Originally posted by: bernse
Well, my concern with that is a blower moves a big volume of air really fast... including dust, dirt, fluff bunnys, whatever. So, you'll be blowing all this dust onto your wet car, which makes it, uh, dirty again.
HOWEVER, :beer: for WaTaGuMp trying to help out fellow AT'rs!
Originally posted by: bernse
Well, my concern with that is a blower moves a big volume of air really fast... including dust, dirt, fluff bunnys, whatever. So, you'll be blowing all this dust onto your wet car, which makes it, uh, dirty again.
HOWEVER, :beer: for WaTaGuMp trying to help out fellow AT'rs!
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: bernse
Well, my concern with that is a blower moves a big volume of air really fast... including dust, dirt, fluff bunnys, whatever. So, you'll be blowing all this dust onto your wet car, which makes it, uh, dirty again.
HOWEVER, :beer: for WaTaGuMp trying to help out fellow AT'rs!
and that's different from using a towel that scratches your car how? i find the blower to be quite a good tool, and it has been recommended by autopian members too y'know. and i've never had the problem with dirt being put back on the car with the use of a blower
Originally posted by: Descartes
Looks good to me! :beer:
Hey thanks. Usually goes something like this:
1. :beer:
2. Wash top, rinse, wash car. Usually use dishwasher detergent to strip wax and give me a clean slate.
3. Dry off car with "THE ABSORBER" - one of the greatest things ever. I always take the nozzle off the hose first and let the "sheeting action" (lol to simoniz commercial) get most of the water off, then get the rest off with the chamois.
4. Tape up the plastic parts, etc.
5. Fire up the buffer with 3M SMR (swirl mark remover) and get try and work some of the swirls out.
6. Fire up the buffer with scratch remove and buff out any scratches I may find.
7. Use hand pad to lay down a few layers of 3M hand glaze
8. Use buffer to lay down a few coats of megiuars gold class (nothing special, but it works for me)
9. Take a :beer: break
10. Throw a few more coats on
11. Back out for a wash
12. Wash wheels (royal PITA with the sport package wheels - takes ~5 min per wheel.) Every 5 times or so, take wheels off car and clean the inside.
13. Wax & polish wheels.
14. Lay some tire glaze on the tires
15. Look for excess wax I may have missed, get it off quickly
16. Into the interior - get the mats out, vacuum, occasionally shampoo.
17. Clean plastic with plain water. Black plastic door sills get conditioned.
18. Leather condition the seats.
19. Into the engine bay - wash plastic w/ water (if you're using the hose, cover the accessories with plastic bag)
20. Dress engine bay
21. Quick go-over, check it all out, fix anything.
22. Stand back, "DAMN, that's nice
23. :beer:
That works for me, of course it changes a bit with each detail session. What works for you, works for you!
Dan
Originally posted by: dmurray14
Originally posted by: Descartes
Looks good to me! :beer:
Hey thanks. Usually goes something like this:
1. :beer:
2. Wash top, rinse, wash car. Usually use dishwasher detergent to strip wax and give me a clean slate.
3. Dry off car with "THE ABSORBER" - one of the greatest things ever. I always take the nozzle off the hose first and let the "sheeting action" (lol to simoniz commercial) get most of the water off, then get the rest off with the chamois.
4. Tape up the plastic parts, etc.
5. Fire up the buffer with 3M SMR (swirl mark remover) and get try and work some of the swirls out.
6. Fire up the buffer with scratch remove and buff out any scratches I may find.
7. Use hand pad to lay down a few layers of 3M hand glaze
8. Use buffer to lay down a few coats of megiuars gold class (nothing special, but it works for me)
9. Take a :beer: break
10. Throw a few more coats on
11. Back out for a wash
12. Wash wheels (royal PITA with the sport package wheels - takes ~5 min per wheel.) Every 5 times or so, take wheels off car and clean the inside.
13. Wax & polish wheels.
14. Lay some tire glaze on the tires
15. Look for excess wax I may have missed, get it off quickly
16. Into the interior - get the mats out, vacuum, occasionally shampoo.
17. Clean plastic with plain water. Black plastic door sills get conditioned.
18. Leather condition the seats.
19. Into the engine bay - wash plastic w/ water (if you're using the hose, cover the accessories with plastic bag)
20. Dress engine bay
21. Quick go-over, check it all out, fix anything.
22. Stand back, "DAMN, that's nice
23. :beer:
That works for me, of course it changes a bit with each detail session. What works for you, works for you!
Dan
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: dmurray14
Originally posted by: Descartes
Looks good to me! :beer:
Hey thanks. Usually goes something like this:
1. :beer:
2. Wash top, rinse, wash car. Usually use dishwasher detergent to strip wax and give me a clean slate.
3. Dry off car with "THE ABSORBER" - one of the greatest things ever. I always take the nozzle off the hose first and let the "sheeting action" (lol to simoniz commercial) get most of the water off, then get the rest off with the chamois.
4. Tape up the plastic parts, etc.
5. Fire up the buffer with 3M SMR (swirl mark remover) and get try and work some of the swirls out.
6. Fire up the buffer with scratch remove and buff out any scratches I may find.
7. Use hand pad to lay down a few layers of 3M hand glaze
8. Use buffer to lay down a few coats of megiuars gold class (nothing special, but it works for me)
9. Take a :beer: break
10. Throw a few more coats on
11. Back out for a wash
12. Wash wheels (royal PITA with the sport package wheels - takes ~5 min per wheel.) Every 5 times or so, take wheels off car and clean the inside.
13. Wax & polish wheels.
14. Lay some tire glaze on the tires
15. Look for excess wax I may have missed, get it off quickly
16. Into the interior - get the mats out, vacuum, occasionally shampoo.
17. Clean plastic with plain water. Black plastic door sills get conditioned.
18. Leather condition the seats.
19. Into the engine bay - wash plastic w/ water (if you're using the hose, cover the accessories with plastic bag)
20. Dress engine bay
21. Quick go-over, check it all out, fix anything.
22. Stand back, "DAMN, that's nice
23. :beer:
That works for me, of course it changes a bit with each detail session. What works for you, works for you!
Dan
Cool, we have a lot of the same methods. I use 3M's SMR on occasion (still have a full bottle), but I've recently started using 3M's Perfect-It III (III not II like the SMR is, I believe--I think it's water-based?) Machine Glaze. It has no fillers, and it's medium abrasiveness really takes car of the surface marring.
The real question is: What kind of beer works best with this method? My personal preference is a nice medium-dark German (I like Franziskaner Weizen)
. BTW, just saw your pic of the "other Z" - looking very nice. I think blue is by far the best color for it!
Originally posted by: Descartes
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: bernse
Well, my concern with that is a blower moves a big volume of air really fast... including dust, dirt, fluff bunnys, whatever. So, you'll be blowing all this dust onto your wet car, which makes it, uh, dirty again.
HOWEVER, :beer: for WaTaGuMp trying to help out fellow AT'rs!
and that's different from using a towel that scratches your car how? i find the blower to be quite a good tool, and it has been recommended by autopian members too y'know. and i've never had the problem with dirt being put back on the car with the use of a blower
A MF cloth that you use to blot dry your car will not introduce any marring. Of course, that's a bit moot, because technically your car should be clean before you dry it anyway.
Some people like blowers, some don't. The same argument could be made against those who use unfiltered water lines.
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