I'm trying to bring back the paint on my wifes 1990 Toyota MR2 and I just can't seem to get crystal clear clarity in the paint. It is single stage white and from what I've read they tend to be the hardest of single stage paints. Even hand polishing and wiping off with a micro fiber towel leaves what seems like residue behind.
I've tried all sorts of combinations of 105, 205, Ultimate Compound, Ultimate Polish, Swirl X. Even Swirl X at times leaves behind what seems like residue. The best results I get so far are 105 on the DA followed by Swirl X or 105 by hand with micro fiber cloth followed by a re-po cream polish on a megs foam applicator.
Tomorrow I will try 105 on the DA followed by re-po cream polish as I think the DA gave a slightly more uniform finish as opposed to hand.
A bit of background is my wife is pretty pedantic about and looks after her cars. Unfortunately she has never really waxed it but used to cream polish it every so often and it has always looked pretty good. She's like me and always prefers to hand wash.
The one time she decides to go through an auto car wash it sprays a pink chemical all over and then the carwash malfunctions. I can only assume the pink chemical was a semi caustic truck wash sort of solution and eventually turned into white streaks that wouldn't wash off. The car wash offered to hand cut/polish which was ok afterward but not great. The car pretty much sat in our garage for a year and is looking pretty dull and neglected.
This white paint is giving me a hard time, seems soft to me but I could be wrong, why don't the compounds wipe off cleanly without a residue? I did her other single white car by hand and it came up magic and looked better than a new car. My metallic blue car comes up like glass after a polish and it looks like the paint is dripping wet after a wax, so why wont this one, lol
I've tried all sorts of combinations of 105, 205, Ultimate Compound, Ultimate Polish, Swirl X. Even Swirl X at times leaves behind what seems like residue. The best results I get so far are 105 on the DA followed by Swirl X or 105 by hand with micro fiber cloth followed by a re-po cream polish on a megs foam applicator.
Tomorrow I will try 105 on the DA followed by re-po cream polish as I think the DA gave a slightly more uniform finish as opposed to hand.
A bit of background is my wife is pretty pedantic about and looks after her cars. Unfortunately she has never really waxed it but used to cream polish it every so often and it has always looked pretty good. She's like me and always prefers to hand wash.
The one time she decides to go through an auto car wash it sprays a pink chemical all over and then the carwash malfunctions. I can only assume the pink chemical was a semi caustic truck wash sort of solution and eventually turned into white streaks that wouldn't wash off. The car wash offered to hand cut/polish which was ok afterward but not great. The car pretty much sat in our garage for a year and is looking pretty dull and neglected.
This white paint is giving me a hard time, seems soft to me but I could be wrong, why don't the compounds wipe off cleanly without a residue? I did her other single white car by hand and it came up magic and looked better than a new car. My metallic blue car comes up like glass after a polish and it looks like the paint is dripping wet after a wax, so why wont this one, lol
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