Pictures from Meguiar's 10/26 Detailing 101 Class - Irvine CA

[Nick Winn]

Pictures from Meguiar's 10/26 Detailing 101 Class - Irvine CA

We had a great last Saturday Detailing 101 Class of the year. Thanks to everyone for coming out & we will see you next year!

[Old Bear]

Re: Pictures from Meguiar's 10/26 Detailing 101 Class - Irvine CA

Nick
Were you able to remove the Miata's intermediate scratches with the burgundy pad and Ultimate Polish.
Did it require a softer pad for final polishing?

[Nick Winn]

Re: Pictures from Meguiar's 10/26 Detailing 101 Class - Irvine CA

Nick
Were you able to remove the Miata's intermediate scratches with the burgundy pad and Ultimate Polish.
Did it require a softer pad for final polishing?

We used Ultimate Compound via DFC5 Soft Buff D/A Foam Cutting Disc for the compound step. This eliminated 85+% of the defects but some isolated deeper scratches remained. We were not going for 90%. The paint was on the harder more resilient side.

Ultimate Polish via DFP5 Soft Buff D/A Foam Polishing Disc was used for the polish step. This added noticeable gloss & improved the clarity a bit more.

Ultimate Liquid Wax was used for the final protection step via DFF5 Soft Buff D/A Foam Finishing Disc.

I have worked on two "newer" Miata's & both paints have been hard. This was the other one this year:

Pictures from 5/18 Detailing 101 Class