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I have several questions that I would appreciate some help with, please.
I just painted my El Camino myself, a Poor Man's Paintjob, used Marine paint and foam rollers and 1" brushes. It is like NEW to me and now I have to FINISH it with my NEW Meq's G110 and PB Products - supposed to all arrive on the 2nd.
1st, let me say, there is something that confuses me about what I now read about the process of detailing out a car. This will date me - BUT - in years' gone by we always would first use a Cleaner/Compound, if necessary, then a Polish, and then lastly, a good Wax. I prepping to get back into doing right by my NEW Elky - I SEE everyone appears to now Wax and then Polish. OR is this just when you use a Polish w Sealant?
I know I don't want to use a Sealant on this new paint for what - 60 days.
I painted with Interlux's Brightside 1 Part Poyurethane paint and it has Teflon in it and they of course recommend their Cleaner/Was which has Teflon too, and then their Polish Sealant w Teflon too.
The PB Products I bought thus far for my finishing this paint job are:
1] SSR 2.5 2] Pro Polish 3] Polish w Carnuba Blue [Elky is Blue] 4] Natty's Blue Wax
I have some small runs and orange peel to wet sand out with 1500 & 2000 W^Dry.......and then plan to use Orange pads and SSR 2.5, then I was going to use the Polish with Carnuba; but saw it lacked leveling ablility, so I made another order for the Pro Polish, thinking that might be needed before the one with Carnuba???
Yesterday I was so glad to find out here in PB thread that you do NOT moisten the pad when using SSR 2.5 - I would have for sure prior to reading this. Are there instructions like this on the bottles? Hope so. Do you also use dry pads in applying those polishes?
I will be getting 4 Orange pads, 2 White, 2 Gray, and 1 Blue in my G110 Kit.......I know it won't take long to load up those cutting pads with Blue paint off of my car.......I did not buy any of the various product to put in water and soak the pads as they get loaded up.......have read where some guys just use Dawn detergent and then rinse them well...don't have Dawn, but do have dish detergent. What about Tri-Sodium Phosphate in a 5 Gal bucket????
Please help me get started off on the RIGHT foot..............and
PS - I used to use one of those California Dusters to take the dust off of my Elky, saved alot of wash jobs.....BUT always felt that they must actually be BAd for your paint job???? What is a BETTER way to do this and not harm your paint job?
TKS Michael :wink:
I have several questions that I would appreciate some help with, please.
I just painted my El Camino myself, a Poor Man's Paintjob, used Marine paint and foam rollers and 1" brushes. It is like NEW to me and now I have to FINISH it with my NEW Meq's G110 and PB Products - supposed to all arrive on the 2nd.
1st, let me say, there is something that confuses me about what I now read about the process of detailing out a car. This will date me - BUT - in years' gone by we always would first use a Cleaner/Compound, if necessary, then a Polish, and then lastly, a good Wax. I prepping to get back into doing right by my NEW Elky - I SEE everyone appears to now Wax and then Polish. OR is this just when you use a Polish w Sealant?
I know I don't want to use a Sealant on this new paint for what - 60 days.
I painted with Interlux's Brightside 1 Part Poyurethane paint and it has Teflon in it and they of course recommend their Cleaner/Was which has Teflon too, and then their Polish Sealant w Teflon too.
The PB Products I bought thus far for my finishing this paint job are:
1] SSR 2.5 2] Pro Polish 3] Polish w Carnuba Blue [Elky is Blue] 4] Natty's Blue Wax
I have some small runs and orange peel to wet sand out with 1500 & 2000 W^Dry.......and then plan to use Orange pads and SSR 2.5, then I was going to use the Polish with Carnuba; but saw it lacked leveling ablility, so I made another order for the Pro Polish, thinking that might be needed before the one with Carnuba???
Yesterday I was so glad to find out here in PB thread that you do NOT moisten the pad when using SSR 2.5 - I would have for sure prior to reading this. Are there instructions like this on the bottles? Hope so. Do you also use dry pads in applying those polishes?
I will be getting 4 Orange pads, 2 White, 2 Gray, and 1 Blue in my G110 Kit.......I know it won't take long to load up those cutting pads with Blue paint off of my car.......I did not buy any of the various product to put in water and soak the pads as they get loaded up.......have read where some guys just use Dawn detergent and then rinse them well...don't have Dawn, but do have dish detergent. What about Tri-Sodium Phosphate in a 5 Gal bucket????
Please help me get started off on the RIGHT foot..............and
PS - I used to use one of those California Dusters to take the dust off of my Elky, saved alot of wash jobs.....BUT always felt that they must actually be BAd for your paint job???? What is a BETTER way to do this and not harm your paint job?
TKS Michael :wink:
