It was like trying to quit smoking, I tell ya. 8 days, no wash, no CCD, no QD. I kept saying to myself, "It's just a car, dude. Let it go." I made it from Saturday last until today!
Today, I decided to try the GC paste I've had sitting on the shelf. I've used the liquid in the past, but never the paste. To make it a Meguiar's kind of day (I love working with Meguiar's products; they are so honest), I washed with GC car wash. I hate the smell of that, BTW. It smells like "old lady's perfume", like "Tova" that used to be sold on QVC. But it's a good soap.
I then #7'd. My cod, that stuff is incredible. I've learned to work it pretty easily. When I was done, my car looked like it had been poured out of a bottle! If only there was a wax or sealant that would hold that look forever. I guess PS comes closest, but oh, at what a cost!
I had a bunch of different stuff I could've topped with; #20, MPPP, #26, LS, or GC. Mike's always seemed to be pretty proud of the GC look, calling it the deepest, darkest, shiniest, best looking product Meg's has. So, GC.
I did the whole car with the wax that was stuck to the top and sides of the container; I never touched the surface of the wax in the container! This can is going to last a while, I think. I followed what I now call "Meguiar's Rule": do the whole car, wait 20 minutes, and remove with a clean 100% terry towel. I'm partial to Koala towels for use with the Meguiar's products. They work a bit differently from a white terry, in that, because they are softer, they need to be moved a bit faster and turned a bit more often. OTOH, they are softer, and softer is safer.
IMO, the cleaning properties of GC are way overstated by many, including by Meguiar's. Yes, I picked up some pigment. But it was VERY minor. It was enough to let you know that it won't "layer" over top of anything, but insignifigant enough an amount as to be called negligible. IMO you could use it every day for years and not clean away enough paint to harm your car.
It looks great; everything I try looks great, actually. I'd post a pic, but it will look like all the others I've posted, like a shiny red car. What I've learned is that people always concentrate on and pay the most attention to the final layer, the wax or sealant; but, the show stopping appearance comes from what you did before the final layer, the work on the swirls and scratches and spiderwebs. If you do that, get rid of imperfections, then you can put almost any protectant on your car and it will turn heads.
I tried the MSLT for tires again, this time standing about 15 feet away from the car and spraying it onto the applicator, in the opposite direction from the car, no breeze.... Son of a gun, I got overspray on the hood and trunk again! MSLT for tires looks good, but I have to disqualify it as an Autopian product, for me at least. It can't look good but destroy other work that I've already done. That's unacceptable.
Now, what can I top the GC with? I'm thinking, LS or #26.... Naw. I want to see the GC sheeting water, and I want to see how long it lasts. I've always felt that the knock on GC for lack of durability has been related to the fact that it sheets water rather than beads it. The only problem with that is, I don't think I can go more than a couple weeks without waxing!
Bottles up,
Tom
Today, I decided to try the GC paste I've had sitting on the shelf. I've used the liquid in the past, but never the paste. To make it a Meguiar's kind of day (I love working with Meguiar's products; they are so honest), I washed with GC car wash. I hate the smell of that, BTW. It smells like "old lady's perfume", like "Tova" that used to be sold on QVC. But it's a good soap.
I then #7'd. My cod, that stuff is incredible. I've learned to work it pretty easily. When I was done, my car looked like it had been poured out of a bottle! If only there was a wax or sealant that would hold that look forever. I guess PS comes closest, but oh, at what a cost!
I had a bunch of different stuff I could've topped with; #20, MPPP, #26, LS, or GC. Mike's always seemed to be pretty proud of the GC look, calling it the deepest, darkest, shiniest, best looking product Meg's has. So, GC.
I did the whole car with the wax that was stuck to the top and sides of the container; I never touched the surface of the wax in the container! This can is going to last a while, I think. I followed what I now call "Meguiar's Rule": do the whole car, wait 20 minutes, and remove with a clean 100% terry towel. I'm partial to Koala towels for use with the Meguiar's products. They work a bit differently from a white terry, in that, because they are softer, they need to be moved a bit faster and turned a bit more often. OTOH, they are softer, and softer is safer.
IMO, the cleaning properties of GC are way overstated by many, including by Meguiar's. Yes, I picked up some pigment. But it was VERY minor. It was enough to let you know that it won't "layer" over top of anything, but insignifigant enough an amount as to be called negligible. IMO you could use it every day for years and not clean away enough paint to harm your car.
It looks great; everything I try looks great, actually. I'd post a pic, but it will look like all the others I've posted, like a shiny red car. What I've learned is that people always concentrate on and pay the most attention to the final layer, the wax or sealant; but, the show stopping appearance comes from what you did before the final layer, the work on the swirls and scratches and spiderwebs. If you do that, get rid of imperfections, then you can put almost any protectant on your car and it will turn heads.
I tried the MSLT for tires again, this time standing about 15 feet away from the car and spraying it onto the applicator, in the opposite direction from the car, no breeze.... Son of a gun, I got overspray on the hood and trunk again! MSLT for tires looks good, but I have to disqualify it as an Autopian product, for me at least. It can't look good but destroy other work that I've already done. That's unacceptable.
Now, what can I top the GC with? I'm thinking, LS or #26.... Naw. I want to see the GC sheeting water, and I want to see how long it lasts. I've always felt that the knock on GC for lack of durability has been related to the fact that it sheets water rather than beads it. The only problem with that is, I don't think I can go more than a couple weeks without waxing!
Bottles up,
Tom
