Suggestions for brand new white car? special circumstance

[johnm304]

I tried to use powerlock on my wife's brand new white CX-5.... but my eyesight is horrible. I could not pick up the contract between the color of the powerlock and the cars finish in the shade. Help! Suggestions on a good sealant that will provide some contract during application would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, the CX-5 was delivered directly from the port -- it hasn't been sitting around long at all.

[emmjay]

I tried to use powerlock on my wife's brand new white CX-5.... but my eyesight is horrible. I could not pick up the contract between the color of the powerlock and the cars finish in the shade. Help! Suggestions on a good sealant that will provide some contract during application would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, the CX-5 was delivered directly from the port -- it hasn't been sitting around long at all.

Most sealants will apply clear...look at it at different angles. Powerlock is green...but it still applies clear - so will every other sealant. Invest in a good portable light and look at the paint indirectly away from the lights. You will be able to tell where it was applied and where it wasnt.

Examples of a white Q5 I did recently:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/3218/medium/IMG_5465_1_.jpg

AT this time the sun had set so I was using my lights placed far away as you can tell from the picture. You want to look at the paint around the light when doing this as the wax is clear - looking at the spot directly where the light hits will not show much :

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/3218/IMG_5479_1_.jpg (http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/109285/title/img-5479-1/cat/3218)

Good luck!

[shadwell]

Collinite 845....
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[MarkD51]

A cheapo Halogen on a stand from the likes of Home Depot-etc will help you see on the vertical panels such as doors, fenders, but probably not the hood-roof-trunk areas.

Probably even a regular old run of the mill $5 flashlight from wally world will at least help you see where you have applied product, and if you have gotten it all off.

With time, comes experience, and as far as hand applications with any product, I know without a doubt that I could be blindfolded, and if the product is a good product, that does not leave some smeary mess behind, which Powerlock commonly doesn't, I could get perfect results without even seeing what I'm doing.

Why you may ask? Because I've always learned to overlap an application of product as I go. That for larger panels such as the Hood, I'll break that in 1/2, which virtually 100% of people do, just for the common sense reason of Arm's reach.

But then I'll break each 1/2 of the Hood into 4 sections, meaning 8 sections total for the entire hood. That I'll work a 18"x18" or 20"x20 section at a time, knowing that I've "massaged" in the product well.

For removal, the hand "feels", and generally, and perhaps against what some OCD pros might tell you, don't believe any hype about which way to remove a product, that circular motions will instill circular swirls, that's total BS. From habit, I will always constantly flip a towel, and as well "shake" a towel away from the vehicle as I go.

If the removal towel seems to start feeling "loaded" with product, grab yourself another fresh towel. Generally with any product, don't rely on just one towel to do a removal of product on the entire vehicle, no matter what the product is.

You can wipe any which way you want, but I'll usually finish in straight lines, one way, and then the other to complete any given panel.

[GSKR]

Viking sealant which is a good product,I believe its red it may or may not help.

[FUNX650]

Suggestions on a good sealant that will
provide some contract during application
would be greatly appreciated.
I never have trouble seeing the
film-layer of the Sealant FK1000P
as it's being applied to vehicles...
regardless their color scheme.

Finish Kare 1000P Hi-Temp Paste Wax, high melt polymer car wax, Finish care auto wax (http://www.autogeek.net/finish-kare-1000p-wax.html)


Bob