Eklypse39: good god you have a lot of cleaning stuff!!! also from your posts you could make their ads in magazines, lol

"car wash: Meguiar's Soft Wash Gel

it smells so damn good, you'd want to use it in the shower."

I love it! LOL!

 

Soft Wash is good, but Meguiars Gold Class wash is even better. Get yourself a lambswool wash mit too. For drying I would go to a department store and get a big, white, and SOFT (the softest you can find of course) bath towel. Wash it before. I use waffle weave microfibers (pakshak.com) which are even better, but I assume you don't want to order.

If you can find Meguiars NXT products, use their wax and wash. It's by far the best thing coming from Meguiars. If you want to order online, let me know. I know of a few products that are good.

 

1) wash the car as usual

Now you can take two routes. If it's warm enough and you are not in direct sunlight AND you are going to polish before waxing use plan B. Plan A is the conventional method.

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2a) Dry the car.

3a) Apply some of the quick detailer (clay lube) to the car in 3'x3' sections.

4a) Take the clay lube in the palm of your hand and run it along the surface using even pressure in back and forth motions parallel to the direction the wind flows over the car.

5a) Wipe up the excess lube when the paint is clean and smooth with a soft towel.

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2b) Keep your garden hose out with the spray nozzel attatched. Get a panel of the car wet and with the clay in your other hand, work it back and forth over the paint in parallel motions to the direction the wind flows over the car in 3'x3' sections.

3b) Rinse off the residue from the clay when the paint is clean. Keep the car wet, even the clayed sections (no water spots).

4b) Dry the car as usual.


-Keep a wet surface for the clay to glide across.
-The paint is clean when you run your hand across it and it is as smooth as glass.
-Before applying a wax, it is a good idea to use Meguiars #9 Swirl Mark Remover to increase depth and improve the finish.
-Clay Magic is $9 at Walmart, BUY IT. Mother is good but overpriced. Meguiars clay is junk.
-Always wax after using clay.

I don't know if this helps, or if this is confusing. Let me know.
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Eklypse39 i love your collection haha

 

wht is a 3x3 area....and wht is the difference betweet polish and wax??

 

3' by 3' area is three feet by three feet. It's just a common area to do work in. Once you get doing it, you can adjust this to what works best for you.

A polish is slightly abrassive--technically. You use a polish before a wax to take out fine swirls and other imperfection. Polishes also increase depth and shine before waxing.

Some companies (Zaino and others) choose to use the name "Polish" on their wax. I really don't know, maybe they think it sounds more sophisticated then "wax." In reality, Zaino isn't wax, it's a sealant. Sealants are synthetic polymer protectants that serve the same function of wax but last much longer.

Mothers uses the name "sealant" for glaze. A glaze is really a oily filler that you put on after polishing but before waxing. You wouldn't use a glaze before a sealant because as a rule of thumb, a sealant bonds best to a clean, non-oily surface.

See how the lines are blurred? 9 times out of 10 a polish will be a varying abrassive product, a wax will be a carnauba, and a sealant will be synthetic. Forget about glazes, you don't need them and they don't last long.

 

wht comes on must come off, is it means that u have to wash the wax off right after u applied it on ur car?

 

I don't understand what you're saying.

When you apply a wax, you let it haze and buff it off with a soft towel.

When you clay bar, you're not putting anything on the paint. The clay picks up small pieces of contamination, tar, and other stuff that makes the paint feel "gritty."

 

A great site that is dedicated to car detailing and caring for your vehicle is www.autopia.org I feel that this is one of the best auto care sites around! IMO

There are tutorials on waxing, buffing, claying, anything dealing with detailing is on that site.

 

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