Wax/Polish of Choice

[Rob-00BoxsterS]

Originally Posted by TorpedoZone

What's the difference between the Klasse All-in-one polish and the Klasse high gloss sealant glaze?

Joe

Klasse AIO is a one step polish (clean, polish, protect) similar to an all in one cleaner wax (except it is not a wax, it is an acrylic.) You can easily use this as a one step wax job and call it a day.

Klasse SG is a sealant you would use after you polish the car. If you are not familiar with the product, it can be tricky to use. (tends to leave a milky haze that is difficult to remove if applied too thick.)

Normally one would use the AIO as a cleaner and polish and the SG as a sealant. It can then be followed with a Carnauba paste applied by hand to really make the paint "pop".


Klasse is not my favorite (not the most user friendly product) but it does do a nice job.

[Jaxonalden]

If you’re looking for a wax that goes on easy and leave a beautiful shine try Super Glaze by The Wax Shop. It goes on like water and doesn't leave a powdery residue. In-between waxing I use Kit Car Wash with carnauba wax. It will leave a maintained shine just like you waxed it.

[70Sixter]

All P21S all of the time.

[Perfectlap]

The Klasse Sealant is a bit old school now. There are other brands that have figured out how to make a sprayable sealant that does the job. Not sure why Klasse never figured out if this was the approach the customer needed. Poorboys and Werkstatt make sealants that I use that do an excellent job and are idiot proof.

by the way, if you use a top wax often (once a month) a sealant is really unecessary in my opinion. I polish with each seasonal change and follow up with a synth. paste wax (FK1 1000P) which can go months and still beads vs. a couple of weeks life expectancy for a natural carnauba wax like S100. Those pricey carnaubas seem to be losing popularity, really only for red and dark nowadays.

Sonus clay bar & glide

Blackfire polish and scratch diminisher


P21S Carnuba

[Frodo]

Quote:

"As for the white specs, if those are chips those can be minimized as well. There's a technique where you use the back of a nuber 2 pencil eraser. You take a 3 hole punch and cut out piece of 2000 grit sand paper, glue it to the eraser. Sand the chip hole by turning the pencil into the hole so that is flat. fill the chip hole with touch up paint (Langka paint pen), enough that it forms a little paint pimple. Wait an hour or two for it to cure and then take the 2000 grit sand paper and sand it down so its flush. Voila. You then wax the surface with an acrylic wax with fillers.
If the specs are just contamination it will come out with the proper amount of torque from a porter cable or Cyclo polisher ($130-$200)."

Posted by Perfectlap.

When you say sand the chip til it is "flat", how flat are we talkin'? So flat that if you ran your finger over it, it would be imperceptible? (Ie sanding a relatively large area?) Or are you just talking about just knocking off the sharp edges of the chip?

I have some factory (seal grey) touch up paint, and also recently got some "Dr. Colorchip" that I was thinkin' about trying underneath in front, where I stupidly picked up dozens of very small parallel scratches when I did a quick turn into a driveway that had a little more slope to it than I realized. I figured I'd try this first (since regular "touch-up" techniques would be impractical---too many scratches, I need to be able to just smear the paint in these. Mostly for protection anyway, since no one's going to be able to see them anyway.) Then, if I liked the Dr. CC, I might try it on the (more visible) rock chips on top. If not, can go with the factory paint touch-up.

Once done, I was planning on following with the super fine wet sanding down to level, then Poorboys SSR 2.5, then Menzerna Final Polish. Sound like a reasonable plan? Or should I do MIP in between the other two polishes?

[Perfectlap]

I would avoid wet sanding. This isn't something that should be attempted for the first time without an expert hovering over you.

Here' a video on paint chips. I can't see it right now but I think I've seen it before.
chip repair.