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Scottwax

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Kids, Airsoft® guns and overhead garage lighting is a dangerous combination, especially when Mom's Mercedes ML430 is parked underneath the light. :eek:



Before shot, scratches should be apparent. Hood is angled so when the glass hit, it slid.



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After polishing (speed on 6) with Optimum Compound and a Meguiars burgandy cutting pad...notice the lack of marring using a cutting pad and compound with the PC:



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Above step plus Optimum Polish with a Meguiars yellow polishing pad (yeah, I know, screwed up on framing this one):



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Above two steps and then finishing with Collinite 845 Insulator Wax:



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Whole car shots. Not the best location but their sprinklers were running, limiting where I could move it to.



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2001 Ford F250. I polish and wax it about 3-4 times a year, owner maintains with weekly washes using the Mr. Clean thing. Really good condition for a work truck, last polished out with Meguiars #80 and topped with #16 in March-and still beading. Probably helped that we've had a mostly dry year since mid March. Anyway, needed minimal polishing so I used Poorboy's Polish w/carnauba and topped with Collinite 845.



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Yes, I polished and waxed the Camry whose hood you see in the foreground. ;)



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2003 Chevy Suburban. Weekly wash customer. Lease is up in 4 months so he was only interested in protecting the paint so I simply waxed it with 845. Wetness and depth noticably improved and 845 definitely has some light filling capability as a few minor defects were practically unoticable after application.



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2004 Hummer H2. Another weekly wash customer. One stepped it with Long Haul Polish/Wax with a Meguiars polishing pad in May. Still beading, some slickness left. Probably could have gone a few more weeks at least but the owner likes to keep it looking its best and I was kind of itching to try 845 on red anyway. Simply waxed this time with 845. Wish I could have got a couple sun pics because as he was driving away after I finished, the red paint looked just incredible when the sun hit it. Too bad I finished with just enough time to get these three pics before he had to get his son to his football game. Maybe next week when I wash it. :)



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This is why I actually had a day off the other day. Nice wall cloud, eh? About 10 minutes after taking this pic, it was pouring.



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What can I say, you do great work Scott. It always gets me how I can tell that a picture was taken in the south just by the way houses are made. Have you ever been to Coppell? Gorgeous 2 story house neighborhoods there... lots of H2s parked in the streets too :)
 
Nice details as always. Collinite looks really good when you apply it.

Great pics of OCP at work. I've had it for a while now and haven't gotten the right chance to use it yet, really itching now.

Would you say that #845IW is your favorite of the Collinite waxes? I think I've only seen you use two, so maybe not the best question.

Quite impressive that #16 was still beading after almost 6 months, were the beads still tight or was it well into its last days? I've never been able to leave #16 for more than 2 months so I've never seen it deteriorate.
 
Mad iX said:
Nice details as always. Collinite looks really good when you apply it.

Great pics of OCP at work. I've had it for a while now and haven't gotten the right chance to use it yet, really itching now.
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Definitely a quality product line.





Would you say that #845IW is your favorite of the Collinite waxes? I think I've only seen you use two, so maybe not the best question.
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Only other Collinite wax I have is 870 Fleetwood, which is a cleaner wax. 845 is much easier to use. Apply a thin layer to a section, then remove.



Quite impressive that #16 was still beading after almost 6 months, were the beads still tight or was it well into its last days? I've never been able to leave #16 for more than 2 months so I've never seen it deteriorate.
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Pretty decent beading. It was raining lightly when I first got to his house, so I started on the Camry you see because it fit in the garage since the rain was supposed to end by late morning (and it actually did!).
 
I love your work on black cars scott, my fave so far was your #80 and CMW combo on that black '7'.



That merc above is almost making me want to clean my car!
 
Great work as ever Scott, brilliant job on the Merc.



Always read the products/process you use with interest I see now you have been using the Optimun compound and in previous threads of late the DP Super Swirl remover. I have been buying up some polished to take full advantage of my PC, are the above much more aggressive than Poorboys SSR 2.5? If I was buying either one or the other Opt Compound or the DP SSR for PC use what would you suggest?



Cheers



Rich
 
Richt said:
Great work as ever Scott, brilliant job on the Merc.



Always read the products/process you use with interest I see now you have been using the Optimun compound and in previous threads of late the DP Super Swirl remover. I have been buying up some polished to take full advantage of my PC, are the above much more aggressive than Poorboys SSR 2.5? If I was buying either one or the other Opt Compound or the DP SSR for PC use what would you suggest?



Cheers



Rich
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Both products are very good with a cutting pad. I think the DP product is a touch more aggressive but it also dusts-about the same as DACP does. You might want to hold off until the Optimum DA compound is ready. It is specifically designed (like the DP SSE) to work with the PC. Since GM is going to use Optimum products on the line and they use Dynabrade buffers (a more aggressive air powered PC), they asked Dave to adjust the formula to work with it. I don't know exactly when it will be out though. In any event, I've had excellent results with both Optimum and Detailer Pride's compounds.



Picus-honestly, I was amazed too. I wasn't sure if the PC, no matter what combo, would be aggressive enough to take out the scratches. Sure, a few remain but the light has to hit them just right to see them. The owner was very pleased.



Sean-you are correct, sir! Collinite is very impressive on red.



Rob-I am happy with both products. I have a feeling I am going to like 845 best on solid colors since it deepens the color a little. On metallics, I prefer a more neutral product-which is why today, when I detailed a Jeep that was black and metallic green, I used Glanz Wax instead.



Pat-I've been taking care of the H2 for a little more than a year, and 845 gives me the best look of any LSP I've used on it (Poorboy's EX-old version and Long Haul). The other two looked really good, don't get me wrong but 845 gave it such a cool liquid look I was blown away. :)
 
Scott, excellent work and thanks for confirming my believes that Collinite was the right product that I stand by. I have always had a nack for choosing quality products not based on hype or fancy packaging and my hunch for Collinite was right on the spot !



As a quality professional, quality can be defined as "a product or service that meets or exceeds a customer's expectations at the lowest possible cost" and the Collinite's 845IW and 476S fits that shoe like a glove.
 
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