Miata Mailing List: May 1997, Message #120
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From: 	markb@adnc.com (Mark)

Subject: Re: Damn wax job

Date: 	Thu, 1 May 1997 17:02:29 -0500



At 5:25 PM 5/1/97, Trevor Ryder wrote:

>        My wax job didn't turn at as good as I had thought.

>

>        Under-certain lights (like in a gas station at night)

>you can see horrendous scratches on it.  Like from the towel

>used to wipe the wax off.

>

>        I used a terry-cloth (old bath towel) but it still

>looks like crap.

>

>        Woulda shammy work better or worse?



Trevor,



If that "old bath towel" is not 100% Cotton (yes, there are bath towels

that have some synthetic fiber content) then that would probably be the

source of your scratches.  Any synthetic fiber content, or, using a 100%

cotton towel that is too thin (not "fluffy" enough) will almost always

result in scratching.



Go to Sears, Penney's, or even Price Club and buy several nice and fluffy

100% cotton hand towels (smaller than bath size, larger than a wash cloth).

I pay $2.99 each for really nice ones at Price Club.  (Avoid the

bag-o-towels bargain at Price Club...they are not thick enough.)



To get rid of the scratches, I recommend Meguiar's Medallion PAINT CLEANER.

I just started using this stuff and it is absolutely amazing!  It has

absolutely NO abrasives.  On light to moderate scratches it does a better

job than Meguiar's #9 Swirl Remover.  Plus...it's not abrasive like

Meguiar's #2 Fine Cut Cleaner (which leaves behind ultra-fine scratches of

its own).



I take extremely good care of my Miata's paint.  In fact, I'm pretty damn

anal about it.  Still, over the last year or two (since I last used

Meguiar's #2 Fine Cut Cleaner) I had started noticing light scratches here

and there.  Scratches that #9 Swirl Remover would NOT take out.  I was

hesitant to go at them with #2 because of the ultra-fine scratches it

leaves behind (which #9 removes but you really have to work at it).

So...the scratches were there.  Probably only I could see them.



At a recent San Diego Miata Club meeting we had a rep from Meguiar's come

talk to us about their products.  He recommended Medallion Paint Cleaner as

the product to use.  He was absolutely right!  99.9% of the scratches were

removed with a couple apps of Medallion Paint Cleaner.  I used an random

orbital buffer but elbow grease will work just as well...it's just more

tiring and time consuming.



Awesome stuff!





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