Coming from a well respected detailer such as yourself I do appreciate your kind words. Now initially I did take it "the wrong way" and still I am a bit confused and I think you may be as well, I will try to clarify this best as I can.... This detail was nothing special and far from a "severe correction", my goal was simply to correct the "light" defects in the paint. From the looks of the defects shown in my pictures of the GT-R's trunk I dont believe those were deeply etched acid rain spots in the clear, I know this because of how easily they were removed using 3 steps on the cyclo, granted I did apply 20+lbs of pressure to the machine while correcting to ensure I achieved a full correction as I normally do when using the cyclo for paint correction. The whole car with the exception of the trunk and wing areas were polished with 2 steps (1 correction, 1 finishing) On the trunk and wing as I noted in my write up I needed to use the 1 step machine polish 2x in the area before moving onto a finishing polish so in total it was 3 steps, 2 of which were focused on correcting the swirls and water spots and 1 last one to finish out the paint.
I know the "Gloss It" products on this forum have a bad rep, in part due to Bryan's thread regarding Rich Light (the owner of Gloss It) calling him a few weeks back. Now seeing as very few people here actually used these products, I feel that its unfair for them to judge on the products performance. If you were under the impression that I posted these pictures of the GT-R to prove that I was able to correct etched acid rain by polishing only in 3steps than you are mistaken, I simply did the combo I felt would work best and the car came out as it did but as I said earlier those water spots were nothing sever and came out easily with polishing only (they may not have been acid rain for all I know).
Seeing as very few people here have actually spoken to Rich Light I also think its unfair for them to judge him and discredit his products based on 1 thread posted here regarding a phone call. I am speaking in generalities David as this is not directed strictly at you, please do not be offended. I titled this thread "Nissan GT-R w/ Gloss It" because I wanted people (mainly the Gloss It skeptics and those who may think little of the brand) to see that they really are quality products that are capable of achieving quality results and that they should not be discredited because of opinions regarding the products owner. Im not saying or implying in any way that a combo like Menzerna and 3M would not have done the GT-R justice or that Gloss It is a miracle product at all.
Again I am speaking in generalities to everyone so David please to not take this personally. I just feel that the air needs to be cleared around here regarding Gloss It. I spent the last 4 days in Las Vegas w/ Rich Light while at the SEMA show and I can tell from a personal and professional standpoint that he is a stand up guy and I consider him a friend. So in this case I am sticking up for my friend regarding a thread posted here by a well respected detailer/forum member. Please remember as always there is 2 sides to every story, but its not my place to get in the middle between the two guys. I will say I am not here to promote any brand, I simply give credit to the products which yield me fine results such as any thread here titled
" So and So car w/ Vintage!"
I hope your not under the impression that I am reading into this to much because I really feel some things needed to be said.
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