Post your spring detailing process!

[Matt S.]

Well, not that anything is stopping us from detailing our cars down here in Florida...;) but for the rest of you guys and gals, what process will you be using when the ice finally thaws and the snow stops falling? :D

This thread should give us all some ideas on what products to use, since most of us will be doing a spring cleaning on our vehicles...and we all know there are SO many good products to choose from!

My car is already swirl free, so sometime before Detail Fest, I'm most likely going to wash, lightly clay with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay, MAYBE go over the car a one or five times with PO85RD (hey, the finish can only get better and better, right??.....right!?)...for LSP, I'm thinking Fuzion and 1-2 coats of Souveran. But, I'm also testing out a new "prototype" sealant, so I may just use that instead. ;)

[Finemess]

Clean underside real well. Tires and wheels next, I love clean tires and wheels. Clay and glaze wheels to get all the winter yang off them. Oh and clean engine bay and dress,somehow this gets missed in the winter time. :)

[Old Tiger]

FK Decon kit
Clay
Scratch removal with BF Compound
Menz SIP Green pad
FF106 Green pad
BF Gloss Enhancing Polish Black pad
FK 303 Machine Glaze
BFWD Hand apply
Dodo Purple Haze hand apply


I have the Griot V2 6" and 3|" machines
Well, not that anything is stopping us from detailing our cars down here in Florida...;) but for the rest of you guys and gals, what process will you be using when the ice finally thaws and the snow stops falling? :D

This thread should give us all some ideas on what products to use, since most of us will be doing a spring cleaning on our vehicles...and we all know there are SO many good products to choose from!

My car is already swirl free, so sometime before Detail Fest, I'm most likely going to wash, lightly clay with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay, MAYBE go over the car a one or five times with PO85RD (hey, the finish can only get better and better, right??.....right!?)...for LSP, I'm thinking Fuzion and 1-2 coats of Souveran. But, I'm also testing out a new "prototype" sealant, so I may just use that instead. ;)

[slammin86]

Well, right before I put mine up for the winter, I used had used the pc and some sonus paintworks cleanser to get the surface defect free. I then wiped it down with alcohol and did 3 coats of Z5 with Z8 in between.

Then I found this site and blew around 500 on wolfgang/ pinnacle/ dp/ and menzerna products.

Once winter is over I plan to take the wheels off and use wolfgang 3.0 on them. I then plan to use megs apc+ to clean the wells and suspension. Then I will use P085RD on the whole car with a 5.5" blue pad. Then I will either go straight to Pinnacle souveran, or I will put one coat of 3.0 on the car and top it with souveran. I am undecided on this just yet.

Then I am using pinnacle leather cleaner and conditioner on my interior.

I am proud to say I have sold all my zaino stuff and will be trying all new products this year.

[TheGLL]

I have sooo much products that I bought during the winter that I didn't used yet! Spring please come faster !!

List of products I have to try:
P085RD
Souveran wax
Wolfgang black diamond tire gel
Wolfgang DGPS
Dodo juice diamond white hard wax
Poorboy's trim restorer
Poorboy’s World White Diamond Show Glaze
P21S Polishing soap for my exhaust tip.
DP Carpet cleaner with my new Bissell little green machine.
Diamondite Headlight Lens/Clear Plastic Restoration kit.
Cobra Blue Micro-Chenille Wash Mitt

[DejaVu]

As of right now my plan is

1. Wash with ONR
2. Clay entire car
3. ColorX
4. NXT 2.0 x2
5. Meguiars UQW
6. Meguiars Hot Shine tire foam

If I had a house and a garage I'd probably go with a much more thorough detailing, but I am doing all my detailing in an apartment parking lot with no shade most of the time.

[christian900se]

My Plans:

-Polish with 85rd
-Chose a nice beauty wax, probably Lusso Oro, and apply a few layers
-Clean and dress the undercarriage
-Remove wheels and clean/dress the wheel wells
-Remove my custom stainless exhaust and polish it up
-Oil change and new sparkplugs
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[PAR Detailing]

EXTERIOR:
I will wash the car thoroughly
clay- megs mild clay
clean engine & dress w/ silicone free dressing
polish w/ white pad & Megs #82
polish w/ blue pad & 85rd
Seal w/ Blackfire Wet Diamond
Top w/ MaxWax
remove each wheel one at a time, clean and seal
Dress tires w/ Megs hotshine
INTERIOR:
shampoo carpet and upholstery w/APC+
dress interior with poorboys leather stuff (I like leather stuff for my interior)

This is for my DD 04 Honda Accord, Gold paint

[bill6639]

