Here's my take. Really more a comparison. Guess what two products.
Guess the two LSP's
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Guess the two LSP's
#1
#2
Guess what kind of wax I used on this white car?
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Originally Posted By: tom slick
I guess Dura Shine!
Hilarious if you read through the comments "BEAM OFF!"
Also a very astute observation, the beam intensity is visibly stronger when they burn the paper tube but then dims significantly when shining directly on the paint.
I guess Dura Shine!
Hilarious if you read through the comments "BEAM OFF!"
Also a very astute observation, the beam intensity is visibly stronger when they burn the paper tube but then dims significantly when shining directly on the paint.
Originally Posted By: qwertydude
Here's my take. Really more a comparison. Guess what two products.
Guess the two LSP's
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#2
Bottom is Carnauba. Top is sealant?
I should send you some HD Poxy and HD express to fill those swirls.
Here's my take. Really more a comparison. Guess what two products.
Guess the two LSP's
#1
#2
Bottom is Carnauba. Top is sealant?
I should send you some HD Poxy and HD express to fill those swirls.
Originally Posted By: qwertydude
Here's my take. Really more a comparison. Guess what two products.
Guess the two LSP's
#1
#2
Well there was recently some etching from water and some bird bombs in the area. So I decided to polish it down by hand with M205.
#2 is the M205 freshly polished uncoated surface after an alcohol wipedown.
#1 is what NuFinish did to the freshly polished area. I can tell you the marring it left in real life is very visible especially at certain angles since I mostly polished in straight lines back and forth with a microfiber applicator, and no I didn't press hard, or put too much pressure on my individual fingers or try to exaggerate the effects. If anything I was more gentle with the NuFinish than I was with the M205 which I needed to be more vigorous with to remove etching by hand.
I did buff it off in small circles. So for anyone thinking NuFinish leaves a decent finish, I really have to beg to differ. Basically any sort of LSP that leaves more damage than the polishing step before it is not one I'd like to finish a car with.
Here's my take. Really more a comparison. Guess what two products.
Guess the two LSP's
#1
#2
Well there was recently some etching from water and some bird bombs in the area. So I decided to polish it down by hand with M205.
#2 is the M205 freshly polished uncoated surface after an alcohol wipedown.
#1 is what NuFinish did to the freshly polished area. I can tell you the marring it left in real life is very visible especially at certain angles since I mostly polished in straight lines back and forth with a microfiber applicator, and no I didn't press hard, or put too much pressure on my individual fingers or try to exaggerate the effects. If anything I was more gentle with the NuFinish than I was with the M205 which I needed to be more vigorous with to remove etching by hand.
I did buff it off in small circles. So for anyone thinking NuFinish leaves a decent finish, I really have to beg to differ. Basically any sort of LSP that leaves more damage than the polishing step before it is not one I'd like to finish a car with.
No unfortunately all my cars have been American cars with relatively hard paint. Haze from M205 is usually a result of poor technique or using too aggressive a pad on too soft a paint. Combinations which I haven't faced in my own life and have only experienced in the field when I was detailing as a business a long time ago.
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Originally Posted By: qwertydude
No unfortunately all my cars have been American cars with relatively hard paint. Haze from M205 is usually a result of poor technique or using too aggressive a pad on too soft a paint. Combinations which I haven't faced in my own life and have only experienced in the field when I was detailing as a business a long time ago.
As you know, haze is a bit of a subjective matter. Some of us set the bar fairly high - so what I see as haze, may not be what you see as haze.
With that said, as I learned from my class this past weekend, a lot of finishing issues on paint are caused by paint debris in the pad. Cleaning the pad with shop air during the finishing step is very important...especially on finicky paints.
Lastly, while it is true than an aggressive foam pad should cause haze (in theory), I have also seen situations where a pad that is too soft will also cause haze during the finishing process.
While paint polishing is a science to an extent, there is not a single solution that will work for every situation and for every finish.
No unfortunately all my cars have been American cars with relatively hard paint. Haze from M205 is usually a result of poor technique or using too aggressive a pad on too soft a paint. Combinations which I haven't faced in my own life and have only experienced in the field when I was detailing as a business a long time ago.
As you know, haze is a bit of a subjective matter. Some of us set the bar fairly high - so what I see as haze, may not be what you see as haze.
With that said, as I learned from my class this past weekend, a lot of finishing issues on paint are caused by paint debris in the pad. Cleaning the pad with shop air during the finishing step is very important...especially on finicky paints.
Lastly, while it is true than an aggressive foam pad should cause haze (in theory), I have also seen situations where a pad that is too soft will also cause haze during the finishing process.
While paint polishing is a science to an extent, there is not a single solution that will work for every situation and for every finish.
Does it really even matter on a white car? You could wash it with turpentine and steel wool every day and it would still look the same as a top quality wax lol.
I buy only white work trucks because it looks the same from 20ft if its perfectly detailed or has been sitting on a dusty job site for 3 months.
I throw on whatever is cheap every few months and the paint holds up fine.
Now if I had black or that new blue Chevy has my truck would look horrible.
I throw on whatever is cheap every few months and the paint holds up fine.
Now if I had black or that new blue Chevy has my truck would look horrible.
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Last weekend the g/f and I 'waxed' our cars with NuFinish. Hers a white Mazda2, and my Vue.
Once a year and its done. Protection over all. Function over fashion. [I know I've wandered into the wrong forum, again]
I told her a few times about the people who go crazy on multi-step hours/days on making a piece of metal shine more. And we thought of how it would just get dirty again anyways. And I still wonder why no one has come up with something other than painted metal to coat our vehicles in.
And as I review the OPs pics, I can't help but hear...
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,1
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
and to finalize my off-topic thoughts:
Once a year and its done. Protection over all. Function over fashion. [I know I've wandered into the wrong forum, again]
I told her a few times about the people who go crazy on multi-step hours/days on making a piece of metal shine more. And we thought of how it would just get dirty again anyways. And I still wonder why no one has come up with something other than painted metal to coat our vehicles in.
And as I review the OPs pics, I can't help but hear...
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,1
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
and to finalize my off-topic thoughts:
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