Detailing Weekend

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amarriapeas

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Spent the weekend detailing my 2000 Civic EX. See the pics at www.geocities.com/k91tsi/civic.html :)



On Saturday washed using a small microfiber mitt from CMA and Eagle One Wet car wash. Dried using my absorber and blotting not dragging :) Then I applied 303 to all the black plastic trim and clayed the car using Mother's clay.



Sunday - AIO X 1 applied with MF applicator from yosteve.com. Then SG X 1 with a second MF applicator. Cleaned windows with a MF towel from yosteve. Dressed tires with more 303. That's all for this weekend.



Can anybody recommend a good bug remover? I am considering Stoner's Xenit, any comments? And what would work best to remove paint contaminants that clay doesn't. PPCL or P21s PCL?



Thanks to CMA, Tacscar, yosteve.com and of course the Autopia forums :D
 
detailed an 83' Toyota - recently painted by Maco....OMG

Terrible paint job....

I tried Zaino and Klasse and wasn't impressed. I ended up using Platinum (cleaner and then its Paint Protectant). Not much you can do with a poor paint job.

(My new car (Zaino'd) looks like it has 20-20 vision and the Maco paint job has 20-60 vision.)



jeff
 
I also had a detailing weekend. I did all of mine yesterday.



I tried :bow Zaino for my first time. All I can say is: Impressive. I am sold. I did the entire [Black Sapphire] BMW 325i by hand. This was after clay barring (my first time ever). I must say, I did not find the clay bar to be effective at all. I am not sure if I wasn't doing something right or my paint is in that great of shape. The car is only about 2 weeks old but I expected to pick up something on the first time. I did not hear anything being picked up. I used plenty of QD as lube and the bar glided nicely on the slick surface; nothing. I Dawn washed again and began to Zaino (enabled with ZFX). This stuff went on really nice and came off just as easy after 30 minutes with a MF. The second coat was even better as I believe I have mastered the art of very thin coats. I used less than an ounce for two coats.



I finished with some Griot's Speed Shine and the surface just sparkled. I'll post some pics later today.:xyxthumbs
 
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