Hey guys new to your forum I have learn at lot about detailing after reading here. This is my problem, The truck was ordered for me in Feb and I just took delivered of it last Saturday. I ask the dealer not to wash it but the guys in the service dept did anyway I was mad as h***. It looked OK in the sun but when I got it in my shop under those fleosant lights I found about 4-5 scratches 1 on the lower door and 3 on the bed. Remember this truck was built in march 3/12 the service manger told me it was fine to wax it now... I told him remember this truck is less then 1 month old HE SAID THE PAINT WAS CURED AND WAX IT IF YOU WANT! I thought you had to wait 30-60 day before you could wax a new ride?? So this is what I did..
1. wash and cleaned it from front to back
2. I tryed to polish those scratches out with Meguiar'e scratch X and it took them almost out you could not fill them with your nail before I started but it left the surface with a haze and I did not like that at all. So I took 3M FINESSE-IT II and polished the haze right away and it looked great.
3. I used mothers (reflections) top coat and went over my work and it was slick as glass
I ask two different body shops if it was fine to do the whole truck with 3M FINESSE-IT II and the dealer they told me it would be fine because it would remove some of the junk that got on it in transport, just put your wax after. So guys I worked on my brand new truck for over 6 hours and It looks great. I hope this was not too soon. Since all this I have ordered me a kit from ADAMS to keep my new truck looking great. I guy told me I could have used a PC 7424 and it would have been a lot easier but I have never used a polisher or buffer because I was affiard I would do damage you guys make it look easy. I hope it was ok what I did??? Please let me know what you think?
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Hey guys new to your forum I have learn at lot about detailing after reading here. This is my problem, The truck was ordered for me in Feb and I just took delivered of it last Saturday. I ask the dealer not to wash it but the guys in the service dept did anyway I was mad as h***. It looked OK in the sun but when I got it in my shop under those fleosant lights I found about 4-5 scratches 1 on the lower door and 3 on the bed. Remember this truck was built in march 3/12 the service manger told me it was fine to wax it now... I told him remember this truck is less then 1 month old HE SAID THE PAINT WAS CURED AND WAX IT IF YOU WANT! I thought you had to wait 30-60 day before you could wax a new ride?? So this is what I did..
1. wash and cleaned it from front to back
2. I tryed to polish those scratches out with Meguiar'e scratch X and it took them almost out you could not fill them with your nail before I started but it left the surface with a haze and I did not like that at all. So I took 3M FINESSE-IT II and polished the haze right away and it looked great.
3. I used mothers (reflections) top coat and went over my work and it was slick as glass
I ask two different body shops if it was fine to do the whole truck with 3M FINESSE-IT II and the dealer they told me it would be fine because it would remove some of the junk that got on it in transport, just put your wax after. So guys I worked on my brand new truck for over 6 hours and It looks great. I hope this was not too soon. Since all this I have ordered me a kit from ADAMS to keep my new truck looking great. I guy told me I could have used a PC 7424 and it would have been a lot easier but I have never used a polisher or buffer because I was affiard I would do damage you guys make it look easy. I hope it was ok what I did??? Please let me know what you think?
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