Polishing door jambs and sills

[ClearlyCoated]

I had planned to wash, and only wash, the car this morning because I had a lot of things I need to get done today. No more than two hours for a simple two bucket wash, dry, and quick detail. Piece of cake, right?

4 hours later...

The problem is when I see something that needs to be cleaned, it ends up getting done. Today that included the door jambs. I wiped them down with UQD and was satisfied with the results.....except for the driver side door sill. It looked dull and scuffed. Broke out the Brinkmann only to reveal some cloudy scratching. I attacked it with some ScratchX 2.0 and an applicator pad. Two applications later the sill cleaned up very nicely, although it still needs to be worked with some UC.

So my question of the day: Do you polish the door jambs and sills as part of a full detail? I imagine the clear on the jamb/sill paint is of a consistent thickness as the rest of the finish? And if you do polish the jambs/sills, is it by hand or do you try to get the DA into those tight spaces?

[Markus Kleis]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

I usually hit the door sills with an AIO. If it is really bad, I might hit it with M105 by hand.

[ClearlyCoated]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

I usually hit the door sills with an AIO.

Like D151?

[Murr1525]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

By hand, and yeah, with a cleaner/wax usually unless something needs fixed.

[MrCLRider]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

Like D151?

that would be a good choice in IMO.

[Markus Kleis]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

Like D151?

If the scratches are medium to bad, yes.

Otherwise, I typically just use M66 or M20 since I have them out to use as a base coat on the whole car to start with.

[AeroCleanse]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

Like D151?

Thats what I use for door jambs and under door handles.

[Don]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

ColorX and if I'm feeling energetic, ColorX + NXT 2.0

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

I usually just give them a coat of the A-12 cleaner Wax.

[CieraSL]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

I don't think I've ever polished my door jams - I just wipe them down after every wash. I suppose it probably wouldn't hurt to polish them up once in a while.

[Don]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

I don't think I've ever polished my door jams - I just wipe them down after every wash. I suppose it probably wouldn't hurt to polish them up once in a while.

As expensive as cars are today, it's worth the extra effort adding a bit of protection to one of the most rust-prone areas on the car-I'm also referring to the jams, edges/seams on the door itself (Ohio winters are murder on a car).

[CieraSL]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

As expensive as cars are today, it's worth the extra effort adding a bit of protection to one of the most rust-prone areas on the car-I'm also referring to the jams, edges/seams on the door itself (Ohio winters are murder on a car).

Well, I live in Tennessee, no murderous winters here. And my car is far from brand new - it's almost 15 years old. Thus, it's also far from being expensive. I just wipe the water from the jams after every wash.

[miahjohn]

Re: Polishing door jambs and sills

I've never waxed the jambs on any car i've had. just a wipe out after wash and once and a while i'll wash them.