After a good clean.... (56k Warning, many pics)

[R3N]

Thought I'd share my cleaning efforts with opelaus. Many images, I'm a newbie at detailing, lemme know what you think. Couldn't get out of the house due to studying so no nice backgrounds

Enjoy.

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[Bernard Siong]

very good man!
easiest way to get a show room finish everytime is to wash using the meguiars next generation car wash
then spray meguairs qwik wax an area at a time while drying the car!
its quick and easy and results are just as good

and it looks like your springs have settled! way better now

[R3N]

I did it the old fashioned way; wash, polish, wax. Took me a good 4 hours to do the lot but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

I will try the spray on stuff next time though.

[crazyk78]

Great looking polish and wax.

I did mine this wkend although I did the wash, Mequires fine cut, mequires polish, mequires yellow wax, wash and she came out schmick! although it also took me a good 4 hrs. Between the cut and polish I had to put her in the sun to make sure no buff marks... I can't stand them.
After that drove down the road and a bird s**t right on it. Today another 2 birds s##t on it so had to wash it again. I tell you what I wish I could of got those birds I would of cleaned it with their feathers.

Bernard Siong, is that mequires qwik wax the one in the spray bottle? Can you use it even though I have the yellow wax? Do you do it after every wash?

Look forward to the replies.

[Bernard Siong]

what i do is use turtle wax colour cure around every 6 months
REALLY GOOD STUFF.... I LOVE IT!
and its clear coat safe! i dont trust the cut stuff on new cars
and i was my car almost every2 weeks, sometimes weekly if it didnt look too good, and yes i would use the meguairs qwik wax after each wash! it makes drying the car so much easier too...
btw this is when i had the astra

now my new car gets a wash with the rain

[BassyAstra]

Looking sexy R3N although howd you get the wheels done?

I find it takes me about one hour to do 4 wheels, to get all the dirt out of them.
VERY HARD, between gaps.

[EL BURITO]

nice and clean. time well spent

[R3N]

Looking sexy R3N although howd you get the wheels done?

I find it takes me about one hour to do 4 wheels, to get all the dirt out of them.
VERY HARD, between gaps.

I use Polyglaze Foaming Mag Wheel Cleaner, easy to use, just spray on, wait for a minute then hose off, if takes alot of the brake dust with it, then for the remainder I use a wheel brush (any brush will do, make sure its decent size so you dont have to do so much work). After all that it should turn out clean like mine, cept for the baked on brake dust. Then I finish off with Autoglym Alloy Wheel Seal to keep the dust off and easier to clean next time, just spray on and buff off.

[BassyAstra]

YEah wow, big processes for each section of the car aye...

Inside i can think of so many different products to use everywhere .... the glass, leather, dash, chrome area, plastic dash display area...yeah..

Your pics prob dont do your car wash justice aye.

[pred8r]

My car, being black, has all these tiny micro scratches (and old buff marks) in the clear that are obvious (to me anyway), do i get rid of them by-
Using a cutting compound on it?
Using a wax type product? Is spray on good?

help.