Why detail to the nth when you can't keep it detailed?There is a huge difference in how my truck looks in the winter and the summer for obvious reasons...

So having it fully detailed once and then once a month or so follow ups are worthless? Just let it go and never do shit?

What is the sweet spot?

J

Why bother with the detail if it'll look like crap shortly thereafter. Sweet spot is upkeep and in your climate that is easy. If you aren't that type, I'd just get in good with a full service car wash and get her clean. Couple times a year clay bar, polish and seal and call it good. No tools needed.

Find a car wash that vacuums and wipes down the vehicle, J.

Do that and be happy.

Detailing in what Sean is talking about is paint correction. You use a clay bar after a degrease wash. It pulls tiny particles out of the paint. It doesn't help it look better or last longer.

Once you do that you can polish. This is just like sharpening a knife. You use compounds that slowly buff away scratches. This is the only way to make your paint have more luster and shine.

Then to protect that finish, you must seal it. Wax is the best IMHO, but it is soft. In Florida it will come off so fast.... You will need to strip and rewax once a month, minimum.

So a sealant is a better option. It can last a loooooong time and offers great protection.

You hit it on the head, but clay will indeed make the finish look better. You can use it to remove water spots, overspray, baked on bug guts, bird crap, tar, etc.

Clay makes it look WAY better. More importantly prepares you to actually hand wipe the car and not swirl it up.

What is this sealant?

 

I feel so ignorant about cleaning a vehicle all of a sudden....

http://www.detailedimage.com/Klasse-M6/High-Gloss-Sealant-Glaze-HGSG-P55/500-ml-S1/?landing_id=29&utm_source=Google-Product-Search-PLA&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKEAjwqLWrBRC-_OaG-IfL0kASJAAbzKsVECNR9_AcIif6FpEDSR8X7bQfN28rWKnolqGO-QzunRoC0OLw_wcB

Lasts forever....okay 5-6mo but at least 10x as long as wax. Won't give you as deep of a finish as wax BUT you can wax over it to get that.

My car was almost gray pre-clay. I wore out 120g of clay cleaning it though and still have the lowers to do. Winter FUCKS up paint here.

My front bumper cover is fuxored too. Chipped like fucking hell. Needs to be resprayed

Not from me btw, I don't tail gate shit

I just fell in love again!!!! Had me a tuna salad samich and a good old cesar sald!!

Yuck

Is there a place online I can go and learn about products I should use.

 

I used Zaino years ago when I got my truck. Since then I've only done washes and a couple of wax jobs. My paint still looks really good after a simple wash, even though I've neglected it.

 

I need to get in the habit of being better. With the wifes new car coming up soon, I want to be diligent to keep it clean.

Good luck...you did marry a woman didnt you?

Clay never made my vehicles look better than a good wash.

Clay never made my vehicles look better than a good wash.

i dont see how that is possible unless your cars always had great wax and were clean already

Of course i would suffer from tge sugar pill of if it feels better it looks better

LG operating system is sweet. Some features are actually better than raw android. Definitely an improvement over htc and a huge one over samsung

Not perfect, the keyboard for instance has no direct comma. Wtf

Clay never made my vehicles look better than a good wash.

i dont see how that is possible unless your cars always had great wax and were clean already

I think mine was just so crappy I didn't notice anything.

My first few vehicles I would obsessively wax by hand. It wasn't even, but it was a protective layer. I would wash the car and then use a detail shine product and it would be glorious.

Dude from emf is retarded

 

 

 

Sooooo..... The power from my wall doesn't have a plug. Just wires in conduit.

Do I "need" to install a wall plug?

yes..a female 220 outlet.. You will have two hot legs that will read around 110-115 volt each and a ground hot legs should be black ground will be green and if they are a white that is your common" if it is used"

OMG, DUDE please don't do any electrical work.

 

 

He's our very own expert in: computers, electricity, welding, turbos, transmissions, cars and maybe in nutrition

 

Thank you!   I knew there was a few people on here that appreciated me. Not to toot my on horn but you left out women,I would not say I am a expert in nutrition but I do know enough to get by and stay fit.

I am excited I just ordered me a new book!! 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-UNCLE-JOHN-S-BATHROOM-READER-EXTRAODINARY-BOOK-OF-FACTS-AND-BIZARRE-INFO-/191403039366?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c90829a86

Holy poop fetish

Or is it better said, holy shit, fetish

or, holy, shit fetish

Punctuation is the difference between helping yor uncle Jack, off a horse.... Or

Helping your uncle, Jack off a horse.

That is a good read really..I read them straight through usually.. "no joke" interesting shit.

That is a good read really..I read them straight through usually.. "no joke" interesting shit.

I think everyone will read Matt's punctuation example straight through

Why detail to the nth when you can't keep it detailed?There is a huge difference in how my truck looks in the winter and the summer for obvious reasons...

So having it fully detailed once and then once a month or so follow ups are worthless? Just let it go and never do shit?What is the sweet spot?J

Why bother with the detail if it'll look like crap shortly thereafter. Sweet spot is upkeep and in your climate that is easy. If you aren't that type, I'd just get in good with a full service car wash and get her clean. Couple times a year clay bar, polish and seal and call it good. No tools needed.

Whats the sweet spot on cost on the couple times a year? Also is the rate of tip on the same scale of that in a resturant, or higher?

I may need to go to a good car show and see a shops work.

J