get the best shine out of white

First post, hope it's a good one. Here is a photo of my car after Claymagic claybar, Meguiar's #80 and P21S.



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wannafbody said:
any highly reflective sealant looks great on white
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I will agree with this statement. In the past I've only used carnauba's, but at least with AJ, it looks totally awesome so far. Well I used TC-3, but AJ beats it hands down.
 
I have used Clearkote RMG, followed by EXP (allow to cure), then #26.



Stopping at EXP allows for a very crisp, clean, clear, highly reflective surface. Adding the #26 gave it a bit of the wetter look and a bit more shine as well.



Sorry, no pics.
 
sfx-2, AIO, UPP x 2...and will be applying nattys either tomorrow or the next day. and I always find that a quick mist with clearkotes quickshine makes it looks 10 times bettter.



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On my white tacoma I used

Nxt wash

Mothers clay

ssr 2.5 green propel

ssr 1 green propel

ex-p by hand x2



I never toped the ex-p because I really liked the way it looked and it seemed quite durable. This was all done with a pc though.

I think you could do a pretty good job with the poorboys line by hand as well. If you did not want to order give megs scratch x a try it is a pretty good product and top with nxt I have had good luck with it on white also.
 
I tried a few different things on my old Tacoma.



Here's after a coat of EX-P:

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Here's a somewhat better shot after UPP:

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I love EX-P, but prefer UPP - it seems to be more durable and it leaves the finish remarkably slick.



EX actually worked quite well, and I sold the truck before I could experiment with carnuba over sealant. It was fun experimenting, and now on white vehicles I tend to just use a sealant if there's a lot of pearl or metallic content, or top with a wax for wetness on standard finishes.



Here's a shot of my Mom's pearl-white ES300 after two coats of UPP.

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Single stage white, simple process. Clayed, Meg's Step 2 Polish, Gold Class.







Picture is a little grainy because I forgot my Canon A75 and had to use an Olympus 2mp something-or-other.
 
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