My first Prima experience

[Mosman]

Greetings,
First, a disclaimer. My dad owns a shop that restores cars, builds hot rods, etc. He made his name with paintwork. So I probably have a little more familiarity with some of this stuff than the basic newbie.

Second, a bit of history. I’ve been frustrated for years with car detailing. Swirl marks bug me, and I was never able to remove them by hand. You could fill them a bit, but they would come back when the fillers wash off over time. It didn’t help that I’ve had black cars. A few years back, I bought some Zaino and while it worked just fine as a sealant, I didn’t particularly care for the look (personal preference).

A couple years ago I got a Dewalt DW443 Random Orbital as a gift, but hadn’t had a chance to use it yet. I’ve also been trying to find the right “system” to use with it. After buying my ’06 CR/W MCS JCW a year ago, I’ve been surfing the NAM detailing forum quite a bit and Prima seemed like just the system I was looking for. Easy to use, effective, and they have something to cover whatever your paint needs.

After reading OctaneGuy’s write ups, instructions, etc, and seeing the work on his website, I figured I’d jump on some Prima products. I picked some up from DP a month or two ago.

I used it (and my Dewalt) for the first time a few weeks ago on my fiancé’s 1997 318i Convertible. It’s red (more orange-red than CR) and hadn’t been touched in…oh…10+ years other than some waxing.

After claying, I hit it with a white pad and Swirl. Good, but not good enough. It cut the swirls, but not the other scratches. So I went to the orange pad and swirl. In 1 pass I could about 90-95% out, a 2nd pass was used if needed to get it to about 98%. After the orange pad and swirl, I did a test/tape spot going back to white pad and swirl, and it made no difference. So the orange pad was enough to finish it as well. I also did a test with Amigo, and while it made it nice and slick, it wasn’t noticeable enough visually to warrant doing the whole car. So I went straight from orange pad/swirl to Epic.

The car looked great after buffing, but man did Epic really set it off. The whole car looks like someone dipped it in liquid red. It’s fantastic, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Sorry, I didn’t take any before or during pictures. I might take some after pics when I wash it.

The product worked great, was easy to use, clean-up was a cinch on the pads with swirl.

Next up is the Mini, and then my ’67 Chevelle (Black, I’ll be eager to try amigo on it). I’ll try to take pictures.

Thanks OG for the informational write-ups, and thanks DP for a fantastic product!

Mosman

[kenchan]

Sounds great......but any picts?

Please post picts of your dad's paint shop too. Be cool to check out.

[Mosman]

Originally Posted by kenchan

Sounds great......but any picts?

Please post picts of your dad's paint shop too. Be cool to check out.

I'll take some pics of the completed car after I wash it (it's a bit dusty now).

www.moslanders.com

It's a bit out of date, they are gathering some more photos for me to update the site with.

Mosman

[kenchan]

Originally Posted by Mosman

I'll take some pics of the completed car after I wash it (it's a bit dusty now).

www.moslanders.com

It's a bit out of date, they are gathering some more photos for me to update the site with.

Mosman

cool!

thanks for sharing.

[Detailers Paradise]

Originally Posted by Mosman

I'll take some pics of the completed car after I wash it (it's a bit dusty now).

www.moslanders.com

It's a bit out of date, they are gathering some more photos for me to update the site with.

Mosman

Melt my heart... almost anything from the 30's are my all-time favorites. The Pebble Beach restoration photos are amazing!

That hot rod school bus is hilarious and yet cool at the same time! If only I had gone to school in a school bus like that...

Thanks for sharing. Lots of cool stuff!

-Heather

[OctaneGuy]

You're welcome...glad I could help you purchase products from DP instead of me.

Originally Posted by Mosman

After reading OctaneGuy’s write ups, instructions, etc, and seeing the work on his website, I figured I’d jump on some Prima products.

I picked some up from DP a month or two ago.

Thanks OG for the informational write-ups, and thanks DP for a fantastic product!

Mosman

[Mosman]

Originally Posted by OctaneGuy

You're welcome...glad I could help you purchase products from DP instead of me.

Yeah, I figured that was coming. I needed some other stuff that you didn't have on your site and I didn't want to pay shipping twice. Maybe next time!

[OctaneGuy]

It's all cool! I'm not going to complain about any props! Both DP and SCD are here with the same goal..to educate and provide the best products for our customers..and if I can help customers purchase from DP instead of another non Prima vendor, we both win! Thanks for the BW support!

Richard
(Just giving you a hard time..Congrats on trying Prima...it's wonderful with the rotary buffer. However I'd caution about going from the rotary directly to wax. You'll want to do a pass with the PC using a white pad and swirl to remove any holograms before going to wax.)

Originally Posted by Mosman

I was saving it for another post, but I got some Black Wow too. Great product OctaneGuy! Does that help? I assume DP had to buy it from you.

Originally Posted by Mosman

Yeah, I figured that was coming. I needed some other stuff that you didn't have on your site and I didn't want to pay shipping twice. Maybe next time!

[Mosman]

Originally Posted by OctaneGuy

You're welcome...glad I could help you purchase products from DP instead of me.

I was saving it for another post, but I got some Black Wow too. Great product OctaneGuy! Does that help? I assume DP had to buy it from you.

[Detailers Paradise]

Thanks for the feedback and review! We really have worked hard to develop product that are, well, exactly what you were looking for... easy to work with while being very effective workhorses too.

I look forward to hearing about the next to Prima candidates... and we'll really need to have pics of your Chevelle especially!

Happy Detailing!

-Heather