Scott in Houston
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- Feb 2, 2019
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It took me some time to get over the 'fear' of using the DA after years of doing things by hand or paying someone to do it.
Weather this weekend in Houston sucks, but I got a window with no rain to give it a good wash, then pull into the garage for the rest.
Tools and supplies:
Purple Power Boat and Auto Wash (for removing grime and any waxes, etc)
1750 PSI Pressure Washer and Amazon $16 foam cannon
CG yellow (OG) clay and tons of Meg's Quick Detail Spray
Harbor Freight DA
Chem Guys backing plate and hex pads (white and black)
Meg's Ultimate Polish (with white pad)
CG Top Coat Sealant
Not nearly enough MF towels. lol.
Steps:
Pressure rinse to knock off the big loose things
Foam with purple power let sit a minute or 3.
Pressure rinse off ... re-foam and clean with wash mits.
Rinse and dry.
Clay
IPA wipe
Polish
TopCoat Sealant/wax
(didn't do interior or wheels as this was a paint-focused day)
Notes:
You can never have enough towels.
It took me a lot longer than it will in the future.
Glad the roof is glass ... saves time.
Meg's Quick Detail was great for the clay and I'm glad it's cheap.
It's hard to tell how well I did on white. The few visible issues I could see before are not visible any longer. Under a spot light, the swirls are gone, but there weren't a lot to begin with.
White was hard to track progress or tell where I started and finished each time I was polishing. I will use little tape markers next time I think.
I'm still a bit scared to do my dark blue car.
May wait on my Griots Correcting Cream as the Meg's Ultimate Polish wasn't as easy to remove as I had expected.
Final pic is pretty anti-climactic since it's pouring rain, and I can't get a good outside pic yet.
Paint feels smooth as glass. I plan to put Megs Hybrid CW on it after the next wash. I'll use Meg's gold class soap for next wash too.
The CG Top Coat was very easy to apply and remove. It allowed me to cover a larger area than when polishing.
Anti climactic final pic. lol
Note:
From another thread I posted. I had a strange incident with a touch up paint job. The paint, after more than a week of being on the car, ran out of the chip and onto the original paint.
I was able to remove it with clay. Pics before and after:
Weather this weekend in Houston sucks, but I got a window with no rain to give it a good wash, then pull into the garage for the rest.
Tools and supplies:
Purple Power Boat and Auto Wash (for removing grime and any waxes, etc)
1750 PSI Pressure Washer and Amazon $16 foam cannon
CG yellow (OG) clay and tons of Meg's Quick Detail Spray
Harbor Freight DA
Chem Guys backing plate and hex pads (white and black)
Meg's Ultimate Polish (with white pad)
CG Top Coat Sealant
Not nearly enough MF towels. lol.
Steps:
Pressure rinse to knock off the big loose things
Foam with purple power let sit a minute or 3.
Pressure rinse off ... re-foam and clean with wash mits.
Rinse and dry.
Clay
IPA wipe
Polish
TopCoat Sealant/wax
(didn't do interior or wheels as this was a paint-focused day)
Notes:
You can never have enough towels.
It took me a lot longer than it will in the future.
Glad the roof is glass ... saves time.
Meg's Quick Detail was great for the clay and I'm glad it's cheap.
It's hard to tell how well I did on white. The few visible issues I could see before are not visible any longer. Under a spot light, the swirls are gone, but there weren't a lot to begin with.
White was hard to track progress or tell where I started and finished each time I was polishing. I will use little tape markers next time I think.
I'm still a bit scared to do my dark blue car.
May wait on my Griots Correcting Cream as the Meg's Ultimate Polish wasn't as easy to remove as I had expected.
Final pic is pretty anti-climactic since it's pouring rain, and I can't get a good outside pic yet.
Paint feels smooth as glass. I plan to put Megs Hybrid CW on it after the next wash. I'll use Meg's gold class soap for next wash too.
The CG Top Coat was very easy to apply and remove. It allowed me to cover a larger area than when polishing.
Anti climactic final pic. lol
Note:
From another thread I posted. I had a strange incident with a touch up paint job. The paint, after more than a week of being on the car, ran out of the chip and onto the original paint.
I was able to remove it with clay. Pics before and after:
. Will be doing chip repair with dr colorchip. Glad to her from another noobie it went well.
