9th August 2010, 22:09
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| BHPian  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Calcutta
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As sohail mentioned, ONR is Optimum No Rinse. I am very happy with it. 32 Oz will last you almost a year. Rgds | |
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10th August 2010, 06:57
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| BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore
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10th August 2010, 10:16
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Water beading is not that great with the BF as i found out yesterday, clearly with NXT or pure wax we get better water beading. BF anyways is supposed to sheet off water which it did very well. The car(ANHC) got a little wet in the rain and today morning the surface which was wet had hardly any signs that water had fallen. Another good find:Found out a very good way to clean the car in this situation when its drenched in the rain: Had been out in the i-10 yesterday late evening and it got fully drenched. Now when this happens, invariably in the morning ,due to ample layers of sealant, most of the after effects do not exist. What we see are round spots of dust, which mostly go off when i wipe with Cal Duster but then some spots remain( these are what i referred to as water spots) I used the 3M cloth -wet and gently ran it over the surface, the cloth is simply GREAT. It is extremely effective - i used it even to wipe dry and it did the work in a jiffy. The best multi-purpose micro i have seen so far, no wonder its used like 1000's of times in the service centers till it turns almost black! Easily can run one of them for over 6 months, which is great considering its not that expensive. This has made my life very easy now and no heart aches to see the car getting drenched in the rain and then trying to instruct the cleaning guy on what to do! Avoids regular shampoo of the car , my own way of doing a ONR  | |
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10th August 2010, 12:20
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| BHPian Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Gurgaon,N.Delhi
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10th August 2010, 13:26
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| BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Bangalore
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| Guys i park my car in my college in an open ground and when i open the door it feels like im sitting in an oven, The dashboard's all heated up and paint surface is too hot to touch because of the sun. I wax my car with meguiars NXT paste wax which has UV protector, Is it sufficient or should i use any "sunscreen" on the paint?  For interiors i use F1 dashboard protectant. |
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10th August 2010, 14:04
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The best way to avoid the heat is to keep your windows a little lowered, but I do not think that it is practical (it can rain anytime in open ground and college kids might play mischief/prank by intentionally vandalizing inside of the car) | |
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10th August 2010, 14:24
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| Senior - BHPian  | Tried this Italian product 2 days back. Just spray it and clean it with a soft cloth. No water required. The gloss and smoothness was equivalent to a washed & polished surface..  Last edited by kpzen : 10th August 2010 at 14:25. |
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10th August 2010, 20:04
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10th August 2010, 21:42
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| BHPian  | great job , best is last pic  |
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10th August 2010, 23:49
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| Senior - BHPian  Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Delhi
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the level of reflectivity is amazing!!  I hope I could make a windows dreamscene with your last pic and clouds moving! We should like mail your pics to Megs and stuff to make them realize that there is a great market for their products here. I'll surely buy em all! lol! --------------------------- btw today while I was in college, it suddenly rained and I was like WTH! since I couldn't QD it there, I just set for home. After a few mins the rain stopped and the sun started showing(evaporated all the water) Generally, ppl would be like "Fine! I'll wash it in the morning". But I just couldnt tolerate dust and water spots. so I take a service road to the highway, get down Dust the car with jopasu duster(to remove bigger dust particles) > then california duster > take out the UQD > go panel by panel and in the end its shining as ever! Passers by had that 'What the hell is that guy doing!?' look!  Since I was carrying a few QDs(different types) I tested them out side by side. (right there on the busy service road LOL! but it had enough place on the sides to park and detail!) UQD - seems to clean waterspots nicely and leaves a clean shining finish. but super horrible overspray!! Eagle one clear nanowax spray - not much of a QD! I wouldn't use it on waterspots! Prestone Quick Shine - Has carnauba in it and very effective in removing water spots + imparting a nice deep gloss(but durability questionable in sun) Smells nice too Zymol Detail(wax enhancer) - I loved the controllable spray nozzle! works nicely but gloss is a bit less than what Prestone can achieve! but I love it just for the controllable spray nozzle!(virtually no overspray!) after QDing for quite a while I set off for my home! Fortunately it didn't rain again! If my i20 becomes dusty I risk going into depression! Last edited by sohail99 : 10th August 2010 at 23:51. | |
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11th August 2010, 00:23
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11th August 2010, 10:16
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Man you are amazing- having so many QD's? I have just UQD and does well enough for me. For spray wax have found 3M also very competent. You gotta live with a few things, one of them being the car getting dirty so don't bother so much pal, focus on studies  Meanwhile got a call from the 3M guys, they wanted a time when the expert comes over for using Megs and swirl removal. I hope the guy is actually an expert and can fulfill our needs which are very demanding to say the least!I want to tell him that need removal and not hiding the lines and swirls. I guess Megs 105 followed by 205 should suffice? Should i insist of each panel being wiped down by IPA as you said? They will surely be shockes if i tell them that! | |
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11th August 2010, 12:04
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11th August 2010, 15:31
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| Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Delhi
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And for the tiny hairline scratches, I would recommend using Megs 205 only! Megs 105 is a heavy cut compound and is meant for extremely neglected and heavily swirled out finishes!(which is definitely not the case here!) As usual M205 is the least abrasive, so starting with that should be preferable! Here's a abrasives chart you might wanna refer to - http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-det...ml#post1351569 This one too - AutoGeek Comparative Polish & Compound Chart - Car Care Forums: Meguiar's Online (I don't think M105 is needed for anything other than paint restoration!!) As for pad usage, first pass with a polishing pad(green if CCS pads) > IPA wipedown > analysis under sun or halogen/xenon etc. If hairline scratches have reduced a lot, then a 2nd pass with the same pad and IPA wipedown > analyse! If it isnt able to remove those hairline scratches then a pad stepup to a white or yellow! (Pad colors as per CCS code! - Autogeek Buffing Pad Comparison Chart) btw I think IPA wipe-down is essential(use 50:50 soln. of IPA(91%) and distilled water/drinking water respectively in a spray bottle) Especially when you're getting the paint polished from someone else. It removes all the fillers and the paint's actual state can be seen under the light! therefore, no chance of any marring or hairline scratches later on! (he might say that glaze will remove those scratches, but all that glaze contains are paint conditioning oils and fillers!, after a week or so, the hairline scratches reappear and cause hypertension! lol) Last edited by sohail99 : 11th August 2010 at 15:33. | |
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11th August 2010, 17:57
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| Newbie  Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mumbai
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