First cut polish and wax ever on my 4.5yr old Rubi...few pics
06-07-2011, 10:33 AM
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Wow! Can't believe you waited that long, but it looks really good. My latest JK is 5 months old and has been waxed 5 times. Some people think you can over do wax, but I don't. I had a YJ that I waxed once a month for the first three years or so, then about 3-4 times a year for the next five years. When it was 8 years old and had 92,000 miles, it still looked nearly new. I am going with that plan on my new JK. The only thing is, I think the older paint like on the YJ was more durable than the new stuff.
I had to wax mine the first week.Looks great Steve
.....That bromide/salt crap they put on the highway's in BC beat the piss out of the powder coated modifications.
I am sure in a year or 2 i will have to armourthane/rhino line my bumpers...
Don't cut polish too often as each time you cut polish your clearcoat gets thinner.
I try to cut polish every 2 or 3 years unless the scratches are looking terrible. But I do claybar once/year and wax my vehicles 2 or 3 times/year (never can over wax). My father-in-law used to own 3 bodyshops and told me a few years back about cut polishing thins out the clearcoating pretty good on stock paint jobs.
.....That bromide/salt crap they put on the highway's in BC beat the piss out of the powder coated modifications. I am sure in a year or 2 i will have to armourthane/rhino line my bumpers...Don't cut polish too often as each time you cut polish your clearcoat gets thinner.
I try to cut polish every 2 or 3 years unless the scratches are looking terrible. But I do claybar once/year and wax my vehicles 2 or 3 times/year (never can over wax). My father-in-law used to own 3 bodyshops and told me a few years back about cut polishing thins out the clearcoating pretty good on stock paint jobs.My front bumper went to shit this winter....I bed lined it last summer, and it is rusting right thru....going to strip it and do multiple coats this time....plus undercoat every underneath too.
Now that Ralu and I are moving back to Vancouver this summer, the jeep wont get all that salt ans crap on it during winter months...
06-07-2011, 06:59 PM
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I have really irony water here and I tend to get lazy about drying my rig after washing. So the paint finally started to stain where it would sit and dry. I just used some turtle wax rubbing compound for the first time on my 07' just last weekend for the first time. It's really amazing how well it works. I forgot how bright silver actually was....
06-08-2011, 02:34 AM
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I have really irony water here and I tend to get lazy about drying my rig after washing. So the paint finally started to stain where it would sit and dry. I just used some turtle wax rubbing compound for the first time on my 07' just last weekend for the first time. It's really amazing how well it works. I forgot how bright silver actually was....
06-08-2011, 08:17 AM
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I did my second cut polish recently. But the rain and pollen has made the Jeep polka dotted again. ARGH.
Two days and a one rain day after the wax/polish. Still shining!
This Friday, I'm gonna do a quick detail on mine and wax the lady's JK.
Two days and a one rain day after the wax/polish. Still shining!
This Friday, I'm gonna do a quick detail on mine and wax the lady's JK.
06-08-2011, 08:31 AM
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I took it to a guy in Whistler, and showed me all his special buffing products.....I know he clay barred it, then did a half cut, and then full wax.....he does this for a living and he told me it took him just over 4 hrs....and thats with all the right tools/product on hand.