taking it up a level for silver...help

[honghong322]

Hey guys, first off I've taken receommendations and I have a silver Scion tC. My steps are this...



Clay (the Sonus green one)

Klasse AIO

EX-P



My question is if I want to "take it up a level" is there any products I can add in between here and there? This is all done by hand, I don't have a PC yet. thanks a lot.



Other suggestions will be welcome! I still have so much EX-P and AIO left so I don't really want to change those two.

 

[Accumulator]

The best thing I've done for silver is improve my prep. It's hard to see light marring on silver but those tiny scratches make the light refract instead of reflect. Get the lighting right and I bet you'll see some marring. Then find a polish that'll correct it. Working by hand might take a while, but you could do one panel at a time after your regular wash.



FWIW the old 3M PI-III RC 05933 and PI-III MG 05937 work well by hand and are good to use before AIO. See if your local autobody/paint supply place still has them on the shelf, mine does.

 

[imported_Grouse]

what accumulator said. It's all about prep and process. skip a step and your results will suffer.



Here are some recent shots of mine after a rain.

The process is as follows,



Wash,

clay,

compound edge 2000 green pad with menzerna ip I hit trouble areas twice, Trunk, fenders and lip of hood.

Polish edge 2000 blue pad with menzerna FPII 1066ff I hit the trouble areas twice for chitz and giggles

Seal edge 2000 blue pad (i have seperate for polish and seal) menzerna FMJ



Wait 9 days because of work,home, and life.



wash

buff dry

Seal with edge 2000 blue and menzerna FMJ



wait 6 days because of life work and home.



wash,

buff dry

Apply chemical guys 5050 wax with polishing pal and blue pad. Wipe on wipe off method.



picture of the car from this last weekend.

 

[honghong322]

wow! that's gorgeous. You make me want to pick up a PC right away! I'm going to go try and find some of that 3M stuff. This weekend I have to do my car since i'm in new england, sunny days won't last much longer...