Ohio Detailing
05-21-2008, 01:43 PM
Ok, I have been frantically (and that's an understatement) trying to use up all of my old detailing products from last year before the Winter season set in here in blizzard country USA where I live... IN ORDER to have an excuse to put an entire new bulk purchase of supplies in our budget to get the wife to nod on, haha!!! :buffing:
So, in my efforts to use up all the shelf bought garbage... I ran into a problem...
I applied Meguiar's Scratch-X to my hood yesterday evening around dusk. The care had completely been washed (with a Sea Sponge, thanks Mike!) and dried... and the surface was not in the sun or hot; BUT... after applying the scratch-X, I began to try and buff it off, but it WOULD NOT come off.
I scrubbed, buffed, wiped, changed microfibers etc - and NOTHING helped. Now my paint is in awesome condition, I used a polish and carnauba just 3 weeks ago, so that shouldn't have matter... so my QUESTIONS ARE:
1. Moments before I applied the scratch X, I had Meguair's QD's the hood to remove dust to prepare the surface... would this application of a QD just before starting to do any type of paint cleanse, wax, or polish application have inteferred with the product removal?
2. CAN PRODUCTS EXPIRE? When I was squirting out the junk (which I will NEVER BUY AGAIN, Thank you AG!) it was clumping and squirting out with a bad consistency... can extreme cold or time since purchase make these products useless and harder to remove!?
THANKS! :)
So, in my efforts to use up all the shelf bought garbage... I ran into a problem...
I applied Meguiar's Scratch-X to my hood yesterday evening around dusk. The care had completely been washed (with a Sea Sponge, thanks Mike!) and dried... and the surface was not in the sun or hot; BUT... after applying the scratch-X, I began to try and buff it off, but it WOULD NOT come off.
I scrubbed, buffed, wiped, changed microfibers etc - and NOTHING helped. Now my paint is in awesome condition, I used a polish and carnauba just 3 weeks ago, so that shouldn't have matter... so my QUESTIONS ARE:
1. Moments before I applied the scratch X, I had Meguair's QD's the hood to remove dust to prepare the surface... would this application of a QD just before starting to do any type of paint cleanse, wax, or polish application have inteferred with the product removal?
2. CAN PRODUCTS EXPIRE? When I was squirting out the junk (which I will NEVER BUY AGAIN, Thank you AG!) it was clumping and squirting out with a bad consistency... can extreme cold or time since purchase make these products useless and harder to remove!?
THANKS! :)