today i'm going to be showing you exactly how to apply maguire's ultimate compound by hand
so the idea behind this video is i want to reach out to those of you who sort of don't know what
you're doing with machine polishing or you're just a little bit scared of doing it but you still want
to get involved and get some of those scratches out well luckily ultimate compound is a product
you can apply by hand so i am going to show you sort of the step-by-step process if you want to
polish your car without using a machine polisher right behind me is a beauty of a car it's my ford
s max and this is one that i just use for the dog and everything else and it gets neglected it's
usually abused on the farm so i thought i'm going to try it out on this because this is covered top
to bottom in scratches so i'm just going to show you the whole process on how we do it
step one apply a generous amount of lubricating spray onto the bodywork and start by gently
rubbing the clay along the surface of the paint in a criss-cross pattern this is just to get the best
results because you'll make it easier for the wax to bond and what we're going to do for this video
is follow the ultimate polish then we're going to finish off with hybrid ceramic coating and you'll
see at the end just how incredible these results are so make sure you watch it all the way to the
end and somebody also asked me the other day they said is a clay bar good for your car and
my answer is this you should never just clay bar a car and stop there clay bars are abrasives and
they will mar your paint which basically means sort of scuff it a little bit and while they
do remove contaminants you still need to polish the paint afterwards to get that perfect finish
you can't just clay by it and say oh i'm done now because you're gonna have all these sort of
weird marks in the paint and they're very easy to correct that's why you use the ultimate compound
so what i've done is i've clay barred half of the bonnet so i'm now going to split this half
into four sections so you've got 60 centimeters 60 centimeters and so on so it's gonna be broken
up into four squares gonna tackle one square at a time and go through the whole process
all you need to do is put a tiny blob on
and work it in just like the clay barring process you need to be quite light and you can either use
a foam pad or a microfiber pad just like the one that i'm using here and again i'll put the
links in the description below where you can get these so just working it in up and down left and
right about five to eight times will normally be enough for most average conditioned cars
so we've just done that 60 centimeter panel now what we're going to do is make sure you
take the labels off because you don't people commenting saying you're doing it wrong god i
hate that when it happens genuine mistake you get through so many cloths sometimes you just forget
um wakers and so yeah now what we're going to do is we're just going to buff this
all off one thing to add if it's too hot outside and you've got direct sunlight don't leave it on
too long so you don't want to start getting any powdering effects on it luckily we've
got a real cloudy day so this is just perfect temperature perfect weather so i've got no excuses
when it comes to the buffing process you've got to be nice and light and keep turning the cloth
as you go along today was like the perfect day weather-wise we had plenty of cloud
wasn't too hot wasn't too cold and best of all we had no wind whatsoever
and i gotta be really honest with you guys right here i actually found this a lot more therapeutic
than using the machine because you didn't have all that horrible droning noise that you actually get
with them okay so there's a few things i need to mention when you buff off make sure when you've
got your towel fold it once fold it twice now the reason you do that is because you want to
reduce the pressure so imagine if your hand was rubbing on the paintwork it will be obviously
just hacking away at it you don't want that what this does is soften it so instead of just having
your hand rubbing on the paint like that with just sort of one section of the cloth if you fold
it once fold it twice you've got that protective barrier in between so you're not really going to
be applying that much pressure as well and this hasn't powdered up or anything like that at all
so it's been pretty perfect so far so now i'm just going to show you what it looks like just with the
compound so my first impressions i am well happy with this now considering that this car has just
been polished by hand it's not anything else done to it it's no machine anything i'm not cheating
i'm just showing you as it is it actually looks fantastic so look from a beginner's point of view
this is a great way to start and bear in mind i've only gone over it just once so i've done
my little four sections just once i've not gone over any more than that and this is a black car
so you've got all the marks you know they're going to be visible it's going to be very easy
to see if you missed any bits so far so good now what we're going to do is apply
ultimate polish on top and see if we can sort of push it just a little bit further
so this is a little bit different to your compounding process for this i really do recommend
that you actually break it down a lot shorter so instead of going for 60 centimeters i'm going to
say do about a 30 centimeter squared and the reason is because once this dries on it's a
nightmare to get off so you really have to get this on and get it off very very quickly
you've got a very short time scale we're talking anywhere between 15 to 30 seconds
as i said be quick be organized and make sure you've got a cloth very close to hand because
what you'll find is this works its way into the paint so quickly and it's so satisfying to see
how it enhances the paintwork and it gives it that deep wet look that you don't get with
other polishes but it really has to be done very quickly you can't just leave it on there for a
couple of minutes it doesn't work like that this is a pretty much get it on get it off process
