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What a fun group on a gorgeous Saturday!! The only problem we really had was that nobody brought in a dark colored car that was in really rough shape for us to demo on! We suppose we shouldn't complain that people are taking such good care of their cars though, should we?
This was a very special treat, and without a doubt the oldest vehicle ever brought to a Saturday Class. This buggy dates back to c. 1900 or 1901 and it's a great indicator of what transportation was like when Meguiar's started out.
Sort of a two seat roadster of the day, even with a staggered wheel set up! How cool is that?
Back to modern day vehicles, and following the classroom portion we had an opportunity to demo a couple of alternatives to traditional wash methods. This Scion xB was a bit on the dirty side, but no match for Ultimate Wash & Wax Anywhere.
A few sprays onto the hood.....
....and after making a few wipes, and lifting the leading edge of the towel for each subsequent wipe, we have a nicely zebra striped towel and a clean hood.
We did a small area on the roof as well, just to show we weren't damaging the paint with this process.
The other alternative was our D114 Rinse Free Express Wash using a two towel approach. Here we're giving the roof an initial wipe before drying with a second towel.
Extra towels soaking in the bucket. What's nice about this process is that you never put a dirty towel back in the bucket, so contamination is eliminated.
While we only lightly wring the towel for washing the painted surfaces of a vehicle, after doing that with half the towel we like to wring it out pretty thoroughly before cleaning the glass.
There was this really odd looking sticker on the bottom of the windshield and the owner said we could remove it. We were hesitant to do so at first, not wanting to look like we were playing favorites, but he told us that he was only going to use Meguiar's products from here on out, so off it came!
We managed to take a guy who, although really into his car, wasn't all that into cleaning it and turned him into a passionate car care junkie. He even wants to take our Advanced Class now!!
He dropped the air pressure out of the bags this car is riding on so he could more easily wash the roof. Funny, he didn't do that when yours truly did that demo spot on the other side!
Towel number 2 for drying after the initial cleaning.
OK, back into the garage and on with the demo. This Toyota Corolla is just a couple of months old and the paint is in remarkably good shape. It definitely needed a quick claying but swirls were very minimal, although there were a few random scratches and several etch spots from both bird droppings and tree sap.
Here's one of those etch spots.
Even a quick application of Ultimate Compound by hand made some progress in brightening up the paint, but the deeper isolated defects needed a bit more power than this.
A quick show of how NOT to apply pressure when working by hand. Using your fingertips is a sure fire way to mar the paint and create "cheetah spots" that are very noticeable.
The G110v2 was the star of the show, quickly removing the various etch marks and isolated scratches while adding a clearly visible improvement in gloss and clarity.
Time to turn the students loose on the hood and help them refine their buffing technique.
Here's a case of the pad being not quite as flat against the paint as it should be. This was quickly corrected and excellent results were achieved.
Buffing side by side - again, the buffer on the left isn't quite as flat against the paint as it should be; notice the pad lifting on the right side, toward the head of the buffer. This tells us that the operator is putting too much pressure on the long end of the tool down by the power cord. The buffer on the right is nice and flat against the paint, and you can even see the very light grip the user has with his right hand.
Edges and body lines can be tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it they're no problem at all.
A quick coat of polish to really make the paint pop.
Wiping off the final coat of Ultimate Wax - piece of cake!
It's like someone threw glitter at the paint job!!!
This was a very special treat, and without a doubt the oldest vehicle ever brought to a Saturday Class. This buggy dates back to c. 1900 or 1901 and it's a great indicator of what transportation was like when Meguiar's started out.
Sort of a two seat roadster of the day, even with a staggered wheel set up! How cool is that?
Back to modern day vehicles, and following the classroom portion we had an opportunity to demo a couple of alternatives to traditional wash methods. This Scion xB was a bit on the dirty side, but no match for Ultimate Wash & Wax Anywhere.
A few sprays onto the hood.....
....and after making a few wipes, and lifting the leading edge of the towel for each subsequent wipe, we have a nicely zebra striped towel and a clean hood.
We did a small area on the roof as well, just to show we weren't damaging the paint with this process.
The other alternative was our D114 Rinse Free Express Wash using a two towel approach. Here we're giving the roof an initial wipe before drying with a second towel.
Extra towels soaking in the bucket. What's nice about this process is that you never put a dirty towel back in the bucket, so contamination is eliminated.
While we only lightly wring the towel for washing the painted surfaces of a vehicle, after doing that with half the towel we like to wring it out pretty thoroughly before cleaning the glass.
There was this really odd looking sticker on the bottom of the windshield and the owner said we could remove it. We were hesitant to do so at first, not wanting to look like we were playing favorites, but he told us that he was only going to use Meguiar's products from here on out, so off it came!
We managed to take a guy who, although really into his car, wasn't all that into cleaning it and turned him into a passionate car care junkie. He even wants to take our Advanced Class now!!
He dropped the air pressure out of the bags this car is riding on so he could more easily wash the roof. Funny, he didn't do that when yours truly did that demo spot on the other side!
Towel number 2 for drying after the initial cleaning.
OK, back into the garage and on with the demo. This Toyota Corolla is just a couple of months old and the paint is in remarkably good shape. It definitely needed a quick claying but swirls were very minimal, although there were a few random scratches and several etch spots from both bird droppings and tree sap.
Here's one of those etch spots.
Even a quick application of Ultimate Compound by hand made some progress in brightening up the paint, but the deeper isolated defects needed a bit more power than this.
A quick show of how NOT to apply pressure when working by hand. Using your fingertips is a sure fire way to mar the paint and create "cheetah spots" that are very noticeable.
The G110v2 was the star of the show, quickly removing the various etch marks and isolated scratches while adding a clearly visible improvement in gloss and clarity.
Time to turn the students loose on the hood and help them refine their buffing technique.
Here's a case of the pad being not quite as flat against the paint as it should be. This was quickly corrected and excellent results were achieved.
Buffing side by side - again, the buffer on the left isn't quite as flat against the paint as it should be; notice the pad lifting on the right side, toward the head of the buffer. This tells us that the operator is putting too much pressure on the long end of the tool down by the power cord. The buffer on the right is nice and flat against the paint, and you can even see the very light grip the user has with his right hand.
Edges and body lines can be tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it they're no problem at all.
A quick coat of polish to really make the paint pop.
Wiping off the final coat of Ultimate Wax - piece of cake!
It's like someone threw glitter at the paint job!!!
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