Alright,
I have not serriously detailed a car since maybe 2005 or 2006, when I used to frequent this forum regularly. Sure, I kept my cars looking great, but I haven't desired to use a machine in a long time! Need help from someone I trust like Mike or Murr (you have been on here for years, buddy advising me way back a decade ago)!
Back then my process was:
1. Wash /w Gold Class Soap (because it has more lubricity than Deep Crystal or Next Soap) RINSE / DO NOT DRY
2. Clay with Quik Clay & Soapy Water... RINSE / DRY
3. Clean the paint with a G100 (version 1) with #80 or #83 followed by #80 on a foam 8000 series foam pad.
4. Sometimes polish with Deep Crystal #2 or not worry about it as #80 looks pretty good.
5. Wax it with Nxt Tech Wax (and later Nxt Tech Wax 2.0)
I tried ColorX, too and loved it though I think I used to use it by hand. ScratchX 2.0 removed plenty stuck on waterspots, too. Took out some factory defects on my last car.
For the insides, I always used the Quick Interior Detailer... Love the stuff and STILL use it today!
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Now, everything is pretty much the same but with updated products, but I gave away my G100 to a friend. Okay, actually he borrowed it, and I never got it back. (NOTE to self... do NOT load tools).
Anyway, I have found the Ultimate Products and have used the Ultimate Trim Detailer, and the Ultimate Wash and Wax (love it), and tons of the Ultimate Quick Detailer. I have even used the Ultimate Quick Detailer for claying even though it goes against what people on the forum say. My thoughts on the subject are that it is certainly providing plenty of lubrication and wipes up fine, so it must be okay???
For the interior of my new car, I use a ton of the Gold Class Leather Cleaner & Conditioner... It is pretty good.
Let me just say, that my most commonly used product today is Ultimate Quick Detailer. I seem to buy a bottle of it every couple weeks, Doh!
What I need is an updated procedure:
1. Obviously, I still need to wash. I have already determined I will be using the Ultimate Wash and Wax based soley on preference because I like it better than the Gold Class... it seems more "slick"
2. I clay with the Smooth Surface Clay Kit though admittedly I use soap most of the time saving the Quik Detailer.
3. This is where I need help. Apparently the #80 series with the Diminishing abrasives have been depreciated and one can expect superior results with the newer #100 or #200 series products using the newer abrasives.
Okay, so what do I buy? It seems everyone rants and raves about #105, but to me that seems crazy with a cutting power of 12, that places it WAY above even #85 on the old system I am used to... and #85 is pretty ruthless stuff that pretty much scoured paint but would "cut" very hard paint.
My car doesn't have anything but some light swirls from the dealer doing those "courtesy" car washes even after being told NOT to wash! I DO appreciate their courtesy vacuum though.
The car is a 2013 Infiniti G37 in the "platinum" (silver) color. I purchased it new on January 24th, 2014 because I liked it MUCH more than the Q50, which has a lot of latency on the touch screen & the terrible no-feedback all-electronic steering - NO THANKS to that. I will take variably proportioned, power-assist rack-and-pinion any day! Want to be able to "feel" the road.
4. What do I use to polish? or do the #100 or the #200 series leave enough behind, or will it be worth my time to go back over the paint with something like Deep Crystal #2? (any hope skipping this step by combining it with #3 or #5)
5. How is Ultimate Sealant err. "Ultimate Wax" I DID buy it and can vouch that it goes on and comes off easier on my neighbor's white car... it was the test car for this product... We washed, clayed, and waxed her car.
^^^^ Oh, and I still have half a bottle left after doing that one white Honda Crosstour. <== Don't ask. Suffice it to say, when you do someone a favor, it is actually easier when they don't help. I have NEVER seen wax put on so thick that it took a handfull of microfibers to get it off!
I need to buy a new DA. Should I get a G110 v2 or something different?
What foam pads do I need to Clean, Polish, and Wax? What pad to apply what polish/cleaner? What pad to apply wax/sealant?
Oh, and I DID just place a gallon of Meguiar's #135 Detailer... From what I read this is more or less roughly equivalent to the Ultimate Quik Detailer.
