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My car is a 1992 Dodge Stealth which has single stage paint, no clear coat. Color is Emerald Green Pearl. This is sort of a review, sort of a detailing method I accidentally came up with.
I had the misfortune to be driving on I-75 while bridges were being primed which led to thousands of tiny pink dots on the paint. Normally, I use Meguiar's M0216 M2 but that didn't have any effect. Neither did washing, using tar remover, gasoline or anything else I tried. These things don't dissolve.
After a few hours of trying to get this stuff unattached from the paint, I tried a spot with Krud Kutter which lifted the spots, however as soon as it dried, the spots re-stuck to the paint. I tried the Krud Kutter with an immediate spray of reverse osmosis water which didn't work either.
Ordered a bottle of Meguiar's G17220 Ultimate Compound, which in combination with the Krud Kutter did the trick, no more spots. Then I did another sweep with the Ultimate Compound to correct some swirls. I'll state that I keep the paint on this car as perfect as I can. The Ultimate Compound didn't make the paint look any better but did a great job of swirl removal.
What I noticed is that this combo removed a lot of surface and deep dirt, judging by how black the micro fiber towels were when done and the smoothness of the paint. I grabbed a clay bar and tried a few spots and the bar picked up pretty much nothing so confidence was high at this point. Plus it corrected a lot of the pesky swirls that the M0216 never was able to remove.
9 hours of scrubbing and polishing later, the entire car was stripped and clean.
Then I came up with the idea to combine two Meguiar's products, Meguiar's Synthetic Sealant 2.0 and Hybrid Ceramic Liquid Wax which I usually use right after one another with the synthetic sealant being applied first. I did this simply because I was tired and worn out from the entire dot removal process and was not looking forward to several more passes over a complicated auto body.
What I noticed is threefold.
First putting both on a new foam pad created an interesting odor.
Second, this combo visibly was absorbed by the paint. After removing the residue, the depth of the shine was astounding - better than I've ever had using the synthetic 2.0 and the ceramic wax separately.
And third, Two coats were needed to make the coverage consistent. I just kept applying the combo until it stopped absorbing.
I'm still applying the second coat and will upload some pics when done.
I had the misfortune to be driving on I-75 while bridges were being primed which led to thousands of tiny pink dots on the paint. Normally, I use Meguiar's M0216 M2 but that didn't have any effect. Neither did washing, using tar remover, gasoline or anything else I tried. These things don't dissolve.
After a few hours of trying to get this stuff unattached from the paint, I tried a spot with Krud Kutter which lifted the spots, however as soon as it dried, the spots re-stuck to the paint. I tried the Krud Kutter with an immediate spray of reverse osmosis water which didn't work either.
Ordered a bottle of Meguiar's G17220 Ultimate Compound, which in combination with the Krud Kutter did the trick, no more spots. Then I did another sweep with the Ultimate Compound to correct some swirls. I'll state that I keep the paint on this car as perfect as I can. The Ultimate Compound didn't make the paint look any better but did a great job of swirl removal.
What I noticed is that this combo removed a lot of surface and deep dirt, judging by how black the micro fiber towels were when done and the smoothness of the paint. I grabbed a clay bar and tried a few spots and the bar picked up pretty much nothing so confidence was high at this point. Plus it corrected a lot of the pesky swirls that the M0216 never was able to remove.
9 hours of scrubbing and polishing later, the entire car was stripped and clean.
Then I came up with the idea to combine two Meguiar's products, Meguiar's Synthetic Sealant 2.0 and Hybrid Ceramic Liquid Wax which I usually use right after one another with the synthetic sealant being applied first. I did this simply because I was tired and worn out from the entire dot removal process and was not looking forward to several more passes over a complicated auto body.
What I noticed is threefold.
First putting both on a new foam pad created an interesting odor.
Second, this combo visibly was absorbed by the paint. After removing the residue, the depth of the shine was astounding - better than I've ever had using the synthetic 2.0 and the ceramic wax separately.
And third, Two coats were needed to make the coverage consistent. I just kept applying the combo until it stopped absorbing.
I'm still applying the second coat and will upload some pics when done.
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