Chris@GlimmerGlass

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this thread has been popular on other forums we sponsor, so I wanted to bring it here as well Any detail related questions you may have, feel free to post here and I will do my best to answer your questions and offer my experiences.

Everyones contributions to questions are of course welcome here as well

DeviousOne

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Wash after claying car?

eyezack87

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Do you have a good recommendation for a foam cannon that isn't too expensive Chris? My friend gave me his Karcher since he hasn't touched it since he got it a year ago

butterbeer

Well, I had a few unanswered questions in my own thread, https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=369367
so if you could answer those, I'd <3 you

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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I think you'll find this is going to vary from person to person. I personally do rewash. It doesnt take too long since the car was already washed well the first time. Some people simply use a quick detailer. If you opt to qd the car, I'd use one that wont leave behind any gloss enhancers like wax, etc. Regardless of the method you choose, doing one or the other is important imo b/c you never know what is left behind, loose on the surface, that may wind up on the pad and scratch the finish. So for me, rewashing is just another step to reduce any outside chances of having debris on the surface

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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Pat, who works closely w/ me is using a karcher pw. I'll see exactly what he's using now since I havent seen him pull it out in a while. You can check this one out for now and reference Pats post he made a while back about this exact topic
http://www.rjbowers.com/xcart/produc...9&cat=0&page=1

http://www.autopia.org/forum/detaili...ttachment.html

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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I'll take a look at the thread

vwynn

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How do you clean/wash off paint thats on your paint??

soo.. the other day while i was driving home from work the SUV in front of me picked up paint on the freeway n yea its sprayed my car.. my tires picked up some paint as well on the road and now its on my sideskirt and rear bumper.

whats the easiest way to clean it off?

YoshRX300

Chris can you use the same pad for the entire car process? And after you section you car off, would you polish and wax that small section right after or wait till all the polish is done to the entire car then do the wax?
Also what would you go with on a silver car, I know it wont "pop" as a black car, but you can see all the swirls at night.

eyezack87

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Good reading Chris. Thanks for your help man

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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Theres a couple ways to go about it. Easiest and most available would be to give some wd40 a shot. Sounds crazy, but it may work for you

You can try using some clay. This is a more likely process to removing it. I've been successful on removing paint transferd and overspray w/ a purple (heavy cut) clay then following up w/ ssr2.5 on a yellow pad before stepping down to ssr1 on a white pad. The only thing w/ a purple bar is that you'll need to finish w/ a polish as it will most likely leave some minor marring. Just make sure you use a lot of clay lube (my preference is luber). Heres a before after of the area I did: (note that there is some clearcoat missing from the paint, which is what you see left).





If you need info on those products, you can check them out here:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com...ubricants.html


If neither of those work, you might want to start trying some polishes on a machine. Try those out first though, and go from there

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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If the pad is being used with the same product, sure. Just make sure the pad isnt getting overloaded with product. Brushing or spurring the pad frequently helps out and can help avoid dry buffing.
I polish the whole car before waxing. Usually what I do on a full process is to do each step of polishing completely before moving on to the next step, and again before moving to wax. This way if I overlap an already finished area I'm not working backwards. Of course, this is personal preference. There would be no harm in you doing a panel completely before moving to the next.

On a silver car, once you have the correction done, theres a few finishing products that I like. I think collinite is heavily underrated imo. Below is a pic w/ 845 on a silver audi. Other products that I like on silver include EXP, Jetseal, nattys white, 5050 and optiseal. All found on these 2 pages:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/cawaandgl.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/paandwhse.html


Pics of IS w/ 845: http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/845inwax.html

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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Anytime

I got an updated list from him too. Here ya go

http://www.pressureparts.com/Descrip...px?Part=331212

http://www.everypressurewasher.com/C...ml#ProdDetails

http://www.pressureparts.com/KA-CPEA...t-4762061.aspx

Debonair

Can you explain or link me to a guide for Brushing and/or Spurring the pad? Want to be sure I don't start killing pads early by mistreating them.

YoshRX300

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