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I live surrounded by construction. Theyre still excavating and building in my neighborhood. Theres a strip mall being built across the street from my hood, theyre widening the roads all over in my area, plus its pollen season. You cant keep a car looking right, right now. So with all the dirt and BS floating around I have to be careful and be super thorough on lubricating the paint for any sort of contact wash, or drying.
I wont bore anyone with the details of the wash process, everyone in here knows what to do, although i'll add a side note: I bought a gallon of the auto zone cash soap, that stuff is absolute crap, does not hold suds AT ALL doesnt foam very good, and in general sucks. That will be relegated to purely use on fender wells and wheels and tires from now on.
Anyway I did a full contact wash, but the last step i used just as an experiment was. I cleaned out my foam gun bottle including an little 90% IPA to remove all soap residue from the bottle. I filled the bottle half full with Mcguiers quick detail, and went to work rinsing the car off. My city water is pretty harsh as far as spotting is concerned ( i havent built a filter system yet but I will) and being in FL even at 1030 yesterday morning the sun intensity is pretty severe. I rinsed the hell out of the car with foam gun full of quick detailer and it all was beading up nicely. I quickly backed the car into the garage and began drying. I personally use 3 or 4 drying towels, and I dont wipe until its down to streaks. I fold the towels in half, and drag dry in straight lines.
Once it was down to random spots and streaks etc. I grabbed 4 or 5 polishing towels and went to work on drying and buffing everything. It came out AWESOME! No streaks, no spots, just shine and slippery paint. I went to work on dressing the tires, rockers, and everything black the way i normally do. Then went back over the car one more time to make sure i didnt have any random stuff on my finish.
I am such a fan of this method ( except if i were going to do something with the paint after the wash, obviously) that I will find a separate bottle for my gun just for this. You can buy 5 gallons of last touch quick detailer for $50. I'd like to try the Adams that states its a drying aid, but 5 gallons of that is $170.
You might be thinking WOW thats a lot of product and what a waste. Well it seems like its a lot particularly if youre buying by the spray bottle it would be stupid expensive, and a waste. Buying it at 5 gals worth, you're using around 6 oz at a time and your coverage is 100% and even, and you're pre lubing the paint and removing and residue (missed dirt, funk, etc) as youre laying it down. I may even consider putting in my pressure washer feed tank instead, and lay it down with a 25 degree nozzle.
I was pressed for time, so I did not get any pictures. I do know by the time i got home yesterday my car is filthy and looks like i drove through a field of sunflowers, so much pollen its insane.
I wont bore anyone with the details of the wash process, everyone in here knows what to do, although i'll add a side note: I bought a gallon of the auto zone cash soap, that stuff is absolute crap, does not hold suds AT ALL doesnt foam very good, and in general sucks. That will be relegated to purely use on fender wells and wheels and tires from now on.
Anyway I did a full contact wash, but the last step i used just as an experiment was. I cleaned out my foam gun bottle including an little 90% IPA to remove all soap residue from the bottle. I filled the bottle half full with Mcguiers quick detail, and went to work rinsing the car off. My city water is pretty harsh as far as spotting is concerned ( i havent built a filter system yet but I will) and being in FL even at 1030 yesterday morning the sun intensity is pretty severe. I rinsed the hell out of the car with foam gun full of quick detailer and it all was beading up nicely. I quickly backed the car into the garage and began drying. I personally use 3 or 4 drying towels, and I dont wipe until its down to streaks. I fold the towels in half, and drag dry in straight lines.
Once it was down to random spots and streaks etc. I grabbed 4 or 5 polishing towels and went to work on drying and buffing everything. It came out AWESOME! No streaks, no spots, just shine and slippery paint. I went to work on dressing the tires, rockers, and everything black the way i normally do. Then went back over the car one more time to make sure i didnt have any random stuff on my finish.
I am such a fan of this method ( except if i were going to do something with the paint after the wash, obviously) that I will find a separate bottle for my gun just for this. You can buy 5 gallons of last touch quick detailer for $50. I'd like to try the Adams that states its a drying aid, but 5 gallons of that is $170.
You might be thinking WOW thats a lot of product and what a waste. Well it seems like its a lot particularly if youre buying by the spray bottle it would be stupid expensive, and a waste. Buying it at 5 gals worth, you're using around 6 oz at a time and your coverage is 100% and even, and you're pre lubing the paint and removing and residue (missed dirt, funk, etc) as youre laying it down. I may even consider putting in my pressure washer feed tank instead, and lay it down with a 25 degree nozzle.
I was pressed for time, so I did not get any pictures. I do know by the time i got home yesterday my car is filthy and looks like i drove through a field of sunflowers, so much pollen its insane.
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