FormulaRon
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As the title states, this is my first attempt to detail my car properly. Been driving this car since I've passed my test (1.5 years now) and I've always brought my car to hand car washes but I was never satisfied because they don't dry the car properly leaving water streaks running from my mirrors . The weather wasn't too bad today and I needed a break from revising all weekend, so I popped down to my local Halfords and picked up some detailing products.
Here's the list of things I bought:
Started off with the wheels, rinsed the wheel and sprayed Autoglym's Custom Wheel Clean Kit on it. It's a great product and if your wheels aren't heavily dirty, the wheels will be clean without agitation. But mine's were filthy and the kit comes with two brushes so I put them into use:
However, some of the contaminants were still on the wheel, I think I need to use something like Auto Finesse's Iron Out or something similar:
After that, rinsed the whole car down and started washing it in straight lines, no circular motion as I was told it will cause swirl marks. Meguiar's New Car Kit comes with a wash mitt which was very nice.
(Forgot to take a picture during the washing process, here's a picture after rinsing the car after the soap bath)
After the bath, I used a large drying towel that came with the kit by Meguiar's. I rinsed the towel to make it damp and squirted some quick detailier (from the clay kit) and dried the whole car misting the detailer on the towel every now and then. I got this idea from Larry from AMMONYC, it helps lubricate the car whilst drying it to prevent scratch marks. Check him out on YouTube, some of his videos are amazing!
Then it was time for the fun and also tiring part. Claying and waxing!
Clayed the whole car first using the quick detailer as a lubricant. This step knackered my wrist and my back But it was a good experience for me.
Finally after claying my car, I then proceed with waxing the whole car. Most people do circular motions but I did straight lines, again to prevent scratches. Got this idea as well from Larry, he said circular scratches are a lot harder to repair than straight line scratches.
Is it me or do waxes smell very good?
After 3.5 hours washing, claying and waxing the car, I finished off with cleaning all the glasses inside and out with Autoglym's Fast Glass and used tyre gel from Meguiar's kit to make the tyres shiny.
The final result:
Any comments and criticisms are welcome! I still have many many things to learn!
Thanks for reading!
(Btw not sure if this belongs here or in the detailing section, was trying to show both how I detailed the car and my car itself. Mods can move it if they want)
Here's the list of things I bought:
- Meguiar's Brilliant Solutions New Car Kit
- Meguiar's Quik Clay Starter Kit
- Autoglym Custom Wheel Clean Kit
- Autoglym Fast Glass
Started off with the wheels, rinsed the wheel and sprayed Autoglym's Custom Wheel Clean Kit on it. It's a great product and if your wheels aren't heavily dirty, the wheels will be clean without agitation. But mine's were filthy and the kit comes with two brushes so I put them into use:
However, some of the contaminants were still on the wheel, I think I need to use something like Auto Finesse's Iron Out or something similar:
After that, rinsed the whole car down and started washing it in straight lines, no circular motion as I was told it will cause swirl marks. Meguiar's New Car Kit comes with a wash mitt which was very nice.
(Forgot to take a picture during the washing process, here's a picture after rinsing the car after the soap bath)
After the bath, I used a large drying towel that came with the kit by Meguiar's. I rinsed the towel to make it damp and squirted some quick detailier (from the clay kit) and dried the whole car misting the detailer on the towel every now and then. I got this idea from Larry from AMMONYC, it helps lubricate the car whilst drying it to prevent scratch marks. Check him out on YouTube, some of his videos are amazing!
Then it was time for the fun and also tiring part. Claying and waxing!
Clayed the whole car first using the quick detailer as a lubricant. This step knackered my wrist and my back But it was a good experience for me.
Finally after claying my car, I then proceed with waxing the whole car. Most people do circular motions but I did straight lines, again to prevent scratches. Got this idea as well from Larry, he said circular scratches are a lot harder to repair than straight line scratches.
Is it me or do waxes smell very good?
After 3.5 hours washing, claying and waxing the car, I finished off with cleaning all the glasses inside and out with Autoglym's Fast Glass and used tyre gel from Meguiar's kit to make the tyres shiny.
The final result:
Any comments and criticisms are welcome! I still have many many things to learn!
Thanks for reading!
(Btw not sure if this belongs here or in the detailing section, was trying to show both how I detailed the car and my car itself. Mods can move it if they want)