The Guz
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For those that are not aware my brother ended up selling the 1999 Tahoe that he purchased from one of our uncles.
https://carproforum.com/showthread.php?5043-1999-Tahoe-gt-CarPro-Essence-Cquartz-TiO2-Gliss
He took that money and used it towards a 2 year lease of a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox with the Redline package.
The packages includes the black bow ties, black with red side badges and the black wheels with the red accents. This is an LT model on paper with a 2.0L turbo that puts out 252 HP and 260 ft-lbs of torque. Good get up and go for this little thing.
He opted to not have the dealer wash it/detail it. He also wanted a coating on it to protect the paint and last as long as his lease. Less maintenance and less worry for him.
Ironx in action. As seen brand new vehicles can certainly have iron contaminants. Came out kind of dark due to the shade.
As I rinsed of the ironx there were signs that something was on the paint aka wax or sealant. The prep wash I used stripped about 85% of it and left the other areas degraded.
After the wash the paint and glass was clayed with CarPro Immolube and the clay mitt. There were contaminants on the flat surfaces of the paint. Once complete, the paint was wiped down with a paint prep to remove the residue from Immolube.
I was then able to asses the paint. The good thing is that there were not a lot of defects in this paint. Not the horrendous DISO that is common on new cars. I could barely pick up the defects on cam.
The paint was one step polished after determining what combination would work. No Essence this time as I did not have enough to do the entire car. Used what I had left for the wheels.
I prep wipe with Eraser to remove the polishing oils as I go. Once done I come back with another prep wipe. Then I finished it off with two coats of Cquartz TiO2 and one coat of Gliss. TiO2 to me looks best on light colored paints adding that additional reflectivity from the TiO2 within the SiO2 mixture.
The glass was clayed, prep wiped and finished off with a glass coating.
The trim was cleaned, prep wiped and protected with a trim coating and topped with silica spray sealant 24 hours later.
Finished results with losing daylight but highlights the gloss.
I had cleaned the tires during the paint correction phase and received three coats of a tire coating. But one week later I polished them in preparation for a coating. They were polished with my remaining Essence, prep wiped with Eraser and coated with the CQUK + TiO2 combo (one coat of each) primarily to use up the remaining coatings in these bottles. Essence removed some light defects and the gloss from this combo made the wheels pop.
In full sun.
One week later after the first wash with McKee's N914 and using EcH20 as a drying aid and in the daylight.
It is now protected and will last him the entire ownership of his lease. Thanks for reading.
https://carproforum.com/showthread.php?5043-1999-Tahoe-gt-CarPro-Essence-Cquartz-TiO2-Gliss
He took that money and used it towards a 2 year lease of a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox with the Redline package.
The packages includes the black bow ties, black with red side badges and the black wheels with the red accents. This is an LT model on paper with a 2.0L turbo that puts out 252 HP and 260 ft-lbs of torque. Good get up and go for this little thing.
He opted to not have the dealer wash it/detail it. He also wanted a coating on it to protect the paint and last as long as his lease. Less maintenance and less worry for him.
Ironx in action. As seen brand new vehicles can certainly have iron contaminants. Came out kind of dark due to the shade.
As I rinsed of the ironx there were signs that something was on the paint aka wax or sealant. The prep wash I used stripped about 85% of it and left the other areas degraded.
After the wash the paint and glass was clayed with CarPro Immolube and the clay mitt. There were contaminants on the flat surfaces of the paint. Once complete, the paint was wiped down with a paint prep to remove the residue from Immolube.
I was then able to asses the paint. The good thing is that there were not a lot of defects in this paint. Not the horrendous DISO that is common on new cars. I could barely pick up the defects on cam.
The paint was one step polished after determining what combination would work. No Essence this time as I did not have enough to do the entire car. Used what I had left for the wheels.
I prep wipe with Eraser to remove the polishing oils as I go. Once done I come back with another prep wipe. Then I finished it off with two coats of Cquartz TiO2 and one coat of Gliss. TiO2 to me looks best on light colored paints adding that additional reflectivity from the TiO2 within the SiO2 mixture.
The glass was clayed, prep wiped and finished off with a glass coating.
The trim was cleaned, prep wiped and protected with a trim coating and topped with silica spray sealant 24 hours later.
Finished results with losing daylight but highlights the gloss.
I had cleaned the tires during the paint correction phase and received three coats of a tire coating. But one week later I polished them in preparation for a coating. They were polished with my remaining Essence, prep wiped with Eraser and coated with the CQUK + TiO2 combo (one coat of each) primarily to use up the remaining coatings in these bottles. Essence removed some light defects and the gloss from this combo made the wheels pop.
In full sun.
One week later after the first wash with McKee's N914 and using EcH20 as a drying aid and in the daylight.
It is now protected and will last him the entire ownership of his lease. Thanks for reading.
What is UK/Ti02 combo?
