Soundwave
05-06-2013, 02:29 PM
Good Afternoon Fellow AGO'ers.
I just detailed my car for the first time and, while it turned out good, it still has small scratches on it all over the place.
I have a few questions, but I will list what i did first. as my methods could be the issue as well.`
1) Washed car thoroughly with CG Citrus Wash & Gloss and removed all previous wax on the car.
2) Clayed vehicle with Dodo Juice Born Slippy Clay Lube (This stuff was awesome btw)
3)Here's where i am thinking i went awry. Since i had small scratches in the car that i wanted to get rid of i thought CG V38 with a White Hex logic pad would take out the little swirls/Scratches. I did a test spot and everything looked good.
I am using a Griots 3rd Gen and I was using two white pads to do the whole car. I would wash the pad each each 16x16 area and do two section passes and swapped pads each body panel. i.e: the door, hood, etc etc.
When i washed the pad I would dry it in a micro fiber as well to make sure it was somewhat dry and not holding water.
3a) Used 1 setting to spread product, and 4.5 setting to correct. Not sure if this was correct.
4) Used Blacklight, by hand
5) BFWD, followed by Dodo juice Blue Velvet and Purple Haze pro.
Question Time:
I am thinking I didn't do enough section passes?
Did i do this correctly? I would wash the pad, Dry it, Put more product on the pad (5 pea sized drops) then I would do a 16x16 area, wash pad, and repeat the process.
Should i have primed the pad every time after i washed it?
Should i have used more pads and swapped them out that way?
Did I end up instilling more scratches in the paint? (Which i think i did)
I'm a little confused but this was a great experience. I'll post up some pics as well to show how it came out. I would just like to get it right next time so that i could get rid of the scratches (as they bother the hell out of me lol).
Thank you all for reading and thank you for any tips/help as well.
Pics coming as they are on my phone right now.
I just detailed my car for the first time and, while it turned out good, it still has small scratches on it all over the place.
I have a few questions, but I will list what i did first. as my methods could be the issue as well.`
1) Washed car thoroughly with CG Citrus Wash & Gloss and removed all previous wax on the car.
2) Clayed vehicle with Dodo Juice Born Slippy Clay Lube (This stuff was awesome btw)
3)Here's where i am thinking i went awry. Since i had small scratches in the car that i wanted to get rid of i thought CG V38 with a White Hex logic pad would take out the little swirls/Scratches. I did a test spot and everything looked good.
I am using a Griots 3rd Gen and I was using two white pads to do the whole car. I would wash the pad each each 16x16 area and do two section passes and swapped pads each body panel. i.e: the door, hood, etc etc.
When i washed the pad I would dry it in a micro fiber as well to make sure it was somewhat dry and not holding water.
3a) Used 1 setting to spread product, and 4.5 setting to correct. Not sure if this was correct.
4) Used Blacklight, by hand
5) BFWD, followed by Dodo juice Blue Velvet and Purple Haze pro.
Question Time:
I am thinking I didn't do enough section passes?
Did i do this correctly? I would wash the pad, Dry it, Put more product on the pad (5 pea sized drops) then I would do a 16x16 area, wash pad, and repeat the process.
Should i have primed the pad every time after i washed it?
Should i have used more pads and swapped them out that way?
Did I end up instilling more scratches in the paint? (Which i think i did)
I'm a little confused but this was a great experience. I'll post up some pics as well to show how it came out. I would just like to get it right next time so that i could get rid of the scratches (as they bother the hell out of me lol).
Thank you all for reading and thank you for any tips/help as well.
Pics coming as they are on my phone right now.