Reveal Car Wax

I’ve probably encountered this 3 times already and it’s driving me nuts… Before I clay the car, I don’t see any visual embedded contaminants but I can definitely feel them in the paint. So I start to clay the car and spots like these instantly show up!!!

Please remember I don’t see these things before I clay the car… It only shows up after I do a first claying pass…

It makes my clay look like this:

Do you guys know what this is and why does it only show up after the first claying pass? I can get rid of them but it requires multiple passes.

Thanks!

I bought a pint of collinite 845 and it looks like the content is not all the way to the top. I wonder if the place that sold it to me sent me a used one. Here is a picture of the collinite I bought and where the red mark indicates the top of the content

Thanks

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I’m currently having some issues with my foam pads after cleaning them with a foam pad reconditioning brush… Here are some pictures of a W8006 Meguiar’s Polishing Pad that I have a problem with…

Now to compare, here are some pictures of a brand new W8006 Meguiar’s Polishing pad…

My Lake Country pads are also doing the same thing… Here are some worn out LC orange pads…

My questions is whether this is normal or not… Am I destroying my pads with a foam reconditioning brush? Should I toss my pads away and buy new ones? I saw Mike Philip’s http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/…sher-cart.html thread and it seems that the pads he was using looked perfectly brand new after washing it with the GG universal pad washer.

Any input and advice would be appreciated! Thanks for your help!

This car is owned by a kid that I went to high school with. It needed a little love, and upon closer inspection, it appeared to have had something happen to it at one point as the whole right side and weird body panel gaps, and rust was starting to bubble under the doors. Clearly a crappy paint job. Did my best.

Wash:
FoamMaster Canon
Sheepskin Mitt
Black Magic Car Wash Soap W/ Two Bucket Method
Dried with Toro Blower and a Waffle Weave Drying Towel

Clay:
Meguires Clay

Polish:
M105 on an LC orange pad
M205 on an LC black pad

Sealed:
Blackfire

Wax:
Pinnacle Signature Series II

Wheels:
Brasso Metal Polish
Griots Garage Tire Shine

Pics!

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Foaming:

for products to ship!

what are some great recommendations for interior shampoos for seats/ floor mats that work really well?

Need something to remove salt/ the typical floor mat stains. I’ve seen how well wolfgang carpet and upholstery restorer works but dont have time to wait for it.

What can I pick up at a advance auto/pep boys/ target/ walmart etc that anyone had good luck with?
Feed back please
thanks!

I have heard such great things about this product but I just have to know…

has anyone had it applied over a long period of time? Does it really last forever like it says without needing to wax? How does that work?

There is a place by me called Ziebart that offers a product called "diamond gloss" and they say you’ll never have to wax your car again and my parents bought it for 3 of their cars. let me tell you, it is the worst thing ever. Yeah the car looks great after, but all cars looked horrible after time of not maintaing them that I needed to properly detail them. Its just this experience that makes me skeptical on the whole never having to wax again. I know I can always trust AG products to live up to what they say but if this product has been around long enough to be tested like this, whats the durability on this and what is necessary to maintain a car with this product applied?

I have been using woolite foam but its not taking care of really stubborn stains in the carpet or cloth seats. Any suggestions???

I recently had the opportunity to try this stuff on a boat. And no…I don’t have pictures unfortunately. Been a little too busy to play photographer lately.

Anyways…I’ve been looking for a product to pre-clean boats and RVs. I heard some good things about this stuff…so I decided to buy some and try it out.

I must say, that it worked better than expected. I like to use it for the uncoated areas of fiberglass. Like the hull, and up top around the edges, or inside the boat. It did a great job at removing the water line, and yellow staining underneath the boat. I was psyched to see it clean up the underneath so nicely cause it’s always a pain to clean up.

If you do boats…you really should try this stuff out.

I found it odd that it smells identical to Windex though. Makes me wonder if I could do the same thing with Windex, ha.

Hello, I have a 2001 Mastercraft X-30 in red/white that I’m trying to clean up a bit. I’ve detailed a few cars with great results; but I’m having trouble getting a clear finish looking through the reflection at my work lights.

Round one I tried to use Collinite #920 with gray/white CCS 5.5in pads on a PC 7424. I was unable to get a clear finish on either pad, even after trying wax on top. It did remove the swirls/water spots well though. Straight on it appears clear enough, but looking at the reflection shows the gelcoat isn’t quite clear still. It appears ‘hazy’, almost like a really really fine wetsand.

Yesterday I tried to use Meguiars #45 high gloss polish with a blue pad, but ended up with the same result.

Am I still attacking this too hard, or am I expecting too much from gelcoat? Is my pad not lubed enough? I thought about purchasing microfiber bonnets and trying those. Any thoughts?

Thanks!