ShawnCT450R
07-13-2013, 11:45 AM
Been reading here for along time. Learned a huge amount from this site and it's members & staff. Here are my comments and questions after last nights wax job.
Car: 2012 Mazda CX-9 with rather nice light grey/green paint.
Tools:
-GG6 3rd gen
-Mothers yellow clay kit with showtime spray
-pinnacle blue clay with pinnacle clay lube,
-Megs 205 and LC CCS orange 5.5 pads
-Collinite 845 and LC CCS red 6.5 pads
-various MF towels/buckets/items purchased from AG (no crap)
Washed car with mothers car wash, "Gold" microfiber wash mit from AG, buckets, etc.... Dried with guzzler waffle towel.
Started claying with my old mothers clay bar and showtime spray. Didn't seem effective so I swapped to the new pinnacle clay kit I bought awhile back. Re-clayed some areas, and the pinnacle clay was picking up more stuff.
***Does clay stop performing at some point? My mothers clay was 5 years old or so. Always kept it sealed and moist with clay lube, and it was still very pliable.
*The pinnacle clay lube also seemed to go a lot farther than the showtime, as much less was required for each panel. Just my observation.
Correction time. The 205 & orange pad combo wasn't giving me the results I was looking for. I have a bunch of very minor/small swirls and scratches (not felt with fingernail) but I was unable to remove them with this combo.
***How should I modify my process to remove the imperfections. Not looking for show quality, but I still want it to be smooth and pop!
Decided that I wasn't going to get the results I wanted last night, so I moved to applying the Collinite 845. Fantastic stuff. Can't say enough about it for my stored-outside daily-use cars.
Just need a little guidance here.
Also, if there is an AG member who is a well-respected detailer in the Charleston SC area who would like some free manual labor for a morning or afternoon, I would be willing to trade a few hours of help for some OJT. Let me know.
Thanks in advance for any advise.
Car: 2012 Mazda CX-9 with rather nice light grey/green paint.
Tools:
-GG6 3rd gen
-Mothers yellow clay kit with showtime spray
-pinnacle blue clay with pinnacle clay lube,
-Megs 205 and LC CCS orange 5.5 pads
-Collinite 845 and LC CCS red 6.5 pads
-various MF towels/buckets/items purchased from AG (no crap)
Washed car with mothers car wash, "Gold" microfiber wash mit from AG, buckets, etc.... Dried with guzzler waffle towel.
Started claying with my old mothers clay bar and showtime spray. Didn't seem effective so I swapped to the new pinnacle clay kit I bought awhile back. Re-clayed some areas, and the pinnacle clay was picking up more stuff.
***Does clay stop performing at some point? My mothers clay was 5 years old or so. Always kept it sealed and moist with clay lube, and it was still very pliable.
*The pinnacle clay lube also seemed to go a lot farther than the showtime, as much less was required for each panel. Just my observation.
Correction time. The 205 & orange pad combo wasn't giving me the results I was looking for. I have a bunch of very minor/small swirls and scratches (not felt with fingernail) but I was unable to remove them with this combo.
***How should I modify my process to remove the imperfections. Not looking for show quality, but I still want it to be smooth and pop!
Decided that I wasn't going to get the results I wanted last night, so I moved to applying the Collinite 845. Fantastic stuff. Can't say enough about it for my stored-outside daily-use cars.
Just need a little guidance here.
Also, if there is an AG member who is a well-respected detailer in the Charleston SC area who would like some free manual labor for a morning or afternoon, I would be willing to trade a few hours of help for some OJT. Let me know.
Thanks in advance for any advise.