Hmm, I love detailing threads. I need to get some pics posted of my vette, but:


Drying: Leaf blower and Absorber. Make sure to throw it in the washing machine every few washes to prevent a buildup of dirt/debris which may scratch your car.


Washing: 2 Bucket Method with Meguiars Soap (Any soap is good that doesn't strip wax, unless you are doing paint correction)
Polishing: Meguairs 105, followed by 205
Sealant: Chemical Guys Products, or Four Star Shine Sealant
Wax: Chemical Guys

And heres a pic of my old Mach1 after a full detail, sorry its not a vette but I'm sure you guys can appreciate a clean car:

 

I use C-Magic and Menzerna polishes, awesome products!

 

Drying??? 75mph on the freeway on the way to work everyday.

 

Adams products for me. Love the buttery wax. Good products kinda expensive but a little goes along way. Big plus is every thing is claim to be made in the USA. Drying the car I do the puddle method and then finish drying with a asorber

 

2 miles down the hwy and I am dry!
Pinnacle Souveran for me

 

Re drying after washing; Calif Water Blade & real chamois duz the job for me.

 

 

Leaf blower, then Fuzion by wolfgang from Autogeek. Goes on like butter and removes with no effort.

Tom

 

Silicon blade and a qiuck run down the road works for me

Anyone heard of collinite polish?
It says it's an insulator polish used on boats
How about the simonize system5?

 

I use a leaf blower and then micro fiber towels to finish it off.

One of the few good things of living in the Seattle area is it's not that far to Griots Garage. Their flagship store is in Tacoma.

I used to use Zaino products, but switched to Griots after trying their products out.

 

First, I never allow water on the car except for using a wheel and brake cleaner followed by an air hose and light spray wax treatment on the wheels.

I've used many auto paint wax products over many, many years with generally very good results. However, last year I was at a car show and saw a custom rod with the best totally deep and scratchless paint job I've ever seen. I didn't ask how much the paint job cost, but I would hazard it was about a $8k -12K job ... maybe more. It was truly amazing in every respect.

I asked about care and waxing and how he avoided even the slightest hint of swirl marks. He handed me a bottle of a Mequiars Ultimate Quik Wax and said, "This is my secret."

He said he uses various other cleaners and wax products only once a year. Then, weekly, he just dusts off the car and then uses Meguiars Ultimate Quik Wax. He said the stuff is the most most amazing product he has ever used on any of his show cars and personal cars.

I researched it on line, found a number of great reviews by car care professionals and have used it ever since.

Here is the PR blurb on this product:

"Meguiars Ultimate Quik Wax features Meguiars Hydrophobic Polymer Technology to give your vehicle’s paint unparalleled protection and gloss. The polymer-based spray wax can be applied in direct sunlight on hot surfaces with no streaking or white residues. Meguiars Ultimate Quik Wax offers the longest lasting protection available in a spray wax from Meguiars!"

The biggest surprise I have found is that the guy who introduced me to it wasn't exaggerating at all. This product almost completely eliminates light swirl marks to an amazing degree that far away surpasses any other quick spray detail wax I've ever used. At first I used it just to detail the car after driving it to a show. Now I use it as the only car paint care product. I will strip clean and wax as needed, but so far after 8 months it is simply not needed.

People constantly say to me. "I can't believe this is a 10 year old paint job. It looks better than show room new." It does and it only takes one hour a week of light wiping with Ultimate Quik Wax.

... and no, I don't work in the auto products industries in any way.

 

Basic wash and dry/Nufinish a few times a year, Lemon Pledge for weekly touch-ups. Paint looks pretty darn good for being 14 years old.

 

I use Meguires mostly for quick detailing. Like the spray detailer and quick wax as well as interior cleaners. I like Ziano for waxing.

 

Collinite makes both liquid and paste wax for cars & boats and the insulator wax is for electrical insulator protection in areas with high dust problems. We used it on transformer insulators at a coal fired power plant in West Texas. They also make a leather cleaner/wax that I use.

OBD

 

Same here, I have been using Zaino products for years.

 

NXT 2.0

 

Menzerna polish. MF towels to dry and Victoria Wax (red).

 

Mother nature..i take it to self car wash with my own soap and microsponge thing.then use the spot free rinse drive home park in garage.wake up in morning and its spot free dry.just give it a wipe down with turtle ice.

 

I use Zaino products. Drying the car may be as important as what you use on it. Water spots can defeat all your efforts. I use a sham wow for soaking up the majority, (great for soaking up large quantities of water but will not "dry" anything, always leaves a film of water.) and then wipe it down good with either an all cotton towel or microfiber cloth. I dry small sections at a time so no spots can form. I recently bought a leaf blower for this purpose but found when I was finished that there were water spots everywhere. The car looked worse after washing than it did before. To be honest, I did this on the driveway in the sun which may have accelerated the drying causing the water spots. I normally pull it into the garage to dry it out of the sun which I will definitely return to doing in the future. I also use a California duster on a daily basis to keep it clean between the weekly washings, sometimes followed by wiping down with detail spray. My 01 MY coupe is my daily driver but it makes me cringe to pull it out of the garage in anything less than pristine condition.

 

Used to be a Mothers user but for quite awhile now I've been using Zaino products.