Paint care tip...

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Randy G.

Was looking for something to give the 960 a good cleaning and polish
and found Meguier's ColorX at wallyworld. I have always had good luck
with anything with the Meguier's name on it so gave it a try. Seems to
work really nice. Covers/disguises/gets rid of most swirl marks and
leave a smooth, strong shine. Although it can be used by hand, it
worked really well with my Sears random orbital car buffer (the large,
black sort of thing with the 10" round head that takes the terry
bonnets). Did the roof and hood and used only about 20% or less of the
bottle. Call me in six months or so and I will let you know i it stood
up to out summer heat and sun. For about $7 it seems like a great
product.
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Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvo
'93 960 Estate
 
Try the PlastX if you own a car with ~4-5 year old jewel type head or tail
lights (Think VW Golf, BMW's, Most new cars... not your 960, but I used it
on ours, makes the lenses a little less yellow...)... I used it on my Golf,
and it took the white haze off my lenses from years of cleaning them - this
improves light output at night, as more light can pass through the lenz.

I use the SratchX (used it today actually) on the Golf too... as it is the
high-kms car of our bunch - shines up the deteriorating paint on the nose of
the car, from abuse from the roads... Haven't tried it on the 960, its
garaged body which is exposed as minimaly as possible to rough weather like
road salt, and highway traffic (lots of stuff slams into the nose of the
car) still looks immaculate.
 
Thanks for the tip, I was just in a local Target store a few days ago and
was looking at the Meguiers, but decided to wait to ask around my friends
opinions. Your posts are always good with solid information, so I guess I'll
risk the $7-8 bucks without waiting for the verdict six months out.
 
mw156 said:
Thanks for the tip, I was just in a local Target store a few days ago and
was looking at the Meguiers, but decided to wait to ask around my friends
opinions. Your posts are always good with solid information, so I guess I'll
risk the $7-8 bucks without waiting for the verdict six months out.
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Thanks for the positive comment. Much appreciated.

I have now finished the hood, roof and driver's side of the car, and
it really looks great now. ColorX really is great stuff.
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Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvo
'93 960 Estate
 
Thanks for the positive comment. Much appreciated.

I have now finished the hood, roof and driver's side of the car, and
it really looks great now. ColorX really is great stuff.
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Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvo
'93 960 Estate
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Hey, no problem. You're welcome and nice to hear it's looking good. I'm
going to pick some up this weekend and will be doing a few sections at a
time, much like yourself.
 
mw156 said:
Hey, no problem. You're welcome and nice to hear it's looking good. I'm
going to pick some up this weekend and will be doing a few sections at a
time, much like yourself.
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If I didn't mention it, the stuff goes on really great with a random
orbit waxer (the large one with the terry bonnet). I sprayed the clean
bonnet with a LITTLE water to moisten it and put some product on the
bonnet. A large sized, double "S" is enough to do an area about the
size of a door. I was suprised at how far it goes (coverage-wise).
There are some good general tips at the Meguier's website. One bottle
should easily do a car twice with a good amount left over.
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Randy & \ \/ /alerie's
\__/olvo
'93 960 Estate
 
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