19 GTI- want a quick paint touch up (have all MENZ polishes)

[Striker]

Hey guys-

Not a newbie to polishing or detailing here but would like some advice!

I have all the Menz polishes and was looking at deconing and claying sometime this week.

I also feel after I decon and clay; I should also polish. (would prefer not to trust me)

I’m wondering which of the Menz polishes I could do a once over with?

I’m thinking 3500 and a white pad ?


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[Billy Baldone]

No idea? YOU need to do a test spot on YOUR car. VW is typically harder clear, but you can polish 100 GTIs all the same, 101 might be different. What color is it?

[Striker]

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[Accumulator]

Striker- I`d wait until you do the Decontamination and see if it really needs any abrasion. I`ve decontaminated countless times without instilling any marring and unless something actually *needs* polished, I`d *NEVER* do it.

IMO/IME, if you do a proper Chemical Decontamination you won`t have to clay unless we`re talking something that`s *REALLY* contaminated, and I`m pretty sure that`s not the case with your VW or we`d be having a different discussion.

Claying can (IMO and again IME it`s a "can" not a definite "will") instill marring, so IF you do clay, I`d sure go about it very carefully even if it takes you as long as it takes me (which it won`t ;) ).

THEN, if it does in fact need..genuinely NEED... any correction, I`d go back to the "least aggressive first.." approach. But FWIW, I`d be pretty surprised if the 3500 (which I`ve never used) would do the trick, but as Billy Baldone said, you just never know.

[Striker]

Alright. I’ll do that then. I’ll throw some megs iron decon on it and rub it in with an applicator and see.

I have a few spots that have scratches induced by me unfortunately. These small spots need correction.


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[Sizzle Chest]

^^^Start with the least aggressive method first. So go with your lightest polish/pad combo and see if you getting the results you wish. If not, step it up and continue until you achieve your desired results.

BTW: Great looking car! I like it!

[Accumulator]

Striker- Does it really even need the Ferrous Contamination stuff? Just askin`...Ours don`t and they`ve been through a few winters without it.

FWIW, the "what color is it" would only matter to me with regard to that kind of Decon. A white vehicle will show rust-blooms/etc. that your car won`t, and I don`t care about things that don`t bother me, nor do I try very hard to find new stuff that might ;) (Again, ours *do not need it* not even the silver Daily.)

I myself would just spot-correct the existing marring while bending over backwards to not instill more. But then I`m the Autopian Heretic who doesn`t do *any* Detailing unless I believe it really needs done :o I myself would be too busy driving the wheels off that thing! Man, I think that`s such a great car...and I don`t even like FWD stuff.

[Accumulator]

^^^Start with the least aggressive method first. So go with your lightest polish/pad combo and see if you getting the results you wish...

Operative Words "results YOU wish" ;) Do what`s right *for you*, not what`s, uhm...Autopian.


BTW: Great looking car! Yeah, isn`t it though?!?

[Striker]

It’s my first VW and I love it. Car is built like a tank.

The other day I was washing it and felt little bumps on the paint as I moved my hand across the soapy hood


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[Accumulator]

Striker- Yes indeed, those *are* built right!

And speaking of "right"...OK, you`re making an informed decision about the contamination :D SO...be very, very careful and try to avoid turning that spot-correction into a major project.

Wonder if the Ferrous Contamination stuff is right for those "bumps"...I`d probably be looking at them under magnification, but then I`m always saying that about everything.

[Striker]

Truth be told, I’d have to give the car another proper wash.

It has not received a hand wash since October maybe November of last year.

I’ve been putting it thru touch less washes all winter long and it is wearing two coats of Sonax Net Shield.

Not sure if I should replace the net shield with the new megs m27. But that’s not as important as decon.


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[Accumulator]

Striker- Sounds to me like you got away with not spending your Whole Life keeping it clean recently, which I for one think is great :D Yeah, do a good-and-proper wash, deontaminate it, and see what you really need to do for *your* satisfaction.

I`d be all about getting the undercarriage/etc. all nice and clean post-winter, but that`s just me...

[Striker]

The undercarriage is protected with plastic covers plus I had the car coated properly. So not much to clean there.

So I did everything today and I topped it with the newer Turtle Wax Ceramic Spray. Man does it shine and is it ever slick.

I washed it, deconed with ultimate wheel cleaner (confirmed by megs to use on paint) and corrected the spots I scratched over the winter.

Pics don’t do it justice.

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[Accumulator]

Strikeer- Hey, that`s great, and you got it done so fast too!

Were you able to get by with just spot-correction?

[Striker]

I corrected the spots that had the scratches. That’s it. I didn’t feel like polishing the whole car.

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