First Detail

njno1badboy

njno1badboy

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OK PEOPLE I AM DOING MY FIRST DETAIL NEXT WEEKEND I AM DOING A 2000 FORD LINCOLN TOWN CAR A CARTIER IF YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHAT KIND THAT IS TOP OF THE LINE IN LINCOLN NOW BACK TO MY QUESTION THIS IS GOING TO BE MY FIRST DETAIL SO I WANT TO IMPRESS THE PERSON I AM DOING THIS FOR CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME IN DESIDEING WHAT SOAP TO WASH IT WITH AND WHAT WAXES TO USE THERE ARE SO MANY OUT THERE I JUST DONT KNOW WHICH ONE TO PICK THE COLOR OF THE CAR IS LIKE A CREAM COLOR WITH WHITE LEATHER INSIDE ANY INFO WOULD GREATLY BE APPREACITED THANKS GUYS :newbie
 
use punctuations...perhaps a period every 5 sentences.

jk

there are hoards of info on this site, jsut search. Where are you shopping? if you're going to a local auto parts store, you're choices will be a bit limited but will do. You should check out online vendors (much better customer service, products...etc)

oh yea, do you have a porter cable?

what do you plan on doing for the detail?
 
You can get some decent products in the stores, just do some reading and it will help you decide. Meguiar's, Eagle One, Duragloss all make good car soap.
Pick up some good sheepskin wash mits and some microfiber towels.

As Paul said, will you be using a PC or waxing by hand? About the only wax I'd use that is OTC is Meg's NXT and even then I'm not that thrilled with it.
Give us a bit more info and maybe we can help you further.

Oh, take it easy with the capital letters! In internet lingo it's akin to shouting.

Ciao,

Paul
 
use punctuations...perhaps a period every 5 sentences yeah i know i was half asleep when i wrote this sorry about that and thanks for the advise
 
good morning, I will be washing buy hand and waxing buy hand, I can use auto zone for my products or I can buy them on the web, I have until next weekend so I got some time to figure out what I am going to use. I am going to spend all weekend on this car I figure the time I spend on this car will show the quality job I will do. so I got all weekend to do it. I will be washing the car waxing it , steam cleaning the carpets, washing the matt's, then putting a leather care product on the seats, windows on the inside , dashboard , the whole car inside and out, yes I do have a dewalt polisher but not much experience with using one any more comments please help me out guy's and thanks again
 
hello people, first off I would like to apologize for the way I have been writing, the first time I was half asleep,the second I was in a rush big time ok now I have been reading your web page and I think it's great thank's for all the info ok it's a toss up between poor boy's and wolf gang product's may I ask which is better ? thank' Billy :onthespot
 
njno1badboy said:
yes I do have a dewalt polisher but not much experience with using one
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My biggest piece of advice would be to BE CAREFUL if you aren't experienced with one, or consider not using it at all on a clients car. He may be very upset if the buffing/polishing isn't done right - do a search, and you will see what possible outcomes there are for improper use. No offence - just making a recommendation. Get some practice before going at a clients car with one. Good luck!
 
If all you have is a Dewalt rotary polisher and no experience, you are in over your head. A rotary polisher in the hands of the inexperienced results in major damage and a bad day. DO yourself a favor and do not attempt to polish that car with that polisher.

By yourself a DA (dual action) polisher (PC) and go from there. If you have a DA, disregard what I've said and have fun!

Never use all caps. in a post and always use periods and punctuation. It makes the post much easier to read!

JJ
 
Glad to see you found the cap lock and puntuations keys J/K :lol

As for which product is better is pretty much up to you.
I have used both and have been happy with both, in regards to appearance and longevity of the LSP.

The key thing is to prep the surface.
You didn't say how bad the paint was in the way of marring, swirls, scratches or oxidation.
After washing (using the 2 bucket method) I like NXT wash available locally, clay the surface.
If you are going to try to remove some of the swirls, I like PB SSR's
For oxidized, you can try Klasse AIO, or PB ProPolish before going onto your LSP.

And as the others have mentioned if you are not proficient with a rotary, I would hold off on using it on a customers car, because you can inflict damage real fast if you aren't careful.

HTH and Good Luck,
"J"
 
also the paint job looks great no swirl mark's or scratches alway's stored with cover over it, thank's for the advise on the dewalt also i don't know much about clay as you can see i am a newbie i know this is a dumb question what is it used for ? thank's for all your help
 
There is a whole section dedicated to that very topic.
In a nut shell clay is used to remove IFO and other contaminents from the paint surface, prior to a polishing stage.

"J"
 
thank's, i just seen that i am going to read it tonight, thank's for all your help i am still up in the air on if i should buy poor boys or wolfgang product's they both look great, i am going to do it next weekend i think so i have to decide which one to buy i will post some pic of the car when i am done :onthespot
 
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