I was wandering, I see the red and black trucks all shined up and look good after a fresh waxing, so will a good waxing have the same effect on a white truck. Here is a pic of mine, (its not a great camera or pic, but you can get the idea.) Would wax effect the look much?


I have also noticed that when I look at the truck and see the suns reflection, I see little scratchy looking things, kinda in a circle around the sun, what are these and what can be done to prevent them.

Thank's
Phillip

(and yes, thats a small dent, them dang parking lots)

 

phillip,

those swirl marks that you see when your truck hits the sun are little microscratches in your paint job and those things really **** me off Here is what you can do to remove and prevent them. Get some zaino swirl mark remover Z2?????? But get some of that and get some microfiber towels www.yosteve.com Everytime you wax or whenever you choose apply the swirl mark remover and they should come out. Yoy can apply zaino swirl mark remover as many times as you want, usually 1 to 3 times is sufficient. Microfiber towels are the way to go. I'm going to order some zaino today after school fer my truck. I know microscracthes are a beeeeeeooooooooch to take care off and keep off. Good luck!!!!!!!

 

There are several things you can get in your paint.

One is a hazing in whatever sealant you have on your paint. when looking at an angle it'll looks like little fuzzy streaks. Kinda hard to describe. When you remove the wax, if they go away then they were in your sealant.

If they are swirls from a buffer, then they will look like thin lines and follow whatever pattern was used on your truck with the buffer. Usually they will be parallel and go back and forth.

Then there are just scratches in your paint from other things. One thing is just from washing and drying your truck.

I don't even know what to call the last kind but I do know they are a pain to get off. Do not worry though because I see very few cars that don't have them. I even see cars at car shows with them! When you look at the paint directly into the reflection of a light or the sun, then you'll see all these lines in your paint around it. I'm guess this is what you have in your paint.

Use a mild polish by hand. Something like Klasse AIO or Meguiar's #9.

 

Phillip,

I have a black truck and a white car. There is no way I can get the white car to look as good as the black truck when I've detailed them both. I've tried a number of different things, but the black just shines more.

Good Luck,

BOB

 

My supercab is white, and I'll agree that it may not shine as much as a freshly polished black surface, but it does an excellent job of concealing flaws. And it still looks good polished.

 

A Black detailed truck will always look better but it is 100x harder to take care of than white. White you can't get a mirror like reflection in. A dark colored car you can see every reflection in, which makes it look better.

White is a great color because it is hard to see scratches and swirls in. If you plan on keeping your truck a long time or not putting a lot of time into keeping it swirl/scratch free, then get white. It will always look good when washed.