I ordered one of the kit from autodetailing, this might sound like a dumb question but do I apply the wax or speed glaze straight on the foam pad or do i slip the micro bonnet on the pad then apply? Also I was sent a bottle of speed glaze # 80, do i apply this before the NXT wax? I'm going to clay before I do all of this. There were 2 foam pads in the kit # w8006 and w9006..any help would be much appreciated. Ron

 

yes you would clay first...but for application of glaze or wax you could do that by hand...your pads will prob more cut than that of the cut of a glaze. if you have small scratches you will prob need a compound or polish. a glaze might not remove all the swirls if that is what you are trying to do. check to see how bad they are then get a compound to remove those, if they are bad you will prob need two or three steps to take them out. most glazes have little to no cut and with a da and not a rotary the pad will have little to no cut.

however if you want to use machine and the chems you got and paint is pretty clean/new...hand clay..then glaze then wax...

i'm sure someone like rockpick can advise on a da with the microfiber bonnets...i like a good selection of wool and foam 8 inch pads on a rotary

 

Don't want to do it by hand thats why I bought the da polisher...what speed should it be on? thanks

 

Yes you would apply the products directly to the foam pad. Run a small bead around the perimeter of the foam pad and place the pad against the paint before turning the DA on. The microfiber bonnets are for machine removal of the wax after it has dried, if you choose to use them. The microfiber bonnet would be placed over a clean foam pad. Most people use a dedicated pad such as the W7006 with the bonnets for wax removal, but a clean W8006 would work fine also, as long as it has not been used with wax or polish. You don’t want the product seeping through when you go to remove the wax. The #80 Speed Glaze is a polishing compound that should be used before the NXT wax. The #80 has no wax protection, so you will want to apply wax after using this product. The #80 Speed Glaze is an excellent product and will remove light swirls if used correctly. After placing the DA on speed setting 5, you would apply a small bead of #80 around the perimeter of the 8006 foam pad then place the pad against the finish and turn it on. You will want to work the product into one small area at a time roughly an 18” square area or so. Work back and forth very slowly with overlapping passes, going over every square inch of that small 18” square work area maybe 3 to 5 times very slowly, but don’t work the product so long that it dries out. You will get the feel for it the more you use it. Wipe the #80 polish off after you work each small area. You do not need to let the polish dry. The only thing that needs to dry is wax. After going over the entire vehicle with #80, you would switch to the 9006 pad and change the machine to speed setting 3 or 4 and apply the NXT wax to your vehicle. You can work faster with the NXT and also over a larger area since you are just applying wax and not trying to remove swirls like you were with the #80 speed glaze.

So to summarize, here are the steps.
1. Wash and dry the vehicle
2. Clay
3. #80 Speed Glaze with w8006 pad on sped 5
4. NXT Wax with w9006 pad on speed 3 or 4
5. Remove wax by machine with the microfiber bonnets on a clean foam pad.

Hope this gives you a little guidance to get started. Good luck.

 

And if you haven't checked it out already, look at meguiarsonline.com. There is a wealth of info about how/when to use all the megs products and a section for the PC polisher. Lots of good stuff over there!

 

Great guidance... very nice post there B...

Just to add a couple of unsolicited pennies to the pile here...

I find that #80 applied at speed 5 on the PC is a bit too fast and doesn't break the product down as well as necessary to use the product to it's fullest extent. I prefer 4... or even 3.75. More of an opinion I suppose...

Here's a great reference for pad/speed guidance for Meguiar's products.



Product removal by bonnets, while loved by some, may not be recommended by others.

I know... I know... again, I'm getting nit-picky but, I prefer to remove the mechanical aspect from the wax removal portion due to the simple fact that there's more risk in my opinion.

Bonnets tend to 'load' with dust and such from the removal of the product. That dust and 'gunk' can actually mar the paint quite simplistically. I know that's nitpicky but, I have actually had to redo a couple of panels because I was a bonehead and didn't pay close enough attention to the pad loading.

My view is that a nice microfiber towel will have several times more area for product removal - even if using both sides of the bonnet. Further, you can easily 'snap' the microfiber and loose most of the dusting and other light contaminants that you pick up along the way.

I'm splitting hairs there and I know that you can do it with a bonnet with great success but, for me, I won't use it anymore and actually find that I do a better job at removing products on the paint when I do it by hand. That said, you'll always have to do some parts by hand because the PC can't get in some of the nooks and crannies where you're applicator will go - even when applying by PC.

Just a couple of opinions from an OCD goon...

-RP-

 

That's the first I've heard of someone using #80 on a slower speed. I'll have to give it a try sometime and see what happens.