okay so i've just finished putting the polish on
now i'm going to show you guys exactly how it looks
so looking at this from a customer's perspective they're going to take
one look at this and they're going to be blown away because it actually does look really good
but what if we try and push it just a little bit further
now as some of you know last week i did a video all about the maguire's liquid ceramic wax and i
was blown away by how good it looked and we just did it on a fiat 500 we didn't go mad i didn't do
any of this beforehand so now i actually want to put this on top just to see whether we can really
finish off that glossy effect i mean it already looks like it's being machine polished so i'm
actually going to put some of this on let it do its magic and then in a minute i'm going to show
you the final result applying the liquid ceramic wax is one of the easiest waxes you'll ever use
in your life it's light it doesn't powder and the paint just absorbs it so buffing it off
is incredibly easy and it's perfect for a beginner and if you want to see how well this works in the
rain make sure you stick around till the very end because after i've done all my talking you'll see
at the end it started raining on the car so you get to see how it all drops off the paintwork
okay so i've done it now it's time to show you guys exactly how good this really looks
i've been absolutely blown away once again by mcguire's i mean it's just what what a combo i
mean the compound for starters no powdering whatsoever everything was nice and easy
and this is what i love about it it's so user friendly you don't have to be a pro detailer and
i know i might rustle a few feathers by saying it but it looks machine polished all right we're not
going to say it's a hundred percent perfect you know as where someone spends like hours and hours
on one panel it's not going to be like that but for your customers and for people that you want
to do a nice job for it is perfect enough like you don't have to go ott i think this looks incredible
the combination of the compound the polish and the ceramic wax is all you need to get a really good
finish on your car you just got to be smart about how you do things these days i think people spend
so much time thinking oh i've got to spend 300 pounds or 400 pounds on roops machine polisher
i'm sorry but you don't unless you're going to be going into this full-on and you're going to
be getting loads of consistent work i don't think you really need that if you're a mobile valeter
and you just want to improve people's cars because at the end of the day mobile balloting is very
different to detailing itself so i want you to consider these sort of things you don't need to
have a really expensive machine polisher i think if you've got good enough products to do a good
job at the end of the day that's all that matters can it get every single scratch out no but does
that really matter so there's a few things i need to mention about using these products it is going
to take quite a while if you want to go down this method you've got to at least prepare yourself
for a whole day's work because compounding by hand is a very slow laborious job to do and
i would i'd be happy doing it by hand mainly for the fact that you're not going to be making a mess
if you're not confident about machine polishing get yourself a couple of foam pads and just give
it a go like you'll be surprised you're not going to get every single scratch out but it
doesn't matter like there's no shame in saying that you can't afford a machine polisher or you
don't know what you're doing you got to learn these things over time if you're prepared to
sit there for hours go for it i do recommend you use that now this i think you do have to be very
careful with now i've done a few bits where i sort of left it on just a tad too long and we only left
it on for about 15 seconds barely that and yeah you're getting these marks and they were sort of
sinking into the the black paint you could sort of see where they were i mean i managed to get
them off because i've got the right equipment but it's just one of those things you need to watch
out you need to be very careful that you don't go ott and i do suggest maybe even 20 centimeters
that's all you need to do a section at a time very very tiny be very thorough but the results
are absolutely incredible now for the ceramic wax this was just a beautiful way to finish it off
i'm really impressed by the finish that it's given on this car i mean you can see for yourself
it looks absolutely incredible so all in all i am going to recommend that you go for these
and no this is not a paid advert i mean look i've had these bottles of tatty i've had them for ages
i just like to experiment on like methods so you can get your car cleaned for as little work as
possible these are great i think for any beginner and i'm not just saying maguires are for beginners
only and that's that's a bad thing this is a really good thing because if you want to
get started off and you want to start practicing this is the best way to go about doing it so i do
recommend you go check out the compound check out the ceramic wax and check out the polish and i'll
put a link in the description below so you know exactly where to get them from and look please
leave your comments below what do you think should have i done the whole car do you want to see me do
the whole car i need to get feedback from you guys so that please comment put whatever you want like
if someone says anything negative don't worry i'm just going to delete their comments so don't feel
sort of embarrassed to leave a comment if you're a learner or starting out just give us your thoughts
i mean if there's a video you want me to make let me know and i'll probably do it so that's
all i'm going to leave you with today but get ready because i've got another video coming in
a couple of days i'll see you soon bye-bye oh my god i'm getting so wet the dedication here
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