Dazed & Cinfused

[Salty Dawg]

Hi everyone! After spending way too many hours online lurking here and elsewhere trying to reach a decision, it's time to seek professional help. I have too much paint surface on three vehicles to spend much more time doing hand application. I've pretty much decided to get a G110, but not too sure where to go from there. My old truck is outside on a farm, fading & scratched. My "new" truck has minor dog scratches, also sits outside in partial shade (tree sap, bird poo) near the Georgia coast , my wife's car is pretty pristine in the garage. I'm not a pro and not planning to sell any of the vehicles, just want to get them (and keep them) bright & shiny. Any help and advice would be appreciated. I don't want to apply for a zero-down loan, if you get my drift...

[Murr1525]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

Well, this would be the most basic set up possible for a full detail:

1. Wash - Good soap and Grit Guards of course.

2. Clay - Sounds like all 3 vehicles will want clayed, may need 2 kits or so and some extra Quick Detailer.

3. Cleaner/Polish - #80 is the go-to product. You will likely want most of that. The older truck may need some #83, or other products, but that can always be worried about later.

4. Wax - Nxt 2.0 or #21 2.0 would be my choice for waxes.

And then the most basic number of pads would be a case of 6 from ADS:
1 - Cutting pad, 3 Polishing pads, 2 Finishing pads, either the old style or the new washable ones.

And a pack of 6 MF bonets.

You could of course go with a cleaner/wax as well. You could apply something like #151, and then just top it with one coat of wax. Could save you some time, and the threads for #151 do look impressive.

[Salty Dawg]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

Thanks for the info. Really new to this, who is ADS?

[Murr1525]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

Autodetailingsolutions.com

[BlueZero]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

Thanks for the info. Really new to this, who is ADS?

ADS = http://www.autodetailingsolutions.com/

Murr always gives good solid advice!

D151 looks very handy too, mine will be here Thursday.

[Mike Phillips]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

For the farm truck, if you want to keep it simpler and do less steps, you can pick up a bottle of ColorX at just about any auto parts store or a store like Wal-Mart or Target and after washing and claying it will do wonders as a one-step approach.

This is an old thread but it gets the point across....

1986 Ford Bronco II - Extreme Makeover

[Salty Dawg]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

Thanks, y'all. Lots of good advice. I guess if I'm going to get into detailing I better check my spelling better, should have posted title Dazed & Confused. Is using clay as straightforward as it looks in online videos?

[Salty Dawg]

Re: Dazed & Cinfused

OOps, my bad. Just read about going to Detailing 101 with questions. Thanks for all the help so far, hopefully in the future I can give advice in addition to asking for help.