detailing and waxing

[7window]

Anyone know or see testimonial of a car owner who leaves his car outside, waxes it all the time and the paint is still in excellent condition? I would like to see a link if possible.

 

[EightySix Four]

Anyone know or see testimonial of a car owner who leaves his car outside, waxes it all the time and the paint is still in excellent condition? I would like to see a link if possible.

I'm not really sure what you're asking for? I personally use Adam's polishes and waxes, a good balance between the time it takes to apply and remove and results. Zaino waxes on the other hand take a good deal of work but produce what many consider to be the best finish.

 

[7window]

Just want to see if there are cars in the 60's that still have its original paint while the car is not garage just left sitting out under the sun but wax maybe once or twice a year or more.

 

[EightySix Four]

Just want to see if there are cars in the 60's that still have its original paint while the car is not garage just left sitting out under the sun but wax maybe once or twice a year or more.

A car from the 1960's which still has it's original paint and has been left in the sun? Good luck.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Wax helps but you won't find a 60's car that has spent its entire life out in the sun and not been severely damaged by its rays.

 

[disappoint]

IF a car's paint lasted 50 years in the sun it would be more a testimonial of the paint itself being exceptional more than the wax. You could conceivably put many layers of paint on a car and once every 2 years or so use rubbing compound on it or lightly sand it every 10 or 20 years then polish and wax I suppose. In short it may be possible but not bloody likely.

 

[thescreensavers]

Wax helps protect the paint not only from the sun.

Its better than nothing.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Yes that is a foot print.

Those porter cable polishers are worth the money. Just did my car last week and the results were a huge improvement. This thread just gave me an excuse to show off .

 

[vshah]

Those porter cable polishers are worth the money. Just did my car last week and the results were a huge improvement. This thread just gave me an excuse to show off .

damn. would love if you posted a brief account of what you did to get those results...

 

[Howard]

damn. would love if you posted a brief account of what you did to get those results...

M105, I'm guessing.

 

[lavaheadache]

I have a nice deWalt buffer that I've polished numers cars/bikes/headlights. I think everybody should learn how to use one.

 

[thedarkwolf]

damn. would love if you posted a brief account of what you did to get those results...

http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=586076
I pretty much just bought and did everything head said to do. Plus I watched a lot of detailing vids on youtube to kill time at work. The doors forward on my car are not clear coated and were faded, splotchy, and scratched all to hell and pretty much everything that wasn't down to primer or metal came out easy. The rear of my car has been repainted at some point and clear coated. The clear coat seems to be a hell of a lot tougher and I was only able to get the swirl marks and smaller scratches out of it. Going to need a stronger compound I think to do that right.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104876167152869459551/MiataDetail
A few more pics in there. It rained every damn day while I was doing this so my after pics are all from in the garage and suck.

I probably worked 8 hours on it spread out over 4 days.

 

[thescreensavers]

^ What compound or polish did you use?

 

[thedarkwolf]

^ What compound or polish did you use?

Poorboys SSR2.5. I only went with it over the other recommended polish Sonus because I could get poorboys through amazon along with everything else I bought.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041I39GY
Those are the pads I used.

 

[drbrock]

Yes that is a foot print.

Those porter cable polishers are worth the money. Just did my car last week and the results were a huge improvement. This thread just gave me an excuse to show off .

Not threadcrapping at all, the results you got are really great. I just have one observation. I had a 66 mustang with the exact paint job your car has, when I would buff and wax it the paint would look great for 3 or 4 days and then it return to dull finish like your before pics. How do you retain the sheen of the paint like you have for long periods of time?

 

[Howard]

Not threadcrapping at all, the results you got are really great. I just have one observation. I had a 66 mustang with the exact paint job your car has, when I would buff and wax it the paint would look great for 3 or 4 days and then it return to dull finish like your before pics. How do you retain the sheen of the paint like you have for long periods of time?

Your paint is probably single-stage only, and you might be using wax with fillers.

 

[Throckmorton]

IMO wax is outdated. Palm trees didn't evolve to provide wax for protecting paint. Better to use a synthetic substance like NuFinish that lasts much longer and protects better. Better living through chemistry.

 

[Howard]

IMO wax is outdated. Palm trees didn't evolve to provide wax for protecting paint. Better to use a synthetic substance like NuFinish that lasts much longer and protects better. Better living through chemistry.

The best product for the job should be used, whether it's rat shit or gilded angel feathers.

Where it comes from doesn't matter (unless its procurement is illegal).

 

[thescreensavers]

IMO wax is outdated. Palm trees didn't evolve to provide wax for protecting paint. Better to use a synthetic substance like NuFinish that lasts much longer and protects better. Better living through chemistry.

Just because it beads for a year does not mean it protects for a year, iirc nufinish is not a wax at all.

 

[Throckmorton]

Just because it beads for a year does not mean it protects for a year, iirc nufinish is not a wax at all.

It's a protective layer but they can't call it wax because it's not natural carnuba, so they call it "polish"