Review: Detailer’s Paint Coating & Detailer’s Coating Prep Polish

[Mike Phillips]

Detailer’s Review: Detailer’s Paint Coating & Detailer’s Coating Prep Polish



So I'm trying to wash Stacy's Honda and mark it off my Honeydoo List so I can move onto some fun stuff like my truck or the old yellow 2-door Ford pigging up the studio and then Nick hands me a couple of new products.

I wasn't going to wax Stacy's Honda because I really wanted to clean my truck tires and apply the Tuf Shine Clear Coat to to them but ah what the heck...

I washed it first thing this morning, you can see that here, note the fun projects in the background...


Tornador Air Foamer & IronX Snow Foam





Clay, Prep & Seal - Easy as 1, 2, 3
After drying her Honda off I felt the paint using the Baggie Test and it needed to be clayed so I did that with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and Pinnacle Clay Lube.






Detailer's Coating Prep Polish
I machine buffed the paint using a 5.5" LC White Polishing Pad and the Detailer's Coating Prep Polish. The "blackness" on the pad is because at the very end I ran the polisher over the side mirrors and also buffed the hard, black plastic. I also ran the polisher over all the glass and even the headlights. The car was so dang surgically clean after the Iron X Snow Foam I figures a little machine polishing could only help to really get these areas even more surgically clean.





Easy Wipe-Off
I applied to the entire car at one time as I figured this would tell me if it's hard to wipe-off or not and it actually wiped off real easy. If you want it to be even easier, wipe residue off after each panel.

Here you can see a thin film over the paint on the hood...






Detailer’s Paint Coating
I'm going to hand apply using these soft gold finger pockets but first I put on a black Nitrile Glove, always add a fresh box of these to your orders, always good to have them on hand. (No pun intended).





It's always a challenge to capture the spray coming out of the nozzle...





Spreading the product out and working it over the paint...





Spreading it over the headlight...





Going to spread it over the grill and the Honda plastic chrome emblem... make it shine!





Gentle Wipe to each panel after application
Wiping any excess residue off before it hardens, most people call "excess residue" High Points. I like the words excess residue better.




Car is coated
This took me about 2 hours from claying, to final wipe-off of the coating, not bad at all...






High gloss beauty shots...
I'll let the pictures do the talking...




Lazy man's way...
The black plastic surrounding the painted mirror is also coated. Not sure if it's meant for that but I was being lazy and coated pretty much everything but the glass.





The glassy look...
The word is glassy...






Metallic Flake is POPPING!





Headlight plastic is clear and shiny!





Aging well...
Very glassy looking... this is a 2004 by the way, so this car is 9 years old, going on 10 years old and is parked outside most of it's life.





I think Stacy will like this...





Who says silver doesn't reflect well?





I'm hoping she'll love the way it looks and make me a fresh batch of Habanero Hot Sauce, Recipe #5.


On Autogeek.net


Detailer's Coating Prep Polish 16 oz.

Detailer’s Paint Coating

[Marc08EX]

WOW that silver is popping Mike! It's extremely glossy and has good reflections. The car definitely doesn't show it's age. I'm sure Stacy is very thankful that you're taking care of her car.

Is the car swirl free?

Are you planning to do a water test and a long term test?

Thanks for taking time to do this and sharing it with us.

Lazy man's way...
The black plastic surrounding the painted mirror is also coated. Not sure if it's meant for that but I was being lazy and coated pretty much everything but the glass.

This is also my question... What's the right product to apply to the trim (either plastic, rubber or chrome). I assume the paint coating will work but I just want some confirmation.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Thanks for the review Mike.

I'm sure Stacy will be thrilled with the way it looks.

[LatinFG2]

That looks awesome! It really makes want to buy these products to try them out.

[604_Snooze]

Hello Mike, what is the pc speed and your hand speed when you use the paint prep polish?

Did you use 1-2 spray per panel to cover the whole accord?

[Meticulous-Detail]

Looks awesome! How many foam coating applicators did you use to do this car?

[KillaCam]

Looks real glossy. How much did you use after it was all said and done?
Is it very similar to opti coat when applying it?

[HateSwirls]

Great job Mike,the car looks better than showroom condition.
I didn't see one flaw in the paint.

OUTSTANDING

[Colinpd137]

Good job on the Honda, family member has a green one just like that.

Mike, how long did it take to formulate this new DP Line-up?
(ie: How long did it take to get it right)

[The Guz]

The word is glassy...

I like the term. The honda looks great. I'm sure your wife was very happy when she saw it. It looks like a brand new car.