i would be very carefull about using mops without professional instruction, and be very carefull with the compounds you use,
i get most of my cars 'mopped 'starting with ferecla g3, then g10, then a hand cut with g10 to remove the swirl marks caused by the mop,, i then get them zymol clensed,
then they go to the valeter who clenses them again then zymol vintage,
its not as easy as it sounds, and problems occur,
the latest headache has been due the changes in paint legislation, 2 pack paints are illegal from the end of this year and all body shops will be using water based paints and compliant lacquers which will be HS rather than MS- high solids rather than medium solids,
my bodyshop has been having problems with some of the trizac compunds with hs lacquers, they have been leaving minute very fine scratch lines in the lacquers, this can be over come using lubricatns with the compounds, or using G3 rather than trizac,
NOW the reason im saying this is the problems have beeen most noticeable with cars that have previously had paint, one car in particular had been supplied by cridfords 2 years ago, not a criticism of them, the problem being the lacquer that had previously been used on nit, but you guys wont know whats been done previously to your cars
BE VERY VERY CAREFULL MOPPING CARS, I've used the same one man band bodyshop for 20 years, i've mopped 2 cars with him watching me in the last 18 months, i'm not brave enough or foolish enough to do it myself, its so easy to press to hard and rub all the paint off on an edge of a panel, especially on curved areas, like wheel arch edges, bonnet and boot edges, edges of spoilers,
when you consider the cost of getting a car mopped, and respraying a panel, its probably cheaper to get a Miracle detail valet and then top the zymol up your self, than mess up a panel then get it resprayed.
BE CAREFULL GUYS IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME SPEAK TO ANYONE WHOS WORKED IN A BODYSHOP,
I dont know what these cheap mops are like from halfords, but a decent mop will cost between £80 & £200, they are not for amateur use, and they are not for waxing cars, you need the final coats of polishs and waxes done by hand
NEVER EVER EVER POLISH A CAR IN CIRCULAR MOTIONS
YOU HAVE TO USE STRAIGHT LINES JUST LIKE SANDING WOOD
PUT THE WAX ON IN STRAIGHT LINE VERTICALY
POLISH OFF IN HORIZONTAL LINES
Or get someone like John Drake Or Paul Dalton to do your car and watch them, its cheaper than messing things up with a mop, Believe me
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