Exterior Detail; What I use

[Thief]

Zaino in Canada-
zainoguy@durham.net

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I can ship to Canada
sales@waynestowels.com

Thanks bud.

 

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[ProTour]

VLAD Thanks for the post on your products and recommendations on the detailing! I received delivery of my 2001 740i on last Friday and went striaght home to wash it with dawn. Next day, I did the "zip-loc" bag test and low and behold it needed claybar. I used a liquid "speed shine" to lubricate the clay. Did the whole car in clay and used a maguires polish after. I bought the dewalt orbiter and it's real nice! I used a yellow pad with the polish to apply and miro-towels to remove. That took my Sat up!

Sun, I dusted the car off with miro & speed shine, then put on the gray\black pad for the mequires non paste carnuba and got one coat on. Wow, the car looks great and no switl marks other than a few very minor deeper scratches that will need spot attention.

All in all I feel very good about the job and look forward to putting more wax on in the future weeks.

Again VLAD and posters, thanks for your input on this subject!

 

[ProTour]

MicroFibre Question

I have learned a few things or some of them observed with micro-fibre towels, which my daughters says I am obsessed by the quanity and the multiple storage areas of them around the house [unsure]

First, like it is said about claybar, if you drop it on the ground i.e. cement driveway, get rid of it as the fibre towel is like a magnet for minute particles and will scratch.

Second, some definately are less quality and have some lint particulate, but they don't seem to be capable of scratching that I can tell?

The better quality towels from my experience have a 80% Ployester and 20% polyamide and the less quality ones have a 70\20 ratio respectively. Does anyone know more about what blend is the better one to spot in the miriade of selection these days?

Thanks

 

[bimmerman11]

Mothers three step does the job for my car, and my arms!

 

[Palmer]

Wow, this is intense. I think I might need to take a day off work to get all this done!!! Thanks for the great advice and step-by-step instructions!

 

[Big Daddy]

Oh believe me Vlad is our resident detailing expert!

 

[///M SPEED]

Oh believe me Vlad is our resident detailing expert!

True!! BTW, where has Vlad been? I haven't seen him in about a month or so....

 

[Big Daddy]

I think Tom said he has been very very busy lately.

 

[MrElussive]

Yup, he moved into a new place and supposedly he hasn't had Internet access for a while. I think he should have it by now, but he is very busy at work.

 

[excoupe]

Have you used F21 wax?

Thanks for the guide...One question, have any of you used F21 wax from turtlewax, I hear its good stuff. Any idea?

 

[excoupe]

good stuff

I actually bought F21 wax and it works pretty good. I'd recommend it. Anybody have the same results?

 

[excoupe]

F21 wax

Any of you tried F21 wax? I use it and it works just the same as all others, but its cheaper to buy. I think it has to do a lot with the paint you have. If you really take care of your paint, don't matter what you use. Just my opinion.

 

[auto2480]

Hi folks im in the UK and im considering moving out to Canada ,im a specialist detailer over here and i use Swissol i dont think you guys are familiar with it.

Do you think there is a market for my service for im currently also doing mega yachts in the Caribbean using this product .

MY web www.autoshinespecialistvaleting.co.uk

www.swissol.com

 

[dboy11]

I've been detailing cars as a part time business for the last 30 plus years....some of what I read in that PDF file was true, but some of it was bull crap!

 

[Big Daddy]

I've been detailing cars as a part time business for the last 30 plus years....some of what I read in that PDF file was true, but some of it was bull crap!

Wel thanks for your 02 cents on that! I have not used this guide 100%, but I thought it was great that Vlad would go through the trouble to present us with it. I am sure that we can say some of what every "detail person" submits as his or her guide is pure BS, including your?

 

[dboy11]

Wel thanks for your 02 cents on that! I have not used this guide 100%, but I thought it was great that Vlad would go through the trouble to present us with it. I am sure that we can say some of what every "detail person" submits as his or her guide is pure BS, including your?

Maybe bull crap was a bit harsh....it wasn't mean to be.....The guide line draws out a good time line to clean and protect and was really nice of him to take the time to post...again no harm was intented by me

 

[Big Daddy]

Thanks for clearing this up I accept your apology. From your experience what are some detailing tips?

 

[dboy11]

Thanks for clearing this up I accept your apology. From your experience what are some detailing tips?

That's a real hard question to answer....is there an area that you are having a problem with cleaning?

Detailing a car from start to finish requires a certain process that one should follow so as not to create re-work and wasting time...

 

[jeff priest]

I have used Zaino on 2 Cobra replicas that had { 1 red, 1 titanium} and now have used it on my z3 { black}. It does a unbelievable job of making the paint look deep. I used to use Meguiars products only, until I found Zaino.
Still like Meguiars, just like Zaino better.