Car Care and Detailing Dreams

[waqar19]

Can i use Meguiar #26 on white. Paint is all original, 5 year old but still shiny.

[DUDE007]

bro i love ur attiude dont hesitate to ask

Haha....thanks.

[waqar19]

neither do i believe it :o ?

Seriously man. But it took 5 hour to clean up whole engine bay. Each n every corner. Now m dead tired

[DUDE007]

Can i use Meguiar #26 on white. Paint is all original, 5 year old but still shiny.

Yes indeed, paint looks good but first tell me have you ever clayed it till now? Or used a cleaner wax?

[waqar19]

Yes indeed, paint looks good but first tell me have you ever clayed it till now? Or used a cleaner wax?

nothing ever done. previous owner was very very kanjoos.

[DUDE007]

Seriously man. But it took 5 hour to clean up whole engine bay. Each n every corner. Now m dead tired

A good 5 hours spent! Now you can admire your great work
Don't use the surf on any other part of the car! Its a very strong detergent...can dull paint.

[DUDE007]

nothing ever done. previous owner was very very kanjoos.

Hmmmm......then a clay bar is advised. Although you can wax with #26, it will give good results but your paint won't be so smooth and the protection won't last so long. In 5 years, especially in Pakistan environment, a lot of contaminants can build up within your paint. A cleaner wax will help but won't remove everything. Get either mothers or meguiars clay kit and use it before waxing. The clay will remove the dirt, oxidation, hard water spots etc leaving your paint ready for waxing.

[fahdlovespak]

Sorry everyone for late reply....first of all bundle of thnx to my dearest brothers..usman bhai..kashif bhai..ahmed yar bhai...they really help me very much....i washed it...then meg yellow wax..then nxt...then desire wax....all done.....the plate is made by myself

[talha_hanif]

i think Durrani can claim himself as Successor of Usman(V1) Bhai.

[DUDE007]

aslam alikum, I cannot get rid of these marks on my car. they are here for quiet sometime now even after many washes and rubbing with cosmic cream. Kindly help me.
thanks

Wsalam.
Use a cleaner wax or a claybar to remove this hard stain.

EDIT:
Get a claybar for this. It looks like hard water marks which a clay can remove.

[waqar19]

how much clay kit cost ? what about availability in lahore ?

[awais.9]

clay cost is around 2k of mothers n 3k of meguiars n its just applied once in long time

[oklodhi]

What is happening with my car? See below pictures. This is the meguiar pad after applying Mothers Step 3 Carnuaba Wax. I wash my car with shampoo every week. Clayed at least 2 times in last 6 months.

[awais.9]

What is happening with my car? See below pictures. This is the meguiar pad after applying Mothers Step 3 Carnuaba Wax. I wash my car with shampoo every week. Clayed at least 2 times in last 6 months.

meguiars pad is yellow,how is this white :o
my pad used to get black when its clear coat was coming off or when wax wasnt getting buffed properly,now its gets brownish sometimes due to the dust right after the wash :o

[waleed80]

detailed this ride today. nothing special but still, i guess not that bad either. comments please (positive and negative are both welcome)

[AusI]

yes

So you are saying that wax is better than polish................

You can never comment on that since you are comparing two absolutely different things with a different purpose. thats like comparing an animal with a vegetable. You have to put two similiar things together. If you are asking what is protective that is a wax.

[AusI]

What is happening with my car? See below pictures. This is the meguiar pad after applying Mothers Step 3 Carnuaba Wax. I wash my car with shampoo every week. Clayed at least 2 times in last 6 months.

These are the Meguiars Microfiber applicator pads. You are collecting an insane amount of dirt while applying the product. There seems to be two possibilities

1. You did not wash the car before you started doing the job and just did a wipe of the car and started.

2. Which is usually the case is that people wash the car but leave the lower areas like the lower area of the door the bumpers dirty when they wash because its too much effort and all the dirt from the top where you so efficiently washed flows down and sticks in the lower part of the panels. When you start to wax the lower panels the pad picks up all this. Im pretty sure the mf you are using to buff off also becomes dirty ?

[oklodhi]

These are the Meguiars Microfiber applicator pads. You are collecting an insane amount of dirt while applying the product. There seems to be two possibilities

1. You did not wash the car before you started doing the job and just did a wipe of the car and started.

2. Which is usually the case is that people wash the car but leave the lower areas like the lower area of the door the bumpers dirty when they wash because its too much effort and all the dirt from the top where you so efficiently washed flows down and sticks in the lower part of the panels. When you start to wax the lower panels the pad picks up all this. Im pretty sure the mf you are using to buff off also becomes dirty ?

I washed the car completely with a pressure washer so dirt remaining on the car is a mystery.

I washed the car two days back and put on the cover on the car. I took off the cover today and inspected the car. There was dust on lower portion of the rear bumper which I cleaned with a microfibre. After that I waxed the car.

[margallar]

what wax did you use, apply wax to small portions of the car's panels again to see if anything comes off, worst case scenario is that your paint is coming off

there is another thing that happens but that occurs when there is overspray on paint. our silver corolla has overspray, when i wax it the pad becomes black, but im not claying it until it's parking moves awa from the nearby factory

[basimulhaque]

surf excel

really ???