nickbreedlove
02-22-2010, 10:35 AM
Hi all,
I am new to detailing and going on the advice of my brother, purchased a huge cartload of stuff from autogeek for detailing.
I read all instructions, watched you tube videos, and then went to work today. After spending 5 hours between washing, clay baring and attempting to wax, I'm a bit disappointed.
I washed with Armor All Wash, then did Meguiar's Clay Bar.
From there, I applied Meguiar's 105 to a lake county CCS 4" orange pad. I used a PC 7424, I worked in a nice small box size area, about 20x20. I did this area for about two minutes. Started on 3, then went up to 6 for the actual work.
Then I worked over the whole hood of the car in the same fashion.
Next, I used Meguiar's 205 on a lake county CCS 4" white pad. Again, worked in small box, did area. A lot of the spider web type scratches were gone. I was very impressed they were gone.
However, I noticed new, large swirl marks all over the hood of the car, seemingly caused by the Porter Cable 7424. All the tiny scuffs were gone, but the large swirls were new and horribly noticeable. I went over the entire process again with 105/205, more pressure with no improvement.
Then I tried to use the sealant on a blue pad hoping it would fix it--it didn't.
It's on a 2008 Honda Accord Coupe with Black paint.
Here is a link to photos during my work. (the swirls you see aren't leftover wax, they are the actual coat of the car reflecting the sun, they look white)
http://imgur.com/d0O2y.jpg
http://imgur.com/juOrX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qGJfA.jpg
http://imgur.com/HitP2.jpg
http://imgur.com/Zj134.jpg
http://imgur.com/Yb1pu.jpg
http://imgur.com/q8bDy.jpg
http://imgur.com/yfBZH.jpg
(I can't figure out what happened here, looks like a palm print, but will not come out, have no clue how/why its there, but wasn't there before the buffing, and won't wash, come off)
The rest of the photos show the work I did just on the hood. The side panels show what it looked like before. You can enlarge them to full resolution to see the swirls. While not all visible from that angle, you can see only the ones where the sun is hitting, but trust me--there's a ton more.
I'm wondering whether I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong products, what? I'm very disappointed with the results, not sure if my hood is now damaged.
Any advice and information is very appreciated, in advance. I can purchase any products to help with this if necessary, if something else would work better.
Thanks,
Nick
I am new to detailing and going on the advice of my brother, purchased a huge cartload of stuff from autogeek for detailing.
I read all instructions, watched you tube videos, and then went to work today. After spending 5 hours between washing, clay baring and attempting to wax, I'm a bit disappointed.
I washed with Armor All Wash, then did Meguiar's Clay Bar.
From there, I applied Meguiar's 105 to a lake county CCS 4" orange pad. I used a PC 7424, I worked in a nice small box size area, about 20x20. I did this area for about two minutes. Started on 3, then went up to 6 for the actual work.
Then I worked over the whole hood of the car in the same fashion.
Next, I used Meguiar's 205 on a lake county CCS 4" white pad. Again, worked in small box, did area. A lot of the spider web type scratches were gone. I was very impressed they were gone.
However, I noticed new, large swirl marks all over the hood of the car, seemingly caused by the Porter Cable 7424. All the tiny scuffs were gone, but the large swirls were new and horribly noticeable. I went over the entire process again with 105/205, more pressure with no improvement.
Then I tried to use the sealant on a blue pad hoping it would fix it--it didn't.
It's on a 2008 Honda Accord Coupe with Black paint.
Here is a link to photos during my work. (the swirls you see aren't leftover wax, they are the actual coat of the car reflecting the sun, they look white)
http://imgur.com/d0O2y.jpg
http://imgur.com/juOrX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qGJfA.jpg
http://imgur.com/HitP2.jpg
http://imgur.com/Zj134.jpg
http://imgur.com/Yb1pu.jpg
http://imgur.com/q8bDy.jpg
http://imgur.com/yfBZH.jpg
(I can't figure out what happened here, looks like a palm print, but will not come out, have no clue how/why its there, but wasn't there before the buffing, and won't wash, come off)
The rest of the photos show the work I did just on the hood. The side panels show what it looked like before. You can enlarge them to full resolution to see the swirls. While not all visible from that angle, you can see only the ones where the sun is hitting, but trust me--there's a ton more.
I'm wondering whether I'm doing something wrong, using the wrong products, what? I'm very disappointed with the results, not sure if my hood is now damaged.
Any advice and information is very appreciated, in advance. I can purchase any products to help with this if necessary, if something else would work better.
Thanks,
Nick