"Tamang OC lang" - a newbie's guide to car appearance maintenance

[ninjababez]

*ninjababez- How do you apply TW Ice? What applicator do you use? Instructions at the bottle seems kind of "vague". What I use was the cheap foam applicator at Blade, the 4pcs at 88php. At few times, I sprayed on the foam itself, then rub it in circular motion, till it dries up, then I'll wipe it off with the microfiber. On the latter part of the car, I just sprayed it on the surface and my usual procedure. How do you apply yours?

Thank you!

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*ninjababez- How do you apply TW Ice? What applicator do you use? Instructions at the bottle seems kind of "vague". What I use was the cheap foam applicator at Blade, the 4pcs at 88php. At few times, I sprayed on the foam itself, then rub it in circular motion, till it dries up, then I'll wipe it off with the microfiber. On the latter part of the car, I just sprayed it on the surface and my usual procedure. How do you apply yours?

Thank you!

Wag mo spray sa foam, madali sya matuyo eh marami masasayang. Spray then wipe off with formula 1 MF cloth, tapos buff off sa kabilang side ng formula 1 MF cloth
Tried microtex terry and plus MF for buffing pero mas ok itong formula 1 for TW ice

[bryan19]

Wag mo spray sa foam, madali sya matuyo eh marami masasayang. Spray then wipe off with formula 1 MF cloth, tapos buff off sa kabilang side ng formula 1 MF cloth
Tried microtex terry and plus MF for buffing pero mas ok itong formula 1 for TW ice

Is that 400php for 2 MF? Mahal at a haha

[francais]

Would like to ask the gurus for enlightenment & opinion,

Ano ang safe/magandang interval ng pag apply ng Step 2 - Polish and Glaze? or Polish. Lets say, weekdays 9hours nakabilad yung car under the sun.

Here's what I do kasi:

1. Wax (Collinite 915 or 476s) - once a month
NanoSliq - after every car wash

2. Step 2 Polish & Glaze (Mothers) - once a month - ???
3. Sealant (Klasse Twins) - Every 6 months
4. Clay - Yearly

[ninjababez]

Is that 400php for 2 MF? Mahal at a haha

Yup sulit naman bro.
Mahal din naman yung ultra plush ng microtex hehehe

Eto mga gamit ng MF ko ngayon

Mictorex
Waffle ultra Large - drying car
Terry - buffing mothers step 1 polish
Plush - buffing mothers step 2 glaze
Ultra plush - buffing liquid wax (845)

Formula 1 (in pic above) buffing tw ice spray wax
Formula 1 (blue large mf) last step in drying/buffing car after car wash (maganda din material nya)

[ninjababez]

Btw meron na tw ice liquid wax and paste wax sa ace hardware (1.3k and 1.1k respectively), di ko muna binili madali kami kanina umuwi.

[ninjababez]

Would like to ask the gurus for enlightenment & opinion,

Ano ang safe/magandang interval ng pag apply ng Step 2 - Polish and Glaze? or Polish. Lets say, weekdays 9hours nakabilad yung car under the sun.

Here's what I do kasi:

1. Wax (Collinite 915 or 476s) - once a month
NanoSliq - after every car wash

2. Step 2 Polish & Glaze (Mothers) - once a month - ???
3. Sealant (Klasse Twins) - Every 6 months
4. Clay - Yearly

Sayang naman yung klasse kung every month matatanggal sya ng #2 mo bro.

[bugoys]

*ninjababez- Thanks boss. So I'll just spray sa kotse mismo, then ikalat ko, then buff off using the other side ng mf towel.

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*ninjababez- Thanks boss. So I'll just spray sa kotse mismo, then ikalat ko, then buff off using the other side ng mf towel.

[greatauror28]

Would like to ask the gurus for enlightenment & opinion,

Ano ang safe/magandang interval ng pag apply ng Step 2 - Polish and Glaze? or Polish. Lets say, weekdays 9hours nakabilad yung car under the sun.

Here's what I do kasi:

1. Wax (Collinite 915 or 476s) - once a month
NanoSliq - after every car wash

2. Step 2 Polish & Glaze (Mothers) - once a month - ???
3. Sealant (Klasse Twins) - Every 6 months
4. Clay - Yearly

Parang too much effort kung every month magpa polish ka, lalu na kung summer naman at hindi napuputikan oto mo every time.

All of these depends on how dirty your car ends up everytime. If your car gets muddy always, then claying your car once a year might not be enough.

But, if since PH weather is only summer and rainy days, I don't think polishing your car once a month is a good idea. One is it takes alot of work to properly polish your car, not to mention it takes a lot of time too! If you have somebody doing it, then money comes into the equation.

This is the method i'm doing right now. This may or may not be applicable to you since we have 4 seasons here:

1. Claying - 2x a year (before and after winter)
2. Compound/Polish - 2x a year
3. Wax - 3x between May - Sep
4. Car wash - Every couple months during winter but every month during spring/summer/fall.

