Hi.
I went kinda nuts detailing my car the first day i brought it home. It spent 8 1/2 hours straight doing the thing. I skipped one step in my plan however.
Washed with two bucket method from showcargarage.com - exactly except for Griot's car wash, same method, used grit guards, stroke techniques, real lambswool, etc.
While still wet: Griot's Paint Prep spray went over everything. Then I "massaged" it in with rubber chemical gloves. It is very slippery and I just barely pushed it upwards so it covered everything. I did this to remove all other products from trim and paint. Worked really well! I did this step instead of Dawn washing as I didnt like the idea of dawn drying out my trim even once.
After drying, I claybar/speedshined it in sections. This was really necessary. With only 25 miles on the car, after I did this, the paint was MUCH smoother. So, no question about it. You must claybar from day one! I didnt wash it after this. Griot's says it should be waxed right after I claybar it. I thought this was a good idea. The paint was super super clean now and the claybar appeared to be not sticking to anything at all.
Griot's carnauba paste wax... took long.... getting cold out and dark now....
Ate Dinner
Interior Sprayed the entire interior
Vinyl and Rubber treatment all trim, rubber, interior parts... took long time
Plexus on clear plastic in and out
Chrome Polished (griots here) Driving lamps, side mirrors, grill, etc
Then NXT window cleanered it.
303 wiper protectant swabbed the wipers
My hands and wrists locked up around 10:10 at night. It was 62 when I started and now as 43 degrees out. DOH! I had to borrow a neihbors mechanics lamp portable thing to keep going.
Car rox. this morning i speedshined it, re applied some trim protectant and drove it 23 miles!
I have to get a camera and take pics of it tomorrow.
How often can you speedshine? It is addictive. I have an extra small bottle and microfibre in my boot for doing it while I am bored and somewhere else. If I do it daily, will that strip off my wax sooner? I would think so but I do not know. Actually, I have no idea what removes wax. Doesnt it repell rain? Isnt a quick detailer a strengthener of wax or at least it isnt supposed to dissolve it?
Also, in a slightly harsh climate of Long Island, how often can I wax it? I will want to do it again when it is even colder out, but I will do it in a garage with a heater. I plan on hitting it again with wax in middle of november, a month away. I dont know what will happen in December. I have to figure out some way to wash it. I dont want to have to paint seal it, but maybe that is the best idea. If I do that I will have to strip off the wax again.
