AfroPope
07-06-2016, 10:43 PM
Hi all,
Was working on my 2014 WRB BRZ today, trying to give it its first ever machine polish. I`ve detailed other cars with a DA and they`ve all come out great but never this one since the paint was until recently in pretty good shape. Today the weather cooperated, mostly. It was cool and overcast (I don`t have a garage).
So, I get to work - two buckets, soap, rinse, dry. Iron-X, rinse, wash, rinse, dry. Nanoskin with CG Clay Lube - here`s problem one! The nanoskin sponge, which I`ve used on ONE car previously, starts to disintegrate and begins to mar the car. Okay, fine, I get that figured out and get the spots off. Finish the job with actual clay.
Begin polishing with HD Cut and a Buff-n-shine orange pad, when suddenly the sun comes out - with a vengeance. Within probably twenty minutes, I`m drenched in sweat and the car is uncomfortably hot to the touch. I abandon ship after about thirty minutes of fighting with the shade and moving the car around.
So here`s my two issues - I`ve now got half the car polished with 3D HD Cut (I normally do 3DHD Cut, then 3D HD Polish, then 3D HD Poxy). The other half of the car is not polished at all. Nothing is waxed. To make matters worse, I got stuck in traffic behind a big dirt truck that flung mud all over the car, and when the sun came out it appears to have hit the trunk first before I could rinse off the clay lube, which is now baked on and won`t come off with quick detailer alone. It just looks like nasty water spots.
Uggghhhh.
ANYWAY, I`m not going to be able to get back to this until Saturday - what should my procedure be when I get another crack at this, or in the interim, to get away with as little damage as possible? :redface:
I messed up really bad and I do not need this right now. Hopefully I`m just overreacting.
Thanks in advance.
Was working on my 2014 WRB BRZ today, trying to give it its first ever machine polish. I`ve detailed other cars with a DA and they`ve all come out great but never this one since the paint was until recently in pretty good shape. Today the weather cooperated, mostly. It was cool and overcast (I don`t have a garage).
So, I get to work - two buckets, soap, rinse, dry. Iron-X, rinse, wash, rinse, dry. Nanoskin with CG Clay Lube - here`s problem one! The nanoskin sponge, which I`ve used on ONE car previously, starts to disintegrate and begins to mar the car. Okay, fine, I get that figured out and get the spots off. Finish the job with actual clay.
Begin polishing with HD Cut and a Buff-n-shine orange pad, when suddenly the sun comes out - with a vengeance. Within probably twenty minutes, I`m drenched in sweat and the car is uncomfortably hot to the touch. I abandon ship after about thirty minutes of fighting with the shade and moving the car around.
So here`s my two issues - I`ve now got half the car polished with 3D HD Cut (I normally do 3DHD Cut, then 3D HD Polish, then 3D HD Poxy). The other half of the car is not polished at all. Nothing is waxed. To make matters worse, I got stuck in traffic behind a big dirt truck that flung mud all over the car, and when the sun came out it appears to have hit the trunk first before I could rinse off the clay lube, which is now baked on and won`t come off with quick detailer alone. It just looks like nasty water spots.
Uggghhhh.
ANYWAY, I`m not going to be able to get back to this until Saturday - what should my procedure be when I get another crack at this, or in the interim, to get away with as little damage as possible? :redface:
I messed up really bad and I do not need this right now. Hopefully I`m just overreacting.
Thanks in advance.