wow nice job bro with the mirror-like attempt dark colored car is harder one imo LOL...

guys,

needs some heads up here.

just got myself a 4 layer polish on my crystal pearl black honda city last week and i was informed that waxing once every 2 to 3 weeks is recommended however i have never done it myself and sending it to detailing centers is very taxing on my wallet.

i intend to do it myself from now on but i need some advice on what is the suitable type of wax and is there any specific method that i need to employ?

i saw the detailers that did my 4 layer polish apply the wax, it's seemed simply, just apply and the wipe off?

Any1 here did plasti dip on your car body or rims?Thinking of trying to plasti dip my rims,but how do you clean them?Normal wash?

it isn't harder to get the mirror-like finish per say, more like if you're OCD black (or white) cars will give you a heart attack when minor defects are revealed easily
in my case, what the f*** white paint particles :/

anyways forgot to post this before i went Ipoh:
Hmm would list the products used, however too long for Twitter, will just have a more detailed write up later http://twitpic.com/dtyq79

Final shot on my completed detailing project for the new Proton Inspira http://twitpic.com/du0x3a

products used (hopefully i don't miss out anything):
- Karcher pressure washer
- Rupes bigfoot
- LOTS of microfiber cloths
- buff and shine black finishing pad
- lake country ultra fine finishing blue pad
- meguiar's hand application foam pads
- lots of IPA (for in between compounding/polishing sessions)
- meguiar's m101/gold class wash shampoo/mirror glaze mild clay(C2000)/final inspection as lube/ultimate polish/endurance tire gel/headlamp protector/ultimate liquid wax/ultimate quik wax
- osren clay cloth/MFs/gritguard system
- poorboy's black hole (http://www.shinecars.com.sg/detailing-store/glaze/poorboy-s-black-hole-16oz.html) DAMN GOOD for black car or rather, proton's tranquility black that isn't fully black at all (because whoever designed the metalic color coding is retarded)
my meguiar's foam applicator that's yellow in color is now slightly black/darkened lol.
- turtle wax f21 shampoo for the clay cloth's lube
- notty lambswool wash mitt (awesome stuff lol)/notty miracle drier (lol damn huge, a little bigger and it can be a bath towel for humans XD)
- turtlewax and sonax glass cleaner
sonax way better lol, no leftover residue to clean up and it evaporates easier too. but eh need to finish the turtle anyways
- darlie toothpaste lol
- rain x
- car pro's iron x (didn't really scrub/rub/clean the tires, just iron x > pressure washer lol)

project duration spanned from Saturday until Friday

Saturday wash > Sunday wash + quick clay cloth + iron x on wheels > Monday wash + megs mirror glaze mild clay + toothpaste polishing on glass + compounding

Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday are generally compounding/polishing works (imho hardest and most tiring step)

Thursday + Friday = finishing glaze > wax. did glass cleaning and afterwards rain x too

Friday = final touches, buffing off the wax/rain x after baking them in hot sunny weather (whoever in the weather department up there must be touched by my efforts haha) at night after i woke up (no sleep straight work just so i can get the LSPs done before i crash out from exhaustion)

i finally understood what people meant by ultimate liquid wax being hard to buff off/streaks, it's the carrier oils and what not in their liquid formula. interestingly enough, after application and baking the wax gets fully "melted" into the surface and the only thing left is the oily residue/streaks, i didn't really need to buff them off, just use ultimate quik wax and top up which also serves as a buffing off (you'll need to quite a number of passes with moderate pressure to get rid of the oil streaks though) for a great lasting finish

hopefully i don't miss out any steps, feel free to ask me anything/feedback as i'm still in the learning process so i'd appreciate the tips and pointers

if you have the budget, considering the essentials from meguiar's (user/beginner friendly, albeit more expensive though)

for methods, do a search on this thread or look up meguiars' site for video guides or even youtube videos

normal wash would do, they are generally rubber based paint anyways, so whatever that treats/deal with rubber good should be applicable.

yo bro Quazacolt appreciate the details i have some question~

1. why need IPA between compounding / polishing
2. what's the darlie toothpaste for? lol
3. i noticed u listed only 'finishing' pads, mm thought u used some cutting pads, interested to know which color u used

Thanks!

Sure ar bro?I've read somewhere,where they say cant use car shampoo or it will ruin the plasti dip

1) as I separated my session across few days, in addition to compound /polishing dusts, I prefer to clean up the surface before proceed so I can spot defects easier and not mistaken it for before mentioned dusts /dirt. Not to mention as its cny, neighbors setting off fireworks /crackers really dirty up the car and I don't want to wash it up again

2) mild polishing on the glass surface, better rain x adhesion

3) for cutting /correction, I stuck with the Bigfoot provided pads (2 of them, mild and fine (green /yellow respectively)

I don't think there are even milder shampoo than car shampoo that is still effective to clean

Perhaps you can try human body shampoo if you're that ocd

@1 < good point wor thanks
@2 < lol. now i know =P
@3 < ic :3

Friend,
You are my idol.

notty lambswool wash mitt

^ btw bro Quazacolt where can i get this

haha..if anything goes wrong I'll come find u ok

http://www.shinecars.com.sg

I went Singapore and directly cod with Jeremy.
I believe he have postage as well which isn't too expensive

I'd rather you not do anything than bear responsibility on your mishaps

Good job on the mirrors

This post has been edited by CoffeeDude: Feb 2 2014, 01:25 AM

Do let us know the durability of the ULQ.

I'll try it soon and lets hope what you said is legit

ultimate liquid wax? or the ultimate quik wax? (i'm using both)
and also the poorboy's glaze, not to mention my car is mostly parked indoors, and mostly being a "weekend drive".

so my durability feedback would be a bit biased/skewered

my experience telling me it's short-lived for abt a week lol. in my case, i do not have a base wax before UQD.