or a comprable product such as pinnacle pcl without worrying about damaging the clear coat? I am am currently using souveran and after applying three coats intially, add coat of sourveran each month. I usually apply vanilla moose about every 3 months with a pc to get rid of any swirls or fine scratches that appear since the car is black. Am I using vanilla moose too often since it has abrasives?
How often can I use vanilla moose
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None of those products has a lot of abrasives. With your level of usage, I highly doubt it will affect the clear coat over the useful life of the car.
I've used Vanilla Moose, S100 SEC, Meguiars Machine Glaze #3 and Hand Polish #81 on my Accord 4-6 times a year for the 8 years I've had the car (it was 5 years old when I bought it) and only now is the clear coat on the roof showing deterioration and I am quite sure it is more because it is outside in the sun pretty much 24/7 year round since it was new (the original owner did not have covered parking at work) than any products I've used on it.
I've been detailing a 1995 Lexus LS400 since it was new, polishing and waxing it every 3 months and the paint is just as glossy and deep looking as his coworker's brand new LS430.
I've used Vanilla Moose, S100 SEC, Meguiars Machine Glaze #3 and Hand Polish #81 on my Accord 4-6 times a year for the 8 years I've had the car (it was 5 years old when I bought it) and only now is the clear coat on the roof showing deterioration and I am quite sure it is more because it is outside in the sun pretty much 24/7 year round since it was new (the original owner did not have covered parking at work) than any products I've used on it.
I've been detailing a 1995 Lexus LS400 since it was new, polishing and waxing it every 3 months and the paint is just as glossy and deep looking as his coworker's brand new LS430.
Accumulator
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What Scottwax said :xyxthumbs . I've used PPCL for MANY years and I've experimented with both it and VM on VERY soft single-stage paint (easy to see what's happening). I too believe they're too mild to cause problems.
Of course, using ANY abrasive product too much will eventually thin/compromise the clear (disclaimer
), but with products like that it'd take a LOOONG time.
*I* always wonder how you guys remove swirls with products like those, in *MY* experience, they're too mild for that.
Of course, using ANY abrasive product too much will eventually thin/compromise the clear (disclaimer
), but with products like that it'd take a LOOONG time. *I* always wonder how you guys remove swirls with products like those, in *MY* experience, they're too mild for that.
Accumulator
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Scottwax said:
OK, I'll BET they're indespensible! [Accumulator shudders at the thought of doing Scottwax's stuff by hand]
I *THOUGHT* I remembered that you once took scratches off a black BMW with VM. From where the owner leaned on it/put his feet on it or something similar. Or maybe that was someone else :nixweiss Hard for me to remember all this stuff
