Originally Posted by antennahead Is this a "polish" type of compound, contains abrasives? Or is it a chemical compound? polish type... my brother is in paint and body and has
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11-17-2009, 10:24 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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my brother is in paint and body and has been for 30+ years...he uses it and says its the best thing out there for hard water spots and etching...
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Depending on the make up of the water in your area, you might need a light polish to remove them. I had a sprinkler I didn't even know was there, hidden in the bushes at a resort hotel years ago spray my car, then baked it dry in the sun...... etched the clear coat. If your clear coat is etched, you may need a light polish. Ideally, an orbital buffer like the Porter Cable and the right pad and polish would do it. I just did my semi annual polish and wax to remove the acid rain etchings off the hood. The Z is garaged, but during the day I am parked outside at work..... impossible to avoid it on a DD.
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You probably have a jump on a lot of people then, with your brother in the paint and body business. I learned how to buff with a random orbital machine, but would never tackle a circular machine. I had acid rain etchings on the 350 that were so bad I could never totally get them out...... I think the car sat outside at the dealership for about 3 months before I bought it, and they had to get it from 400 miles away from another dealership, or I would probably not have taken it. I got the majority of them out, but you could still see some of it. The 370 I bought right after it was delivered, and took home and immmediately put on a coat of Meguires NXT, been much easier to maintain getting it right from the delivery.
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took home and immmediately put on a coat of Meguires NXT,<<that's is what everyone should do, but they don't!
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I am going to have to check this stuff out
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i have been using the meguires regular red can wax...
i will be making the swithc to nxt the next waxing... one thing i miss is the nxt car wash, i use to be able to get in auto parts stores and sometimes walmart...now the only place i have been able to get it is online...
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It made most of the rain beed right up, so even though I am parked outside during the day, very little etching occurs. They make a good spray wax for inbetween touch ups after washing, that is designed to go over the NXT. After the hassels with the 350, I never want that to happen again
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but he used 652 on it and waxed it and said the paint looked brand new again
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Any consensus over here? I discovered I have the same problem from my sprinklers - I have no option but to park there. So after I get rid of this "somehow", then I need to make sure there;s a regular coat of wax which will make iteasy to remove the spots in the future right?
Again, the thing is, the sprinklers are going to mess it up every night. |
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