When do you start all over again?

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KITT

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Do you guys put on a bunch of polish, then one day, redawn your car, clay it and start fresh again? If so, how often do u do this, and why?
 
I use a light polish 2-3 times a year. Now I'm putting on a sealant, maybe in a month I will top with a carnauba. Maybe in a month later I will try another carnauba. Next, I will polish and try another sealant, wait another month or so try another carnauba....... You never need to use dawn the polish will remove whatever is on there.
 
So my car has Nufinish (pre-autopia) on it. If I use Klasse All-In-One, will it take the old stuff off? Should I do 2 (or more) coats? I will clay before i use AIO.
 
Mcthings said:
So my car has Nufinish (pre-autopia) on it. If I use Klasse All-In-One, will it take the old stuff off? Should I do 2 (or more) coats? I will clay before i use AIO.
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Yes to the first question, and no to the second (each coat removes the preceding, so it's pointless).
 
On my vehicles I generally do a "full" detail twice a year. Wash, clay, polish, cleanse, seal/topcoat. I'll do that on a Saturday, and then follow up on Sunday with a second coat of sealant or other topcoat. I usually wash once a week, with QD in between, and I'll reapply topcoats once a month or so.
 
I do the following:



Wash - weekly (Cannot emphasize more the importance of proper washing and drying technique)

Chemical Polish - once every 6 months

Abrasive Polish - once every 2-2.5 years (This is where proper washing and drying technique pays off).

Clay - as needed

QD - only immediately after a wash to clean up water spots and to enhance shine/gloss



MCA
 
Don't concern yourself with Dawn soap. It will not remove anything that the claying and polishing won't. It's not necessary.
 
I'm with MCA :xyxthumbs



But with my vehicles' somewhat pampered lives I don't even have to do the chemical cleaning that often. I just do a very gentle claying (Sonus green, not aggressive enough to remove all my LSP) and refresh the LSP.



Used to be I'd polish all the time...and my '85 Jag's paint is now too thin to correct as a result of it. Used to be I'd have to polish out marring after the winter, but then I got the wash technique figured out and I quit marring my paint.
 
I like to do a 'paintwork service' in spring and autumn (fall) strip, light polishing, seal and wax. To my mind, its prepared for the winter and then again for the summer. In between, it gets an immediate QD for bird poo etc. Then a careful wash each weekend with a top up of wax if it's not beading too well after the wash.



Got no swirls so far. If I did, I'd go in with a more aggressive polishing at my next 'paintwork service'.
 
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