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Well, the weather broke here in the NE. About 60* all day. A little wind, but still perfect day for detailing. When I bought my 02', it had been well maintained in every aspect except the paint. I am sure the previous owner cleaned it and kept it waxed, but it was full of swirls none the less. Anyway, I didn't get to do a 100% detai, today, I just wanted to remove the swirls and get some wax on there. I am going to do another coat of wax and the other things like wheels/wells, glass, etc next week. Here's what I got:
Products used:
Optimum car wash
Pinacle clay and lube
Pinacle XMT 3 with Edge2000 yellow pad
Pinacle XMT 1 with Edge2000 green pad
Pinacle liquid souveran wax applied with whit Edge pad
all removal of product using Cobra MF towels
Thanks for all the comments! It would have looked 100 x better if I had a chance to do the rest especialy the wheel wells, but as it is, I started at 9am and finished at 5PM. I was gonna keep going, but I had to go into work at 6 for a few hours and I almost forgot!!! I was in the zone
MikeyC:
I loved the products! Thanks for helping me select them and recomending the edge pads. The XMT stuff is easy to work and good for a beginer like me. I must say though, after doing the first step (XMT 3 and yellow pad), I was discouraged to say the least. Sure, the major swirls were gone, but everything was hazy. Plus, the XMT3 took alot longer to work than I thought.
But, I buckled down and went for the XMT1 and green pad. It was so much easier to work and went alot faster! Once I started seeing the paint after that step I was on fire and it went smooth.
Also, the pad conditioner was a big help. I couldn't imagine doing it without!
03-14-2007, 12:51 PM
Swirl removal and wax
