Auto Paint Detailing
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- Just tell me what the basic requirements are.
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Car Paint Care Essentials
When it comes to taking care of your car paint and auto paint detailing, the list is rather basic and straightforward:
- Wash car weekly to remove superficial dirt.
- Use detailing clay as needed to remove embedded air-pollutants.
- Wax regularly for protection and beauty.
Many people are stuck with outdated visuals of spending hours on the weekend, simply washing and waxing their cars. With a few specific techniques combined with the right products, car paint care is much easier and simpler than most people realize.
Car Washing
Any of my frequent readers knows I have an opinion of car washing duties that is counter to most. What many don't realize is how ineffective it can be to wash their cars themselves. Its not that most people shouldn't wash their car themselves, its just that most people consume and hour or more of their time doing it, then lack the energy to do anything else. Expending most of your time and energy simply to get superficial dirt off your car, means that the other important auto paint detailing tasks are then neglected. Critical things like removing he fall-out from the paint, waxing and polishing your car paint, etc.Car Washing Tips #1
My biggest tip to you is to outsource the car washing duties to your local car wash. I realize that many people find washing their cars therapeutic, akin to gardening, but it actually ends up being counter-productive if this means other critical steps of car paint care are neglected.
Car Washing Tips #2
If you insist on washing your car yourself, let me make a couple of suggestions that will at least help you get better results:
- Don't use dish soap to wash with.
- Don't use towels.
These (2) tips are the biggest mistakes I see people make. Common dish soap will strip any remaining car wax you might have on your car paint, and towels will not only scratch your paint during the drying process, but will leave lint everywhere. Use the following products to achieve better results:
- Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo & Conditioner 64 oz.
- Paint conditioners that nourish your paint.
- Lubricating ingredients prevent abrading by surface dirt.
- Revitalizes wax layers.
- Sheepskin Wash Pad
- Genuine sheepskin pad that pampers paintwork.
- Soft, plush, and non-abrasive.
- Water Sprite Plus® Chamois 4 sq. Feet
- All the benefits of a natural chamois with non of the drawbacks.
- A must have for any driveway detailer.
- The actual chamois I have used professionally for over 20 years!
Car Paint Cleaning
Not to be confused with car washing, paint cleaning is referring to pollutants that embed themselves into the paint on your car. Commonly called fall-out, these embedded pollutants remain despite normal washing and waxing of your cars paint. These pollutants create an unwanted texture to your paints surface and must be removed through a separate process. Detailing clay is the answer to smooth and silky paint that is part of your ongoing auto paint detailing chores. Despite being around for many, many years, detailing clay still remains an unknown to many people.Detailing Clay-Tip #1
Do not skip this critical step of the auto paint detailing process! I cannot stress this enough as your results of washing and waxing your car will be less than effective if you choose to skip this vital step! You have (2) choices when it comes to detailing clay:
- Purchase separate clay bar.
- Purchase clay bar kit.
Detailing Clay-individual clay bar
I am going to offer (2) quality clay bar choices, and either one will provide superior results for your auto paint detailing:
- Pinnacle XMT Speed Clay
- Meguiars Professional Detailing Clay - C2000
- Both deliver professional results.
- Instead of using with clay lubricants, can be used using the Water Sprite chamois above by placing under dampened chamois and using as directed.
Clay Bar Kits
Clay bar kits offer a great value by including both clay lubricant, and additional micro-fiber towels. The following (2) choices are excellent products for superior results:
- Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay Special
- Meguiars Smooth Surface Clay Kit - G1016
- Each kit comes with lubricating spray.
- Either kit provides professional results.
- An absolute must have for proper car paint care!
Car waxing
Car waxing represents an area of car paint care that is of most interest to people. Great personal satisfaction comes by way of standing back and admiring the depth and shine after laying a fresh coat of quality car wax. Unfortunately, many people go into a state of panic when they envision spending hours of time rubbing wax on and off the car paint for this satisfaction! Due to modern advances in chemical engineering, the beauty and shine is yours to be had with much less time and effort than ever before. Let me lay out a few choices when it comes to protection and beauty enhancement of your cars paint.The Best Auto Wax
It is hard to get everything in a single product; car waxes are no exception. For this reason, I am going to show you what I consider the best auto wax as it represents a winning combination of benefits:
- Easy to use.
- Easy to get.
- Affordable.
- Excellent visual results.
- Excellent durability.
The Most Bang for your Buck
- Meguiars Ultimate Paste Wax
- You would have a hard time finding a more perfect winning combination of benefits.
- Great bang for your buck; especially for dark colored cars
- The visual results of a paste wax, combined with the durability of polymers.
Ease of Use
We all live busy schedules and very few of us have any extra time for the auto paint detailing chores required of us. For this reason, modern advances in chemical engineering come to our rescue with spray waxes that offer amazing combinations of benefits. I am going to give you (2) choices that I actually use professionally:
- Meguiars Ultimate Quik Wax
- An absolute must for any dark colored car to achieve that just waxed look in fractions of the time.
- As easy to use as a quick detailer.
- Meguiars Mirror Glaze #135 Synthetic Spray Detailer
- The ease of a spray, combined with the durability of synthetic polymers.
- Ideal for any auto, boat, or RV applications.
Auto Paint Detailing Checklist
Let's summarize what we have learned regarding proper car paint care:
- Weekly washing is required to remove superficial dirt.
- Use of detailing clay to remove embedded pollutants is not only a must, but is the answer to silky smooth paint.
- Application of car wax is for protection and beauty enhancement.
Following these basic auto paint detailing steps will provide a car that retains maximum value, be a shining example that shines above the rest, and will allow your cars paint to outlast even your own interest in the car!
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