Last week I spent a good 10 hours on the exterior of my wife`s car. I washed it, decontaminated the paint with Iron-X, used Pinnacle Ultra Poly on all of the painted surfaces (glass and light lenses too) and polished with M105 on a yellow pad. The paint wasn`t awful, but it wasn`t up to my standards either. I finished off with Megs #5 glaze & green pad followed by 845. It came out great!
If your using a compound like M105 try following up with a polish like M205 on a White pad then follow up with Meguiars New Car Glaze #5 with your polisher, use a soft finishing pad (Black or Blue ). This is a glaze/polish with no real abrasive action so you you’re just using the buffer as a means of application. There is really no need to apply additional pressure to the buffer. Just spread on #5 at a low speed and slow. Allow it to haze and then buff with your Microfiber Towel.
My question is, how does everyone feel about an all-in-one for maintenance on a daily driver? This car is garaged every night and gets washed once a week to once every two weeks (depending on our weather here in Michigan). I usually follow-up the wash with a quick detailer mist and wipe of some sort.
It seems that if I could get away with an AIO every three months, I`d be ahead of the game and wouldn`t have to break out the heavy stuff once a year (I do admit that I missed this cars yearly treatment all together last year).
If you have correct it right and maintain it properly then you should have no need to AIO every 3 months, but if you do then go ahead and take care of the area`s in question.
I`ve had my eye on Poorboys World Polish with either the sealant or carnuba and I`d probably apply it with either a green, black or red pad. What`s everyone`s thoughts on this? Considering the car is garaged and washed (usually with ONR), is it still recommended that I apply an LSP even though these two products have either a sealer or carnuba? Anything inherently
bad about the PB World Polish? Which one would be your choice?
I would go with a PBW Polish with Sealant due to the weather in your area.
If anything, I think I`m just getting lazy, but I`d be up for an extra hour or two working on this car 3 times a year if I didn`t need to spend 10-12 hours once a year. If this system works out I`ll probably follow the same regiment on my BMW motorcycle as well. For my newer car that sits outside I will continue to use 845 once or twice a year...
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
Are you need to do them is twice a year ( Spring time and Fall time ) IMO, with the 845 you can get the best in Wax protection around. Use it on all the vehicles in your household.
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