What would be the best stuff to use to bring back a 10 year old shine to black paint? Something you can buy in a store that i don't need to order over the internet. Just looking to bring back alittle shine to an older paint job.
Best to bring back shine?
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If working with clear coat...
Go find:
Mother's or Meg's Clay Bar kit
Meg's Scratch X
Meg's Deep Crystal polishing system (Step 1 is a light polish; 2 is a glaze; 3 is the wax of your choice)
Wash, Clay, Scratch X, DC System
Thats about the best you can do by hand without ordering anything online. Scratch X will take a while to do; but really is about the best you can do by hand. Don't bother with the DC 2, its a hand glaze. It will add depth and fill scratches with some loss of durability.
If you can find it, Meg's #26 wax is better than the rest of their OTC line.
Go find:
Mother's or Meg's Clay Bar kit
Meg's Scratch X
Meg's Deep Crystal polishing system (Step 1 is a light polish; 2 is a glaze; 3 is the wax of your choice)
Wash, Clay, Scratch X, DC System
Thats about the best you can do by hand without ordering anything online. Scratch X will take a while to do; but really is about the best you can do by hand. Don't bother with the DC 2, its a hand glaze. It will add depth and fill scratches with some loss of durability.
If you can find it, Meg's #26 wax is better than the rest of their OTC line.
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i bought mequiars deep crystal line the other day and labeled on the bottle it says stage 1: Paint cleaner, Stage 2: polish, Stage 3: Carnuba wax.... just fyi and hell maybe they have different routes or something but that is what i am in the process of using and due to being a DD it has to wait to get the final two stages but even just the paint cleaner made a HUGE difference
wash & clay bar only
then after the stage 1 paint cleaner
one zoomed out of only the stage 1 applied... still got the polish and wax left
and i do agree though on the scratch x and clay bar completely!
wash & clay bar only
then after the stage 1 paint cleaner
one zoomed out of only the stage 1 applied... still got the polish and wax left
and i do agree though on the scratch x and clay bar completely!
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If you have bad oxidation or just lack of care I would start with Meguiar's #4 Heavy cut cleaner. Follow that up with Meguiar's #82 Swirl free polish. Any glaze can follow the polish and then top with a sealant or wax.
zaxjax said:
Ya it's has some good oxidation going on there , it's just an explorer it's nothing special just want to bring a little shine back without going to crazy, i will look into the products listed here Meguiar's is the way to go though :coolman:
There are other products out there but I like Meguiar's Professional line. Poorboy's and Optimum have great products to remove oxidation and swirls as well. Check out this site - http://www.autogeek.net/index.html
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