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Detailing Chat & Questions Thread
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Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
How have you corrected so much with a glaze and pad? Just keep repeating over and over? I did one ‘pass’ over the entire car and took me hours!
Clio 172 Cup
What do people recommend for a wet gloss type finish ? Wether it’s a wax or detailing spray ?
SI-STI 2.35 & RC-172
Bailey their is so much quality ones out their now you are spoilt for choice,I had a go with definitive wax quick detailer the other day and the gloss it left was superb,but my all time favourite is Zaino Z8,I still have not found a detail spray that I like better even though P&S bead maker is starting to get their in my books,also bouncers done and dusted leaves a brilliant gloss on the panel....
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Clio 172 Cup
Thanks mate I will check them out I have ran over the car with sonax extreme and altho great as we know not the glossiest of finishing products
You're going to enjoy the instantaneous dump of rusty brake dust when you first drive it. Always worth driving down the street & working the brakes after you've cleaned it to ensure the disc faces don't keep building rust
Top job though, it certainly is tiring work!
leeds2592
ClioSport Club Member
Bean 182 + E70 X5
Also looking for something like this.
I've still got a tiny bit of Werkstat Acrylic Glos that I'm using sparingly. Still gutted they don't make it anymore as it's brilliant stuff.
Clio 172 Cup
So finally finished quite happy give it final wipe down tomoz god I am shattered won’t be doing that again for a while lol 😂
If you seal it properly it should continue to look like that after washing and QDing between seasons.
This is where ceramic sealants can really help. I won't go into it too much but they can really help protect the lacquer finish.
90% correct.
Wax
Re Wash over the weeks/months.
Few months later depending on how good your technique is, your car will be lightly marred again ( not as bad as before of course that was 15 years worth of damage)
With ceramic sealants
90% correct
Ceramic seal
Wax/ do whatever you want over it. The ceramic itself will always be there really. It's like a second lacquer.
Wash etc as normal and you end up with less marring etc because the ceramic has helped.
I sold my FRP above 18 months after applying "original Gtechniq C1" still one of the best products ever made (it was too expensive to continue for GT) and it almost looked 100% when I sold it. It was also beading and sheeting water still. Okay my washing and facilities are better than a lot but the point was still there. And we're talking Scottish winters and 2 feet of snow sometimes as a daily.
Just food for thought with all these lite products now out. Even if they dont seem a good idea and you like to wax/glaze etc. You can!
This is where ceramic sealants can really help. I won't go into it too much but they can really help protect the lacquer finish.
90% correct.
Wax
Re Wash over the weeks/months.
Few months later depending on how good your technique is, your car will be lightly marred again ( not as bad as before of course that was 15 years worth of damage)
With ceramic sealants
90% correct
Ceramic seal
Wax/ do whatever you want over it. The ceramic itself will always be there really. It's like a second lacquer.
Wash etc as normal and you end up with less marring etc because the ceramic has helped.
I sold my FRP above 18 months after applying "original Gtechniq C1" still one of the best products ever made (it was too expensive to continue for GT) and it almost looked 100% when I sold it. It was also beading and sheeting water still. Okay my washing and facilities are better than a lot but the point was still there. And we're talking Scottish winters and 2 feet of snow sometimes as a daily.
Just food for thought with all these lite products now out. Even if they dont seem a good idea and you like to wax/glaze etc. You can!
It's mainly fillers and the fords never had solid paint. I corrected the full car once with menz finishing polish and 3m yellow (my old favourite). You guys sadly have the heardest clearcoat in the world. I know!
It was more to describe the fun to be had. Test s**t panel at a time. Grab some ultra glaze and a finishing pad and see what it looks like. Oh some lime prime on a 3m yellow pad. An hour or so over the entire car and you'll think WOW!
One of the best finishes I ever had was LP followed by a coat of Glasur. Always remember the guy in the petrol station asking what the f**k I had used on it.
That's why I tend to go for quick fixes as such. CarPro Essence on a finishing pad will cover up 90% of swirls and marring only leaving the deep scratches after a single pass.
