#20 Application...?

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ClayBartrug

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I'm gonna have a crack at applying #20 to my girlfriend's 5 month old VW Jetta... We're coming into winter, her car is NOT garaged, and she doesn't care for the finish the way I do obviously. I've done some swir removal on the car a while back, but I'm curious what I need to know about applying #20.



I had planned a simple dawn wash first... Is that even necessary?



How about some application tips too....? Do I apply to the entire car, then buff off? Or do I need to go by sections?



Thanks in advance...
 
You'll want to do a Dawn wash or some other form of stripping any old waxes off your car if you have them. #20 is a polymer like Klasse and won't bond well to waxes.



The only thing I can tell you about #20 is that you need to make sure you buff it all off. I have a white car and it stained some areas where I didn't buff it off all the way. Nothing that some #9 didn't take care of, but it did stain it yellow there for awhile. Don't get it on your trim either. Bad news there if you do. Break out the peanut butter if you get it on your mud flaps or anything like that. It'll stain there too.



Don't be suprised if #20 tints your car just a little bit. If the car is any other color than white then you aren't even going to notice. It's a really good product. I'd say durability will give you a good 3 or 4 months if it isn't a bad winter with lots of crap all over the car. They salt the roads out here and that really takes its toll on the cars. Good luck! #20 is good stuff.
 
To reduce (prevent?) trim staining, a tip I've heard is to give them a good coat of dressing first. It's worth a shot.
 
Yep. Definitely dress the trim first, or tape it off. Apply the coats as thin as you can. If you are going to use a paint cleaner or an SMR first, no need to dawn, just clay, then use the cleaner and wash away.



Coat the entire car, then let it sit for anywhere from 20 minutes to 1 hour (depending on your setup, patience, etc.). Then go over the whole car and buff everything off. You'll be very impressed with the slickness and shine for such a simple application. And the next time you wash, you won't believe how well it beads. :D
 
2wheelsx2 said:
Coat the entire car, then let it sit for anywhere from 20 minutes to 1 hour (depending on your setup, patience, etc.). Then go over the whole car and buff everything off
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So applying to the whole car is OK and reccommended then with #20? I prefer this method, especially when I'm not detailing my own car where I like to take my time and spend hours doing so... I find applying, letting it sit, and removing to be easier and less time consuming than applying and buffing off immediately.
 
I don't think its a problem doing the whole car--I just did my wife's Passat with #20. I did two sections at a time and then went back to buff off the first. The key is to use a thin coat of #20--anymore and you are just giving yourself more work to do.



As for trim--I went over everything with 303 protectant before the #20 and had no problems with any staining. Any spills wiped right off.



The car is a reflective silver (light silver) and it came out very nice. Leaves the surface very smooth. I just got a can of Collinite #476 paste wax in the mail and I hope to have some nice weather to put a coat of it over the #20. It may not bond as well as if it was going on clean paint, but what the heck---can't wait to use it and it can never hurt.:xyxthumbs
 
Lucky for me, my girlfriend's jetta has color coded moldings.... So, staining them is of no concern to me obviously....:xyxthumbs
 
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