Single step polish help

rdorman

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OK, lets say a customer calls up and wants their car polished and waxed. The car is a 1995 Infiniti J30, dark green. For what ever reason, even though the finish is pretty hammered, you can only use a single step polish on the car before the LSP.



Considering you will be using a PC on the car, what pad, polish, lsp are you thinking you will go to first?
 
I would probably use Dodo Juice Lime Prime or Dodo Juice Need For Speed. The I would apply Ultima Paint Guard Plus.



D151 would work as well.



As for what pad, would depend on the defects. I would start with a Sonus White Pad.
 
I am liking the sound of these! Whats the diff. between the LC green and the Sonus white? Similar pad just different company?
 
Ya, I 2nd the Menzerna PO 203 "Powerfinish" polish.



Has great cut and finishes down LSP ready. Its a dedicated One step polish.
 
i've been having great luck with chemical guys all in one polish and sealant. It will not cure a hammered finish, but as they are saying, with a medium to light cutting pad you could have some good results.
 
I called the boys at PAC and asked the same question. They recommended Menz P203. I'm giving it a shot Saturday.
 
203 i heard is wicked. I have not yet tried it but i can't to do so when i get some spare cash and have more stuff to order then just one thing.
 
Thanks much for the advise! I have read up on every product that has been recommended in this thread.



Sullysdetailing a couple of questions please. When you refer to AIO are you referring to Klasse AIO or...? When you said 'tand hydo pad' are you refering to the Lake County tangerine hydro tech pad?



The car in question is my daughters car. I have had the car for years (once upon a time it was my daily driver). The car now has 200,000 miles on it but still runs like a champ and has been reliable to the point of boredom.



This summer, her and I are going to work on it to help bring it back to life. A serious mechanical once over, fix a few things, update the almost over the top stereo and that sort of thing. But of most interest here, give it a pretty good cleaning up before it heads off to college... armed of course with a basic car care kit! Not these products in the kit, but along the lines of ONR, APC, all purpose protectant and that sort of thing. Just enough to keep it presentable between home visits where 'dad' gets to do the heavy lifting.



As part of the clean up process, we are also going to dye the front seats and the front door panels, which I need to research next. The old sprayed on finish that Infiniti uses is toast in the front while the back is servicable. I will probably do a basic thread of the process so we can see what a non-professional can do.



I don't think she realizes how much of the original appearence of the car can be brought back. Should be an interesting experience.
 
rdorman said:
Thanks much for the advise! I have read up on every product that has been recommended in this thread.



Sullysdetailing a couple of questions please. When you refer to AIO are you referring to Klasse AIO or...? When you said 'tand hydo pad' are you refering to the Lake County tangerine hydro tech pad?



The car in question is my daughters car. I have had the car for years (once upon a time it was my daily driver). The car now has 200,000 miles on it but still runs like a champ and has been reliable to the point of boredom.



This summer, her and I are going to work on it to help bring it back to life. A serious mechanical once over, fix a few things, update the almost over the top stereo and that sort of thing. But of most interest here, give it a pretty good cleaning up before it heads off to college... armed of course with a basic car care kit! Not these products in the kit, but along the lines of ONR, APC, all purpose protectant and that sort of thing. Just enough to keep it presentable between home visits where 'dad' gets to do the heavy lifting.



As part of the clean up process, we are also going to dye the front seats and the front door panels, which I need to research next. The old sprayed on finish that Infiniti uses is toast in the front while the back is servicable. I will probably do a basic thread of the process so we can see what a non-professional can do.



I don't think she realizes how much of the original appearence of the car can be brought back. Should be an interesting experience.





When I was talking about the pads I was talking about the Lake Country Tangerine Hydro Pad 5.5''. When I send AIO I was talking more about Megs D151 and XMT360 because they both have a cut to them and seal and the paint at the same time. Klasse AIO doesnt have a cut to it.
 
mystickid said:
Ya, I 2nd the Menzerna PO 203 "Powerfinish" polish.



Has great cut and finishes down LSP ready. Its a dedicated One step polish.



PO203 looks great on paper, but $45 for 32oz...yikes.
 
bcgreen said:
How about Meguiar's M66?



My go-to for hammered finishes, but you have to pick your LSP wisely as M66 is pretty oil rich. Megs products and Collinite work very well over it. Forget most sealants though. D151 is great for moderate/average paint, similar LSP issues though.
 
After reading up on every product recommended (thanks!) I am going the D151 route. Now, what to top with? I want to go straight to the LSP from D151 and durability is critical.
 
never used D151. Seen some nice results from it. I was talked out of it and went with poli-seal.



P203 will be better then D151.



As for the price a little goes a long way so that bottle will probably last a year LoL. You should be able to get like 20 cars out of that.
 
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