Makes it a really quick fix and a good base for sealants.
Makes it a really quick fix and a good base for sealants.
Clio 172 Cup
The amigo prime as recommended to me is so slick and glossy with the yellow pad
Found some old pics actually. Before and after with a single pass of Essence -
Clio 172 Cup
Si senor 😂 thats the one
Clio 172 Cup
I think sometimes if you have washed ect can run the buffer over with a polish maybe before a coat of wax ? Rather than a correction like ya nutters have attempted 😂
Clio 172 Cup
Us nutters I mean 🙈
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Even without getting rid of iron/tar and clay barring?
MLB
ClioSport Club Member
A lot of people mean a lot of different things with a quick polish?
I try to wash as well as possible to minimise scratches and polish the cars once or twice a year. They don't need much then, a light going over really, get them ready for winter or summer.
That usually takes me two full days per car.
Sunglasses_Ron
ClioSport Admin
Claying and iron removal only needs to be done every six months really.
If you’ve done those steps properly you should be able to just wash the car and give it a quick machine polish without any issues.
Clio 172 Cup
Thanks good advice mate cheers I will prob do this with a soft pad and a finishing polish from now on 👍
SI-STI 2.35 & RC-172
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In general claying and iron removal only needs to be done every six months, but my reasoning is if you are going to go through the bother of machine polishing then you might as well take the extra few precautionary steps to fully decontaminate, as in all honesty you never really know what is on your cars paint work especially if its parked outside and is used daily,as i would not want to be machining potential contamination further into my paint work to cause more damage then correction,i guess that if it is a garage queen then thats a different story...
I agree to an extent
In general claying and iron removal only needs to be done every six months, but my reasoning is if you are going to go through the bother of machine polishing then you might as well take the extra few precautionary steps to fully decontaminate, as in all honesty you never really know what is on your cars paint work especially if its parked outside and is used daily,as i would not want to be machining potential contamination further into my paint work to cause more damage then correction,i guess that if it is a garage queen then thats a different story...
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
Morning guys! Home straight of correction today. Then its onto sealing it all up.
Of the selection I've got above, anyone have any suggestions as to which to go for? I appreciate different waxes do different things (to an extent) but any suggestions are helpful 🤘
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
Looks ace though mate 🤘🤘
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Now onto polishing my pipes.. a job I wish I left alone. Inside of them is impossible!
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
Harly it is then! Thanks you, I picked them up from someone on here. His handle now slips my mind...Sidnancy nice collection of wax's
I'm gonna give mine another wash later or tomorrow, it's only done like 2 miles since it was corrected but it's now covered in dust [emoji24]
3 layers of Cancoat have it looking really good but I may top it up with something just to pass the time again lol
Least it'll be well protected for when we can get out again and be able to stand up to my quick washes and no details [emoji23]
3 layers of Cancoat have it looking really good but I may top it up with something just to pass the time again lol
Least it'll be well protected for when we can get out again and be able to stand up to my quick washes and no details [emoji23]
Clio 172 Cup
Heard good stuff about the Harley wax mate 👍
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
Bonus is that the Harly wax is a massive tub lol.
How many coats we saying? 2? Or until I get bored 😂
How many coats we saying? 2? Or until I get bored 😂
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Coughs
Layer then leave it. Give it 24hrs then re apply. Or because lockdown. Just apply loads.
Layer then leave it. Give it 24hrs then re apply. Or because lockdown. Just apply loads.
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
Oh! I remember! It was @imprezaworks . Totally came back to me....out of the blue....no nudge required or anything......
It was his fine selection of waxes 😎
It was his fine selection of waxes 😎
SI-STI 2.35 & RC-172
...Most times when you hear people saying two coats its just to make sure if you missed a part of a panel on the first coat the second coat will more then likely cover it making the wax coating uniform
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SI-STI 2.35 & RC-172
He's on the DW forum as well so he definitely knows a thing or two
