Water spot woes & a smearing quick detailing spray.
Discussion
Evening everyone.
I'm hopeful you guys and gals can offer me some advice please with my two questions.
First, I pressure washed the car the other month, that being it as I had no time to wash it properly. A few days passed then upon washing in the usual manner, the car was covered in water spots. Detail spray and spray wax, along with the actual washing hasn't got rid of it.
Will a light clay bar rid the paint of this awful looking finish, or am I looking at harsher clays or perhaps correction? I've never clayed a car before, choosing to get a professional to do it, so I'm bit apprehensive about marring the paint. Any suggestions for products would be greatly appreciated!
Second, a recent switch to Meg's Quik Detailer spray hasn't been too successful. The microfibres just seem to push the spray around the paint work and just smear. It takes a fair number of swipes with clean microfibres to eventually rid the smears, the cloths being left feeling very wet.
Never had this problem with a detailing/show spray before, so again any ideas and alternative products would be greatly received.
Finally, and additional to my above questions, could anyone recommend a decent sealer for post-claying? It would have to be a decent "filler" for the swirl marks
It would also have to be a decent base for my usual regime of a simple spray wax every other wash
Many thanks in advance,
Darren
I'm hopeful you guys and gals can offer me some advice please with my two questions.
First, I pressure washed the car the other month, that being it as I had no time to wash it properly. A few days passed then upon washing in the usual manner, the car was covered in water spots. Detail spray and spray wax, along with the actual washing hasn't got rid of it.
Will a light clay bar rid the paint of this awful looking finish, or am I looking at harsher clays or perhaps correction? I've never clayed a car before, choosing to get a professional to do it, so I'm bit apprehensive about marring the paint. Any suggestions for products would be greatly appreciated!
Second, a recent switch to Meg's Quik Detailer spray hasn't been too successful. The microfibres just seem to push the spray around the paint work and just smear. It takes a fair number of swipes with clean microfibres to eventually rid the smears, the cloths being left feeling very wet.
Never had this problem with a detailing/show spray before, so again any ideas and alternative products would be greatly received.
Finally, and additional to my above questions, could anyone recommend a decent sealer for post-claying? It would have to be a decent "filler" for the swirl marks
It would also have to be a decent base for my usual regime of a simple spray wax every other wash
Many thanks in advance,
Darren
Edited by iluvmercs on Saturday 12th July 20:20
Just thought I would update this further.
A keen detailing chum tackled a couple of spots while I was at a car show the other week using a non abrasiveness pre wax cleaner. This actually pulled off quite a few marks, so he then kindly invited me over during the week to tackle the rest.
Using a clay cloth, we removed a fair bit of the marks, then moved on to the non abrasive wax cleaner again.
One or two stubborn spots required a very mild abrasive cleaner, but I happy to report that the spots were only in the wax and they were all removed!
New wax applied, the car was back to it's shiny normal self
Gratuitous car photo:
Thanks again for the thread replies
Darren
A keen detailing chum tackled a couple of spots while I was at a car show the other week using a non abrasiveness pre wax cleaner. This actually pulled off quite a few marks, so he then kindly invited me over during the week to tackle the rest.
Using a clay cloth, we removed a fair bit of the marks, then moved on to the non abrasive wax cleaner again.
One or two stubborn spots required a very mild abrasive cleaner, but I happy to report that the spots were only in the wax and they were all removed!
New wax applied, the car was back to it's shiny normal self
Gratuitous car photo:
Thanks again for the thread replies
Darren
Gassing Station | Bodywork & Detailing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff