Thejoyofdriving
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- Jun 10, 2007
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I did this 01 C4 a few weeks ago
Process:
1. spray down with 303 AC via pinn foam gun
2. wash with DP XF via foam gun
3. Clayed using Griots Garage clay and DP XF via foam gun
4. spray down with 303 AC via foam gun
5. dry using Cal. wiper blade and waffle mf towel
6. 303 AC wipe down
7. Polished twice with IP via Festool rotex 150(low profile orange pad)
8. Polished again with nano via Festool (low profile orange pad)
9. applied pinn body cleanse lotion by hand
10. menz glaze via festool (finishing pad)
11. liquid souveran via festool.(finishing pad)
Before polishing
After polishing
Scratch before
Scratch after
After shots
Beading
Beading 2
Beading 3
Reflection shots:
Quick review of some products: (ratings out of 10) (1=worst 10=best)
Foam gun (Rating 7.0), I like this product, it makes a nice foam, but the price is a little high for the quality.
DP (Rating 7.5) (extream foam), nice suds, good lubricity.
Menzerna IP(Rating 6.0), dries way to fast and powders a lot, but it does remove defects.*****
Menzerna nano (Rating 7.0) Dries slower than IP and dusts less, I did not see any thing amazing about this product.***** NOTE: I noticed large purple particals in the polish and some smaller ones. i hope those particals are not the abrasives, because they are way too large, some particals are as large as sand grains. I also noted that the particals are not uniform in size, some small some large.P.S. I shook the polish very well.
pinn Black onyx tire gel (rating 7.0) nice shine and smell, but it does not last.
Menzerna glaze(rating 2.0) It didnt seem to do anything really, i have only used it once, so this is not a final rating, it is based just upon my observations from using it once, so far it looks like a waste of money, and a products that does not preform as it claims.*****
Liquid souveran (rating 6.0) went on and came off very easy, but i was not impressed by the shine, there was no diffrence between a wax or an un waxed pannel.
Pinn crystal mist(rating 6.5) No diffrence in shine seen, smells good and removes finger prints but it does not seem to stand up to the products claims. But however I have used this product on a car that has not been waxed in a while and a major improvement in beading was noticed, i can not comment on how long it lasts.
Conclusion: The car looked good in the shade but when brought in to the sun this vampire of a car showed many imperfections. I am not pleased with the out come of this car, there are still defects in the paint that did not come out or that were not hidden by the glaze or wax.
Reviews with ***** are based on the first time using that product.
Process:
1. spray down with 303 AC via pinn foam gun
2. wash with DP XF via foam gun
3. Clayed using Griots Garage clay and DP XF via foam gun
4. spray down with 303 AC via foam gun
5. dry using Cal. wiper blade and waffle mf towel
6. 303 AC wipe down
7. Polished twice with IP via Festool rotex 150(low profile orange pad)
8. Polished again with nano via Festool (low profile orange pad)
9. applied pinn body cleanse lotion by hand
10. menz glaze via festool (finishing pad)
11. liquid souveran via festool.(finishing pad)
Before polishing
After polishing
Scratch before
Scratch after
After shots
Beading
Beading 2
Beading 3
Reflection shots:
Quick review of some products: (ratings out of 10) (1=worst 10=best)
Foam gun (Rating 7.0), I like this product, it makes a nice foam, but the price is a little high for the quality.
DP (Rating 7.5) (extream foam), nice suds, good lubricity.
Menzerna IP(Rating 6.0), dries way to fast and powders a lot, but it does remove defects.*****
Menzerna nano (Rating 7.0) Dries slower than IP and dusts less, I did not see any thing amazing about this product.***** NOTE: I noticed large purple particals in the polish and some smaller ones. i hope those particals are not the abrasives, because they are way too large, some particals are as large as sand grains. I also noted that the particals are not uniform in size, some small some large.P.S. I shook the polish very well.
pinn Black onyx tire gel (rating 7.0) nice shine and smell, but it does not last.
Menzerna glaze(rating 2.0) It didnt seem to do anything really, i have only used it once, so this is not a final rating, it is based just upon my observations from using it once, so far it looks like a waste of money, and a products that does not preform as it claims.*****
Liquid souveran (rating 6.0) went on and came off very easy, but i was not impressed by the shine, there was no diffrence between a wax or an un waxed pannel.
Pinn crystal mist(rating 6.5) No diffrence in shine seen, smells good and removes finger prints but it does not seem to stand up to the products claims. But however I have used this product on a car that has not been waxed in a while and a major improvement in beading was noticed, i can not comment on how long it lasts.
Conclusion: The car looked good in the shade but when brought in to the sun this vampire of a car showed many imperfections. I am not pleased with the out come of this car, there are still defects in the paint that did not come out or that were not hidden by the glaze or wax.
Reviews with ***** are based on the first time using that product.
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