A few years ago, my ex-girlfriend's brother in law showed me how to detail a car. He used to work at an elite detailer in or near New York City and in 2004, his 1997 Boxster won a car show which was impressive to me because there were quite a few brand new cars entered in that event. These are three of the tips he gave me let me know what you think, I'm no longer with his sister in law and I was never that close to him anyway, so if you think these ideas are wrong, let me know.
Tip #1 plane glass with a 0000 gauge steel wool. He had the fine gauge steel wool and rubbed the windshield which really did seem to make a difference in that bugs and dirt didn't stick as much to the windshield. He said it's almost like Rain-X but won't make the wipers squeek.
Tip #2 don't use car wash soap. He believed that car wash soap dries a car's paint so if he had to wet wash a car (normally he used a spray wax) he would just wet a lambswool mitt and wip the dirt off the car, then dry it and then use the spray wax. I noticed subsequently that when I use Zaino Z-7 car wash, that the paint does feel less slick, maybe that is because the soap dries the paint or at least dries the wax on the paint...? I don't know what do you guys think?
Tip #3 after you wax a car with paste wax if that's what you choose to use, mist the car with water in a spray bottle and rub the water in and that will make it look a lot better. Now that I use Zaino, that reminds me of the Z-6 in between coats of Z-2 or Z-5.
Anyway, does anyone have any comments on these techniques?
Tip #1 plane glass with a 0000 gauge steel wool. He had the fine gauge steel wool and rubbed the windshield which really did seem to make a difference in that bugs and dirt didn't stick as much to the windshield. He said it's almost like Rain-X but won't make the wipers squeek.
Tip #2 don't use car wash soap. He believed that car wash soap dries a car's paint so if he had to wet wash a car (normally he used a spray wax) he would just wet a lambswool mitt and wip the dirt off the car, then dry it and then use the spray wax. I noticed subsequently that when I use Zaino Z-7 car wash, that the paint does feel less slick, maybe that is because the soap dries the paint or at least dries the wax on the paint...? I don't know what do you guys think?
Tip #3 after you wax a car with paste wax if that's what you choose to use, mist the car with water in a spray bottle and rub the water in and that will make it look a lot better. Now that I use Zaino, that reminds me of the Z-6 in between coats of Z-2 or Z-5.
Anyway, does anyone have any comments on these techniques?
Chilled distilled water seems to work best, and I'll often use a QD instead (though that can sometimes bite me if it affects a solvent-action on the freshly applied wax).