Trying out XMT 360 tomorrow

[JimHare]

Well after reading some of the glowing reviews here, I`m gonna try some new stuff on my Eldo tomorrow. I just finished an ONR/Clay/ONR washdown of it so it should be pretty clean. Hope I got off most of the 845IW I put on back in November..



I am also going to try Natty`s Blue over the XMT, with AW as my QD every couple of days, depending on conditions. I live in an area with very hard, acidic rain, terrible well water, and the car is parked in a dusty area (I work next to a cement plant.. .ugh) so I`m concerned about both durability and shine/gloss.



Any comments or problems with the above regimen? I take it there`s no need for anything like KAIO with the XMT instead. I also have a bottle of DG 105 - would that add anything between the XMT and the Nattys Blue?



Thanks in advance...

[kleraudio]

you will love XMT 360!!



If you missed any of the 845IW, XMT 360 will make easy work of it. I think your combo of 360 and Nattys blue is gonna look outstanding!



Dont use AW every few days, especially for a QD. DG recommends you use it once every 6 weeks, they say with too many layers it will dampen your paint and eliminate the flake.



DG makes a QD called fast clean and shine IIRC. You should use that one, or just the regular Megs QD is fine too.



Hope that helps.



Jim

[JimHare]

Well, I think it came out pretty well. Applied the XMT with the PC7336, as instructed. I started with the free white pad that Autogeek sent along, then went to the LC Green pad they recommend in their usage guidelines online.



I`m still learning the best way to use the PC - like many amateur, self-taught guys, I sometimes don`t know if I have too much product, too little, am working the product too long, not long enough, applying too much pressure or too little, moving too fast or too slow...etc etc..



I spent about 4 hours on the polish part, all told. Then about an hour on the Natty`s Blue application - on and off by hand.



The XMT did shine up the paint very well, I thought. The white pad showed traces of grime and blackish crud after about 20 minutes, so it was picking up something, that`s for sure.



Overall, fairly impressed. It doesn`t seem to hide too much in the way off small scratches, but I don`t believe that`s the intent of 360, so I`m not marking it down for that.



The Blue went on easily, and buffed off nicely. Little bit goes a long way.



Don`t really have any good "Befores", but here`s a couple of "Afters"

[kleraudio]

Car looks nice! Love the shot of the hood, very deep paint.



The 360 should only take you about an hour or so. you will get faster with more practice/experience, but for now, you did a great job on that Caddy!



Jim