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That Collinite is some great stuff. My go to all the time everytime.
Jay
Jay
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Only light that shows minor paint swirls and marring is what the gas stations use. I think it's tungsten halides? That's what o need to detail and correct white paint.
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I've been looking into the proper lighting to take car of them correctly. Hoping to make that a winter project, if I can find the time.
Let me know how you get on fella, as Im really struggling to view defects via various lights that I use on a white vehicle. Best so far is low ambient light for me, but struggle to chase them swirls and marks - constantly moving my head and back up and down / side to side LOL. Those beautiful lights at the gas stations show everything, with little to no adjustments on my part needed. HAHA
PS. Do I see Strongbow cider there? OMG. nuff said.
You definitely do, girlfriend only drinks ciders lol. I'm more of craft beer man myself.
White is such a freaking pain! Everything looks great until you move your head and you see the swirls. I need to get a microfiber pad anyways, I know for sure that would do the trick. But it'll probably leave one little ******* on the hood that I just can't get
I used to drink that stuff when I was student back home . It was used as part of a drink called a "snake bite". Pint glass, half lager or beer then rest strongbow cider, then a dash or two of rasberry cordial which made a sort of chemical reaction that seriously damaged the brain cells.
Thanks for the awesome write up.
Hey some one else uses CG!!! Nice.. I have heard that the citrus wash and gloss is great, however its a wax stripper, and its pretty strong - should not be used as a normal soap. I use their Wash+Wax and it works great. For "wax" I don't use wax.. I use their Jet Seal, which is a sealant. I could layer it, and if I did I would layer it with Collinites 915. But since my truck is so big and it takes half a day just to wash and seal, it would take another few hours to do the 915 since that stuff is very difficult to apply and remove. Also when I apply the jet seal I let it sit for a few hours before I remove it.
If your looking for protection you can't go wrong with Jet Seal, it's supposed to last 12 months, however I like to apply it to my cars before the winter for salt protection.
I love chemical guys products. I wish I could sample everything they sell.
Awesome write up great Job.
Collinite 845 might be a good alternative instead of 915. I tried to use 915 and it almost killed me---like you said way to hard to use. 845 is easy on and easy off and I think does a great job, either by its self or used to top a sealant.
Jay
Soo.. I need to do this.. I had a free coupon for one of those car washes with the spinning things and it scratched the **** out of my clear coat.. my truck is all black and it's really noticeable. Needless to say I will never go though one of those washes again - free or not..
I don't really trust anyone to do paint correction on my truck however its approaching winter time fast here and I don't have a garage and this whole process is going to take a day at least, and with a new kid I just don't have that kind of time without the never ending nagging of my wife... SO.. with that said I have been looking around at detailing shops and this job starts at around 150 bucks, for my truck i'm thinking it will be closer to 200 or a bit over
I keep going back and forth tho.. CG makes a cheap kit (Chemical Guys - V36 Optical Grade Cutting Polish + V38 Final Polish (16 oz)) but id still need to buy a DA and pads, and again.. TIME.. ugh..
So after the cost of a DA, the products, the time I dont know if it will be worth it as I won't be doing this often, if ever again.. and i have NEVER done this before so I dont want to screw it up.
What do you guys think? Think I should just pay someone to do it? or listen to the music?