Sunday's the big day

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ShannanC

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WARNING - This is Kinda long -

This sunday I'm finally off work so I'm planning to re-detail the car (needs it bad). I have some new techinques to try and know alittle more about what im doing now thanks to all of you. so, heres my plan. Wake up around 9-10 and start hopefully around 11.



Dawn wash - Meguiars Body Scrub - 3m SMR - 3m IHG - Collinite 915 wax. Eagle 20/20 the windows and vacume out the interior and other minor things



I'm doing all this by hand, paying extra close attention to where my pinstripe once was as well as the hood and roof. Now here are my questions. How's this plan sound to all you? With the 3m SMR, its a diminishing abrasive right, so i have to rub a spot untill theres barely a haze left or what? I wanna try to remove water spots on the roof, I have 3m finish restorer i hear is good for spots, b/w which steps should i use it or should i just stick with the SMR? I really want to do good this time and make it look so nice that when i drive it to school the following monday people think its a rolling mirror. Thanks for all your help
 
I cant help you with the 3m stuff, as I dont use it, but today I did a similar process and it turned out relatively well. Swirl marks are noticeably removed, but some are still there (too poor for a PC damnit).



I did this:



Double dawn wash (water still beaded after doing it twice - I had 2 coats of #20 and 6 coats of #26.)



Clay magic



2x #9



1x #7 (decided that after I read that adding more coats had a diminishing effect, id just do one. Too much work by hand!)



2x #26



Final inspection spary



Also cleaned the interior, 303'd the plastic inside, vacuumed, floor mats clean, used Invisible Glass on well, the glass, and checked the air in my tires and added a little bit of oil to the crankcase.



That was a long days work!
 
For the water spots try vinegar and water. After you wash with dawn and after you rinse use a solution of 50/50 vinegar and water on the water spots. Sponge the solution on and wait a few minutes and then rinse. Do this several times until you are please that this solution has done all it can do. Then rewash with dawn.



SMR: Is difficult to be effective when using by hand. Pick up some Meguiars scratch X. Test the scratch x against the SMR and see which works best for you. The Scratch x is less abbravise, but it breaks down easier when using by hand.



Dawn wash

Vinegar/ water

rewash then dry

clay

polish and or glaze

top/wax



Have fun



BTW: vinegar/water is great for cleaning glass therefore,after you do the spots then do the windows and rewash with dawn.
 
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