1998 ford ranger xlt in progress

[lonestar729]

listen this is a 1998 ford ranger with original paint, it was baby blue or sky blue to begin with and has faded to a light greyish blue. so far i have gotten it looking decent. but i need advice in giving it a deep shine, im not into the wet look i like the old style deep shine.

pictures are in attachments, i prefer doing my work by hand, if you have any recommendations for products send me a link and if you could why or any tricks could use.

[lonestar729]

at the very least tell me how i am doing ive only detailed 7 cars

[Jenn1270]

Welcome to AGO.

Looking good. Keep up the good work. You might want to search for the article that helps with posting pictures. Makes it much easier to demonstrate your work.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/tips-techniques-how-articles-interacting-discussion-forums/21295-how-upload-photo-into-your-autogeek-photo-gallery.html

Jenn

[shoeless89]

Some opinions might differ on this but to me, a deep shine and wet look are very close if not one in the same. A car looks wet because it has a deep shine. I would wash the truck, clay it, apply a glaze, then use a carnauba wax. I think that would give you the best result your looking for. Hope that helped, GOOD LUCK :)

[lonestar729]

sorry about the bad pictures i used my phone haha, i use carnauba gold wax. anything that is a better upgrade for under 100.

[CrownKote]

sorry about the bad pictures i used my phone haha, i use carnauba gold wax. anything that is a better upgrade for under 100.

Loads of great waxes are out there for under a C-note...

DP Max Wax- Made with pure carnauba wax and advanced polymers. (http://www.autogeek.net/carnauba-car-wax.html)
Prima Banana Gloss Liquid Wax, car wax (http://www.autogeek.net/prima-banana-gloss.html)
Poorboy’s Polish with Carnauba (BLUE): A Quality Poorboy Polish & Protectant For Dark Paints! poorboys blue polish, dark polish, car polish, clear (http://www.autogeek.net/poorboys-polish-blue.html)
Dodo Juice Carnauba Car Waxes, dodojuice wax, carnauba wax, dodo wax, dodo car care, rainforest rub, supernatural wax, purple haze wax (http://www.autogeek.net/dodo-juice-car-wax.html)

The truck looks great from the pics that I see! Keep up the good work man!

[vet]

Looks good from here!

[lonestar729]

thank you im thinking that ill wash it again, clay it, use a sealant then apply this wax-- Dodo Juice Blue Velvet Hard Car Wax, carnauba wax, dodo waxes, dodojuice, wax for dark vehicles, dodo car care products, blue car wax (http://www.autogeek.net/dodo-blue-velvet-wax.html)

then apply another coat of carnuba gold