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Hello all,
I am an "old school" detailer with three (3) cars to maintain. I LOVE spending time outside during the fall and winter here in Florida ... not so much during the summer. My old routine involved washing, drying, applying a polis/glaze called "Astroshield" followed by buffing it off. The results were great and I was very happy ... until I got the urge to buy another tool, the PC 7424 and an expensive pad set (2 each orange, yellow, white and black).
My old routine involved just a few hours work with (what I thought) were impressive results. I hope to experiment to see if I can improve the finish of the following cars:
Silver 2007 Civic
Dark Blue 2004 Frontier
Pearl White 1993 Lexus SC400
My reason for posting this thread was to lay out my goals, hoping that the community could guide me in one direct or another. My goal is to improve the car's finishes without adding too much additional work. Here is what I would like to shoot for. I know that I need to go out and purchase at least one (or more) bottles of Meguiar's cleaner and or polish ... and I would hope to buy them locally.
1. Wash
2. Dry
3. Clay bar (as needed
4. Wash again
5. Clean (remove imperfections, swirls, light scratches) using product ____?
6. Final polish using something like Astroshield (it goes on and comes off so easily).
I want to keep it simple. I'm not into long, drawn-out tasks. I once bought a whole set of Mother's products that took two (2) days to apply. the results were far inferior to one application of Astroshield.
Thanks all ...
I am an "old school" detailer with three (3) cars to maintain. I LOVE spending time outside during the fall and winter here in Florida ... not so much during the summer. My old routine involved washing, drying, applying a polis/glaze called "Astroshield" followed by buffing it off. The results were great and I was very happy ... until I got the urge to buy another tool, the PC 7424 and an expensive pad set (2 each orange, yellow, white and black).
My old routine involved just a few hours work with (what I thought) were impressive results. I hope to experiment to see if I can improve the finish of the following cars:
Silver 2007 Civic
Dark Blue 2004 Frontier
Pearl White 1993 Lexus SC400
My reason for posting this thread was to lay out my goals, hoping that the community could guide me in one direct or another. My goal is to improve the car's finishes without adding too much additional work. Here is what I would like to shoot for. I know that I need to go out and purchase at least one (or more) bottles of Meguiar's cleaner and or polish ... and I would hope to buy them locally.
1. Wash
2. Dry
3. Clay bar (as needed
4. Wash again
5. Clean (remove imperfections, swirls, light scratches) using product ____?
6. Final polish using something like Astroshield (it goes on and comes off so easily).
I want to keep it simple. I'm not into long, drawn-out tasks. I once bought a whole set of Mother's products that took two (2) days to apply. the results were far inferior to one application of Astroshield.
Thanks all ...
I order all of my products through Rick over at Auto Detailing Solutions dot com 
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