I hadn't driven a MT in ages, so I had stalled... kekeke
So, this car didn't have awful swirls, and he wanted a one step polish.
Here's what I came up with as possible options for a one step...
SIP with Orange - yes this might be crazy but if his swirls are nasty, I'd opt for this to get rid of the majority of swirls
SIP with Green - This finishes better but i had to decide if it'd have enough bite
106FF with [COLOR="rgb(152, 251, 152)"]Green[/COLOR] - This one has decent cut, but is a challenge to finish
106FF with White - This is probably a popular option for good reason. It's great for things with very light swirls!
I ended up picking 106FF with green because of the level of swirls that I saw. Finishing with it took a few more passes at 900 RPM, but it was well worth it! Also because I had just gotten a green pad to try out and I like it a lot!
Dumb 1000w husky work lights broke on me so I was using a 250 one that has no tripod. Terrible!
So how about the car? It was obviously babied! I took one piece of clay bar and hit everything with it. Scroll down and there's a picture of what one side looked like when I was done. I was pretty amazed! Everything was very clean about this car except the swirls which black cars are cursed with. :laugh:
Materials
Wash & Dry
CG CWG
Grit Guard
Waffle weave drying towell
Clay
CG Clay Bar
Clear Kote Quik Shine as lube
All purpose microfiber towel
Engine Bay
CG Grime Reaper 5:1 dilution
Costco MF
Glass
Stoner's invisible glass
All purpose microfiber towels
FK #425 - stoner's streaks a bit, so this cleans it up
Paint correction
Menzerna 106FF via Green Pad
All purpose microfiber towel
50/50 Isopropyl/water mixture
Finish Kare #425 quick detailer
Tools
Hitachi rotary polisher
3M backing plate - again, this thing kicks ass
250w something halogen light
Protection & LSP
CG Jetseal 109
CG 50/50 wax
FK #425
Trim and exhaust
CG metal polish
Wheels and Tires
EZ Detail brush
Swissvax Wheel brush
P21S wheel gel
P21S total auto wash
CG CWG (I'll explain the need for all these products later)
Swissvax Pneu
Jetseal 109
What I did to wash the wheels and tires first was soak them in P21S wheel gel, but that dried up pretty quickly. So as I was letting it soak, I'd mist it with water now and then, but after a while, I felt there wasn't enough product in there anymore. By that time, it had degreased enough that I could just wash the rest with CG CWG. P21S total auto wash was for the tires. I feel it does a better job degreasing later for tire shine.
that is a really long write up... here's the pictures
Go wheel gel!
clean clay!
After polish, I realized this car had some awful orange peel...
I got bored.
Engine bay wasn't very dirty to begin with, so I cheated.. kind of.
All that, and I'm still not done with my collection!
After LSP
Hello, FMINUS :D
Enjoy!
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