Suggested products for taking care of a new car!

[bitwise]

Re: Suggested products for taking care of a new car!

I wash the wheels/wheel wells first with a mitt that I use only for wheels. Then I dump the water and rinse out the bucket.

[kimchiyuk]

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Some Tips for car:
1. When washing a vehicle, do the wheels last. The very abrasive brake dust can get on your sponge and scratch the paint.
2. After thoroughly rinsing off the wheel cleaners, a minimum of two times, the wheels should be dried. Then apply wax or proper wheel protectant.
3. If you hit a pothole hard or run into a curb, inspect your wheels, or have a wheel shop do it, as soon as possible A bent wheel can flex as you drive so a small crack can spread. Then the wheel must be replaced.

I actually use a seperate wash mitt and second smaller bucket only for the wheels/tires. Most of today's pads from the manufacturer have quite a bit of metal in them in addition to the other material being abrasive. To me, this is cheap insurance that I won't induce swirls from brake mat'l anyway.

[jeryruse]

Re: Suggested products for taking care of a new car!

Some Tips for car:
1. When washing a vehicle, do the wheels last. The very abrasive brake dust can get on your sponge and scratch the paint.
2. After thoroughly rinsing off the wheel cleaners, a minimum of two times, the wheels should be dried. Then apply wax or proper wheel protectant.
3. If you hit a pothole hard or run into a curb, inspect your wheels, or have a wheel shop do it, as soon as possible A bent wheel can flex as you drive so a small crack can spread. Then the wheel must be replaced.

[Tuck91]

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I have read them but the day after if you want to clean off the dust what do you use?

If your going to do this every day like Murr said, then buy a gallon of Last Touch, you wont be disappointed.

[Murr1525]

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You would want one of the quick detailer products for this. Meguairs makes several.

In the Consumer Line, you could use Quick Detailer, Nxt Speed Detailer, or Ultimate Quick Detailer.

In the Professional Line, you could use Final Inspection, Last Touch, or the Synthetic Spray Detailer.

If you plan to do this every day, one of the pro-line products would let you buy in bulk.

[dbonevaz]

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I have read them but the day after if you want to clean off the dust what do you use?

[GenTarkin]

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[quote=Mike Phillips;56126]Suggested products for taking care of a new car!


Either after you've clayed your car's finish, or established that it doesn't need claying, then you move on to the next steps in Meguiar's 5-Step Paint Care Cycle. Each step consists of a process and a category of products to perform a specific function to your car's paint. you don't have to do all the steps, it's kind of dependent upon the condition of the finish and also how car crazy your are.

For example, if you car's finish has no visible swirl, scratches or oxidation, then you don't need to use a paint cleaner.

Another example would be applying a pure polish, you don't' have to apply a pure polish, but for darker colors it really adds a lot of richness of paint color as well as clarity and gloss.

If after washing and drying your car your visual inspection in bright light reveals swirls and scratches, (Yes, even new cars can have swirls, it's called the Dealer Installed Swirl Option, or DISO), then you'll want to use a paint cleaner like either Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner for very light cleaning, or ScratchX for removing swirls and scratches.



After the cleaning step, you can then apply a pure polish to really increase the gloss and richness of color of your car's paint, for this an easy product to use that works great is Meguiar's Deep Crystal Polish




What if you wash/dry/clay the vehicle and would like polish with a pure polish but don't necessarily see any more than a couple isolated light scratches?? Do you still need to use a paint cleaner? From my understanding, I could use some ScratchX 2.0 on the isolated scratches, correct? But I'm thinking that if I want to apply a pure polish I want to make sure the base is as good as possible... so should I use a paint cleaner or just use pure polish after claying (if needed)??

[sleman22]

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wooow
thats sooo nice man

[suprimeau]

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I'll start my question in a new thread. Thx.

[suprimeau]

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Do you still suggest using Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner and Deep Crystal Polish for taking care of a new car if you are using a dual action polisher or G-100? If so at what point do I consider using the Professional (Mirror Glaze Brand) line? Are there similar products to use that are better with my dual action polisher in the Professional line? I’ve read a lot about using Speed Glaze #80. When’s a good time to start using this?

Overall I’m a little confused of what products to use. I’ve done a lot of reading on this forum and I’m getting the hang of it, but I’m still confused.

[mjm813]

Thanks for the tips - my 72 B has never looked better!

[Mike Phillips]

Originally posted by anorrie
I am interpreting that as long as the car was factory baked (no repairs) I can detail immediately. Great.

Yes. Your car's paint is completely cured and you can wash and wax it all day long!

[anorrie]

Thanks for the link to the article. I am interpreting that as long as the car was factory baked (no repairs) I can detail immediately. Great.
I know the build week as the dealer can track the car for me. When it arrives the date is on the VIN plate inside the drivers door. or at least it was on my 540.

[Love 2 Detail]

the dealer can tell you through the VIN

[tgfhatch]

Just out of total curiousity, how do you know it was assembled that exact week? Did you get this made right off the assemly line for you??

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