Thinking of cleaning the truck up good. Help!
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Thinking of cleaning the truck up good. Help!
My experience in detail work is a wash, wax, vacum, and armorall.
I'm thinking of doing a good cleaning of the outside.
These wheels along with the Patman grille have been making me appreciate the looks of my truck more and more.
So I'm thinking about claying and waxing it up.
I'm also thinking about waxing the wheels. They are the cast black(flat black paint) 7005s.
Which claybar and wax should I use?
Sorry for the newb post.
I'm thinking of doing a good cleaning of the outside.
These wheels along with the Patman grille have been making me appreciate the looks of my truck more and more.
So I'm thinking about claying and waxing it up.
I'm also thinking about waxing the wheels. They are the cast black(flat black paint) 7005s.
Which claybar and wax should I use?
Sorry for the newb post.
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Thanks for all the help guy's (just kidding)
well I went to autozone and returned with this,
1) Megs smooth surface clay kit(contents 2 white bars, quick detailer, cleaner wax sample, and Megs suprememshine microfiber towel.
2) Megs deep crystal car wash
3) stoners invisible glass
4) autozone micorofiber applicator pads
5) megs gold class paste wax
well I went to autozone and returned with this,
1) Megs smooth surface clay kit(contents 2 white bars, quick detailer, cleaner wax sample, and Megs suprememshine microfiber towel.
2) Megs deep crystal car wash
3) stoners invisible glass
4) autozone micorofiber applicator pads
5) megs gold class paste wax
#4
Sorry about the slow response but.....
If you post pics someone may be able to assess your finish and your vehicle in general. Assuming you are speaking of a 2003 vehicle and assuming it has been kept outside you may want to use a cleaner wax at the minimum after the claybar. You should also first do the finger swipe of your finish to determine how much work it may or may not need.
If you shoot the photos in direct sun and attempt to catch the sun in the finish many will jump in with suggestions.
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When you clay Make sure you give special attention to the paint around your wheel wells. Over sized tires throw up quite a bit of sticky crap on and around the fender flares. Also since you never waxed you will probably spend quite a bit of time on the leading edges also....
But all in all from what is show in the photos it doesn't look too bad and all your product choices will give you good results.
You will need microfiber towels (wally world will have the cheapest most here hate) to properly dry the truck. What have you been using so far? Cotton towels cause swirls...do you see them?
Since you did not mention it or swirls I guess you don't care about surface correction?
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After the clay try the sample cleaner wax that came with clay kit. The cleaner wax has some abrasives and you may notice quite a bit of difference. Depending on how much shine and work you want to do you can just use the cleaner wax or you can step up to more serious correction and shine.
How far or deep down the rabbit hole do you want to go?
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Yea I used to have a black chevy and I had to wax it all the time to keep it decent. This one I can just spray off at the car wash at it looks "pretty good". I can even drive it down a gravel road and it's not too bad.
I usually let it air dry after the car wash. But I have some of these at home that I used to use. I've used these on every car I had since high school.
I haven't noticed any swirls in the paint. But then again I haven't payed enough attention to the paint to get close and notice anything.
But there's nothing obvious in it.
Thanks for the help Old Dogg.!
I usually let it air dry after the car wash. But I have some of these at home that I used to use. I've used these on every car I had since high school.
I haven't noticed any swirls in the paint. But then again I haven't payed enough attention to the paint to get close and notice anything.
But there's nothing obvious in it.
Thanks for the help Old Dogg.!
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Not that far!
I just hear about how much claying helps, from people on this forum, so I thought I'd give it a try.
And like I said in my first post, I've made some appearance mods lately that have really made the truck look better so I should help it out more with a good cleaning.
Not that far!
I just hear about how much claying helps, from people on this forum, so I thought I'd give it a try.
And like I said in my first post, I've made some appearance mods lately that have really made the truck look better so I should help it out more with a good cleaning.
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What about the Megs gold wax? Save that for a second wax down the road after this detail is done? Or take it back and always use a cleaner wax.
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