Yellow?

[Blr123]

Hi guys,

I'm doing my son's Civic jordan tomorrow and, like all Jordans', it's yellow, I've tired a few combinations I'm just wondering what peoples thoughts and suggestions are by way of product?

Thanks
Bryan

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Yellow?

If this car has a clear coat, then you're not working on yellow paint, you're working on a clear coat paint that has been applied over the top of the yellow paint.

What you want to do is get the clear coat paint as smooth and clear as you can by claying and then using the appropriate paint cleaner to remove any swirls or scratches that may be present. After this you want to apply a couple coats of a wax that produces great results on clear coated black paint. If a wax looks good on a clear coated black car, it will look great on any car.

If a wax cannot make a clear coated black car look good, then it's not going to work on any other color either. People get fooled into thinking some waxes work better on different colors but that's not true, a product either works or it doesn't and black, whether it's a single stage black or a clear coat finish over black is the true test of any product.

We wrote an article about this a couple of years ago and it's in the Hot Topics forum, we've copied and pasted it below for your reading pleasure.


Which LSP is better for light colors?

Originally posted by Cipitio
Hi everybody,

I have a silver and a white car. I was thinking on increase my stock of Meguiar's LSP (couple of tins of #16).

I read a lot that NXT and #26 are awesome for dark color cars.

I want to know your opinion about the best choice on LSP for light color cars.

Thank you for your responses.

Hi Cipitio,

Here's the deal,

First of all, 99% of all cars being manufactured today have a clear coat, so keep in mind, most people are not working on a pigmented paint, but on clear paint. Clear paint is simply resin without color.

That said, if a car wax, or polish will make a dark or black colored paint look great, it's also making a light colored finish look great too it's just your eyes can't see the difference. This is why the best test for a product is always on dark colors and black paint specifically. The true results of a product are going to be the most apparent on black paint, whether its a single-stage finish or a clear coated finish.

The color that is the least efficient at demonstrating a difference is white paint, whether it's a single-stage, or a clear coated finish. This is why Meguiar's performs all of their testing on black paint.

What you see discussed on forums and elsewhere on the topic of some waxes being better on light colors and some waxes being better on dark colors is simply confusion.

You'll often read where someone will say,

"Brand X is great on light colors",

what is implied is that brand X doesn't make dark colors look good. If a wax or polish can't make a dark color look good, it isn't making a light color look good, your eyes just can't evaluate the difference.

The best waxes for appearance quality makes all colors look good and you can know this by whether or not the wax makes dark colors look good.

Think about it for a second, if you have two identical cars, for example two Honda Accura's. One is white with a clear coat finish and the other is black with a clear coat finish, if a wax makes the black Accura look great, knowing you're working on the same kind of paint, (a clear coat), it's reasonable to assume that it's going to make the white Accura look great, it's just you're eyes won't perceive the difference as easily as they would with the black Accura.

Conversely, if a wax doesn't make the black Accura look good, it's reasonable to assume it's not going to make the white Accura look good for the same reasons outlined above.

Mike

[Blr123]

Re: Yellow?

Thanks for the reply Mike,

You're correct it's a clear coat, I have no problems with it being smoth as it was detailed not so long ago but as ever it will be checked from tip to toe as it were

Bryan