hoffman912
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I was at a porsche show yesterday, and griots was one of the sponsors. they had a booth pushing their products, which i have used before. I ask the guy at the booth to help me with the problem i have been having.
-single stage paint on my 68 912, that always fades and burns with water marks every time i wash it, and every time i wax it, it is irridecent and looks like an oil slick.
he recomended the griots paint prep, clay bar, machin polish 3, and a few coats of griots wax. i never used the paint prep before but understood it would remove the silicone based produts i have used in the past.
so i put up a few easy ups in my drive way to give me shade, wash the car with griots car wash, spray teh paint prep on every inch of teh surface and i know i need to let it sit for a few minutes. i go inside, to get a drink, come back out a few minutes later, and the paint prep has dried up on teh paint. i get the hose, spray it off completely. then clay bar it, and i notice i have strips and water lines burned into the paint from the paint prep stuff. while it is sunny and warm out, the car was in the shade the entire time and the paint never got hot (or i woudl have stopped immediately).
i use the machine 3 polish from griots, and it makes it shiney, but does nothing to the water lines. i pull out my 3m hand glaze.. a little better but not much. i use 3M rubbing compound II (on a craftsman orbital buffer) and it gets a little better but still there..
is it fixable? What do i need to do to fix this!???
also after i fix it, what do i need to do to keep my paint from fading like this all the time?
-single stage paint on my 68 912, that always fades and burns with water marks every time i wash it, and every time i wax it, it is irridecent and looks like an oil slick.
he recomended the griots paint prep, clay bar, machin polish 3, and a few coats of griots wax. i never used the paint prep before but understood it would remove the silicone based produts i have used in the past.
so i put up a few easy ups in my drive way to give me shade, wash the car with griots car wash, spray teh paint prep on every inch of teh surface and i know i need to let it sit for a few minutes. i go inside, to get a drink, come back out a few minutes later, and the paint prep has dried up on teh paint. i get the hose, spray it off completely. then clay bar it, and i notice i have strips and water lines burned into the paint from the paint prep stuff. while it is sunny and warm out, the car was in the shade the entire time and the paint never got hot (or i woudl have stopped immediately).
i use the machine 3 polish from griots, and it makes it shiney, but does nothing to the water lines. i pull out my 3m hand glaze.. a little better but not much. i use 3M rubbing compound II (on a craftsman orbital buffer) and it gets a little better but still there..
is it fixable? What do i need to do to fix this!???

