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Sup guys!
First off, im currently on an ipad, so i apologize in advance for some missing punctuation/caps.
Im new to detailing forums but not new to detailing. Im no expert. Im barely a novice. I do know though that im supposed to wash, clean, polish and then wax.
I was first introduced to detailing back when i bought my first car, a black 1990 Mustang GT. i got sideswiped by truck just 6 months in and when i looked at my car the day after picking it up from the bodyshop, it had crazy buffer marks all over the car!
Took it to a detailer that not only corrected the situation but improved it! He even explained to me what i needed to do on a regular basis to keep it looking slick. it did set me back several hundred so i made sure to upkeep my car.
Flash forward 10 yrs, i got a job with a 100 mile daily commute. I didnt want to add on so many miles to the stang so i got a used silver civic and kept the stang at my parents house. I ended up using the civic until i got married and when we bought our first car together, it was an opal blue Nissan Altima.
Both these cars were severely neglected polish/wax wise. I still washed them by hand every 2 to 3 weeks but since they were light colors, they looked decent enuf w/o the extra effort.
Well we recently got a new black Durango and ive been thinking about detailing stuff ever since!
I washed the Altima a few weeks ago and thought I would practice on it. I have always used Meguiars (still have a bottle and can of Deep Crystal. Do these go bad with time?) so i got some ultimate Compound and Polish. For the life of me, i couldnt remove all of the surface contaminents. I even tried an old green and white can of compound and all that did was leave big nasty swirls.
So i did a search and i ended up here on a thread about "clay". Hmm...whats this all about? I do recall seeing some clay products in the store but didnt pay much attention, passing it them off as gimics! Lol. I couldnt believe some clay could do all that was advertised so I tried the Meguiars kit.
Wow! I couldnt believe what i was seeing, hearing and feeling. How long has this technique been around to consumers?
Anyway, thats how i ened up here. Whew...that was difficult on a touch pad.
Sorry its so winded!
See you guys around!
Im new to detailing forums but not new to detailing. Im no expert. Im barely a novice. I do know though that im supposed to wash, clean, polish and then wax.
I was first introduced to detailing back when i bought my first car, a black 1990 Mustang GT. i got sideswiped by truck just 6 months in and when i looked at my car the day after picking it up from the bodyshop, it had crazy buffer marks all over the car!
Took it to a detailer that not only corrected the situation but improved it! He even explained to me what i needed to do on a regular basis to keep it looking slick. it did set me back several hundred so i made sure to upkeep my car.
Flash forward 10 yrs, i got a job with a 100 mile daily commute. I didnt want to add on so many miles to the stang so i got a used silver civic and kept the stang at my parents house. I ended up using the civic until i got married and when we bought our first car together, it was an opal blue Nissan Altima.
Both these cars were severely neglected polish/wax wise. I still washed them by hand every 2 to 3 weeks but since they were light colors, they looked decent enuf w/o the extra effort.
Well we recently got a new black Durango and ive been thinking about detailing stuff ever since!
I washed the Altima a few weeks ago and thought I would practice on it. I have always used Meguiars (still have a bottle and can of Deep Crystal. Do these go bad with time?) so i got some ultimate Compound and Polish. For the life of me, i couldnt remove all of the surface contaminents. I even tried an old green and white can of compound and all that did was leave big nasty swirls.
So i did a search and i ended up here on a thread about "clay". Hmm...whats this all about? I do recall seeing some clay products in the store but didnt pay much attention, passing it them off as gimics! Lol. I couldnt believe some clay could do all that was advertised so I tried the Meguiars kit.
Wow! I couldnt believe what i was seeing, hearing and feeling. How long has this technique been around to consumers?
Anyway, thats how i ened up here. Whew...that was difficult on a touch pad.
Sorry its so winded!See you guys around!
to MOL!
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