Full detailing procedure

[Jaap]

Hello,

I am getting into the passion of car detailing and I would like to understand the whole process of detailing my car for the first time. I will do this by hand with help from friends. This is what I think and please correct me:

1. Wash
2. Clay detailing
3. Remove small scratches and etchings with Meguiars UC
4. Remove swirls
5. Polish the whole car (maybe the polish removes swirls so 4 isn't needed?)
6. Sealant
7. Wax
8. Wax deatilling spray as final touch

Please correct my procedure and also recommend products for each step since I am clueless

Thanks

[theblob640]

You can pretty much delete step 4 because if you are using UC, it will most likely get most if not all of the swirls out. Polish will just refine your paint after the compounding step.

[EVOlved]

3 and 5 would take care of swirls. Add a iron decon product in their especially on light colored vehicles before the clay and your good to go. You can also eliminate 7 and 8 or 6 and 8 depending on your LSP of choice.

[Jaap]

3 and 5 would take care of swirls. Add a iron decon product in their especially on light colored vehicles before the clay and your good to go. You can also eliminate 7 and 8 or 6 and 8 depending on your LSP of choice.

My car is a Volvo S40 balck metallic paint...what is an iron decon?

[BradsDetailing]

iron x

[Jaap]

Ok thanks!

Even though some people say 6 7 or 8 can be excluded, I prefer to do a complete list for academic purposes:

1. Wash
2. Iron Decon detailing - Iron X
3. Wash
4. Clay Detailing - Product?
5. Compound Detailing - Meguiar's UC
6. Polish - Product?
7. Sealant - Product?
8. Wax - Product?
9. Wax detailling spray as final touch - Product?

[trekkeruss]

Ok thanks!

Even though some people say 6 7 or 8 can be excluded, I prefer to do a complete list for academic purposes:

1. Wash
2. Iron Decon detailing - Iron X
3. Wash
4. Clay Detailing - Product?
5. Compound Detailing - Meguiar's UC
6. Polish - Product?
7. Sealant - Product?
8. Wax - Product?
9. Wax detailling spray as final touch - Product?

For #3 and #4, you could use the very popular Optimum No Rinse; it can also double as a clay lube. For clay, Pinnacle seems to be the popular choice. You can also use a clay substitute. The Nanoskin Speedy Prep Sponge is inexpensive.

If you like Meg's UC, they make Ultimate Polish too. Heck, you can use all Meg's Ultimate products; UC, UP, and Ultimate Wax (which is really a sealant). Top it with Meg's #26 wax. The nice thing about those products...besides working well...is that they are sold everywhere. They are not expensive either.

I don't see any point in #9, but a spray wax is good for topping off after maintenance washes. Of course Meg's makes an Ultimate spray wax.

[brondondolon]

Hello,

I am getting into the passion of car detailing and I would like to understand the whole process of detailing my car for the first time. I will do this by hand with help from friends. This is what I think and please correct me:

1. Wash
2. Clay detailing
3. Remove small scratches and etchings with Meguiars UC
4. Remove swirls
5. Polish the whole car (maybe the polish removes swirls so 4 isn't needed?)
6. Sealant
7. Wax
8. Wax deatilling spray as final touch

Please correct my procedure and also recommend products for each step since I am clueless

Thanks

Although compounding by hand can be done it's a very labor intensive process and time consuming. Your best bet is to pick up the harbor freight DA polisher for around $50 if you are tight on money.

For your LSP you can't go wrong with collinite. It has such a strong following because it's such a great product.

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[Jaap]

What does LSP mean and which exact product of collinite are you talking about brondondolon?

Sorry I am new here...

Furthermore, do I have to do all steps the same day or can I do them separately on my own time?

[Saturnhusker]

LSP is last step product & collinite 845 is what I have used and it's awesome a lil will go a long way. You can probably do a dozen cars with a bottle of 845.