So I don't neglect my car, but neither have I gone over board before. my usual cleans include a rinse down a contact wash then a full dry quick coat of spray on wax and back to black on the trim pieces.
So yesterday the car got it's first good detail:
The products
Auto glym shampoo & conditioner
Auto glym glass polish
Wonder wheels universal wheel cleaner
Wonder wheels wheel sealant
G3 paste wax
G3 detox
Rainex
Turtle wax trim restore
Demon wash snow foam
Simoniz bug shifter
Turtle wax wet'n'black tyre shine
Auto glym Super resin polish
Orbital polisher
Turtle wax spray on black wax & black polish
A few noodle mitts
about 15 or so micro fiber towels and cloths
Before:
So to start off the car got a rinse of with the pressure washer on its lowest setting to avoid blasting crap into the paint.
Next Came the snow foam (demon wash snow foam)
The foam was then left to do its think for about 5 minutes:
with the car still dripping with foam I cleaned the wheels with wonder wheels universal cleaner, and then the whole lot was rinsed off.
After this came the contact wash using auto glym shampoo and conditioner the car was washed with 3 noodle mitts 2 for me and a friend to use and one for the lower section of the car to avoid dragging grit around and causing more damage, we also used the two bucket method to minimize any damage to the paint work.
this is the car after the contact wash after again being rinsed off :
now up next I would have washed the car again with G3 detox, and then dried it. this would have been followed by a machine polishing with super resin polish working one panel at a time, to seal after the polishing the car would then get a thick coat of G3 paste wax.
I didn't do these steps today as the car was machine polished a couple of weeks back and I didn't feel it needed doing again so soon.
so on with today's wash the glass and body work was then dried with micro fiber drying towels, the towels where dragged rather than a circular motion applied to avoid swirl marks.
once the car had been dried the finishing began with my friends applying auto glym glass polish to all the windows whilst I applied a top up of wax to the whole car.
Glass polish hazed nicely works well on headlights to
after the glass polish had been buffed off:
Nice 50/50 on the front windscreen
Time for the wax (applied with a foam applicator by hand)
Bonnet 50/50
A few pics of the final shine
sorry about the poor quality of the finished pics the light was fading and they where taken with a long exposure with no tripod
The other finishing touches where rainex applied front and back, wheels sealant applied and wet'n'black Tyre shine sprayed on.
I would like to use a clay bar, aswell as get some new products like a ph neutral shampoo (maybe dodo juice)
comment with any recommendations for a good clay bar and ph neutral shampoo and any ways I can improve my current detailing technique.
(better final pictures to follow)
So yesterday the car got it's first good detail:
The products
Auto glym shampoo & conditioner
Auto glym glass polish
Wonder wheels universal wheel cleaner
Wonder wheels wheel sealant
G3 paste wax
G3 detox
Rainex
Turtle wax trim restore
Demon wash snow foam
Simoniz bug shifter
Turtle wax wet'n'black tyre shine
Auto glym Super resin polish
Orbital polisher
Turtle wax spray on black wax & black polish
A few noodle mitts
about 15 or so micro fiber towels and cloths
Before:
So to start off the car got a rinse of with the pressure washer on its lowest setting to avoid blasting crap into the paint.
Next Came the snow foam (demon wash snow foam)
The foam was then left to do its think for about 5 minutes:
with the car still dripping with foam I cleaned the wheels with wonder wheels universal cleaner, and then the whole lot was rinsed off.
After this came the contact wash using auto glym shampoo and conditioner the car was washed with 3 noodle mitts 2 for me and a friend to use and one for the lower section of the car to avoid dragging grit around and causing more damage, we also used the two bucket method to minimize any damage to the paint work.
this is the car after the contact wash after again being rinsed off :
now up next I would have washed the car again with G3 detox, and then dried it. this would have been followed by a machine polishing with super resin polish working one panel at a time, to seal after the polishing the car would then get a thick coat of G3 paste wax.
I didn't do these steps today as the car was machine polished a couple of weeks back and I didn't feel it needed doing again so soon.
so on with today's wash the glass and body work was then dried with micro fiber drying towels, the towels where dragged rather than a circular motion applied to avoid swirl marks.
once the car had been dried the finishing began with my friends applying auto glym glass polish to all the windows whilst I applied a top up of wax to the whole car.
Glass polish hazed nicely works well on headlights to
after the glass polish had been buffed off:
Nice 50/50 on the front windscreen
Time for the wax (applied with a foam applicator by hand)
Bonnet 50/50
A few pics of the final shine
sorry about the poor quality of the finished pics the light was fading and they where taken with a long exposure with no tripod
The other finishing touches where rainex applied front and back, wheels sealant applied and wet'n'black Tyre shine sprayed on.
I would like to use a clay bar, aswell as get some new products like a ph neutral shampoo (maybe dodo juice)
comment with any recommendations for a good clay bar and ph neutral shampoo and any ways I can improve my current detailing technique.
(better final pictures to follow)
