First of all I want to say I hate everyone of you because now I am hooked. I went out and bought a Meg's DA, Clay, Meg's#9 and NXT. 3 weeks ago I was satisfied with having my wife take her car to the car wash and washing my own new F-150. After reading your guys posts and seeing pictures now I have become **** retentive and spent 6 hours on my wife's paint Saturday. The worst part is I don't regret it because it looks great. Is OCD contagious?

On a serious side Thanks to all of you for your posts and the detailing guide. It has pointed me in the right direction and allowed me to jump into this armed with the right equipment and methods the first time.

I have one question about the Meg's #9. It was a bear to get off. I used my DA to apply with a Meg's yellow pad and tried to remove with a microfiber bonnet and it would not remove the #9. I resorted to removing by hand and a microfiber which was still a bear. Is this normal?

 

Welcome to the OCD club. Several of us here are charter members and can get you further acquainted with what it's like to constantly think about how your vehicle (or customer vehicles) look, reflect, and even feel. You'll get your membership packet in your next order from ADS, PB's, or similar.

As for #9, THIN is the key. When you're working it with your PC, you're going to want to thin it out to the point that you can nearly not see it. Remember, only the very thin meniscus of product that is touching the paint is doing the work (or filling in the case of #9). Also, it is not necessary to allow #9 to dry to the paint. While you do want it to 'gum up' (or ball up as some call it) while you're working it, you don't necessarily want it to dry.

 

Thanks Rockpick, Rick at ADS already gave my the membership packet. It was in a black duffle bag that said Meguiars on the side. I picked it up when I was in Phoenix on business. Rick at ADS is a great guy and will continue to send my business his way and recommend him every chance I get.

Thanks for the advice, I will use it next weekend when I tackle my truck.

 

+1 Agree with RP on this one. One other note is to not work the product to long either. A good rule of thumb is when you finish your polishing pass and it's hard to get off then it's not worked long enough or worked to long.

Every compound and polish I have worked with comes off easily if broke down completely and not buffed to long. When it's easy to get off you got it right.

Tic

 

I took your advice and it went much better. I would like to submit the following as my application to the OCD club. This is with Clay, #9 and NXT 2.0.

 

looks good, nice work.

 

Truck looks good! Welcome to the club, whip out the credit card and let the damage begin..


Hijack time...
RP, I'm still waiting on my membership application, but I'm guessing that it got lost in the mail, along with our Light Switch Certification certificate. Now, since you recommend doing #9 so thin til it gums up, what about #7? #80?

 

My sister asked me the question that you told her to ask me, Zach. You're a bastard... No. Really. You are.