I was preparing my car for an upcoming company car show. When I was applying a 3rd layer of 476S to the hood (previous two layers applied over 2 days a week ago), I think tried to spread it *too* thin. I'm inexperienced with this wax by the way. What I really did was I stuck the edges of a 4" finishing pad into the tin can to scrub some wax onto it. Then I applied it to a fender using the PC and proceded to try to continue to apply what's left on the pad to the hood.
But, I saw basically nothing going onto the paint except an occasional half circle here and there.. But I found that if I tilt the PC so the edge of the pad has more pressure or press it harder flat onto the paint, I'll get more visible half circles of wax onto the paint. I was REALLY trying to apply a thin coat because the first time I applied by hand, it was a bear to remove some of the initial thick spots. I didn't do this to the whole hood by the way. When it eventually became impossible to put further visible wax by pressing, I put more wax onto the pad.
Well, the problem is this. After it hazed and got removed, I pulled the car out of the garage only to notice that the color of the hood was extremely uneven. You can actually see the half circles where I pressed onto the paint with the PC. The color was lighter there. I'm thinking what happened is that the pressure plus the 1000 opms of the PC removed the previoius layers of wax AND the #81 that was underneath. The places where the red was darker still had the #81 underneath. Do you think this is possible? I am a little bummed that now I have to repply #81 and start over because I don't think applying more 476S is going to even out the color.
So, how thin are you supposed to apply 476S? I think for me, I'm going to just stick the edges of the 4" pad into the tin can once for every panel. it seemed like I can get good think coats if I first "wipe" the pad across a body panel and then go up and down across to spread evenly what I just wiped onto.
second question is about semi spit-shining. I've read somewhere that if you quicly apply 3 layers of souveran, it's going to look better than 1 layer of souveran because of all the oils in the wax that are now on the paint. But that look won't last very long because the oils will evaporate. I'm thinking about doing this with Natty's Blue the night before the car show. Do you think the oils will stick around for at least 24 hours? :dance
But, I saw basically nothing going onto the paint except an occasional half circle here and there.. But I found that if I tilt the PC so the edge of the pad has more pressure or press it harder flat onto the paint, I'll get more visible half circles of wax onto the paint. I was REALLY trying to apply a thin coat because the first time I applied by hand, it was a bear to remove some of the initial thick spots. I didn't do this to the whole hood by the way. When it eventually became impossible to put further visible wax by pressing, I put more wax onto the pad.
Well, the problem is this. After it hazed and got removed, I pulled the car out of the garage only to notice that the color of the hood was extremely uneven. You can actually see the half circles where I pressed onto the paint with the PC. The color was lighter there. I'm thinking what happened is that the pressure plus the 1000 opms of the PC removed the previoius layers of wax AND the #81 that was underneath. The places where the red was darker still had the #81 underneath. Do you think this is possible? I am a little bummed that now I have to repply #81 and start over because I don't think applying more 476S is going to even out the color.
So, how thin are you supposed to apply 476S? I think for me, I'm going to just stick the edges of the 4" pad into the tin can once for every panel. it seemed like I can get good think coats if I first "wipe" the pad across a body panel and then go up and down across to spread evenly what I just wiped onto.
second question is about semi spit-shining. I've read somewhere that if you quicly apply 3 layers of souveran, it's going to look better than 1 layer of souveran because of all the oils in the wax that are now on the paint. But that look won't last very long because the oils will evaporate. I'm thinking about doing this with Natty's Blue the night before the car show. Do you think the oils will stick around for at least 24 hours? :dance
Firts off, although I'm a bit of a fanatic about thin applications of LSPs, I don't try for ultra-thin with 476S. That's because 476S is a "hard" wax...it takes a bit of doing to get it from the can onto the pad and then from the pad onto the paint and this "bit of doing" can lead to trouble if you try to "force" the product if you know what I mean (that's what it sounds like you did). 
