'm doing wrong with this liquid Souveran!

Thanks in advance!

 

[Gary Sword]

Here's a pic from Autopia. This is Liquid Souveran over Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant.

rops: That's my wife's car. You can find the same pic on autogeek. Of all the product's I have tried Liquid Souveran does looks the best on white.