2010 Mazda 3 Sport GT, Crystal While Pearl - Looking for suggestion...

rurocking

rurocking

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Hi There...

I'm looking for suggestions from people that have experienced detailing a car like mine.

Bought the car new. I have taken good car of keeping the car clean with hand washes only the 2 bucket method all the time and a good quality car shampoo, but I have never wax it or anything above that.

I was hoping someone here detail a car with that paint and what they used and how did they find the paint to work with?

Regards...

RURocking

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Congratulation on the ride there from one Mazda owner to another.

Washed with Dawn to remove any waxes on there first.
Clayed using Blackfire Polyclay II and Blackfire Clay Lube. ( Get them on Friday when they go on sale)
You can polished with Meguiar's new DA Microfiber System or with Meguiar's M105 & M205. Using a DA polisher. Don't forget the Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant for the paint. A must have!
Your wheel wells, rims, tires, and trim cleaned with Optimum Power Clean 3 to1 and a lot of different brushes you may have. After that apply 2 coats of wheel wax on the rims to protect them.
Use Blackfire Tire Gel on the tires or Poorboy’s World Bold N Bright Tire Dressing
For your Exhaust tips polished them with Optimum Metal Polish
AQUAPEL Aerosol Glass Windshield Cleaner for your windows
and for last get Meguiar's Hyperdressing for the wheel wheels

With this you should be able to get your ride in perfect shape and very well protected.
 
rurocking said:
Hi There...

I'm looking for suggestions from people that have experienced detailing a car like mine.

Bought the car new. I have taken good car of keeping the car clean with hand washes only the 2 bucket method all the time and a good quality car shampoo, but I have never wax it or anything above that.

I was hoping someone here detail a car with that paint and what they used and how did they find the paint to work with?

Regards...

RURocking

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1EenG-LgPhemF6JL-bcI4w?feat=directlink
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I think you are going to get the Mazda love big. Both Angelo and I are Mazda freaks. I LOVE the 3 Hatch in white, I wish they made the Mazdaspeed3 in that color.

Here is a couple of pictures of my modded Speed3 in Velocity red.

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Okay enough about my Mazda love :(

I'm looking for suggestions from people that have experienced detailing a car like mine.
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I hope I can assist you in whatever your goals may be. I have detailed several speed3's for buddies so I have some experience on the paint system. (This is assuming that Mazda uses the same clear coat on all colors, since when we detail paint we are really only working on the outer most part).

Bought the car new. I have taken good car of keeping the car clean with hand washes only the 2 bucket method all the time and a good quality car shampoo, but I have never wax it or anything above that.
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Sounds like you are off to a great start. Proper washing is, IMO, the MOST important step you can take in preserving the finish of your car. Not only does this prevent acidic contamination from damaging the clear coat but it also keeps the paint shiny. Improper washing creates scratches, which as they accumulate will dull the reflections.

There are a lot of levels to detailing, from keeping the paint and protected and clean, to spending hours refining the surface and chasing the highest gloss. IME, Mazda 3 paint responds extremely well to polishing the Meguiar's DA Microfiber system (which what I used on my car in the pics above).

So before I can give any specific advice, please outline your specific detailing needs and goals and I am sure that we as a community can offer many suggestions to keep you Zoom Zooming around.
 
zoomzoom mazda5 said:
Congratulation on the ride there from one Mazda owner to another.

Washed with Dawn to remove any waxes on there first.
Clayed using Blackfire Polyclay II and Blackfire Clay Lube. ( Get them on Friday when they go on sale)
You can polished with Meguiar's new DA Microfiber System or with Meguiar's M105 & M205. Using a DA polisher. Don't forget the Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant for the paint. A must have!
Your wheel wells, rims, tires, and trim cleaned with Optimum Power Clean 3 to1 and a lot of different brushes you may have. After that apply 2 coats of wheel wax on the rims to protect them.
Use Blackfire Tire Gel on the tires or Poorboy’s World Bold N Bright Tire Dressing
For your Exhaust tips polished them with Optimum Metal Polish
AQUAPEL Aerosol Glass Windshield Cleaner for your windows
and for last get Meguiar's Hyperdressing for the wheel wheels

With this you should be able to get your ride in perfect shape and very well protected.
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Hi There...

Thank you for your detailed help. That was exactly the kind of response I was looking for. A good description of what someone else had used. This give me an insight on how to proceed with mine.

Regards...

