WAX for clear coat??

[MarkT]

Hey SuperRaptor! What do you recommend for removing "desert pinstriping"? (light scuffs in the clearcoat) I don't want to power buff or anything that drastic... It's not a show truck.

Is there something easy that would hide the scuffs?

 

[SuperRaptor]

Hey SuperRaptor! What do you recommend for removing "desert pinstriping"? (light scuffs in the clearcoat) I don't want to power buff or anything that drastic... It's not a show truck.

Is there something easy that would hide the scuffs?

It's pretty hard to hide scuffs, there are some glazes out there but IMO they fade pretty fast. Here would be a good couple of products if you don't want to get into machine buffing. I have used both and for doing things by hand they work great. The only problem is you'll want to do the entire truck!
Polish
http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-463-adams-hex-grip-polish-applicator-orange-swirl-haze-remover.aspx
Applicator
http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-97-adams-swirl-haze-remover-car-polish.aspx

There are videos right there of how to apply them by hand and the techniques. You will also want to clay bar the areas before doing any polishing. You can either buy it at a local store or use the adams kit which comes with a much larger bar.
I would recommend (in this order)
Washing
Claying the areas you intend to polish (you'll probably want to clay the entire vehicle after you feel how smooth your paint will be) until you can put your hand in a sandwich baggy and run it across the paint and not feel a thing.
Polish the areas probably once or twice.
Wax your entire vehicle and look back and enjoy!

 

[Raptor1]

It's pretty hard to hide scuffs, there are some glazes out there but IMO they fade pretty fast. Here would be a good couple of products if you don't want to get into machine buffing. I have used both and for doing things by hand they work great. The only problem is you'll want to do the entire truck!
Polish
http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-463-adams-hex-grip-polish-applicator-orange-swirl-haze-remover.aspx
Applicator
http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-97-adams-swirl-haze-remover-car-polish.aspx

There are videos right there of how to apply them by hand and the techniques. You will also want to clay bar the areas before doing any polishing. You can either buy it at a local store or use the adams kit which comes with a much larger bar.
I would recommend (in this order)
Washing
Claying the areas you intend to polish (you'll probably want to clay the entire vehicle after you feel how smooth your paint will be) until you can put your hand in a sandwich baggy and run it across the paint and not feel a thing.
Polish the areas probably once or twice.
Wax your entire vehicle and look back and enjoy!

Hey Man, great info, The pic of the black SUV looks great! I went to the website looks like great stuff. Do you use thier priemium wax?(I about fell out of my chair $69.95 for a tub of wax?) Does it last that much longer that it is worth the expenes? The rest of the products are normal price for high quality detail products.

 

[DJ BFG]

I don't know about your desert pinstriping, but the best wax that i have ever used is called "Pink Wax" the link fo rthis stuff is as follows: http://www.pinkwax.net/ i have been using this stuff since 2007. I found it at the Chicago Car Show where i was working for that year. i have personally sen it take spray paint off of a cars paint job and not do anything to the clear coat. Good Luck!

 

[GTS RAPTOR]

I use to use Zaino on my 98' Camaro SS, it does good.
But now I just go down to my local wal-mart and can get the full line of Meguires car care products and I think it does just as good of a job as Zaino did.
I just finished the first wash, claybar, cleaner wax, tech 2.0 wax of Meguires procedure on the Raptor and it looks fantastic!
One thing I noticed, even though the raptor has alot of sq. footage of paint to clean and wax it was easier to do then washing and waxing my mustang because I didn't have to bend over as much, much easier on the old back.

 

[KaiserM715]

GTS-

I have thought of doing the exact same thing (giving up Zaino for something sold at a box store). It is good to get your impressions on the Meguires stuff. Please give some updates as you get further impressions.

 

[AuPanda]

Used Zaino on a lot of my cars but switced to RejeX as the quality of the shine looks just as good to me for a much easier application process. And it does seem easier to get bugs off the paint.
http://www.rejex.com/

 

[FSM06]

Good info guys....any opinions on Mother's claybar and top coat??

FSM

 

[MagicMtnDan]

You know the expression, 'Opinions are like..."? Well, there's no better time to use that expression than when it comes to car care.

There are many good products and it's now hard to make bad choices. I think (my opinion) it's really important to use the proper materials (cloths, towels, etc.) the right way and that's not often mentioned in these types of discussions.

There are many websites that provide excellent information and I'd like to recommend one to you: http://store.carcareonline.com/howtoarticles-2.aspx

Yes, they sell products but they sell a variety of products from different manufacturers and I think (my opinion again) we have a better chance of getting good information from these types of sites.

 

[FSM06]

Thanks Dan.

FSM