Detailing Advice Needed

[ARTZ]

Ok I just looked at my car and the scratches are not there....its the final gloss cut i've been skimping on other cars thats doing it...not to worry folks...

[Mavric]

All this talk of sealant then wax...I was advised only to use o e or the other not both..

Have down a few cars now, cut, polish, wax..I stopped using the sealant and just go straight on with any good carnuba wax and they come up magnificent with Thick wet glossy finishes.. but those tiny little scratches you see close up in The reflection still illude me..Im wondering would a good wool pad help fix these..?

ARTZ,

Whare you are saying here is not a bad thing, and putting a Wax only on a car instead of applying a sealant will provide a level of protection. The problem is the protection will not be long lasting. You may find that (depending on how you use your car) the wax will last for maybe 6, 8 weeks? If you keep re-applying the wax on a regularly basis say ever 4 weeks then you will never notice a change. The wax provides a high level of shine and in some respect an element of protection.

The benefit to applying a Sealant is that is a lot stronger and you will get a longer period of protection. Also it’s an additional layer between the elements and your paint/clear. I would be suggesting applying your sealant and then keep applying a wax over the top of that.

Using AMMO as an example Skin has been designed to be applied and then the ability to reapply over the top of its self. This enables you to build up the layers. It’s ideal to apply these layers 24 hours after each other but again this is an ideal world so if you left it over night then the second layer would still stick ok. Then you can apply the AMMO Crème (WAX) over the top of the layers of Skin.

The other thing to keep in mind when you are polishing down a scratch is that you are cutting away a layer of paint / clear each time you do it. Sometime you need to make a judgment call on how much are you going to cut and is it worth taking out the scratch vs how much paint will be left. Now if you have a Paint Gauge meter you can work this out no worries but if you don’t just keep in mind how old your car is and if it has ever had a respray etc.

Cutting it down to the point where it's almost gone and then applying a sealant or wax over the top will fill in what’s left. Although this isn't the perfect and ideal solution sometimes it's the best call to make. Last thing you want to be doing is cutting it down to a metal panel.

This all comes back to "it doesn’t matter what you use as long as you use it offer." So you keep applying a wax then it will keep that smaller scratch protected along with the rest of the car.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Cheers.

Matt