In What Order....
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...I have a Akoya Silver A4 and usually clean the car using AutoGlym super resin polish and finished off with Collinite 845,with good results.
I have been give some Bilt-Hamber AutoBalm, The question is, if I wash,clay and then use the Bilt-Hamber will it work with the Collonite correctly? Or is that going to react and cause losts of problems?
Thanks for help guys.
I have been give some Bilt-Hamber AutoBalm, The question is, if I wash,clay and then use the Bilt-Hamber will it work with the Collonite correctly? Or is that going to react and cause losts of problems?
Thanks for help guys.
It's a sealant, just like Collinite is.
It is unlikely to react with it, but why you'd use both is debatable.
It's like sanding a door, priming it, then putting one coat of Dulux white gloss on and one coat of Crown white gloss and arguing the merit of this as a process.
Colly and BH Autobalm are essentially 'do the same thing/either or' products. Just use one or the other, with two coats being best for coverage.
It is unlikely to react with it, but why you'd use both is debatable.
It's like sanding a door, priming it, then putting one coat of Dulux white gloss on and one coat of Crown white gloss and arguing the merit of this as a process.
Colly and BH Autobalm are essentially 'do the same thing/either or' products. Just use one or the other, with two coats being best for coverage.
As Dom has pointed out, AB does the same job as 845, but without the carnauba and resultant tall beading.
Some people like that aesthetic feature, but its downside is when the beads dry off, leaving the mineral deposits - not so bad on light colours, but dark ones look dreadful.
To use both, you'd strip off the 845, and leave out the SRP unless using for its abrasiveness to knock back some light swirls.
BH AB has a bit more filling power than SRP, so you'll mask more swirls.
Do no more than 1/4 panel at a time, and buff off within 30 secs. If it's set up too much, go over the area again, then buff a bit sooner.
Leave for an hour, then apply the Colly, and that's you done.
AB also works a charm on textured black trim, but for something more permanently darkened, you could use Dodo Juice's Supernatural trim sealant, or GTechniq's (C4 I think?)
Some people like that aesthetic feature, but its downside is when the beads dry off, leaving the mineral deposits - not so bad on light colours, but dark ones look dreadful.
To use both, you'd strip off the 845, and leave out the SRP unless using for its abrasiveness to knock back some light swirls.
BH AB has a bit more filling power than SRP, so you'll mask more swirls.
Do no more than 1/4 panel at a time, and buff off within 30 secs. If it's set up too much, go over the area again, then buff a bit sooner.
Leave for an hour, then apply the Colly, and that's you done.
AB also works a charm on textured black trim, but for something more permanently darkened, you could use Dodo Juice's Supernatural trim sealant, or GTechniq's (C4 I think?)
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