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Originally posted by ThirdgenTa
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Toasty- You listed some pretty good products.
My only questions is why would you use a compound to clean the paint? Compound is supposed to be used to abrade the paint and remove clearcoat. Don't you have a ton of swirls when you are done?
I would probably use a dedicated paint cleaner that has chemicals designed for cleaning paint.
How do you apply your wax and your glaze?
Meguires NXT contains cleaning agents as well as fillers. It actually looks great on paint, but lasts a maximum of 3 weeks on a daily driver.
Glazes contain many fillers and that's why your car looks great right after you apply it. Almost all glazes last until the first few washes.
I would only apply a glaze right before a car show.
Now another thing is you can apply a wax on a sealent but not the other way around.
Normally you can go glaze, then wax but if you are using NXT, like I said it contains cleaning agents so it will remove the glaze.
Personally the best thing to do is clean the paint up well, by polishing to remove the swirls and then apply a good quality sealent or wax. The ones I listed are very strong and claim to last about 6 months. Collinite you can get locally.
Here is an example I did on a 4th gen for paint prep. I did not wax it in these shots.
My only questions is why would you use a compound to clean the paint? Compound is supposed to be used to abrade the paint and remove clearcoat. Don't you have a ton of swirls when you are done?
I would probably use a dedicated paint cleaner that has chemicals designed for cleaning paint.
How do you apply your wax and your glaze?
Meguires NXT contains cleaning agents as well as fillers. It actually looks great on paint, but lasts a maximum of 3 weeks on a daily driver.
Glazes contain many fillers and that's why your car looks great right after you apply it. Almost all glazes last until the first few washes.
I would only apply a glaze right before a car show.
Now another thing is you can apply a wax on a sealent but not the other way around.
Normally you can go glaze, then wax but if you are using NXT, like I said it contains cleaning agents so it will remove the glaze.
Personally the best thing to do is clean the paint up well, by polishing to remove the swirls and then apply a good quality sealent or wax. The ones I listed are very strong and claim to last about 6 months. Collinite you can get locally.
Here is an example I did on a 4th gen for paint prep. I did not wax it in these shots.
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