Base layer for black show car

[MAXMAX]

I got my car back in the process of polishing out some areas from
the paint shop.
There are a ton of products out there!
I am looking for durability , high shine and depth for a base layer.

 

[Mike Phillips]

I got my car back in the process of polishing out some areas from
the paint shop.
There are a ton of products out there!
I am looking for durability , high shine and depth for a base layer.

How does the paint look after getting it back from body shop?

The sun is one of the best inspection lights around, at least if it's sunny outside when you need to inspect car paint.

Mike

 

[MAXMAX]

I inspected the areas, I polished them out over the weekend. Back to looking like glass!
I am thinking a paint sealant and then apply carnuba wax over.
Nick

 

[Silly Rabbit]

There's the old Jescar Powerlock followed by Collinite that is tried and true by many with that route?

 

[MAXMAX]

Thank you for the suggestion!!!

 

[MAXMAX]

There's the old Jescar Powerlock followed by Collinite that is tried and true by many with that route?

How long does this sealant last?
Also I have 3D poxy and their carnuba wax will this work with jescar?
Thnx Nick

 

[Mike Phillips]

How long does this sealant last?
Also I have 3D poxy and their carnuba wax will this work with jescar?
Thnx Nick

The normal application process for using a combination of a paint sealant in conjunction with a wax of some sort is to,

Step 1: Apply the paint sealant.

Step 2: Apply the wax over the sealant.


If you apply the wax first, the solvents in the paint sealant will remove the wax layer. Back in the OLD days, way before the Internet and all the brands you see in the market place today, my go-to combination for all the show car detailing I was doing was,

Step 1: Apply Meguiar's M20 Polymer Sealant

Step 2: Apply Meguiar's M16 Professional Paste Wax

The above combination served me well for years, maybe decades. And then came the Internet and more and better technology. Somewhere I have a picture of an original 1967 A.C. Cobra I detailed with black paint and I used this combo on it and the cool part is I took the picture with my 1966 Chevy Milk Truck in the background.

Mike