Hi guys, I'm gonna finish reading the threads mike gave me first before applying anything.
But one quick question. My Car is color Black. My avatar picture
. It has some little fine scratches on it. Like a bag scratch. Before I used to buy a Turtle wax Color Magic (Color Black) and it covers the white scratch and blends with the black color.
But now that I have to oil clean everything before applying the ceramic, how do I touch up the little white scratch :-D
MarkD51 Can i ask, On the video hes using a small towel on the applicator and says you need to turn it around after a while. How do i know when to turn it around? When the ceramic builds up on it? Can I use it on half of my SUV before turning it around?
I'll try answering your questions in this post as best as possible.
As others have mentioned, if the fine scratches aren't too deep, that a fingernail doesn't easily catch in the scratch, you can find some over the counter polish products that may enable you to carefully hand polish out such damage if you don't have a Dual Action Polisher.
Such products could be Meguiars Scratch-X, or 3M's Scratch kit that comes with a small Trizact 3000 grit Polishing Pad, and some polishing compound, and I'm sure there are many others to be found.
Carpro Eraser is a good paint prep product and would assume that if it works well prior to coating a Vehicle with their CQuartz Coating, it should work well for others.
A cheaper way out, which there are some here that use such, is they concoct a panel prep solution with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol (from ay pharmacy), and Distilled Water. I think the goal is to achieve a 15% final dilution solution, and then use to spray upon a panel and then wipe. I'm guessing this would probably be roughly 1 part Alcohol, and 3 parts Distilled Water, this should get you prety close to that dilution mix.
Corey perhaps doesn't explain the reasons why he's then flipping that little 4"x4" Suede Microfiber Sheet, but I'll share my experiences as to why.
Oddly enough, after washing, a decon with Iron-X, another Wash, Claying, and yet another wash, Polishing with D/A with Polishes, and then even the final Panel wipe, and doing all this work prior to applying a coating such as CQuartz, I have noticed that these litle MF Sheets will get dirty after applying the coating to a couple panels.
No doubt the reason he turns it over to the other side. Mist also be that they start looking a bit worn, but I do believe it is because of noticing dirts on the applicataor.
One would think after all that work, nothing would then come off the paint, but the carrier solvents in these coatings must be fairly aggressive to still yank even a bit more cruds off the paint as you go.
The Carpro Kits typically comes with 4 of these little Sheets, which should be enough for the average vehicle.
When both sides are looking a little tired and dirty, toss and grab another fresh one.
Those MF Suede Sheets can be bought here seperately. I'm not at all sure what will come with your Coating Kit?
Some Coatings, such as Pinnacle Black Label I believe can be used with just a regular Foam Applicator if my memory serves me correctly.
Hope this helps.
