petakos said:
I have a question about the paint on my car. I have many little scratches on it...Their not deep but it seemed that a regular wax wouldnt get them out. What can I do to fix these and also the paint on my car seems to be dull...would a good wax help that or is there something else I can do to make it sparkle again
My car is black....Thank you
Wax is for protecting the car but it will not cut the finish and that's what both of your car require, not a hard process but time consuming by hand is all..in all the applications below make sure that you use a decent foam or cotton applicator and if you can afford it some micro fiber towels are always helpful for doing a better job
What you have are swirls marks in the clear coat kind of look like a halo / hollagram of sorts....to get these out you need a swirl remover, this process is really best done by orbital or rotary buffer, but you can get good result by hand with allot of elbow grease.
When I detail cars I always start with the swirl remover by hand work in small areas so that you can keep good control of the product, what you want to do is rub the area real well until the product starts to disappear, then move to the next spot...after this process I like to polish the car this will bring back luster on the car...again by hand this process will go much faster now that your done with the swirl remover...Last is a paste wax this will protect the car and give it a real wet looking shine.
These are the product that I use for the above process's you can buy them in small quantities for personal use.
Poorboys World
SSR 1 (this is the swirl remover)
Polish with Carnauba (this is the polish that also has some carnauba added)
Natty's paste wax ( this is the finishing product that gives that wet look)
http://www.poorboysworld.com