Ever wondered how much damage you can do to your finish if you run out of MF towels and use your old cotton towels "JUST THIS ONCE"?
Well I did so I came up with an easy test.
I tried it.
Over the last month I have been trying to learn the use of the mighty rotary, but that a story for another time.
So I had a dark blue trunk lid and used the rotary with #84, then a DA with 83, then 82, then #9 and finished with NXT. When done it had absolutely no swirls. It was the perfect test bed.
So the test consisted of a wash with NXT soap, and drying with Meguiar's waffle MF on the first third, the middle with a "Zaino" USA all cotton terry towel (new, only washed once) and the last third with a used, generic cheapo cotton terry towel.
Since I knew that the MF wouldn't scratch I blotted all the surface with it first. What I was trying for was to just wipe once, up and back with the cotton towels. And thats what I did.
Sample1 No swirl marks at all on the Meguiars waffle test.
Sample 2 Two faint swirl marks (if you could even call them swirl marks since they just appeared as a slight mar around the reflection of the sun).
Sample 3 Many, many scratches that appear as definite swirl marks evenly distributed over the test surface. And remember, all these swirl marks showed up with just one up and back wipe of paint that was protected with two coats of NXT. Imagine how bad it would look if someone scrubbed down the car with these lousy towels.
Final result. I am going to throw out all my old cotton towels. Just in case a "friend" decides to wash one of my cars for me when I am out working!
Sometime next month I will do the same test but with really cheap MF towels, medium price towels, and good towels, and this time I will give the test areas a really good rubbing!
Well I did so I came up with an easy test.
I tried it.
Over the last month I have been trying to learn the use of the mighty rotary, but that a story for another time.
So I had a dark blue trunk lid and used the rotary with #84, then a DA with 83, then 82, then #9 and finished with NXT. When done it had absolutely no swirls. It was the perfect test bed.
So the test consisted of a wash with NXT soap, and drying with Meguiar's waffle MF on the first third, the middle with a "Zaino" USA all cotton terry towel (new, only washed once) and the last third with a used, generic cheapo cotton terry towel.
Since I knew that the MF wouldn't scratch I blotted all the surface with it first. What I was trying for was to just wipe once, up and back with the cotton towels. And thats what I did.
Sample1 No swirl marks at all on the Meguiars waffle test.
Sample 2 Two faint swirl marks (if you could even call them swirl marks since they just appeared as a slight mar around the reflection of the sun).
Sample 3 Many, many scratches that appear as definite swirl marks evenly distributed over the test surface. And remember, all these swirl marks showed up with just one up and back wipe of paint that was protected with two coats of NXT. Imagine how bad it would look if someone scrubbed down the car with these lousy towels.
Final result. I am going to throw out all my old cotton towels. Just in case a "friend" decides to wash one of my cars for me when I am out working!
Sometime next month I will do the same test but with really cheap MF towels, medium price towels, and good towels, and this time I will give the test areas a really good rubbing!
