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Car needed a little correction, but provided some buffer practice while providing some long lasting protection for a daily driver.
Products used:
Foam Gun - Lame Substitute for Gilmore
Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash
Two Buckets with Grit Guard in rinse water
Absorber - drying chamois
Meguiar's Clay Bar - white bars
Meguiar's Quik Detail - clay lube
Bounce Dryer Sheets - insect body remover
Alcohol - spray wipe down for defect inspection
Mequiar's NXT Glass Cleaner
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound - minor defect removal
Mequiar's Mirror Glaze #7 - polish
Mequiar's NXT Tech 2.0 Liquid Wax
Mequiar's Gold Class Liquid Wax
Mequiar's Black and Yellow 7" SoftBuff Pads
Lake Country Black 4" Pads
Mequiar's Microfiber Towels
Various other Microfiber towels, bonnets, gloves
Mequiar's Cleaner Wax
Brinkmann Dual Xenon
Porter Cables 2-7424s
New car was driven from Chicago to the Iowa Quad Cities by dealer and was relatively clean and, at my request, my wife (her car) asked the dealer not to wash the car after purchase. However, she had to take it in and have it serviced for an engine light problem and service dept. washed the car. Result, a few swirls.
Friday evening:
The foam gun was purchased locally and is actually intended to wash residential windows. Filled it with Gold Class and got some foaming and allowed it to dwell for awhile before hand washing with Gold Class.
I started clay barring while my wife went after the insects with dryer sheets. The dryer sheets worked great. Clay bar stayed relatively clean except after the hood which was only slightly contaminated. Tonight I only dropped 1/2 of a bar. I think Murr or J.A. suggested cardboard under claying area for those folks with dropsy Perhaps next time…
Saturday morning:
Alcohol wipe down and inspection with Brinkmann to find and identify defects.
Follow up with paint cleaning and defect removal with Ultimate Compound. Took it easy as there weren't too many, nor too severe defects.
Cleaned windows with NXT Glass Cleaner.
Next was PC application and PC removal of #7. Not too hot today, so this wasn't too bad nor time consuming. Had wife work on rims applying Cleaner Wax to be wiped off later and a coat of NXT applied and removed.
Here is the car after clay, Ultimate Compound and Show Car Glaze #7.
Love those #7 reflections.
Saturday Evening:
Applied thin coat of NXT Tech Wax 2.0 and allowed it to set for an hour before wiping off. The car color is Crimson Black.
Sunday morning:
Started applying Gold Class Plus at 6am before the sun is at full glare.
Project complete, rain in the forecast, lock car in garage...
Thanks for stopping by...
Products used:
Foam Gun - Lame Substitute for Gilmore
Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash
Two Buckets with Grit Guard in rinse water
Absorber - drying chamois
Meguiar's Clay Bar - white bars
Meguiar's Quik Detail - clay lube
Bounce Dryer Sheets - insect body remover
Alcohol - spray wipe down for defect inspection
Mequiar's NXT Glass Cleaner
Meguiar's Ultimate Compound - minor defect removal
Mequiar's Mirror Glaze #7 - polish
Mequiar's NXT Tech 2.0 Liquid Wax
Mequiar's Gold Class Liquid Wax
Mequiar's Black and Yellow 7" SoftBuff Pads
Lake Country Black 4" Pads
Mequiar's Microfiber Towels
Various other Microfiber towels, bonnets, gloves
Mequiar's Cleaner Wax
Brinkmann Dual Xenon
Porter Cables 2-7424s
New car was driven from Chicago to the Iowa Quad Cities by dealer and was relatively clean and, at my request, my wife (her car) asked the dealer not to wash the car after purchase. However, she had to take it in and have it serviced for an engine light problem and service dept. washed the car. Result, a few swirls.
Friday evening:
The foam gun was purchased locally and is actually intended to wash residential windows. Filled it with Gold Class and got some foaming and allowed it to dwell for awhile before hand washing with Gold Class.
I started clay barring while my wife went after the insects with dryer sheets. The dryer sheets worked great. Clay bar stayed relatively clean except after the hood which was only slightly contaminated. Tonight I only dropped 1/2 of a bar. I think Murr or J.A. suggested cardboard under claying area for those folks with dropsy Perhaps next time…
Saturday morning:
Alcohol wipe down and inspection with Brinkmann to find and identify defects.
Follow up with paint cleaning and defect removal with Ultimate Compound. Took it easy as there weren't too many, nor too severe defects.
Cleaned windows with NXT Glass Cleaner.
Next was PC application and PC removal of #7. Not too hot today, so this wasn't too bad nor time consuming. Had wife work on rims applying Cleaner Wax to be wiped off later and a coat of NXT applied and removed.
Here is the car after clay, Ultimate Compound and Show Car Glaze #7.
Love those #7 reflections.
Saturday Evening:
Applied thin coat of NXT Tech Wax 2.0 and allowed it to set for an hour before wiping off. The car color is Crimson Black.
Sunday morning:
Started applying Gold Class Plus at 6am before the sun is at full glare.
Project complete, rain in the forecast, lock car in garage...
Thanks for stopping by...
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