Dealing with very soft paint on a daily. Argh.

[Jmbrown415]

What do you generally use? They are good because any dirt goes deep in. They knot up though, need to brush mine before I wash it. I think any swirling is coming from the washing , rather than drying.

[Eldorado2k]

What do you generally use?

My wash bucket contains:
-5 Meguiars Microfiber wash mitts
-4 Gyeon Smoothies
-1 green Viking microfiber mitt
-2 yellow chenelle microfiber noodle mitts with mesh sponge on 1 side [these 2 mitts are only used for washing underneath rocker panels and bumpers]



12 mitts means I can pretty much wash a normL vehicle without even stopping to rinse.


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[FlyinLow]

not that I blow on my car as that would be a bit odd ☺️

Tee hee! Good one.

[bcgreen]

I useto post alot about my '04 black G35 and it was a really, really big deal to get it scratch/marr free. It seemed that a cotton ball swiped on the paint would create scratches. It was so so soooft. It got to the point I was polishing down to the primer. You could just barely see the dark red primer where my wife would touch the car whenever she got out and causing scratches and this is the place that the primer started to show. So one of the old forum members on the other forum give me the best advice, just in time.
He recommended that I purchase Optimum Opti-coat. It was truly like adding another clear coat. This clear coat was really hard and solved my problems from then on. Saved me alot of time as I was polishing almost every couple of weeks.

[TMQ]

Checked the store---Can't find optimum "opti-coat." Where do I find that?

Tom

[spazzz]

My wash bucket contains:
-5 Meguiars Microfiber wash mitts
-4 Gyeon Smoothies
-1 green Viking microfiber mitt
-2 yellow chenelle microfiber noodle mitts with mesh sponge on 1 side [these 2 mitts are only used for washing underneath rocker panels and bumpers]



12 mitts means I can pretty much wash a normL vehicle without even stopping to rinse.

12 mitts for a 2 (1?) bucket wash? WTH.

I use 3

[Eldorado2k]

12 mitts for a 2 (1?) bucket wash? WTH.

I use 3

Yup. I just washed the Kia. 12 mitts, didn't have to stop to rinse at all. 1 Big Blue to dry. 1 bucket wash, 2nd bucket no water just a Grit guard. I rinse my mitts with the hose.




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[FlyinLow]

Gentlemen… I have a question. If this were your personal car, and mind you I don't know what the cost would be, but would you consider taking it to a paint shop and having it sprayed with a harder clearcoat immediately after you prepped it?

[FlyinLow]

Yup. I just washed the Kia. 12 mitts, didn't have to stop to rinse at all. 1 Big Blue to dry. 1 bucket wash, 2nd bucket no water just a Grit guard. I rinse my mitts with the hose.

That's actually a clever idea. Going to do laundry anyway, right? I may try that, but bet I could get away with the 4 to 6 that I have already. Should cut washing time almost in half. Thanks, man!

[Klasse Act]

Gentlemen… I have a question. If this were your personal car, and mind you I don't know what the cost would be, but would you consider taking it to a paint shop and having it sprayed with a harder clearcoat immediately after you prepped it?

A body shop would have to prep the paint before applying another layer of clear and then that would need to be set sanded to smooth out, so not really an option.

What IS an option but a costly one is to have XPEL applied to the car and that's like $1000-1800 depending on the size of the vehicle and that's just the protection.

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