Seems like I am on a run of very badly waterspotted cars lately!! I love the final result...but getting there is a lot of work!!
Got it washed and dried and that`s when I noticed the waterspots on the hood, the rear passenger side and the tailgate. They didn`t look that bad so I wasn`t too worried about them...until after I clayed the whole thing. Clay did nothing to them at all. So I started with SIP...nothing. Megs #85....nothing. A hammer and chisel....nothing!! so here we go again with wetsanding!! That part was fine...the fact that I couldn`t get the wetsanding marks out was the next big problem!!
Nothing I had would touch them. I was using 3000 unigrit and wasn`t pressing hard at all! It was all very wierd!! Something popped into my head about mixing polishes. First I tried SIP and #85 and it didn`t really make a difference. Then I tried OC and #85 and it was a little better. Then I tried 70%OP and 30% #85 and that was the ticket!! It was like the #85 was giving the OP more cut and the OP was giving the #85 a longer work time. Someone with mor experience can chime in with their thoughts on why this combo might have worked....but that`s what I came up with.
The rest of the detail was pretty normal........:xyxthumbs
Process:
Wheels, wells and tires
Wheels for WB
Ez Detail brush
Topped with AW
Wells got DG
Topped w/Adams UC Spray
Tires got DG
Black Magic Matte Dressing
Engine
Degreased w/DG
engine ran for five minutes to bake
Scrubbed and rinsed
blown dry with leaf blower
Topped w/HD
Engine ran for another ten minutes to dry HD
Paint
Front clip got DG for bug removal
Wash w/Dawn
Clay w/DP Clay
IPA wipe down
Wetsanded w/Megs 3000 unigrit
Polished w/ "secret sauce" using PWF
Topped w/ #16
Interior
Mats were steam cleaned and vacuumed
Leather was all steam cleaned and immediately treated w/DG Leather Conditioner
Dash was cleaned w/Woolite/water
Glass
Water spotted glass was corrected w/Driven to Perfection water spot remover
All other glass was polished w/KAIO
All int/ext glass was cleaned w/IG
All chrome got Flitz
All exterior plastic got Black Wow
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