Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

[The Guz]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

One more question. This is more out of curiousity. I have a brand new bottle of colorx and was wondering if anyone has ever used it with the finishing disc? Just wondering if it would work for a quick detail of wash, clay, colorx, wax.

Thanks.

[davey g-force]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

I'm sure somebody has. I can't imagine it would be too different to using the D301 Finishing Wax that comes with the DA MF kit.

They are both, after all, cleaner waxes.

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Before applyin d300, should I use clay to clean up my car? Can i just wash car, dried up, and go with d300? Can mf cutting pad and d300, replace the function of clay bar?

Another question, Do I really need to blow out / use meguiars pad brush to the pad each section? What if i don't have both of them? Just a suggestion for meguiars, maybe you should add megs pad brush in dmckit starter

thanks for help guys. I really appriciate it.

[The Guz]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

I'm sure somebody has. I can't imagine it would be too different to using the D301 Finishing Wax that comes with the DA MF kit.

They are both, after all, cleaner waxes.

Thanks. I was just curious considering D301 uses SMAT and if I'm not mistaken colorx uses DMAT. I was not sure if that would cause any issues if say I wanted to use colorx with a MF finishing pad. I may try it once I get a finishing pad.

Before applyin d300, should I use clay to clean up my car? Can i just wash car, dried up, and go with d300? Can mf cutting pad and d300, replace the function of clay bar?

Another question, Do I really need to blow out / use meguiars pad brush to the pad each section? What if i don't have both of them? Just a suggestion for meguiars, maybe you should add megs pad brush in dmckit starter

thanks for help guys. I really appriciate it.

It is recommended to always clay prior to remove all surface contaminants. You would want to have a clean surface to work on. I do recommend you consider a speedy or nanosking prep towel or the nanoskin sponges. They are great alternatives to clay.

You should at least get a pad brush to clean your pads to remove the excess material. Pads work best when they are clean to provide the performance that they were designed for.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Before applyin d300, should I use clay to clean up my car? Can i just wash car, dried up, and go with d300? Can mf cutting pad and d300, replace the function of clay bar?

If, after washing and drying the car, the paint feels smooth to the touch then you don't really need to clay it first. But if you're feeling some bonded contaminants you really should clay. It's quite possible that only the horizontal surfaces need to be clayed as they experience fallout more than vertical panels do. Just evaluate the car when it's clean and use your best judgement.

While it may seem that a compound and pad can do much the same work that claying does, it's not really quite that simple. Claying slowly shaves down the bonded contaminants and then holds on to those tiny pieces of what were already small bits. If you try and remove the same contaminants with a compound and pad you end up collecting up much larger chunks of stuff, plus it all gets mixed into the compound on the pad and effectively gets ground back into the surface. The worse the level of contamination on the surface, the more you compromise the ability of the compound and pad to do their job, which is below surface defect correction.

Another question, Do I really need to blow out / use meguiars pad brush to the pad each section? What if i don't have both of them? Just a suggestion for meguiars, maybe you should add megs pad brush in dmckit starter

thanks for help guys. I really appriciate it.

Yes, you really do need to clean the microfiber pad after every single section you buff. Here's why: microfiber is great at holding on to stuff, which is why we love microfiber towels for removing compound/polish/wax residue. When you're polishing paint with a microfiber pad it's going to hold on to everything - dried product and paint residue. When that happens you run the very real risk of building up a hard clump of debris that can and will cut into the paint and create pigtails. This is never a good thing as pigtails tend to be fairly deep, so you need to then work extra hard to remove them, which means you're then removing more paint than you needed to in the first place. Cleaning the pad takes but a few seconds each time, so don't skip the process. We can not stress this enough. Compressed air is the best choice, but a pad brush is a great alternative when compressed air is not available. Personally, I use compressed air here in our training garage but since I don't have a compressor at home (well, not quite yet anyway!) or when I'm mobile, I use a pad brush then and it's always served me very well.

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Thanks The Guz and Michael.
Well, I think i have so many "home work" to do. Thanks God i still have about 35gr clay and LT at home. LOL

Okay, back to the topic about damf, I just ordered dmckit5 starter, I got 2 pad mfcutting and 2pad mf finishing, can i use this finishing pad with UP and ULW?

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Hi I've another quick question,
1. I've read on first page, that I should work on 2

[Detailing by M]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Hi I've another quick question,
1. I've read on first page, that I should work on 2

Speed 2 on a DA?
last to slow.
3-4 for cutting
5 for polishing

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Wait a minute, why my post is missing partially?

I had 2 questions, but it only showed 1 and not complete.
My questions are
1. I read on page 1 that I should work on 2ea x 2ea, is that mean 2 inch x 2 inch? Isn't that to small? I have read somewhere here that when using DA, work are should be less than microfibre cloth (16"x24"). Which one is the right thing?

2. When i use mf cutting pad with d300, after the last 2-3 light passes, should I immediately buff out? Can I work on other area first than buff out together (still in 1 panel)

Thats my questions, don't know what's happening with my previous post..


Thanks for help

[Detailing by M]

1- 2' x 2'
2- wipe after you work am area. How else are you going to see if your correction results are?
Always overlap your work areas to blend areas together.

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

1- 2' x 2'
2- wipe after you work am area. How else are you going to see if your correction results are?
Always overlap your work areas to blend areas together.

ow i see, so it's mean 2 feet. So, the other post that said works area should be less than my microfiber supreme shine is correct too. 2 feet = 24 inch right? And supreme shine is 16"x24" . I got it now.

2. You right, how can i see the result if I'm not buff it out. Aarrggh..

thank you so much for your answer. I really appreciate it.

[Detailing by M]

No problem.
Anytime

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Hi, I've question again
what do you think about this step

1. D300/DMC5 , D301/DMF5
2. D300/DMC5 , D151/8207 , ULW/8207
3. D151/8207 , ULW/8207

which one is get the best result for white car, with swirl and scrath?
and how to get the color more white just like new car?

[Detailing by M]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Hi, I've question again
what do you think about this step

1. D300/DMC5 , D301/DMF5
2. D300/DMC5 , D151/8207 , ULW/8207
3. D151/8207 , ULW/8207

which one is get the best result for white car, with swirl and scrath?
and how to get the color more white just like new car?

No one can tell you what the "best" is for your car.
Every car is different and the paint can be different on the same car.
So every time you touch the paint you have to see how it reacts.
No. 1 is what I would use and probably will work great.

But do test spots and let the paint tell you what to do

[dedydut]

Re: Using Meguiar's D/A Microfiber Correction System

Thanks for suggestions PWMD