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[Starex_Gold]

Hindi agad ako nag shampoo.. hose down lang muna ng water..

[madkatz]

*jagtemp: it depends on how dirty the car is, if it has mud splatters near the wheels then i do a quick shampoo and quick dry technique, i have a shampoo solution on a bucket and a drum of water on standby for that and a pressure washer rigged with a soft mist gun works wonders for me, and then i use Microtex Elite to dry it down i could wash the car and dry it in less than 30 minutes, but if the car doesn't have that much mud splatters and dirt stuck on the paint, i just hose down the car and use a QD along with the drying.

[PSI]

*jagtemp: it depends on how dirty the car is, if it has mud splatters near the wheels then i do a quick shampoo and quick dry technique, i have a shampoo solution on a bucket and a drum of water on standby for that and a pressure washer rigged with a soft mist gun works wonders for me, and then i use Microtex Elite to dry it down i could wash the car and dry it in less than 30 minutes, but if the car doesn't have that much mud splatters and dirt stuck on the paint, i just hose down the car and use a QD along with the drying.

+1....this is what I do....after drying....finish it with OGE

[RustyXIII]

Can you layer on top of cleaner wax? Is it durable enough to act as a base? More specifically, I'm planning to layer NanoGlos on top of TW Carnauba Cleaner Wax.

[Starex_Gold]

Pwede po sir!

[silverrain]

sorry noob question ano po yung OGE?

[jmpet626]

wow you went as far as using Souveran hahaha, how would you compare souveran with 915 in terms of gloss?

Sa silky Bronze same shine sila ng 915 but sobrang dali i buff off ng souveran. Hindi sya ganun kalakas mag bead ng water compared sa 915. Sa durability siguro mas matagal ang 915 so ginawa kong LSP is yung 915

[rockstar5k]

*SG, tumbukin mo yung raon(g.puyat). right turn sa ongpin. then look for alonzo street. dami power tools dun. i think its after tomas mapua st....kung may dala ka sasakyan, pwede ka mag-park sa isetann recto para safe...yung nga lang medyo challenging magpark dun.

*madkatz, i-hand application ko po yung 915/476, tapos buff-off with a rotary. i also would be planning to do detailing na rin if i have the rotary. meron kasi ako old skul ford laser. medyo makapal ang clear coat nia kaya pwedeng-pwede guinea pig. anyway, knowing that honda paint needs filling, i might settle for a kp600 and the like. Thanks po.

[azzkkr2600]

if i decide to use the black&decker kp600 as the buffing machine only (wax is hand application), do i need to customize it i.e. place new backing plate (what size?) with velcro? how about its pads, do i need lc pads or dupont pads? what sizes and type of pads do i need?

[azzkkr2600]

*jagtemp: it depends on how dirty the car is, if it has mud splatters near the wheels then i do a quick shampoo and quick dry technique, i have a shampoo solution on a bucket and a drum of water on standby for that and a pressure washer rigged with a soft mist gun works wonders for me, and then i use Microtex Elite to dry it down i could wash the car and dry it in less than 30 minutes, but if the car doesn't have that much mud splatters and dirt stuck on the paint, i just hose down the car and use a QD along with the drying.

+1....this is what I do....after drying....finish it with OGE

* sir edwin / ma'am madkatz: is the Elite still available? how about ONR? magsked kami pumunta uli ni psi, chikselog, dotnetmatt, scharnhost, golti, beeco, rockstar, etc to buy some products again.

do u have buffer pads (available for the customized kp600) that i can use after applying wax (either 476s or nanoglos) by hand?

* psi: sir galing talaga ng OGE! pati nanosliq galing sa beading! panalo!

* silverrain: OGE is Optimum Gloss Enhancer. this is a QD like the microtex nanosliq and mothers showtime. nanosliq has the best beading effect though.