I have not serriously detailed a car since maybe 2005 or 2006, when I used to frequent this forum regularly. Sure, I kept my cars looking great, but I haven't desired to use a machine in a long time! Need help from someone I trust like Mike or Murr (you have been on here for years, buddy advising me way back a decade ago)!
Back then my process was:
1. Wash /w Gold Class Soap (because it has more lubricity than Deep Crystal or Next Soap) RINSE / DO NOT DRY
2. Clay with Quik Clay & Soapy Water... RINSE / DRY
3. Clean the paint with a G100 (version 1) with #80 or #83 followed by #80 on a foam 8000 series foam pad.
4. Sometimes polish with Deep Crystal #2 or not worry about it as #80 looks pretty good.
5. Wax it with Nxt Tech Wax (and later Nxt Tech Wax 2.0)
I tried ColorX, too and loved it though I think I used to use it by hand. ScratchX 2.0 removed plenty stuck on waterspots, too. Took out some factory defects on my last car.
For the insides, I always used the Quick Interior Detailer... Love the stuff and STILL use it today!
***************************
Now, everything is pretty much the same but with updated products, but I gave away my G100 to a friend. Okay, actually he borrowed it, and I never got it back. (NOTE to self... do NOT load tools).
Anyway, I have found the Ultimate Products and have used the Ultimate Trim Detailer, and the Ultimate Wash and Wax (love it), and tons of the Ultimate Quick Detailer. I have even used the Ultimate Quick Detailer for claying even though it goes against what people on the forum say. My thoughts on the subject are that it is certainly providing plenty of lubrication and wipes up fine, so it must be okay???
For the interior of my new car, I use a ton of the Gold Class Leather Cleaner & Conditioner... It is pretty good.
Let me just say, that my most commonly used product today is Ultimate Quick Detailer. I seem to buy a bottle of it every couple weeks, Doh!
What I need is an updated procedure:
1. Obviously, I still need to wash. I have already determined I will be using the Ultimate Wash and Wax based soley on preference because I like it better than the Gold Class... it seems more "slick"
2. I clay with the Smooth Surface Clay Kit though admittedly I use soap most of the time saving the Quik Detailer.
3. This is where I need help. Apparently the #80 series with the Diminishing abrasives have been depreciated and one can expect superior results with the newer #100 or #200 series products using the newer abrasives.
Okay, so what do I buy? It seems everyone rants and raves about #105, but to me that seems crazy with a cutting power of 12, that places it WAY above even #85 on the old system I am used to... and #85 is pretty ruthless stuff that pretty much scoured paint but would "cut" very hard paint.
My car doesn't have anything but some light swirls from the dealer doing those "courtesy" car washes even after being told NOT to wash! I DO appreciate their courtesy vacuum though.
The car is a 2013 Infiniti G37 in the "platinum" (silver) color. I purchased it new on January 24th, 2014 because I liked it MUCH more than the Q50, which has a lot of latency on the touch screen & the terrible no-feedback all-electronic steering - NO THANKS to that. I will take variably proportioned, power-assist rack-and-pinion any day! Want to be able to "feel" the road.
4. What do I use to polish? or do the #100 or the #200 series leave enough behind, or will it be worth my time to go back over the paint with something like Deep Crystal #2? (any hope skipping this step by combining it with #3 or #5)
5. How is Ultimate Sealant err. "Ultimate Wax" I DID buy it and can vouch that it goes on and comes off easier on my neighbor's white car... it was the test car for this product... We washed, clayed, and waxed her car.
^^^^ Oh, and I still have half a bottle left after doing that one white Honda Crosstour. <== Don't ask. Suffice it to say, when you do someone a favor, it is actually easier when they don't help. I have NEVER seen wax put on so thick that it took a handfull of microfibers to get it off!
I need to buy a new DA. Should I get a G110 v2 or something different?
What foam pads do I need to Clean, Polish, and Wax? What pad to apply what polish/cleaner? What pad to apply wax/sealant?
Oh, and I DID just place a gallon of Meguiar's #135 Detailer... From what I read this is more or less roughly equivalent to the Ultimate Quik Detailer.
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