^^ It's just a sealant. Same with most paint protection products.
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^^ It's just a sealant. Same with most paint protection products.
Mothers wax attack pads are available at supercheaps, only like $10/pair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shimian
As luck has it, the machine i purchased was a v1.0 this one has pads which stop sticking to the machine, and the orbital part comes off, these machine's were all recalled. But, as I live in alice, they didn't recall ours, soo i must of purchased one that was like years old. Mother's sent me replacement pads, and supercheaps sent me out some replacement pads too. Then Mothers in America posted me over a whole new machine (with an American plug which supprisingly does not fit the Austrlaian plugs, i bet its not the same voltage either!!!) anyways, so i have the American machine sitting at home too. Anyways, Supercheaps replaced the whole machine for me, and now i have a v3.0 it has black pads they're really soft!!!
Anyways, I also read the label on the meguires deep crystal thingy, and it says its made for dark coloured paints, anyone out there know which polish be good for lighter coloured paints? otherwise the deep crystal one works pretty good.
On the weekend I did steps 2 & 3 from the meguirs range, step 2 once, and 4 coats of step 3, and the car has never looked shinier!!!
the more coats I put on, the harder it was to buff off, but the results were sooo worth it(i think it was)
What is the size of the pad and the size of the velcro backing?Quote:
Originally Posted by AzKik-R
The Deep crystal polish can be used for any paint. It's just a marketing thing that they say it's for dark paints.
Bought the mothers wax attack machine a few weeks back and used it for the first time today. OMFG, buffing was a breeze. Buffed the whole car in 35 min including wiping off the wax. One thing i dont like about the buffer is that it vibrates a bit. My car is much much more shinier compared to back in the days waxing by hand. LOL, makes you want to buff every weekend :eek:
Join the Club!!!! I polish my car almost every saturday morning!!! before the sun heats things up too much.
so u wash ur car every week? Wouldnt the sand/dirt on the car scratch the paint? LOL, i think i should have said every month rather than every weekend cos now washing the car is more tiring than waxing the car. Back then it was the other way around.
Yeah I live pretty close to the car wash, so a quick drive down, rinse the car off, soap brush (yes the brush's here are really soft, not recommended if you only have hard brushes), and then use the quick clay while the soap is still on, sprey rinse. then drive home, and apply the wax. I missed out on polishing the car for the last two weekends cause we had rain :(
hmmm, strange that the rest of civilization relies on this precipitation
you dont chamois the car? Just apply wax straight on the wet car?
yeah, well, i live in alice springs, sooo, water dries up pretty quickly. but yes, there is a little moisture on the paint when i'm applying the polish. our water up here has a lot of calcium in it, sooo yes, i should be using the shammy, or if i let that dry, it gets those white calcium spots. you could even try leaving the polish on for an hour before buffing off.
ive tried using meguiars polish and its so hard to remove with a towel after you apply. Are you meant to remove the polish? Or do you just go from:
WASH -> CHAMOIS -> POLISH -> LEAVE POLISH ON FOR AN AMOUNT OF TIME -> APPLY WAX ON TOP -> WIPE OFF POLISH AND WAX TOGETHER
???
wash-->shammy-->step 2(crystal)--> wait for a while --> buff off--> step3(wax) -->wait...--->buff off.
and then where the black plastic/rubber gets polish on it, and it doesn't wanna come off, i use that armourall stuff for the interior and apply it carefully not getting any on the freshly polished surfaces. this will remove the white buildup that just looks horrible. hmmm, not sure if using the armourall wipes is good for the outside of the car, but if its good enough for the inside, should be good enough for the outside, mind you we dont get rain here often.
perhaps you could go with the new mcguires tec wax, the one with the pretty label. i'm a lil sceptical about 1step wax's
wow dude your not meant to leave polish on your car for very long. as soon as you have really worked the polish in, you wipe off straight away. i learned the hard way, if you leave on for too long you get little black fibers like "dead skin" on your cloth. and it gets pretty messy to wipe off. as for wax, you gotta leave it on for it to bond to your paint. i leave it on for about 10mins. then you buff the wax off. and when polishing do little bits at a time, dont think that if you do large areas you will finish quicker cause u wont lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shimian