You will likely experience this on your jet black vehicle. This is known as micromarring and is an expected result of using a cutting compound & pad.
Also notice the hazy finish (greyish appearance). it's in poor shapeĪfter compounding with D300 and MF cutting pad, the majority of defects have been removed. On this car, I used Meguiar's D300 Compound on Meguiar's Microfiber Cutting Discs, followed by Meguiar's M205 on a White Lake Country Polishing Pad. The goal here was not perfection as the car is not properly maintained, and will continue to go through car washes unfortunately. swirl marks, moderate scratches, and plenty of deep scratches. Now let's look at a Jet Black X3 I worked on a while ago that was in pretty poor shape and required a 2 step paint correction. It is a great all around polish that works well on most finishes. M205 is easy to use, has a long working time, produces very little dusting, and is quite easy to wipe off. M205 on a white pad produced a nice finish and removed the defects as seen in the after shot. The vehicle had minor swirl marks from dealership washes. Jet black tends to be rather soft, which means defect removal is usually easier than on harder paint finishes (like black sapphire metallic), but finishing down with perfect clarity (ie without marring/da haze) is more challenging.įirst, let me start by addressing Meguiar's M205 as we just recently did a new car prep on a 2016 Jet Black X5 and used M205 for the polishing work. Jet Black is going to be a challenging color to learn on, but that doesn't mean it can't be done! Looking at your photo it does appear you will benefit most for a multi-step paint correction process (compound and then polish). super easy to use, and excellent results!Īlright, now onto the not-as-easy part. You can't go wrong with Blackfire Wet Diamond It has always been one of my personal favorite paint sealants. What about touch up paint? There are a few areas that I'm looking to improve, so I assume I'd do this before doing anything else, let it cure, then get it involved in the cutting, polishing, and sealing process just like the rest of the paint? So to summarize, Anyone have any suggestions for Jet Black in specific as which 3 products to use for compounding/polishing/sealing or just polishing/sealing (as that may be all that is needed if the paint is as soft as everyone indicates)? Still trying to figure out the first step before applying M205 though. As of right now I'm leaning towards M205 followed by BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection as people seem to be keen on both of those. I've done ample research on Autogeek, etc, but it seems that everyone has a different opinion on what combo of products to use. Here is the current condition of my paint in direct sunlight:
Blackfire wet diamond all finish paint protection driver#
To keep this short and sweet, I had originally been leaning M105, followed by M205, followed by a wax.Īfter doing more research on specifically Jet Black paint, it seems as a novice detailer and that my car is a daily driver that sits outdoors, I may want to go with a less hard-to-deal-with product than M105, and possibly a sealant over a wax. Now I'm looking for which products to use. Both my 535i and 135i are in need of a corrective polish and sealant here shortly and I've decided to take on this task myself.Ī 6" random orbital polisher from Griot's, some clay, some detailing spray, plenty of microfibers, and a lot of polishing/finishing pads have already been purchased. I've been slowly collecting parts to do my first major detail here over the past few months.
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