by Jon11582 » Fri Apr 30, 2004 6:28 pm
Just finished. Started at 2:15 and just ended at near 9:00. (yea, im pretty meticulous) I had to turn the floodlight on to finish buffing the wax. Allergies were killin me out there too, so I think the plants are in full effect. We'll see how it holds up against the pollen tomorrow. Too dark now to take pictures though, but Ill post about it in another thread in detailing since this is kind of getting OT.
BTW, i followed the instructions pretty closely. Only difference is
1) I dawned the car before washing to get what was left of the the weak wax I put on 2 weeks ago off.
2) Claybared the whole car after washing, before swirling
3) I used microfiber towels instread of terry cloth ones.
The claybar is freakin awesome. I think it needs to be done in addition to the steps in the first post. Theres a definite pointed difference after claybaring. The car is much much smoother after going over it with that chunk of playdoh. The clay almost turned brown after I was done, and this was after a thorough washing. It got alot of unmanned shopping cart paint off too, among other weird unidentifiable stuff.
And I cant get that squeak after polishing. Im not sure if its my polish (Meguiar's ColorX) or the microfiber towels, but no matter how much I buff, I couldnt get the squeak, it was just smooth.
Also, for the adminiring part, I couldnt get the microfiber towel to fly off the car, but I think its because its got more "cleaning fingers" and thus, more fricting. The terry cloth applicator pad went flyin like a frisbee though. Im a happy man.
2000 Black Solara SE
. Its a nice cloudy day, perfect for waxing.
