View Full Version : Need some help with RED...
05Sleeper
10-09-2005, 08:02 PM
I am going to detail a highly neglected red truck for a friend of mine, and I want to know what will give me the best results. She prefers the "wet" look, and I have the following items I can use:
Menzerna IP
Menzerna FP
3M IHG
3M Show It wax
Mothers CA Gold Cleaner wax
Meguirs #7
Meg`s NXT
PoorBoys EX
Clearkote VM
Clearkote RMG
Menzerna FTG
Menzerna FMJ
4* UPP
S100
Pinnacle Souveran
Balckfire Sealent
Wolfgang DGPS
Again, the truck is a 1998 Chevy S10 in red, and it has been waxed, but never polished or cleaned, or anything serious. It is very oxidized. and needs serious work.
What do you all suggest?
Thanks!
White95Max
10-09-2005, 08:06 PM
Very oxidized red huh? :)
(see my Extreme Detail thread for ideas...) ;)
05Sleeper
10-09-2005, 09:01 PM
So what should I use? BTW, I also have AIO
shyne
10-09-2005, 11:45 PM
AIO works pretty good, somewhere on this forum theres before and after pictures for a red oxidied truck also. the results looked pretty damn amazing to me.
id go polish first with merenza, slap on some s100/p21s polish/glaze, then top it off with some s100 or pinnacle.
05Sleeper
10-10-2005, 04:28 AM
So Menzerna IP, AIO, RMG, andthen either BF or Souveran?????
White95Max
10-10-2005, 09:03 AM
I`d go with AIO + WG + Souveran
You could put RMG between AIO and WG if you want.
imported_Neothin
10-10-2005, 09:55 AM
VM and RMG make a nice combination. Although I haven`t used it on red before, I`ve tried it on a dark grey metallic, black, and dark blue metallic and the results were quite nice. I topped the metallics with UPP and the black with souveran. a very wet look was created with the souveran, you might wanna try that.
05Sleeper
10-10-2005, 11:37 AM
I will probably go AIO, RMG, PS
White95Max
10-10-2005, 11:42 AM
I doubt you`ll be dissapointed with that combo :)
05Sleeper
10-10-2005, 01:32 PM
Sweet! Thanks
zippymbr
10-10-2005, 02:05 PM
AIO + S100 looked spectacular on my red Prelude!
05Sleeper
10-10-2005, 02:41 PM
I was looking through my cleaning supplies and realized that I have a Bottle of 3M Show-It car wax. Now, I have not found much info on it here, but I do remember liking the wet look it gave to my wife`s white Honda Civic.
Again, I am going to detail my friends 1998 Red S100 Truck, and she likes "the wet look" so I am contemplating using this after AIO, and #7.
Any questions, comments, or concerns are totally appreciated! Thanks!
White95Max
10-10-2005, 02:45 PM
Honestly, after AIO and #7, I don`t think you`ll find any wax that doesn`t look good.
05Sleeper
10-10-2005, 03:06 PM
lol. true... but she is a friend, and i don`t want to do anything that wont look spectacular...
White95Max
10-10-2005, 05:03 PM
Well I could have stopped after SSR2.5 on that Protege and the owner would have thought it looked spectacular! :)
But of course I would never stop there. I had to see how much better I could make it look! That`s the Autopian way!