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Old 12-09-2007, 07:49 AM   #8
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A few more tips. Do this all in the shade. I dont care how fast you are, if you do it direct sunlight the sun will dry the soap suds onto your paint finish which will only create more work for you later. If you ABSOLUTELY have to do it in the sun do one panel at a time (wash then rinse.) Also when washing and this is up to you, once its all clean and dry, take a towel of some sort and dry up your door jambs, if they are already very dirty then clean them up with some degreaser. After that all you'll have to do is dry them after every wash.

Waxing is pretty damn easy. Choose your wax (paste wax is better than the liquid waxes, liquid waxes are watered down wax.) Use a foam pad or terry cloth pad to apply the wax. You dont have to wax in the circular tradition BS motion... it doesnt matter what motion you use as long as you are applying the wax to every inch of the cars paint. It doesnt matter
where you start waxing, just choose a starting place and work your way around the car. Try not to get any wax on any of the black plastic parts or the rubber parts around the windows, it will dry up white and look like poop.

To remove the wax use a damp micro fiber (MF) towel and a dry MF towel. Use the wet one to get the bulk of the wax off and the dry one to remove the rest and dry it up, one panel at a time.

Then you can clean your windows and dress your tires. Good luck and have fun!

Willie

P.S. You can also check out www.autopia.org for great detailing advice.
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