Last Sunday I did the full treatment wash, clay bar and wax on the SWP WRX. Took about 6 hours.
I use and still love the Wax as You Wash - Eagle One soap. This stuff is just so gentle it's hard to go wrong, yet it really loosens and lifts gunk off. I didn't really dry the car, just went at it with Griot's Clay and Chemical Guys Clay Luber. The only let down is there were some tiny red/yellow specks the clay would not lift. This fall I will do an iron removal step. Everyone says a dark car shows everything, I don't think these would be very visible at all in dark paint and would gloss over with wax. On a white car you can see iron particles - and dirt shows plenty! But I got a decent amount of stuff off with the clay.
Next I applied the 845 using my Griot 6" DA and a red Griot pad. OOPS - too much - way easy to over apply with a machine. It was a warm day and the Colonite finally smoothed out and turned to a healthy liquid in the bottle, but what a cheaparse bottle (!), the cap doesn't even cinch up tight (argh). Anyway other than too much product at first the machine worked great. Well on most flat surfaces it was great, but not really useful for all the tight small areas. I applied in those areas with a Chemical Guys red hand pad. Still used too much!
Waiting for one area to dry I moved on. Buffing out with my softest loftiest microfiber towels.
The car really took on a new shine. So far the car has no swirl or other odd reflective marks. There are one or two rock divots in the plastic trim, but the paint didn't chip. I am not complaining about my Subaru paint - it seems at least on par with the Volvo, Honda and Toyota paint in my recent experience.
Colonite 845 is a pretty good product, and one week later the car still seems just waxed. I am pleased how easy the oops wax on black trim was removed. I just don't think I will buy it again - not sure I'm a liquid wax fan. This fall I will use a paste wax product after an iron out type product.
If it stops raining today, I will wash the car and snap some new pics.
I use and still love the Wax as You Wash - Eagle One soap. This stuff is just so gentle it's hard to go wrong, yet it really loosens and lifts gunk off. I didn't really dry the car, just went at it with Griot's Clay and Chemical Guys Clay Luber. The only let down is there were some tiny red/yellow specks the clay would not lift. This fall I will do an iron removal step. Everyone says a dark car shows everything, I don't think these would be very visible at all in dark paint and would gloss over with wax. On a white car you can see iron particles - and dirt shows plenty! But I got a decent amount of stuff off with the clay.
Next I applied the 845 using my Griot 6" DA and a red Griot pad. OOPS - too much - way easy to over apply with a machine. It was a warm day and the Colonite finally smoothed out and turned to a healthy liquid in the bottle, but what a cheaparse bottle (!), the cap doesn't even cinch up tight (argh). Anyway other than too much product at first the machine worked great. Well on most flat surfaces it was great, but not really useful for all the tight small areas. I applied in those areas with a Chemical Guys red hand pad. Still used too much!
The car really took on a new shine. So far the car has no swirl or other odd reflective marks. There are one or two rock divots in the plastic trim, but the paint didn't chip. I am not complaining about my Subaru paint - it seems at least on par with the Volvo, Honda and Toyota paint in my recent experience.
Colonite 845 is a pretty good product, and one week later the car still seems just waxed. I am pleased how easy the oops wax on black trim was removed. I just don't think I will buy it again - not sure I'm a liquid wax fan. This fall I will use a paste wax product after an iron out type product.
If it stops raining today, I will wash the car and snap some new pics.
