Anyone ever use a AIO/VMG/EX-P combo?

ntwrkguy1

ntwrkguy1

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I'm in the mood to try something new on my wife's Indigo Blue Suburban. I've ALWAYS been a huge fan of Klasse AIO (but not necessarily SG), as I feel it does a great job prepping the paint. This vehicle is garaged, and babied, and rarely if ever gets a swirl mark.



I've got a few different glazes/polishes, as well as a few different carnaubas. I'm leaning towards an AIO/Vanilla Moose Glaze/EX-P combo, based on some recent experience with VMG (love the stuff), just to see how the paint looks.



I'm honestly not that worried about durability, because the vehicle is garaged and used sparingly. The wet look is really what I'm after.



Anyone ever used this combo?
 
After a polish I've used VM topped with EX-P and thought it looked pretty reflective and wet. For an even deeper wet look I've used VM, RMG and then topped with CMW..... that was a great combo on red. Going one step further I once added Yellow Moose Cream Wax between the RMG and CMW..... not sure if it really looked that much better, but the ClearKote products are so easy to use it didn't really add that much more time to the mix.



VM does a pretty good job of cleaning things up, so if your finish is in pretty good shape you could probably skip the AIO and save a step. I suspect that VM lessens the durability of EX-P a bit, but if that doesn't matter then I'd say go for it and see what you think.
 
Eliot Ness,



Is RMG a pure glaze with no cleaners? I'm assuming VM, since it claims to remove oxidation, must have some cleaning agent in it. I like the idea of the VM/RMG/CMW combo -- sounds like it would be a rather deep, wet look on a dark colored vehicle.



I've used the VM/EX-P combo on my Harvest Gold Metallic Taurus, and the gold flake really pops. Given that the ClearKote products are so easy to use, it's tempting to layer that combo every weekend -- but so far, I've resisted!!



-Ntwrkguy1
 
Ive never used the exact combo you asked for, but have used a few combos you didnt mention with the products you did:



AIO/EX-P on an Imola Red X5: Great wetness and relatively good durability.



VM/RMG 1:1 Mix, invented by ScottWax and dubbed "Pink Moose". This leaves a great finish behind and does 2 jobs in 1: light cleaning and a heavy glaze.



To answer your question, Yes, RMG is purely a glaze with no cleaning properties. VM does have some cleaning properties. Actually, VM and AIO are pretty similar with regard to cleaning power, and finish.
 
I really like the ClearKote line...... very user friendly with great looks.



VM has light abrasives along with some chemical cleaning properties plus a lot of polishing oils. If I'm doing a car with VM I do everything; paint, glass, trim, and rubber...... I like it so well that I bought a quart of it during a sale a while back. RMG has no abrasives, but I think it does some very light chemical cleaning. It has less oils than VM so a sealer like EX-P (or EX) might bond a little better over RMG than VM.



Yellow Cream Wax is like a glaze you'd use before your LSP, but since it also has a lot of oils I'd stick with a wax as a topper.



I haven't tried the "Pink Moose" mix yet, but those who have seem to like it. The nice thing about both ClearKote and Poorboy's is they're so easy to use you can try all different kinds of combo's with them and it will most likely come out looking pretty darn good.
 
If RMG has no abrasives, how come I get almost the same amount of single stage paint (93 red XR8 Falcon)showing up on my edge white pad as I do when I use VMG?



And how come prime acrylic made the same pad (after a rinse) get more paint on it than VM to the point that it looks like it was dunked in a bucket of blood
 
I've used the VM/EX and VM/CMW combos in the past and will use again in the future, both look very nice, you really can't go wrong.
 
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