The 18+ inches of snow we got in the past 2 days makes me want spring to come even more

i hate seeing my car covered in salt

ive gotten a few new things im excited to try out

wash with Megs Gold or maybe ONR if im feeling lazy that day lol
clay with my new Clay Magic kit
Meg's UC and HT Tangerine
Meg's SwirlX and HT Cyan (I might try my new Optimum Finish Polish)
IPA wipedown
Optimum PS with GG Red 6.5" pad
Optimum OS
Impatiently wait till the next day...
MaxWax (really curious to see how this makes the flake in my paint pop)
Restore my headlights
Remove each wheel and clean the hell outta them
0000 grade steel wool my exhaust tips and then seal em

this is gonna be done to my DD 02 Altima 3.5SE M/T in Velvet Beige

[agpatel]

1. Wash (TC Citrus pre-wash, opt car wash regular wash)
2. Tire/Wheels (Diablo for wheels, p21s taw for tires)
3. Clay (Riccardo)
4. Polish (SIP,uber yellow; Power Finish, uber green/3m uk yellow; Scholl S40, 3m UK Blue)
5. Pre-Wax (SV Cleaner Fluid)
6. Wax (SV Insignis 2x coats 24 hrs apart)
7. Tire Dressing (TC White Pearl)
8. Trim Dressing (BlackWoW)
9. Glass (Polish with 1z Glas Polish, seal with 2x coats of Opti-Seal)
10. Metal (Opt Metal Polish w/ #0000 wool)

11. Leather (LM trio)
12. Vinyl (HD Protect)
13. Rubber Seals (1z Gummi)
14. Glass (1z Glass Cleaner)

Im the MAN:buffing:Im the MAN

[PAR Detailing]

The 18+ inches of snow we got in the past 2 days makes me want spring to come even more

i hate seeing my car covered in salt

ive gotten a few new things im excited to try out

wash with Megs Gold or maybe ONR if im feeling lazy that day lol
clay with my new Clay Magic kit
Meg's UC and HT Tangerine
Meg's SwirlX and HT Cyan (I might try my new Optimum Finish Polish)
IPA wipedown
Optimum PS with GG Red 6.5" pad
Optimum OS
Impatiently wait till the next day...
MaxWax (really curious to see how this makes the flake in my paint pop)
Restore my headlights
Remove each wheel and clean the hell outta them
0000 grade steel wool my exhaust tips and then seal em

this is gonna be done to my DD 02 Altima 3.5SE M/T in Velvet Beige

Hey man I think you have the HT pads backwards. Cyan is the cut and Tangerine is the polish pad. You may have just miss typed here but just wanted to give you the heads up.:xyxthumbs:

[zinc02gt]

Wash with Meguiar's Gold Class
Clay with Meguiar's Mild Clay
Touch up all trim with various brushes and APC
IPA wipe down
Meguiar's M105 via rotary and 3M Wool pad (only on hood scoop for water spots)
Meguiar's M205 via rotary either on Orange or White Kompressor. Depends on how light the scratches are.
3M Ultrafina via rotary on 6" Blue Kompressor
IPA wipe down
2 coats of Blackfire Wet Diamond
Tires dressed with Meguiar's Hyper Dressing
Wheels dressed with Wheel Wax
Engine done with Simple Green and Eagle F21
Dash dressed with DP Surface Protectant
Seats cleaned 1Z Leather Treatment
Carpet cleaned with APC+ and Bissell Little Green Proheat


I think that about covers it.

[Irish]

Get the car up on stands. Remove wheels. Soak with D103 @ 4:1 and scrub everything in sight.
More D103 @ 4:1 on wheels/tires. Dry and seal with 2 coats of Opti-Seal. Opti-Bond on tires.
Foam car with CG CW&C @ paint prep ratio.
2BM wash with more CG CW&C.
Clay.
Tape.
Inspect. Judging from what it looks like right now, single step with 106FA.
Clean/protect trim with Optimum Leather Protectant. (For the love of god, change the name OPT. Optimum Holy S*** This Stuff Works On Everything would be better.)
IPA wipedown.
Polish exhaust tips with 3M metal polish.
2 coats of Opti-Seal.
2 coats of Supernatural.
Final wipedown with FK 425

Interior is really pretty clean as is. Probably a simple vacuum will do. I'll end up hitting everything with Optimum Leather Protectant anyway though. Not nearly time for Leatherique.

I can't wait. Im the MAN

[AeroCleanse]

1. Wash with ONR
2. Inspect
3. If needed apply Dodo Lime Prime
4. Ultima Paint Guard Plus
5. Vacuum
6. Steam
7. HD Protect
8. Dress the outside with Meg's ASD or 1Z-Einzett Vinyl-Rubber

[cooksnj]

i like this thread, especially since i have another 2 feet of snow out side, i cant wait for spring.
anyways:
wash and clay
megs 105
megs 205
menz. 85rd
Wolfgang 3.0
pinnacle liquid souveran

cant wait. car looks like hell.