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melissa809

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Hey guys/gals

Car season is here...yay!

So, back in December of 2014 I had my car professionally paint corrected and detailed.

The car is always garaged and NOT a daily driver. Since the detail I've washed it and applied a couple of coats of wax.

So now that the weather is nice I am itching to get intimate with my car again..lol..and own every detailing product known to mankind including Klass all in one products.

So, my question is...should I just Wash the car and throw on another coat of wax or hit it with the Klass paint cleaner, sealant and wax? My paint correction has held up nicely, btw.

Also, if I go the Klass paint cleaner route will this product remove all the wax on my car thus prepping it for the Klass sealant and then wax?

Or should I not risk undoing my detailer's work and just slap on some more wax?
 
Personally, if the paint still looks good, do a wash with a strong mixture of soap to strip the waxes on it and just put a new coat or two on. I like to use IronX snow foam or just a strong mixture of a non wash wax shampoo with a few ounces of a paint safe apc mixed in.
 
melissa809- I can't help wondering why you're considering replacing its current wax with the Klasse twins. I like/use/recommend Klasse, but I'd need an *awfully* compelling reason to change an already-detailed vehicle over to it.

DO NOT expect the KAIO to remove the existing product. I know it oughta but things didn't work out that way for me so I quit expecting it to work.

Similarly, IME most carwash shampoos that I've tried don't effectively strip existing/healthy waxes.

I dunno...to me this sounds like a plan to do a whole lotta unnecessary work, but maybe I'm missing something. But then [Warning, Autopiasn Heresy follows: ] I don't do ay of this Detailing stuff unless it needs doing whereas other people apparently do it for pleasure. Eh, I'd probably just do what I usually do with the (garage-queen) S8- I'd wash it and give it another coat of whatever's already on there.
 
I would wash it, (onr makes the paint look like it was detailed all over again), and spray ultimate spray wax on it. To make the appearance of the car go from 90% to 96% is more of addressing the details, trim, tires, wheel wells, door jams, engine , ect. The paint is the easy part, for me.
 
Does the paint feel baby soft smooth after you wash it and dry it ?

Are there any marks on the top of the paint that need to be removed ?

What is the color, year, make and model of your ride ?
Dan F
 
Yes...it's a black wother red vinyl stripes 2013 GT500. I guess I figured that since I have all these products I should use them.

I think I'll just washow the car and apply another coat of wax.
 
melissa809 said:
..I think I'll just washow the car and apply another coat of wax.
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That sounds very sensible! And it sure sounds like a fun car too, I'd rather be *driving* it than detailing it :D (Says the guy who spends more time detailing his toys than driving them :o )
 
Accumulator said:
That sounds very sensible! And it sure sounds like a fun car too, I'd rather be *driving* it than detailing it :D (Says the guy who spends more time detailing his toys than driving them :o )
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Hahahaha.....you've been very helpful to me in the past and VERY informative. And I don't doubt that you spend alot of time detailing your toys!!!

On a side note, if I may ask...well, not really a side note...is flat paint easier to take care?

They had a flat white Dodge Viper ACR at the Auto Show and was just wondering
 
melissa809 said:
Hahahaha.....you've been very helpful to me in the past and VERY informative. And I don't doubt that you spend alot of time detailing your toys!!!
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Actually, I bet most people here would be *astounded* by how little time I spend on detailing (despite my hours-long maintenance washes). No, really, I'm serious! I simply don't drive some of my vehicles much but I'm too attached to them to find 'em new homes ("benign neglect" is still neglect and it sometimes bugs me). Glad to have been helpful though :D

On a side note, if I may ask...well, not really a side note...is flat paint easier to take care?
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Depends what you mean my "flat paint".

1) To me, "flat" paint means "not formulated to be shiny". E.g., semi-gloss, satin, matte, and (genuine) flat in that order (moving down from "regular/glossy"). I haven't had a vehicle with matte paint on the body proper since the '70s so I simply don't know from how to deal with it in a modern (let alone Autopian) manner. Issue is, I don't know how you could correct marring without "glossing up" the paint in a way that'd wreck the whole "non-reflective" look in that spot (simply didn't worry about that back in the day).

To me, that paint would be a "live with flaws" situation and thus a potential PIA detailing-wise (if you want to be Autopian about it). That said, I *still* have a real love for the "primer-look" of nonreflective paint, but that's just my adolescence talking.

2)But many people say "flat paint" to mean non-metallic. To me that's a double-edged sword in that metallics can conceal a bit of (very light) marring- good for looking "better than it really is by Autopian standards) but bad for being able to easily see what's going on when doing correction.

FWIW, a non-metallic/non-pearl/"regular" white paint is always the easiest for *me* to keep Autopian. Absolute piece of cake even compared to silver. Easiest ever.

So I guess I'd just have to see what the paint on that Viper looked like before I could say anything about detailing it.
 
Thanks for your input. The Viper was a flat white, actually. The hubby and I visitedit at the auto show in NYC...lol.

The car is very expensive but kind of doable, kind of....so I've been fantasizing about the color I'd choose. I usually detest flat paint, but this Viper looked amazing!
 
melissa809- Ah, OK, thanks for clarifying.

If you *do* decide to go for it, just give some thought to how you'd maintain a paint that can't be (abrasively) polished. Might oughta get one of those really hard coatings on it before anything happens.

And, heh heh, I'd *sure* give some thought to whether it'd be as much fun to own as it is to think about ;)
 
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