Poli-Seal Uses

[Driven Auto Detail]

I use Poli-Seal on my Mini-Detail package which is just a one-step on the paint. On yesterday's Mini-Detail job, I buffed off PS with OCW.



Unfortunately, the sun was MIA...

 

[Bert]

I use Poli-Seal on my Mini-Detail package which is just a one-step on the paint.

There was a detailer who posted on here stating that he has an agreement with a dealership to do "mini details" of all their trade ins. I believe his process was to wash and clay the cars, then finish up with Poli-Seal on his rotary. He stated while it didn't look as good as his full exterior details, it looked FAR better than what the dealers employees could do and the owner loved his service.



I don't recall what he charged but he said the main benefit was that they would generally have 3-5 cars waiting for him in the morning so that was essentially 3 - 6 jobs waiting for him with no travel/setup/clean up in between jobs.

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

Thanks for the idea bert. I might try to hit up some local dealerships about doing just that.



On my Mini-Detail, I offer a choice of clay bar & wax OR an AIO (Poli-Seal). I'd love to clay every car that I touch, but sometimes people don't want to pay for that step. I went with Poli-Seal only that Cherokee b/c they were going to be selling it so they wanted the cheapest/quickest steps to make it look better.

 

[Bert]

Thanks for the idea bert. I might try to hit up some local dealerships about doing just that.



On my Mini-Detail, I offer a choice of clay bar & wax OR an AIO (Poli-Seal). I'd love to clay every car that I touch, but sometimes people don't want to pay for that step. I went with Poli-Seal only that Cherokee b/c they were going to be selling it so they wanted the cheapest/quickest steps to make it look better.

I am guessing the cars that were trade ins that he detailed had NEVER been clayed before and maybe they HAD to get clayed to polish them correctly. I don't know. A poster here once mentioned that a car which badly needs claying takes twice as long to polish so he felt you might as well clay it before polishing. I assumed he knew what he was talking about. Being a pro, you would know more about that than I would.



Have you ever tried a body sponge rather than clay? I believe ImageAutoDetail told me he has more than cut in half the time it takes him to clay a car now that he uses a sponge. Basically he has the sponge in one hand and his wash mitt in the other and never has to worry about folding the clay, just dunks the sponge in his bucket, wipes it off on the mitt and goes back to work. I just bought one but haven't used it. I will give it a try when it warms up in March or April when I detail my car again.

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

First, I don't really consider myself a pro, but thanks for the compliment. People like Scottwax are the pro's and are who I look up to.



I would totally agree that claying makes polishing much easier. That is why I would prefer to clay every car I get my hands on, even if it just needs a coat of wax.



I have not tried the body sponge. I've been skeptical about it but one of these days I might try it out. If you get to it before I do, let me know how it turns out.

 

[SpoiledMan]

That was on some pretty soft paint. No issues at all with an Audi I did a week later.



SpoiledMan-what pad and rpm did you use? On a black Passat I did today, I finished out using a blue Soft Edge polishing pad (feels somewhat softer than a Meguiars yellow polishing pad) and about 1200 rpm or so. No sun despite the forecast so I had to use my 1 watt LED flashlight (actually pretty bright) to check my work. It appeared to completely remove the few light holograms left from using Optimum Compound and a Meguiars polishing pad.

I don't remember exactly. It had to be either a LC german green or Meg's 9006 and likely around 11-1200RPM. I *can* tell you that it wasn't pretty the next day. It looked like a true hack job! I was a good thing that it was confined to half my hood so I didn't have that much to fix.