Prima Amigo Questions

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I'm thinking about getting some Prima Amigo but cannot find any recommended application methods on the details pages or in any threads. So what is the best method of application? By hand or machine? What pad? What speed? How long to work it? How long to leave it on? I know that's a lot of questions but they all tie together. Thanks for any info in advance!
 
I use speed 3-4 with a black pad and work it in some till it pretty much disappears. Removal is a breeze. It's a nice product.
 
intresting,i have the amigo although i have not used it yet,i will be trying it out on both a black lc pad and the red ht pad around speed 4 on the pc
 
I use speed 3-4 with a black pad and work it in some till it pretty much disappears. Removal is a breeze. It's a nice product.
How much product do you use? Do you remove it immediately or wait any time?
 
I just finished my car with it. It went above and beyond my expectations (they were high to begin with.) I am in process of writing a "review" as I type.

fyi i used it slightly heavy, flat black LC pad on 2.5 on my pc. it was a breeze to put on, a breeze to take off and very slick to the touch when finished.

definately :props::xyxthumbs::dblthumb2:
 
As for speed and pad it depends on what you want it to do. It is actually capable of light correction on a polishing pad, along with filling some minor imperfections and leaving a very deep, glossy finish.

When I use it as a polishing step I use it on a white LC polishing pad on speed 4-5 on my PCXP. I do a couple section passes (2-4) and usually it's almost gone. I go around the whole car, and then wipe it off starting with the first panel I applied it to. It wipes off super easy even after sitting on the car for hours, or in the sun.

If using as a final step before wax, after a correction I use it on a black lc pad to just add depth and gloss to the finish. I use it on speed 3-4 on the PCXP and just go over each area a couple times. Again I do the entire car and then wipe it off afterwards.

I must say that Amigo is by far my favorite glaze due to its versatility. However, it should be noted that if using as a glaze you can't expect the filling ability to last for a long time. Even if topped with a wax or sealant, the glaze will be gone after a couple washes or rains at most.

hope that helps, and please ask me any other questions you have. I'm by no means an expert, but I have been using Amigo with great success for quite some time now.
 
Thanks Flannigan! That helps me a lot. With my thin soft black Honda paint it gets swirls when the wind blows and I don't want to use an abrasive polish very often and thought maybe this would help keep it looking good without sacrificing paint.
Does it affect the bonding of a sealant? I want to put BF WD on it (just got a sample, Thanks again Jon) and top that with Fuzion. Does that sound like a good combo? Thanks again for your expertise.
 
However, it should be noted that if using as a glaze you can't expect the filling ability to last for a long time. Even if topped with a wax or sealant, the glaze will be gone after a couple washes or rains at most.



I've heard similar statements before concerning a glaze not lasting after a couple of rains or washes, but never questioned it. If you top a glaze like Black Hoe or Wet Glaze with let's say Fusion, why would the glaze wash away with a durable topping like Fusion? I would think that the glaze is being protected by the wax. Feed back please
 
Thanks Flannigan! That helps me a lot. With my thin soft black Honda paint it gets swirls when the wind blows and I don't want to use an abrasive polish very often and thought maybe this would help keep it looking good without sacrificing paint.
Does it affect the bonding of a sealant? I want to put BF WD on it (just got a sample, Thanks again Jon) and top that with Fuzion. Does that sound like a good combo? Thanks again for your expertise.
I feel your pain on black honda paint! I have never had any bonding issues when using amigo, but I rarely put a wax or sealants durability to the test since I try so many different products.

I've heard similar statements before concerning a glaze not lasting after a couple of rains or washes, but never questioned it. If you top a glaze like Black Hoe or Wet Glaze with let's say Fusion, why would the glaze wash away with a durable topping like Fusion? I would think that the glaze is being protected by the wax. Feed back please
I wont pretend to know exactly what is going on when glazes and waxes bond to the paint. All I can say is that after a couple rains or washes its noticeable that the glaze has failed. Ived tried several waxes and sealnts, and none have" locked" in the glaze as far as I've seen.
 
I wont pretend to know exactly what is going on when glazes and waxes bond to the paint. All I can say is that after a couple rains or washes its noticeable that the glaze has failed. Ived tried several waxes and sealnts, and none have" locked" in the glaze as far as I've seen.

Could it be that the solvents in the wax/sealant is removing the glaze?
 
I feel your pain on black honda paint! I have never had any bonding issues when using amigo, but I rarely put a wax or sealants durability to the test since I try so many different products.
Durability really isn't an issue, like you I like to try new things and see how they look. I've used PB BH but wasn't really impressed, didn't see that much difference with or without it. From what I've read about Amigo I'm hoping to really see a difference.
 
As for speed and pad it depends on what you want it to do. It is actually capable of light correction on a polishing pad, along with filling some minor imperfections and leaving a very deep, glossy finish.

When I use it as a polishing step I use it on a white LC polishing pad on speed 4-5 on my PCXP. I do a couple section passes (2-4) and usually it's almost gone. I go around the whole car, and then wipe it off starting with the first panel I applied it to. It wipes off super easy even after sitting on the car for hours, or in the sun.

If using as a final step before wax, after a correction I use it on a black lc pad to just add depth and gloss to the finish. I use it on speed 3-4 on the PCXP and just go over each area a couple times. Again I do the entire car and then wipe it off afterwards.

I must say that Amigo is by far my favorite glaze due to its versatility. However, it should be noted that if using as a glaze you can't expect the filling ability to last for a long time. Even if topped with a wax or sealant, the glaze will be gone after a couple washes or rains at most.

hope that helps, and please ask me any other questions you have. I'm by no means an expert, but I have been using Amigo with great success for quite some time now.

Hi Flannigan! I know this is old but I have another question. First, I followed your advice on my Honda and it worked out great!!! But, I got a new car, a Scion tC and it has a lot of small tight areas. I have a HT Tangerine 4" pad and was wondering if that would be good to use with the Amigo as a light correction. I have CCS white and black in the 5.5" but would rather use the 4" HT.
Thanks!!!
 
S2K:
Post #3 from Heather at Prima (see link below) pretty much describes all the scenarios you can use Amigo under:

Need tips on applying Amigo - North American Motoring

However, I don't know where the tangerine pad fits in the CCS range. If it's more aggressive than the orange, you're probably trying to get too much cut from Amigo (it's aggressiveness is about 1 on a 10 point scale, with 10 being most aggressive)
 
SR99,
Thanks! That was insightful! According to the description of the HT pads:

It has the cutting power just below that of the Lake Country orange light cutting pad, and the tangerine pad leaves a finish like you'd achieve with a gray finishing pad.

So with the info you gave me and the cut of the pad I think it is just what I'm looking for, Thanks!
 
I go through a complete Prima Show Car Makeover in this Thursday Night Project Car...


1972 Corvette Stingray - Extreme Makeover - Process and Products Used

Then we tested Prima Cut and Prima Swirl with 6.5" Purple Foamed Wool Pads on Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polishers and also using small prototype buffing pads on a Flex PE14 using an extension adapter.
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After removing all the majority of the deeper defects we machine polished the paint using 6.5" Crimson Hydro-Tech Finishing Pads and Prima Finish
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Next we machine applied Prima Banana Gloss using Flex 3401 DA Polishers with Griot's Garage Waxing Pads
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Nicole inspecting our work...
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Paint came out really glossy...

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1972 Corvette Stingray - Extreme Makeover - Process and Products Used


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SR99, Thanks for that link about Amigo. I use it and have only tried it with a black PC pad to clean off old LSP or try to do some filling.
 
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