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Old 10-20-2014, 01:07 PM
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Nanoskin first use

I used nanoskin for the first time this weekend. It was the medium grade wash mit. I washed the E53 X5 first.

Once complete, the Le Mans Blue paint looked like I'd run a basketball all over hot paint. Hard to describe, but it looked almost like I'd used really fine grade sandpaper while wet sanding. I didn't expect this result as often as many here say they use it.

It wasn't a huge deal as I was prepared to polish the paint- as I would after clay. I had planned and I used 3M rubbing compound and an orange pad. The paint polished up very nicely. I was impressed with the results. I followed that with Zaino's All-in-One with a yellow pad, and was impressed as always. I used my trusty old Flex polisher.

The question for the users of nanoskin is about the varying results from the medium or fine grade applicators. Should I expect to simply use the fine grade and need no polish after? I consulted with a professional detailer friend. He said they use nanoskin when they know they will follow it with a polish. That is different from the frequency and process here. Comments from the group?
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Old 10-20-2014, 02:19 PM
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I used nanoskin for the first time this weekend. It was the medium grade wash mit. I washed the E53 X5 first.

Once complete, the Le Mans Blue paint looked like I'd run a basketball all over hot paint. Hard to describe, but it looked almost like I'd used really fine grade sandpaper while wet sanding. I didn't expect this result as often as many here say they use it.

It wasn't a huge deal as I was prepared to polish the paint- as I would after clay. I had planned and I used 3M rubbing compound and an orange pad. The paint polished up very nicely. I was impressed with the results. I followed that with Zaino's All-in-One with a yellow pad, and was impressed as always. I used my trusty old Flex polisher.

The question for the users of nanoskin is about the varying results from the medium or fine grade applicators. Should I expect to simply use the fine grade and need no polish after? I consulted with a professional detailer friend. He said they use nanoskin when they know they will follow it with a polish. That is different from the frequency and process here. Comments from the group?

I bought the Nanoskin pad (medium) for the PC when I first bought the X5. I knew the car lived in NYC suburbs and it was badly decontaminated. I used it that one time, "got caught up" with my compounding/polishing, and now the Medium pad sits in my box of detail supplies.

Is it quick as shit? Hell yes.

However, for maintenance decontamination work bi-yearly or so for regularly upkept vehicles, I would NEVER use a medium grade mitt or pad from Nanoskin on my cars, those are meant for the detailers who see a car once a year or a car for the first time and to save time on the Decon process because it most likely was never done before.

I bought the Fine Grade mitt from Phil last year, and I go over the paint lightly, after a wash, and before I do a final once over with clay. It cuts my claying time in half. No marring whatsoever with the Fine Grade mitt.

Do note, that I follow the directions to a T on the package which are on first use to rub it on the glass until the protective coating wears off, and every time I use it I start on the glass to "soften it" more. I also use Garry Dean's Detail Juice or Adam's Rinseless/Detail Spray diluted as a lubricant, and I soak the mitt in a bucket with 2 oz. of Adam's Rinseless (think ONR) so the mitt is in well lubricated solution to begin with. I have also used with a soapy bucket with great results as well.

Hope that helps Prop, let me know if you need help.
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Old 10-20-2014, 05:16 PM
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Hope that helps Prop, let me know if you need help.
Damn right it helps. Thanks!

It was *really* fast, and I did 'break-in' the wash mitt on glass first. I did not take the time to prep it like you did, but I will take that into the next time I use it on my nephew's E38. We've pretty much got that thing revived after parking outside and under trees for 15 of the last 20 years.

I did feel like I needed the medium for the same problem- high contaminates- from two different episodes. 1st was my epic road trip this summer. The bugs and dragonflies in Montana were so bad it was like sticky rain on my windshield. I can't count the number of times I ran into a gas station, filled up with $15 worth of gas and spent 20 minutes on the glass, headlights, and even the plastic paint protection. It was a tough trip on the E53, it needed some lovin.

Also tough from that trip was the parking lot love tap on the rear hatch. I'd gotten that repaired by repainting the upper and lower rear hatches as well as the quarter panels where I had some annoying scratches. I should say that I love my body shop guy like a father who's become a good friend. I worked for him at age 15. Despite that, he's still a body shop guy and they know one thing:

Wool and Makita fixes everything.

The swirls were just off the charts and the marring from the wet sanding was just something I couldn't look at any more. So I just felt like I needed an approach meant to show I meant bizness to displace bug guts, tree sap (don't ask), and over spray. It's still not exactly the perfection I know is available, but it's buttery smooth and I feel better ab having a little sealant on there until I head to FL for December. There I will have some help in the form of nephews who'll get us back to where we need to be.
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I've only purchased/used the fine Nanoskin pads (blue) with the Cyclo-Polisher (with CTI Pro Paint Lube).

I see no need for the more agressive pads.
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