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Hmmm, maybe it has to do with the lighting conditions to see the smearing. When I wash and detail my car, it is in a enclosed parking garage with fluorescent lighting. My car is silver and after trying both Show Off and Clear Pearl (0n different occasions), when I remove it with a MF cloth and look at the roof of my car, at an angle that reflects the fluorescent lights really well, I can see smearing all over the place. By the way, when I pull the car out in the sun, you cannot notice the smearing like under the fluorescent lights. It is also difficult to see the smearing on the door panels, fenders, etc because the angle of the fluorescent light on the car. It requires some real buffing with a soft cotton cloth to minimize it. When I say real buffing, I mean, I could remove a coat of Blitz wax with less effort! However, when I use Meguiars FI, it easily wipes off and the shine in the fluorescent lighting is spotless. So after I wash my car, I'll stick to using FI or I might as well add a coat of Blitz instead of SO or CP, if major buffing is needed. As an additional note, my paint is in excellent condition, the car is only 3 months old, it has a coat of IHG/Blitz and I hand wash it weekly with Mothers Cal Gold car wash. I know, someone will tell me to change the fluorescent lights to incandescent and the problem will go away:rolleyes:
 
Don't know what the issue might be with your situation. But trust me, we are the most anal car care nuts you will find. We do quick detail under different lighting. Many of us have been using various quick detailers for years now. Lighting is not the issue. The fact that you suggest that you need to really buff it out and necessitates more buffing than wax clearly highlights that this is an entirely different issue. You could very well be using too much product.

Could you please tell us in detail how you quick detail. The more details the better. Thanks and best of luck. Laters.
 
Almost forgot, how often do you quick detail? How dirty does the car get when you do quick detail? Temperature? I think you get the drift. Thanks again.
 
Don,



I appreciate your reply. To answer your question, take the roof, for example. With any of the detailers, I would pull the trigger once, and spread that amount on the roof with a MF and then wipe again with a clean dry side of a MF. For the hood, again, one spray, wipe in , buff with a dry MF. I know one suggestion was to spray the MF, not the vehicle. I can try that. Rest assured, the car surface is not warm or hot, there is no sun shining on the vehicle and I used 3 types of MF to lightly spread QD and lightly remove. I do notice that the smearing looks like the pattern of the MF cloth, if that makes sense. So far, the only way to remove the smearing caused by SO and CP has been with a soft cotton buffing cloth that has very little pile but soft (like flannel).:confused:
 
<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by Don2000g [/i]
Almost forgot, how often do you quick detail? Once a week, after a personal hand wash and dry

How dirty does the car get when you do quick detail? Not dirty, just washed, I only QD after a wash, not when the car is dirty.

Temperature? Lately, here in LA, it's been between 73 and 80 degrees in my garage area. The paint surface temp is probably less after a cool water wash and dry.

My MF towels are MT, Viper and Nicsand. All do the same smear job, all have been washed with NO fabric softener, no greasy rags and allowed to air dry fully. The MF's are clean, they work well on the windows and no I don't use the same MF for the windows and QD.
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First things first not all microfiber towels are alike. To be honest, I really will only use 2 of them on my paint. They are the Miracle Towels and the neatitems towels.

Secondly, one spray for the entire hood is no way near enough quick detailer for a car. You should use 2 or 3 sprays for a 1/4 of the hood. Allow the product to sit for a few seconds. Also, its very important to NOT USE A DRY MICROFIBER TOWEL AS YOU QUICK DETAIL. This will give you some smearing problems. You should also spray a few shots of quick detailer on your towel. This will make it softer and less prone to causing light scratches or swirls on your paint finish.

By the way, If you seem to get better results with cotton towels, then use those. This should be some good food for thought. Let us know if you continue to have more problems.

Again, lighting is not the issue here. Laters.
 
is it humid? I have noticed high humidty makes Blitz smear/streak when buffed off. A little spray of water and buffing cleared that up nicely.
 
Now I am really confused:



Jason said: Also using a small amount is better than spraying a lot on a freshly washed car. Well for a freshly washed car free of loose dirt and dust, I tend to spray a small amount, maybe half a spray from the Clear Pearl onto the towel and wipe onto the surface. I think the Ef sprayers spray a little to much. I like OG show off's sprayer, sprayed a nice fine mist for me.



Don2000g says:Secondly, one spray for the entire hood is no way near enough quick detailer for a car. You should use 2 or 3 sprays for a 1/4 of the hood.



I'll just have to experiment for myself



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I think Don200g was reffering to quick detailing a slightly dust car. Then this is a case where more is better because of the lubricity properties of the QD will help carry the dirt away from the surface and prevent scratching and swirling.



I was referring to a clean and just washed car.



Don2000g correct me if I am wrong with your quote.



Jason

PS. I am just calling you Don2000g to see if it would make you mad like C3PO...Don!
 
You are correct in your assumption JasonC8301. Most of us quick detail more often when the car is slighlty dusty than after a wash. The reason being, of course, is that we only wash once a week or every 10 days or so. Laters.
 
Damn that first guys garage looks familair :o

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