Waxing

[Lightspeed]

Yeah...that blue bottle...bought it after reading the AhPek polish thread

 

Was using Autoglym previously on my lancer

[Lightspeed]

Sounds damn tedious ... hahaha....

 

Where's Ah Pek?

[Assassin]

Autoglymn SRP is quite ok to apply and buff off but its the EGP that you have to wait for at least 1.5 hours before buffing off. On top of that, they tend to stain black rubber/plastic surfaces with a white residue.

 

Yes, you can go for the Ah Pek polish service and save you the time and effort also.

[Lightspeed]

When Ah Pek did my car... I felt reluctant to wash it after that

 

Autoglym sessions for my previous rides took forever...especially on the white car

[Assassin]

Of course lah. After detailing your ride.. who would want to "contaminate" the surface again ?

 

Autoglymn works well on white cars leh... but I do agree with you that it takes ages to apply on a white car. I applied about 16 coats each of SRP and EGP on my previous and gave up on it after that and switched to HG88 instead.

[Lightspeed]

So you just wash the car with HG88 now? Or do you wash, apply a coat and then wipe off?

[Assassin]

Nope. I wash with Armorall ! Sometimes add a capful of HG88.

 

As for sealant... I either use Klasse, Mothers Sealer & Glaze, or Meguairs NXT TecWax depending on my mood and how lazy I am.

[Lightspeed]

Wow...so many different varieties ...

 

All these waxing stuff just collecting dust at my place

[Chuabc]

Typically, here are the rough times taken for each of the steps:

- Washing car - 45mins

- Clay Barring car - 20mins

- Applying sealant and buffing - 45mins to 1hour

- Applying leather conditioner to seats etc - 45mins

- Cleaning glass surfaces - 30mins

 

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Washing car 45mins and Clay Barring car for only 20mins

 

U sure or not?

wat car u driving huh?

Can clay the car faster then washing

[Assassin]

Let me know what stuff you have and I'll see if I can help offload some of these stuff off your hands lor.

[Lightspeed]

Will have to do spring cleaning

[Assassin]

Normally this is what I would do:

- Rinse

- Shampoo

- Rinse

- Clay bar

- Rinse

- Dry

 

But when I'm lazy, I do this:

- Rinse

- Shampoo

- Clay Bar [left hand wash mitt, right hand clay bar]

- Rinse

- Dry

 

Once you get the hang of clay barring, it can be quite fast. But must remember to clay bar in the direction of air travel and in long overlapping strokes.

Edited August 5, 2004 by Assassin

[Steelblue]

What clay do you guys use? zaino? pricing?

 

Thanks

[Assassin]

Hi Steelblue,

 

Zaino clay bar is too expensive liao.

 

Personally, this is what I use, Soft99. ~S$10 from most car accessories shops.

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=17483;

Edited August 5, 2004 by Assassin

[Steelblue]

Thanks Assassin :) .

[Chromas]

I think I must get liao... usually, I just rinse... shampoo... rinse... dry...

 

... then later if got time, take picture of shiny shiny clean car

[Assassin]

Youre welcome.

[Assassin]

It will not only be shiny.. it'll be smooooth also.

 

How to Clay Bar steps are in the link above also... else look for it in the RESOURCES folder.