New to the car detailing

[Black300]

Hi! I just bought a new 2009 Chrysler 300 black. I have never been that into cars before till I got this car. I just got the paint diamond gloss paint protection at Ziebart to get water spots out of car and keep new ones from happening. I saw on Mothers website the steps to do before you wax your car like wash, clay, etc. I was wondering what steps and products do you use on your cars. I don't drive this car much and it stays under a car cover and in a garage but when I take it out I want it to look like a show car. Would really like to hear what you all do to your cars and steps and products you use. Thanks for your help.

[Fischer]

Re: New to the car detailing

Welcome to MOL! I see you also live in Indiana.

Alot of members have their own method but mine consists of this.
Most of the time I wash my car with the two bucket method, maybe occasionally using M205 polish on certain spots where light scratches and swirls may appear and then top it off with NXT 2.0. Dress the tires with Megs endurance gel and Hyper dressing or All season dressing on the trim. And of course cleaning the windows with Megs Glass Cleaner.

I try to do this once a week or so depending if I have a free day or have some time to kill.

[CieraSL]

Re: New to the car detailing

to MOL!

Few good links for you to read through:

Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle

List O' Links 2.0

Internet Resources for Detailing Newbs

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: New to the car detailing

Hello and welcome to mol.

Read the above links and you will be on your way to becoming "car crazy".

[Black300]

Re: New to the car detailing

Thanks for all the info, do any of you use quick detailer? If so how often do you use it? Do you know where you can get these products the cheapest?

[Fischer]

Re: New to the car detailing

I use the stuff maybe once a day! Mostly M135 or Last Touch.

As for the best place to buy stuff. Check out autodetailingsolutions.net

Shipping takes 5 days or so to Indiana and the prices are amazing.

[Black300]

Re: New to the car detailing

Do you use clay bars? What about scratch x, it says it works great with the clay bar? Also like I said my car is black so I was wondering if anybody uses deep crystal polish since it is supposed to be made for dark cars. Trying to see if it is worth the money.

[Murr1525]

Re: New to the car detailing

For a nice quick detail, if there are no imperfections to fix, I like:

1. Wash - 2 buckets, Grit Guards, quality sponges, towels ,etc.
2. Clay if needed
3. ColorX
4. Wax - Nxt 2.0

Or a full detail could look like:

1. Wash
2. Clay if needed
3. Clean - SwirlX is teh general cleaner. You may use ScratchX or Ultimate Compound if there are worse defects to fix.
4. Polish - DC Polish is a nice, easy to use polish.
5. Wax - Nxt 2.0 is good.
6. Wax - 2 thin coats is best.