I recently aquired a bottle of #80, and I'm wondering how to apply it by hand. Unfortunately, I don't have the funds to buy a PC. I do, however, have lots and lots of free time (which seems like an asset for one trying to polish by hand).
My car has some fine scratch marks. They're consistent with the direction I apply product, so I must have somehow gotten some dirt on my applicator pads. I also have some scratches on the trunk from when I used a california duster to remove some seemingly innocuous spots of dirt :wall. All of these marks can only be seen in direct sunlight, they're completely invisible under fluorescent lighting. This leads me to my first question:
1. Should I apply the #80 via a foam applicator pad, or is the extra bite of a terry cloth towel needed? My car is a 84 BMW, and the previous owner got a factory repaint at some point. It does have a clearcoat.
2. In which way should I work the #80? I.e. Front to back motions, circular motions, or perhaps a combination of the two.
3. I read in another post that the oils in #80 render it incompatible with SG. Does this also mean that it would be unwise to follow #80 with NXT? I've seen some click and brag posts where Scottwax used #80 followed by NXT without incident. Does this mean that NXT contains oils itself, or, that it will remove the oils from the surface. If the latter is the case, would I achieve better results skipping NXT and going straight to #16?
My paint is a metallic blue, and the general notion is that NXT seems to work well for blues, and I'm inclined to agree. I initially bought NXT as a temporary product before I could aquire more things that would be more fitting of an Autopian's regime. However, I was rather pleased with the results. I've yet to try #16, I simply bought it because there's something sexy about that blue tin, and I couldn't resist picking up a can. As of now, my plan is to clay -> #80 -> NXTx2(it's hard hard to see where the stuff goes on!) -> #16(x2, maybe).
My car has some fine scratch marks. They're consistent with the direction I apply product, so I must have somehow gotten some dirt on my applicator pads. I also have some scratches on the trunk from when I used a california duster to remove some seemingly innocuous spots of dirt :wall. All of these marks can only be seen in direct sunlight, they're completely invisible under fluorescent lighting. This leads me to my first question:
1. Should I apply the #80 via a foam applicator pad, or is the extra bite of a terry cloth towel needed? My car is a 84 BMW, and the previous owner got a factory repaint at some point. It does have a clearcoat.
2. In which way should I work the #80? I.e. Front to back motions, circular motions, or perhaps a combination of the two.
3. I read in another post that the oils in #80 render it incompatible with SG. Does this also mean that it would be unwise to follow #80 with NXT? I've seen some click and brag posts where Scottwax used #80 followed by NXT without incident. Does this mean that NXT contains oils itself, or, that it will remove the oils from the surface. If the latter is the case, would I achieve better results skipping NXT and going straight to #16?
My paint is a metallic blue, and the general notion is that NXT seems to work well for blues, and I'm inclined to agree. I initially bought NXT as a temporary product before I could aquire more things that would be more fitting of an Autopian's regime. However, I was rather pleased with the results. I've yet to try #16, I simply bought it because there's something sexy about that blue tin, and I couldn't resist picking up a can. As of now, my plan is to clay -> #80 -> NXTx2(it's hard hard to see where the stuff goes on!) -> #16(x2, maybe).
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