And I do all detailing myself. We have auto car wash here so I don't do hand wash and also we're not allowed to since we live in an apartment.

Here's Scarlette after my 2x a year full detail:

[ninjababez]

Di nakatulog hehehe
Test ko nalang ito ...

[ninjababez]

Work out for today done ... Ok ang shine nung tw platinum wax .. Tignan natin next week kung ok pa

[sphinxz]

Done with my 1st time wax pero parang may Hindi ako nagawang tama kasi Hindi ganun kakintab ang sasakyan. Just used nanoglos though. Questions.

Normally, gaano katagal curing time before pwede ibuff? Napansin ko kasi, kung konti lang ang wax, di ganun kakintab after ibuff kaya dinagdagan ko. Ma's makintab ang result pero mahirap at matagal ibuff.

Yung plastic parts like bumpers, pwede rin ba iwax?

Yung roof, Hindi ko napakintab ng todo. Meron pa ring marks na di ko alam if watermarks ba or paint issue na, Anong pwede Kong iapply to protect it considering open ang garage ko at exposed sa araw at ulan?

Kapag nag a apply kayo ng wax, mahirap ba I apply, tipong mejo sticky?

Do you wash your wax applicator and ultra plush every after use?

Will try to post pictures later sa PC. Thanks

[sphinxz]

Sample pix

[venerzky]

Done with my 1st time wax pero parang may Hindi ako nagawang tama kasi Hindi ganun kakintab ang sasakyan. Just used nanoglos though. Questions.

Normally, gaano katagal curing time before pwede ibuff? Napansin ko kasi, kung konti lang ang wax, di ganun kakintab after ibuff kaya dinagdagan ko. Ma's makintab ang result pero mahirap at matagal ibuff.

Yung plastic parts like bumpers, pwede rin ba iwax?

Yung roof, Hindi ko napakintab ng todo. Meron pa ring marks na di ko alam if watermarks ba or paint issue na, Anong pwede Kong iapply to protect it considering open ang garage ko at exposed sa araw at ulan?

Kapag nag a apply kayo ng wax, mahirap ba I apply, tipong mejo sticky?

Do you wash your wax applicator and ultra plush every after use?

Will try to post pictures later sa PC. Thanks

I've tried NanoGlos before and I can say that it's a good WOWO wax. What I do is i apply a very thin amount of wax sa car, as in sobrang nipis then immediately buff it off. Mahirap kasi tanggalin ang NanoGlos kapag makapal at pinatuyo mo sa kotse. Di naman need ng sobrang kapal kasi sayang lang yung wax. If you like you can reapply the wax the next day. Ganyan ginagawa ko.

Sealant ng Saturday. Wax ng Sunday. Best results by Monday. Hahaha.

[sphinxz]

Sealant you mean nanosil? And ok ba sya na sealant for its price?

[ninjababez]

Sealant you mean nanosil? And ok ba sya na sealant for its price?

Nano sil is actually filler and glaze

[sphinxz]

Di kaya nanofil ibig nyo sabihin? "FILler" and yung nanosil is Sealant? CMIIW though

[ninjababez]

Di kaya nanofil ibig nyo sabihin? "FILler" and yung nanosil is Sealant? CMIIW though

we are both correct bro, pag binasa mo yung label ng nano sil bro; may filling ability din sya.

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Di kaya nanofil ibig nyo sabihin? "FILler" and yung nanosil is Sealant? CMIIW though

we are both correct bro, pag binasa mo yung label ng nano sil bro; may filling ability din sya.

[kai s.]

Hi detail gurus! I'm trying to complete my detailing kit and I have a couple of noob questions. Any and all advice is appreciated!

1) Where can you buy the Klasse twins here? And around how much?

2) My polish is Meg's. Is it better to stick to one brand for both the polish and seal/glaze steps?

3) Is it okay to wash all the microfiber towels, wash mitts and applicators together? (Cross contamination issues)

4) Has anyone tried the Nu Finish soft paste polish? It says polish but it claims to be better than car wax and lasts a whole year. The minimalistic orange label is appealing eh.

5) Same question for the Mantis brand. I don't know anyone who has tried their products but they have premium placement, plus an entire shelf in Ace compete with video commercials pa.

[ninjababez]

Kai ok na yun 845 or tw ice mo as LSP. Re: klasse twins, polish and glaze na yun
So klasse twins 2x a year (judging from your low mileage) then 845 every month. Pero pag gumusto mp pa pumayat once a week LOL

[kai s.]

Kai ok na yun 845 or tw ice mo as LSP. Re: klasse twins, polish and glaze na yun
So klasse twins 2x a year (judging from your low mileage)

Happy with 845, pero gusto ko rin itry yung iba pag naubos.

Low mileage pero super kawawa paint ko kasi bilad sa araw. Open parking sa office eh. Kaya mas often siguro intervals ng akin.