Glad to have you give it a try! UPS bends us over on shipping. We make NO mark-ups on shipping. Whatever UPS charges us is what we charge the customer. Just an FYI.
We always use the aerosol gl*** cleaner. Gets dirt and greasy hand prints out. Never had a problem with discoloration or flattening out semi-glosses. Never used it on HotRod Flatz paint tho this was always on color tinted primers. Cheap and you can pick it up at your local Wal-mart!
Why not consider just doing what bodywork/prep might be needed and paint the car with a shiny finish.... The way we did Back in the Day. Armourall tends to seal the surface that it's applied to. I stopped using it after the first time... About 35 years ago. I don't know about now, but back then it was a silicone based product that raised hell with whatever surface it was applied to. If it got on the painted surface, it was virtually impossible to refinish. I remember the company that made it recommended it for making your paint look like a million bucks...... It was a ****py product then that did little more than ruin the surface it was applied to.
i had same issuse with same paint use turtle wax ice about once a month now gets out water spots and looks very nice 12 bucks a bottle can do car about 20 times so bottle will last about a year and a half and i use it fot the chrome and interior aswell
I painted the lower part of my shoebox with hotrod flatz champagne and every cleaner I use leaves a white residue, but guess what: Armorall afterwards gets rid of the residue and evens it out so it looks perfect!!
I don't like wasting my time washing and wiping my truck down...painted with Hotrod Flatz and what a PIA to keep clean, ,so I shot 2 light coats of Flat Klearcote. No Armour All ever,,that **** will just haunt you at a later date..
+1 Windex to clean it when needed and +1 on the pledge trick--only in the rainy months. The road grime falls off the pledged surface and by spring the coating is gone. Windex it again for the summer and all good until the rains hit again.
This looks good....but there's two kinds of turtle wax ice...the paste and the spray...which one works the best?
Give this a try: http://www.chemicalguys.com/Chemical_Guys_SPI_995_16_Meticulous_Matte_Detail_p/spi_995_16.htm
Amen!.........Some of us just want to ride around in our hot rods and not spend copious hours polishing and cleaning only to put it in the garage. Primer is traditional , back in the day guys with customs and hot rods and not much money(and sometimes, skills) had primered repair places all over the car(mostly red oxide). I simply go to the "quarter" car wash, soap, rinse and head down the hiway 70 mph to dry her off. Grease spots, windex or rubbing alcohol.
Hi all. I wanted flat paint, because I like the look and in a sea of shiney it does stand out. My car has PPG Jet Black acrylic lacquer with flattener in it. Here in NZ it's not illegal to use this sort of paint, and I sprayed it in my garage. Off the gun it looked great and for the first photo shoot and until the first few weeks out in the weather it was amazing. But it's fussy, it marks, shows fingerprints, and water spots badly. And if you so much as rub out a bird ****, the surface changes. Lateley it's been getting oxidized and blotchy. Yes I've read all the ideas like furniture polish, kerosene, ATF, armorall and other weird and wonderful suggestions, but I figured in this day and age there must be a product that works, and doesnt cost too much (like swissvax!) We have read everything and after much online searching I bought a bottle of Rat Wax. On our paint, it's ****. I don't know what's in it, but it does nothing. Water does not bead, it doesn't restore the finish, and the spotting actually got worse. I have read that spray on waxes like the spray version of Turtlewax Ice can work, and Meguiars actually recommend their ultimate quik wax spray and ultimate wash for flat and matte paints.https://m.facebook.com/notes/meguia...o-care-for-your-matte-finish/518031564878004/ So we tried the ultimate wash followed by the quik wax. The results are the paint looks better than ever, save for the flaws from my amateur spraying and prep. So there you go quik wax from meguiars. I imagine others such as the ice spray will work too. Rat Wax vs Meguiars. No contest. I imagine others such as the ice spray will work too. After rain, before wash. Fender meets drivers door. Quik wax to left, old Rat Wax to right. Half of bonnet after quik wax. Half of bonnet after rat wax
Dutch Glow/Amish Milk and Wiemans are available for furnature as a cleaner/polish.; they have no silicone or wax. Wiemans even has a uv protection. They work good on flat/satin paint and are readily available at a decent price.
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