Is it a bad thing when the things you used to wash/wax your vehicle come out looking like this? 
From D'Artagnan
Bonus question: Can you guess what color my truck is?
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Nov. 21, 2008 7:13 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
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Nov. 21, 2008 7:46 p.m. P71 HalfDork
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Nov. 21, 2008 10:47 p.m. EastCoastMojo HalfDork
Judging from the amount of paint on the pads there I'm going to say your truck is primer colored now.
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Nov. 22, 2008 2:10 a.m. RedS13Coupe New Reader
Pro tip: Its really hard to see your paint job while your driving anyways....
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Nov. 22, 2008 2:27 a.m. stereoking15 None
let me guess an early 90's ford lightning?
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Nov. 22, 2008 6:53 a.m. 44Dwarf Reader
nah my bet is a mid 80's red escort you know the ones that faded to a pinkish almost white zin color....
Not to bad my 85- 944 was so bad the polishing cloth looked like the wax pads...
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Nov. 22, 2008 2:41 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
87 toyota pickup but at least you guys got the color right, haha. I don't think the truck has much clear coat left, except on the front fenders and most of the driver's side door. My bedsides went from a flat red to a nice semigloss red after two coats of wax.
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Nov. 22, 2008 2:55 p.m. poopshovel Dork
Doooooh. Should've broken out the 2000 grit!!!
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Nov. 22, 2008 4:22 p.m. 44Dwarf Reader
Just keep it waxed it will stay nice once a year use NEW FINISH in the orange bottle stuff works great at keeping crappy paint nice.
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Nov. 22, 2008 5:54 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
I used the Meguires NXT wax this time. I did drop the almost full bottle and it did break so it looks like I'll be picking up some new stuff soon. I'll look into the NEW FINISH stuff 44Dwarf. When I wax it I kinda feel like I'm polishing a turd. Even after 2 coats of wax the paint is nowhere near smooth. The hood has all kinda of funny little spots too, like someone let bird poop sit too long and it ate the paint. I guess I can't really complain too much, I got the truck for $1500.
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Nov. 23, 2008 1:40 p.m. car39 Reader
My wife's brand new 88 Volvo did that for the entire decade we owned it. The new owner has washed it maybe once every 5 years, so he didn't care.
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Nov. 23, 2008 1:45 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Reader
So its a somewhat common red car thing? It turned my hands red too.
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Nov. 24, 2008 8:58 a.m. CoryB Reader
There's no clear coat on it anyway based on the way the pads look. That's a single-stage paint job - the color (red) that you see is the only paint on it. Pretty common on non-metallic colors actually.
The only protection that paint has is the wax, so keep a good coat on it at all times.
Oh, and red is the second-worst color for sun fade, beaten only by yellow.
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Nov. 24, 2008 9:50 a.m. 44Dwarf Reader
Silver is the worst.
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Jan. 7, 2009 9:47 p.m. stereoking15 New Reader
don't use the nxt generation anything from meguairs or turtle was ice it is all sythetic siloncone rubbish, meguiars has other wax's and polishes way better also try the clay bar i was amazed what it picked up after a new paint job only after 3 months. try the meguiars professional or detailer lines just fabulous
