New sub here! I’m looking forward to your clips! I’m a driveway enthusiast, my car is garage kept and in great shape. But I gotta be honest I’m a novice when it comes to polishing. Your clip has given me some confidence lol
Welcome! Thank you for watching and subscribing and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Polishing can be time consuming work to do it right but nothing to be afraid of! Sooo great the car is garage kept, that goes a long way.
I just spent the past week mowing my 10 year old clearcoat down with 2000 and 3000 grit to get the clarity I've craved. Hopefully Essence and 2 coats of SiC will compensate for all the clear I took off.
Essence nor any ceramic coating will add back the amount of clear that is taken off by wet sanding or compound. But it will help you care for what you have left and add a couple micron back.
Hi, Great videos on great products.💌.I have Audi A6 and have some water spots and swirls. I bought it second hand and previous owner told me that it was coated 2 years ago. Now it seems very dull and not hydrophobic. I would like to coat it with UK 3.0. Can I wash, decontaminate and using DA polisher and reflect do the paint correction ( to remove old coating , water spots and swirl scratches). Should I use ultra cut before reflect or can i use reflect directly on gloss pad to do the correction. ? Thanks
Thank you! Sorry for the late reply!! Yes, you can do exactly the steps you mentioned. Except I would use the Reflect with our Sky Blue or Honey Spider pad instead. As to if you should use Ultracut before Reflect, probably but you wont know for sure if its needed without a test spot first. If Reflect and the blue pad solves it in one step then great! If not then use Blue pad + ultracut first and then follow with Reflect + Honey Spider pad for finish.
Generally speaking, compound and then polish. But you can always do a test with your polish/pad combo and see if it comes out evenly. The concern is any deeper ticks below 5000 that you might have missed but I suppose it comes down to your goals and how evenly and skillfully it was wetsanded.
Hey Corey, I have a 10” x 10” white paint transfer from a street pole on the back corner bumper of a black car that I have to correct. Do you suggest using my dual polisher & if so what compound? Ty for your help.
Ok, I don't use those products so not too familiar but try a test spot with the least aggressive and if it doesn't come off then move up to more aggressive measures till you find the ticket.@@PrinceOfDarkness1975
The forced component of pad rotation is not elliptical - it is circular. It's the combination of the rotation about the free-spinning axis, and the forced rotation, that produces the elliptical "orbits"
I’m thinking about slopping on some gliss v2 for over the winter and maintaining it with elixir and descale for fun. However, I’m befuddled. With a ph of 6 you’ve said descale shouldn’t be used every wash, but why? Would I be better off buying a 50ml tester of descale and just wash the salt and grime off at the end of winter? If I use descale every wash am I a bad person? Will neighbors walk by and mutter “that boi ain’t right”? I mean I could purchase a 500 ml and there’s literally nothing anyone could do to stop me from washing my car with it weekly. Seriously tho. I appreciate the guidance.
The method of best practice is "least aggressive method first". In other words, if you can be gentle then you are gentle and if something requires more force then you use more force. So in the case of washing cars, Reset would be that perfect regular soap to use BUT if you have really nasty stuff getting on your paint and car getting so mineral laden every week then YES, you could use Rescale every week if necessary. The point is that it is not best practice to use every wash unless needed. Of course (like you said) if you wish to wash your car even every 2 hours every day for the rest of your life with whatever product you wish, nobody will stop you :). Have a great day!
New sub here! I’m looking forward to your clips! I’m a driveway enthusiast, my car is garage kept and in great shape. But I gotta be honest I’m a novice when it comes to polishing. Your clip has given me some confidence lol
Welcome! Thank you for watching and subscribing and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Polishing can be time consuming work to do it right but nothing to be afraid of! Sooo great the car is garage kept, that goes a long way.
Great info thank you guys!
Thank you!
I just spent the past week mowing my 10 year old clearcoat down with 2000 and 3000 grit to get the clarity I've craved. Hopefully Essence and 2 coats of SiC will compensate for all the clear I took off.
Essence nor any ceramic coating will add back the amount of clear that is taken off by wet sanding or compound. But it will help you care for what you have left and add a couple micron back.
Hi, Great videos on great products.💌.I have Audi A6 and have some water spots and swirls. I bought it second hand and previous owner told me that it was coated 2 years ago. Now it seems very dull and not hydrophobic. I would like to coat it with UK 3.0. Can I wash, decontaminate and using DA polisher and reflect do the paint correction ( to remove old coating , water spots and swirl scratches). Should I use ultra cut before reflect or can i use reflect directly on gloss pad to do the correction. ?
Thanks
Thank you! Sorry for the late reply!! Yes, you can do exactly the steps you mentioned. Except I would use the Reflect with our Sky Blue or Honey Spider pad instead. As to if you should use Ultracut before Reflect, probably but you wont know for sure if its needed without a test spot first. If Reflect and the blue pad solves it in one step then great! If not then use Blue pad + ultracut first and then follow with Reflect + Honey Spider pad for finish.
If I wet sand about 3" with 1500 to 3000 -to 5000, do you prefer to compound then polish or just polish?
Generally speaking, compound and then polish. But you can always do a test with your polish/pad combo and see if it comes out evenly. The concern is any deeper ticks below 5000 that you might have missed but I suppose it comes down to your goals and how evenly and skillfully it was wetsanded.
Hey Corey, I have a 10” x 10” white paint transfer from a street pole on the back corner bumper of a black car that I have to correct. Do you suggest using my dual polisher & if so what compound? Ty for your help.
Yes, use the DA - what compounds do you have on hand?
@@SkyCarCare I have 3D One Compound, Chem guys C4 & Chem Guys VSS. I am not home so using these from a friends mobile detail business. Ty.
Ok, I don't use those products so not too familiar but try a test spot with the least aggressive and if it doesn't come off then move up to more aggressive measures till you find the ticket.@@PrinceOfDarkness1975
The forced component of pad rotation is not elliptical - it is circular. It's the combination of the rotation about the free-spinning axis, and the forced rotation, that produces the elliptical "orbits"
I’m thinking about slopping on some gliss v2 for over the winter and maintaining it with elixir and descale for fun.
However, I’m befuddled. With a ph of 6 you’ve said descale shouldn’t be used every wash, but why?
Would I be better off buying a 50ml tester of descale and just wash the salt and grime off at the end of winter?
If I use descale every wash am I a bad person? Will neighbors walk by and mutter “that boi ain’t right”?
I mean I could purchase a 500 ml and there’s literally nothing anyone could do to stop me from washing my car with it weekly.
Seriously tho. I appreciate the guidance.
The method of best practice is "least aggressive method first". In other words, if you can be gentle then you are gentle and if something requires more force then you use more force. So in the case of washing cars, Reset would be that perfect regular soap to use BUT if you have really nasty stuff getting on your paint and car getting so mineral laden every week then YES, you could use Rescale every week if necessary. The point is that it is not best practice to use every wash unless needed. Of course (like you said) if you wish to wash your car even every 2 hours every day for the rest of your life with whatever product you wish, nobody will stop you :). Have a great day!
Great tks