Hello Nik, im glad you liked 915's looks on your car, if its inside the casa for 1 week then you should still have some beading, my suggestion would be to try and wash the car with a gentle shampoo, usually dirty and contaminated paint can hamper 915's beading, so a quick wash could put it back to life, that might be the same case with Migs before
one other thing why are you using scratch remover to remove asphalt? thats too much!!! scratch remover is very aggressive you're better of using kerosene for asphalts, its like using a blowtorch to toast your bread.
as for the Qd question, UQD is very good but also very expensive so if you could afford the bite, go for it
Pag 915 at 476s by hand lang mahirap kasi i apply sa buffing pad pag paste... Pag nag streak spray lang ako konting water sa wax streaks para madali ma buff off and gamit ko MF towel is yung parang Microtex na Blue MF towel mas kumakagat kasi siya sa wax compared sa plush and ultra plush.
Every 2 panels ako mag-apply. Then buff off sa unang nilagyan. Siguro kaya ang whole car kapag maulan or malamig ang panahon, di agad natutuyo yung wax.
*Nikko
Tama yung sinabi ni mam madkatz. Dati kasi sa akin 1 week ata ako di nakapag-wash so nawala yung beading ng 476S kala ko tanggal na. Yun pala talagang nawawala ang beading kapag napatungan na ng sobrang dumi ang oto.
Nung nag-wash ako bumalik na ulit yung beading hehe.
Quick question - for my weekly washings, can I use OCW and then Nanosliq? Or are their purpose the same? Siyempre bumili ako ng Nanosliq last EB ni hindi ko alam kung para saan talaga siya, hehe. I was assuming pampakintab siya? While OCW is like a sacrificial wax layer. Tama nga ba?
I'm starting to get the feeling na kaya ako bumili ng OCW dati was as an alternative to NanoSliq. Haaaayyyy... tumatanda na talaga... kailangan ko na nga tusukin sarili ko...
^^doc, they're *somewhat* the same in the sense that they're both spray waxes.
pero mas matibay yung OCW
ang ginagawa ko... naglalagay ako ng sliq over the OCW (over the 476)... yung sliq yung sacrificial layer. hehe
once a week ko lang linalagay yung OCW, yung nanosliq, tuwing nagwawash
Ms madkatz, do you think I can cut my Microtex Elite in half and just sew the ends? I find it challenging to wash such a huge towel.![]()
sayang yung elite.. baka maka scratch lang yun pag tinahi yung edge. Practice na lang ng pag dry using two hands.
I wouldn't do that, you see if you cut it in half it might unravel the threads and the waffle weave, you're better off sewing it folded into two so its smaller, there's actually a certain style on using elite, try to drop by one of these days for someone to teach it to you
Not really on using but more on cleaning the towel. It's big thus the difficulty on ensuring all parts are cleaned. I wash it every 3 uses.![]()
*madkatz and chickselog
after 15days nawala na beading nya (meron pa pero hindi mo masyado mahahalata sa unang tingin) puro talsik ng putik yung kotse tapos mga 2 days bago ko linisin.. same day tatalsikan ulit ng putik tapos 2 days ulit bago linisin ayun wala na beading effect. siguro na tangal na yung 915 kaka linis.. halos naka apat na linis na ako eh ay lima na pala total..
2weeks tops ang 915 sakin 5 wash at pinaliguan ng putik at grasa dalawang beses (dahil sa mga truck sa edsa na nalubak !!) good buy ang 915 strong na ang beading effect ang protection HALIMAW pa ang gloss, darker color, shiny !! lahat na !! haha pero hindi siya mirror look shine.. 2.4k sulit !!
pano pa kaya yung beading effect ng 476 at 885 kung ang 915 eh ganyan na !! haha
*madkatz ano pa po ba ang iba pang cleaning QD bukod sa ONR (katakot baka nakakastrip ng collinite or sealant sayang kugn may layer) at UQD? yung budget meal hehe. mam madkatz kaya pala isang patak lang at isang daplis lang tangal agad yung asphalt !! hehe konti amount lang po nilagay ko parang moist lang.. pero tinigil ko na kasi ginagawa pa yung nlex sa may bocaue. so ipunin ko muna lahat ng asphalt na makukuah ko..after gawin ang nlex saka ako papa kerosene sa carwash para safe kesa ako gumawa...
*Nikko
Oo nga buwisit bagong aspalto yung NLEX hahaha. Pati sa Val. exit din eh. Kaya pagka-pasok ko, dun agad ako sa pinaka-left kasi yun yung unang inaspalto, yun na yung pinaka-tuyo.
Matagal tagal na rin akong di nakakapag-asphalt removal. Ipon ipon muna aspalto hehe.
guys hindi ko sure kung nakita nyo na to baka meorn na dati nito dito
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na astigan lang ako 6 gran ang wax !! ahahaha
tapos wax by hand no MF towel and applicator..
*madkatz pwede kaya to by hand pag nag apply ng collinite ?! hehehe