This is my friend's Camaro. The paint was in really bad shape, oxidizing and with really deep swirls and scratches. The wing on this thing was really beat up. This car has been going through the car wash since 2000 and it has never been clayed, polished, or waxed. This was a 1 1/2 days project. Below is my list of materials as best as I can remember:
Wash and Dry:
High pressure nozzle, wool mitt, and Lowes GS Sponge
2 buckets with Grit Guard
Ultima Paint Guard Wash
Metro Vac N' Blow
2 Pakshak's 24" x 36" Waffle Weave Micro Fiber Towel
Tires:
Sonus Rim Bright
Ace Powersticks
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus v2
CG Wheel Wax
Windows
Meguiars NXT Generation Glass Cleaner
Sonus Glass Polish & Chrome Cleaner
2 Pakshak's 16" x 16" Waffle Weave Micro Fiber Glass Towel
Clay:
Clay Magic
ONR as Lubricant
Interior:
Metro Vac N' Blow
UDM with brush attachments
Ultima Interior Shampoo and Ultima Autospa Dual-Foam Interior Applicator
Sonus Cockpit Detailer and Sonus Total Eclipse
Pakshak's 16" x 16" Ultra-Smooth Micro Fiber Towels
Sonus All in One Cleaner
The Edge yellow and blue Detailing Swab Foam Tips
Craftman Portable Fluorescent Light
Rubber and Plastic Trim:
Sonus All in One Cleaner
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus v2
Headlights:
UDM, 4" LC orange and white pads
Meguiars Plast X, 106ff
Paint:
Flex and UDM
SIP and RD
LC foamed wool pad, 6.5'' LC yellow, 6.5"/5.5"/4" LC orange, 6.5"/4" LC gray
Ultima Autospa Dual-Foam Exterior Applicator
The Edge black and blue Detailing Swab Foam Tips
Craftman Halogens
Infratech CM5300 - COLOR MATCHER CM5300
Pakshak's 16" x 16" Ultra-Edgeless Micro Fiber Towels
Pakshak's 16" x 24" Ultra-Plush Micro Fiber Towels
Pakshak's 4" x 6" "Big Kahuna" Ultra Micro Fiber Foam Applicator Pads
Z-5 x2, Z-5 x1, ZFX Flash Cure Accelerator, Z-16 between layers, Z-8
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Wash and Dry:
High pressure nozzle, wool mitt, and Lowes GS Sponge
2 buckets with Grit Guard
Ultima Paint Guard Wash
Metro Vac N' Blow
2 Pakshak's 24" x 36" Waffle Weave Micro Fiber Towel
Tires:
Sonus Rim Bright
Ace Powersticks
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus v2
CG Wheel Wax
Windows
Meguiars NXT Generation Glass Cleaner
Sonus Glass Polish & Chrome Cleaner
2 Pakshak's 16" x 16" Waffle Weave Micro Fiber Glass Towel
Clay:
Clay Magic
ONR as Lubricant
Interior:
Metro Vac N' Blow
UDM with brush attachments
Ultima Interior Shampoo and Ultima Autospa Dual-Foam Interior Applicator
Sonus Cockpit Detailer and Sonus Total Eclipse
Pakshak's 16" x 16" Ultra-Smooth Micro Fiber Towels
Sonus All in One Cleaner
The Edge yellow and blue Detailing Swab Foam Tips
Craftman Portable Fluorescent Light
Rubber and Plastic Trim:
Sonus All in One Cleaner
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus v2
Headlights:
UDM, 4" LC orange and white pads
Meguiars Plast X, 106ff
Paint:
Flex and UDM
SIP and RD
LC foamed wool pad, 6.5'' LC yellow, 6.5"/5.5"/4" LC orange, 6.5"/4" LC gray
Ultima Autospa Dual-Foam Exterior Applicator
The Edge black and blue Detailing Swab Foam Tips
Craftman Halogens
Infratech CM5300 - COLOR MATCHER CM5300
Pakshak's 16" x 16" Ultra-Edgeless Micro Fiber Towels
Pakshak's 16" x 24" Ultra-Plush Micro Fiber Towels
Pakshak's 4" x 6" "Big Kahuna" Ultra Micro Fiber Foam Applicator Pads
Z-5 x2, Z-5 x1, ZFX Flash Cure Accelerator, Z-16 between layers, Z-8
BEFORE:
AFTER: