markw78
08-22-2009, 02:18 AM
I got a new G8 GT, I love the color.. Pacific Slate Metallic, but it shows things. The car sat on a dealer lots for at least 6 months, and was at 2 dealers (one Pontiac dealer went down).
The paint is in bad shape (to my eyes) theres a lot of micro marring that looks like it was probably caused by the cheap $1/car washes it got with 6+ months on lots.... ugh! thats the most of it, since it covers most of the car. The paint doesn`t feel so hot either.
planned to wash it with Dawn to remove whats there, hit it with some clay (have both mothers and zaino clay) using car wash soap/water as a lube...(QD spray is just to $$$ to use for this if you don`t have to use it)
Now I am stuck, on the swirls and scratches from the uncaring washes with dirty rags!
I have Z-PC, and am not sure if I should use a white or black pad with it to start. Some of the scratches look pretty bad, like a wet sand, but you can only really see them under direct intense light, so they are micro? It will be applied with a PCXP.
I think that is all I`m stuck on, afterward I planned to hit it with the Z5, then a coat or 2 of Z2+zfx, though after reading another thread I am now thinking of doing the Z5+zfx twice and the Z2 once?
I didn`t get Z8 or anything... I have some Mothers QD and also some spray wax and QD from Victory Wax.
I wash with a Micro fiber mit from Target... blue one, had orange and white packaging, hope I`m not causing scratches with it... I dry`d with a chamois, but recently got a waffle mf for drying and a jelly blade I`m not sure I want to use lol
The paint is in bad shape (to my eyes) theres a lot of micro marring that looks like it was probably caused by the cheap $1/car washes it got with 6+ months on lots.... ugh! thats the most of it, since it covers most of the car. The paint doesn`t feel so hot either.
planned to wash it with Dawn to remove whats there, hit it with some clay (have both mothers and zaino clay) using car wash soap/water as a lube...(QD spray is just to $$$ to use for this if you don`t have to use it)
Now I am stuck, on the swirls and scratches from the uncaring washes with dirty rags!
I have Z-PC, and am not sure if I should use a white or black pad with it to start. Some of the scratches look pretty bad, like a wet sand, but you can only really see them under direct intense light, so they are micro? It will be applied with a PCXP.
I think that is all I`m stuck on, afterward I planned to hit it with the Z5, then a coat or 2 of Z2+zfx, though after reading another thread I am now thinking of doing the Z5+zfx twice and the Z2 once?
I didn`t get Z8 or anything... I have some Mothers QD and also some spray wax and QD from Victory Wax.
I wash with a Micro fiber mit from Target... blue one, had orange and white packaging, hope I`m not causing scratches with it... I dry`d with a chamois, but recently got a waffle mf for drying and a jelly blade I`m not sure I want to use lol