Newbie to detailing

[Dmtammaro]

Hi everyone, fist time posting here and have a question.

I'm not a full newbie, I used to give great care into my car and it faded away(15 years ago). I have just recently picked up a 2015 Durango and I want to get back into taking care of the car and making it look beautiful all the time. Here is what I have done so far...

I use meguiars ultimate wash and wax, then hit it with a clay bar and due to rain and time constraints used ultimate fast finish so I had some sort of protection.

So from here, I want to wax and have their Nxt liquid wax. Should I do anything else before I wax? Clay bar again? Compund or polish and if so what order? The only area on my car I notice stains are at the wiper fluid spray nozzles. I'll try to post a pic if I can. Other that that and a few minor scratched here and there, that paint is in great condition(though I could be completely wrong)

Thanks in advance for your advice!






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[kevin_1981]

Flow Chart

Check out the link above. Least aggressive method first. There are a lot of helpful articles in the forum. If you're going to polish/compound, Meg's ultimate line is great for newbies (and i think works really well in general)

[DaveT435]

Welcome to AG! An iron dissolving product would be a good idea. Do you have a polisher or will compounding/polishing be done by hand??

[Dmtammaro]

Welcome to AG! An iron dissolving product would be a good idea. Do you have a polisher or will compounding/polishing be done by hand??

Thanks Dave. Plan on hand for now. One day I'll move up to a polisher.


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[PaulMys]

If it is at all within your budget, do yourself a HUGE favor and get a DA. I say this as a guy that did my work by hand for a while, then got a DA........

If I could make just one comparison, it would be: "Do I really need a car to travel 100 miles? Well, no. You don't need a car. But it would make life a lot easier."

[Dmtammaro]

If it is at all within your budget, do yourself a HUGE favor and get a DA. I say this as a guy that did my work by hand for a while, then got a DA........

If I could make just one comparison, it would be: "Do I really need a car to travel 100 miles? Well, no. You don't need a car. But it would make life a lot easier."

Looking into a porter cable one now. Thanks for the tip!


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[Dmtammaro]

Here are the spots I was talking about


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[Goonie75]

That looks like washer fluid. Should wash off. Clay might help too. Use the flow chart. Least aggressive first in terms of pad and product combo. IOW, try polish first with softer pad, something like that, then move up a little in aggressiveness if results are not what you like... and yes... get the DA... GG6... good luck...

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[Dmtammaro]

That looks like washer fluid. Should wash off. Clay might help too. Use the flow chart. Least aggressive first in terms of pad and product combo. IOW, try polish first with softer pad, something like that, then move up a little in aggressiveness if results are not what you like... and yes... get the DA... GG6... good luck...

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Thanks. Clay do nothing for it. Hoping to hit it with polish this weekend.


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