So in this thread I will post my detailing experience to share with you guys! I am by no means a detailing expert but if anyone's going to "LOVE" my car it's going to be me lol! My wife gave me a "HALL PASS" (if anyone remembers that movie with Jason Sudeikis)
any who from my other thread I showed all the products and tools I purchased. This will not be done in one day, two days or even the weekend! So today I started at 4pm and stopped at 8:30pm.
So first thing was i got all my detailing products and what not from Chemical Guys & Detailers Domain. assembled my mechanic's Stool and cart from Harbor Freight using ridiculous coupons I get from my email! isn't this so beautiful! I just looked at it for like 5 minutes wondering what other crap I can buy just too fill up the empty space
any products that has a spray nozzle hangs off the side, bottles are on the top shelf...I have microfiber towels, drying towels, shop rags, cleaning brushes and latex gloves on the middle shelf and I keep the DA and some of the bigger stuff on the bottom
First things first gotta remove all the old wax from the car using CG's Clean Slate. One thing I noticed about this stuff is if anyone knows about washing cars when you have a wax on your car...washing your car feels smooth and slick because of the wax protection. If you lean your hand against the car you could slip real easily. When I used the Clean Slate you could feel how there's no more wax on the paint as there's resistance on the paint as you lean against it. Plus it smells sorta citrusy if that's a word
Here she is all cleaned and stripped of wax!
Next removing all surface contaminants using Meguiar's clay bar and Detailing spray. This took me a good hour to do!
First step in the paint correction I'll be using CG's V34, Orange HexLogic pad, Pad Conditioner and DA Polisher
Now I tried my best to show the scratches and swirls but I don't have my son's DSLR camera so I'm using my Note3 Samsung phone to take pictures. But you can see some of the scratches from the reflection
And after! You can see from the picture above the reflection isn't as clear but this picture shows how much clearer the reflection is
So that's pretty much all I got done today...the Hood
I'll keep posting more pictures as I go!
For those who don't know what product's I'm using or will be using here's my list:
Chemical Guy's:
V32 Optical Grade Extreme Compound
V34 Optical Hybrid Compound
V36 Optical Grade Cutting Polish
V38 Optical Final Polish
Orange Hexlogic pad (compound)
White Hexlogic pad (finishing )
Black Hexlogic pad (waxes & sealants)
Clean Slate
Black Light Hybrid Radiant Gloss Enhancer and sealant
JetSeal Sealant
ButterWet Wax
Hybrid V7 Optical sealant and Detailer
For my wheels:
Dr Beasley's Matte Wheel sealant
CG's Meticulous Matte Sealant and Detailer
Ferret Wheel cleaning brush
For the Leather Interior:
CG's Leather Conditioner
Leather cleaner
Long Bristle Horse hair leather cleaning brush
CG's Stripper scent (to make my car small like Hot Hoes & Stripper!