Eldorado2k
05-09-2018, 11:48 AM
This past weekend I did a maintenance detail on the black Denali that I polished with HD Speed 4 weeks prior.
So it’s been 4 weeks and pretty much everything that was good about HD Speed was no longer around. For example the beading was all but gone on the horizontal panels,
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/dc8b00b2e1951f7fda524e4f58034fcd.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/965fedd9b9c67df966137b4c404bec86.jpg
And the beading that was there on the vertical panels was nothing to write home about... The paint had lost all of its initial smoothness [trying to dry the vehicle without a drying aid was not going to happen] And worst of all, the hood had somehow developed etching all over it in the form of what looked like water spots.
It was kind of hard to take a picture of them.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/eb8cf73b6ee51c7bd4f68a63b7f686dc.jpg
I was able to remove them about 85% by using a claybar.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/0c10af12f048ca087f534a7c647d6bf2.jpg
But not good enough to make me happy, so I had to break out the polisher w/M205 to get the paint back to perfect.. This experience has me thinking I should’ve never trusted HD Speed to protect [even in the short term]
So my question: Is it ok to top HD Speed with a sealant immediately after polishing with it? I think I’ve heard people say they like to use this in place of a normal polish, so what’s the official word? And no I’m not about to do an IPA wipedown after I polish, so that would be out of the question.
So it’s been 4 weeks and pretty much everything that was good about HD Speed was no longer around. For example the beading was all but gone on the horizontal panels,
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/dc8b00b2e1951f7fda524e4f58034fcd.jpg
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/965fedd9b9c67df966137b4c404bec86.jpg
And the beading that was there on the vertical panels was nothing to write home about... The paint had lost all of its initial smoothness [trying to dry the vehicle without a drying aid was not going to happen] And worst of all, the hood had somehow developed etching all over it in the form of what looked like water spots.
It was kind of hard to take a picture of them.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/eb8cf73b6ee51c7bd4f68a63b7f686dc.jpg
I was able to remove them about 85% by using a claybar.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180509/0c10af12f048ca087f534a7c647d6bf2.jpg
But not good enough to make me happy, so I had to break out the polisher w/M205 to get the paint back to perfect.. This experience has me thinking I should’ve never trusted HD Speed to protect [even in the short term]
So my question: Is it ok to top HD Speed with a sealant immediately after polishing with it? I think I’ve heard people say they like to use this in place of a normal polish, so what’s the official word? And no I’m not about to do an IPA wipedown after I polish, so that would be out of the question.