Here is my current procedure for detailing and also here are some quick pics of my 93 after a detail job I did that took literally 10+ hours....can't even imagine it's almost 15 years old with original paint (minus the top section of front bumper when i shaved off the emblem)....
My Current Detailing Procedures
1) Get 2 clean buckets of water (1 for soap & 1 for rinsing the sponge/mitt)
2) Wash the entire car with dish soap, in my case I used Dawn and used a microfiber sponge.
3) This was a good chance to clean my engine bay and front hood compartment, I just did a simple engine degreaser and a little manual labor for this step
4) Wash the car with a high quality car soap, in my case I used Meguires Gold Class with a sheep skin mitt
5) Clay bar the entire car, since my car is 14 years old with original paint I went with an abrassive clay using mothers and meguires quick detailing as my lubricant
6) Re-wash with Meguires Gold Class with sheep skin mitt and dried with microfiber towels.
7) With a friend helping me, we used 2 porter cable 7424 random orbital buffer with velcro backing plate and OLC (Orange Lake Country) cutting pads and polished the entire car with Menzerna's Intensive Polish
8) With both PC buffers we polished with another OLC polishing pad and polished with Menzerna's Final Polish II
9) Using the PC buffers again we then polished using 3M Imperial Glaze
10) We then hand applied a sealant (I forget the product name, I'll fill this in later)
11) I then machine polished all the glass windows (forgot what I used but I'll fill in later)
12) Finally we hand applied Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax
13) Final touchups, cleaned the rims and put on a little tire dressing (hand applied not sprayed on)
14) 10 + hours later I'M FINISHED!!!!!!!
I'll fill more in later if I forgot anything....
OUR SUPPLIES
PREP: (UNFINISHED)
FINISHED!!!
My Current Detailing Procedures
1) Get 2 clean buckets of water (1 for soap & 1 for rinsing the sponge/mitt)
2) Wash the entire car with dish soap, in my case I used Dawn and used a microfiber sponge.
3) This was a good chance to clean my engine bay and front hood compartment, I just did a simple engine degreaser and a little manual labor for this step
4) Wash the car with a high quality car soap, in my case I used Meguires Gold Class with a sheep skin mitt
5) Clay bar the entire car, since my car is 14 years old with original paint I went with an abrassive clay using mothers and meguires quick detailing as my lubricant
6) Re-wash with Meguires Gold Class with sheep skin mitt and dried with microfiber towels.
7) With a friend helping me, we used 2 porter cable 7424 random orbital buffer with velcro backing plate and OLC (Orange Lake Country) cutting pads and polished the entire car with Menzerna's Intensive Polish
8) With both PC buffers we polished with another OLC polishing pad and polished with Menzerna's Final Polish II
9) Using the PC buffers again we then polished using 3M Imperial Glaze
10) We then hand applied a sealant (I forget the product name, I'll fill this in later)
11) I then machine polished all the glass windows (forgot what I used but I'll fill in later)
12) Finally we hand applied Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax
13) Final touchups, cleaned the rims and put on a little tire dressing (hand applied not sprayed on)
14) 10 + hours later I'M FINISHED!!!!!!!
I'll fill more in later if I forgot anything....
OUR SUPPLIES
PREP: (UNFINISHED)
FINISHED!!!
