Car Cleaning and Automobile cleaning tips?

[Kristiano]

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Meg's UC is a great product for removing swirlmarks and shallow scratches, only if you know how to use it. Just be careful with applying it (specially by hand) because it is too aggressive.

Hm sd na brad and how to use it by hand? Tnx!

[friedrich]

P1,040 sa blade boss

[friedrich]

I tried claying today using the Mother's Clay Kit. @RACER X's assumption is right that the clay won't remove the stains. Didn't really see much dirt sticking on the clay like those brown (grimes?) stuff I've seen on youtube. I doubt if I'm doing the process right or it's just that the above surface of my paint isn't that dirty yet?

So, I did go through the next step which was applying the Meguiar's Ultimate Compound. It sure does remove the stains! Thanks to boss RACERX for the suggestion. I'm not satisfied though with the result. Dili man kaayo glossy/shiny. It could be because I am just doing hand buffing? Or ing-ani gyud na basta white ang paint?

Swirl marks and scratches - I didn't bother removing it. Kapoy kaayo ug bagnod by hand. hahaha! Anyway dili man kaayo noticeable sa white paint.

Missing a step - I don't have a polish on hand yet so I skipped polishing and just applied wax for protection.

Experts, what are your thoughts?

[RACER X]

nice one, @friedrich! Tingali'g dili lang gyud kaayo hugaw imo sakyanan mao nga wala kaayo contaminants nakuha sa clay...i remember you do regularly wash your vehicle.

Tough to make your clear coat pop by hand much less if on a white car!! And Meg's UC can only do so much if applied by hand. With a DA, the right pad and a finishing polish afterwards, i'm sure your white paint will still pop. And yeah, sa kadako sa imo sakyanan, don't bother removing swirls and small scratches kay matangtang imong kamot madugay LOL.

[friedrich]

Boss, update... basin dag-om lang gyud to ganiha. Karon nga nahayagan ky nindot na tan-awn. Hahaha, pakonswelo kunohay. Nakita na pod nako ang daghang swirl marks and scratches pag park nako sa gaisano, bantang man kaayo sa suga. I'm afraid some of those scratches are new and my fault... Dli ba kaha to pag clay nako. lol.

[pochai]

Nakapalit ko ug mother's clay kit. It doesn't mention in the directions about polishing after the claying process.

It only says their follow up with Carnauba cleaner wax or any of the mothers wax products... I assume the Showtime Instant Detailer acts as or substitutes the polishing compound?

Diin sa sm ka nakapalit? Sige ko pangita sa ACE wa mangyud ko kita

[friedrich]

Sa BLADE SM, bro. Naa sa ground floor. Radisson Blu nga side. Naa didto mothers and meguiars products. Dli ka kita ani nga brands sa Ace hardware Cebu

[RACER X]

Boss, update... basin dag-om lang gyud to ganiha. Karon nga nahayagan ky nindot na tan-awn. Hahaha, pakonswelo kunohay. Nakita na pod nako ang daghang swirl marks and scratches pag park nako sa gaisano, bantang man kaayo sa suga. I'm afraid some of those scratches are new and my fault... Dli ba kaha to pag clay nako. lol.

though clay bars can still be considered as an abrasive, i doubt the swirl marks were caused by it and I would think they were there already to begin with. time to up the ante and machine polish it! haha.

[friedrich]

Maabot ra niya ko dha, boss! Hahaha... Samok kaayo mga silingan namo, sige comment. Unsaon kada agi nila naa ko gabagnod. Hahaha

Re: swirls and scratches - must be naklaro na ky limpyo na :d

[RACER X]

Heheh I get the same reaction boss @friedrich.

In any case, once you start machine polishing there's no turning back! Haha.