RURocking
 
Todd Helme said:
I think you are going to get the Mazda love big. Both Angelo and I are Mazda freaks. I LOVE the 3 Hatch in white, I wish they made the Mazdaspeed3 in that color.

I hope I can assist you in whatever your goals may be. I have detailed several speed3's for buddies so I have some experience on the paint system. (This is assuming that Mazda uses the same clear coat on all colors, since when we detail paint we are really only working on the outer most part).



Sounds like you are off to a great start. Proper washing is, IMO, the MOST important step you can take in preserving the finish of your car. Not only does this prevent acidic contamination from damaging the clear coat but it also keeps the paint shiny. Improper washing creates scratches, which as they accumulate will dull the reflections.

There are a lot of levels to detailing, from keeping the paint and protected and clean, to spending hours refining the surface and chasing the highest gloss. IME, Mazda 3 paint responds extremely well to polishing the Meguiar's DA Microfiber system (which what I used on my car in the pics above).

So before I can give any specific advice, please outline your specific detailing needs and goals and I am sure that we as a community can offer many suggestions to keep you Zoom Zooming around.
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Hi There...

Love your ride and thanks for the response. I looked at the MS3 when I bought mine but I have a very heavy foot at traffic light and stop signs and that was a little too much power for my foot. My 2.5 was just right for the types of winters we get here in Kitchener. By the way the MS3 is available here in CWP, that's what I took out for a test drive. Also we have a guy locally that wanted the options that comes with the M3 Sport GT and didn't need the power and the dealer modified his M3 with the hood and bumper from the MS3 in CWP. What a beauty that is.

One thing I didn't mention was that I bought it new in March of 2010, so I have been driving it for a while.

Anyway, I bought 2 at the same time. The wife picked a sedan in Blue at the same time.

His:
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Hers:
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Nice car. I almost bought a speed3 back in 09 in the pearl white that was offered for the end of that year. Ended up not getting it because I wanted the grand touring package and it didn't have it. I kind of regret it since I've never seen another one that color
 
RuRocking, I am assuming you are in Canada? It is ashame (to me) that MS3's are not offered in white (anymore) in the states?

Also, I love Celistal (sp?) Blue on the MS3/3's as well!
 
A lot of great suggestions here. White is always a challenging color because it's natural ability to mask defects. But when white is properly polished, it has such a clean look that is always eye catching.

To throw another option in there for a LSP: Collinite 845 is a personal favorite of mine in whites!
 
Dr Oldz said:
A lot of great suggestions here. White is always a challenging color because it's natural ability to mask defects. But when white is properly polished, it has such a clean look that is always eye catching.

To throw another option in there for a LSP: Collinite 845 is a personal favorite of mine in whites!
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The white is why I came on here and ask for help on people that might have done one before. This is my first white car and outside of a few spots that I know will come off with clay, I cannot see any other problems with the paint and I doubt that since the car was never wax and it's 16 months old. This pearl paint seems to mask everything. I looked at a couple white Honda's and I have no issue seeing defects in that white and same goes with white Toyota and Nissan.

I hate that I will be doing this blind to the defects.

Is there a way to look at this paint to see the defects?
 
Use a couple different types of lightbulbs

You can typically find bulbs in a range of light spectrums one of which will work 2700k is typically considered "Warm" then your highter 3500-6000K will be "Cool". It will probably be harder to see it in the higher spectrum "blue" light so try the warmer "red" light

If that doesnt do it, try something like a Black light. Not a lot of light output but your just trying to get enough light to shine back at you to be able to see the imperfection.

You can also try using a big piece of cloth behind the light to try and use it to darken the paint so you can see the light reflection a little better.

Like Dr Oldz said, once you get it clean it will turn heads!
 
vitalcarcare said:
Use a couple different types of lightbulbs

You can typically find bulbs in a range of light spectrums one of which will work 2700k is typically considered "Warm" then your highter 3500-6000K will be "Cool". It will probably be harder to see it in the higher spectrum "blue" light so try the warmer "red" light

If that doesnt do it, try something like a Black light. Not a lot of light output but your just trying to get enough light to shine back at you to be able to see the imperfection.

You can also try using a big piece of cloth behind the light to try and use it to darken the paint so you can see the light reflection a little better.

Like Dr Oldz said, once you get it clean it will turn heads!
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Thanks for the response. I'll try your black light idea I have a couple. I only need to find what appears to be the worst area and then I will tape that and see what it takes to get a nice smooth polish surface and then all I need is to do, is repeat process to the rest of the car.
 
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