any good detailers?

[pilotmkv]

in the havelock morehead are?

i wanna get my car and engine bay done but i dont know where to go. let me know

[03gtivr6]

don't go to auto brite in morehead :D . used to work there and I know how bad some of the detailers were .

[pilotmkv]

ok so where should i go?

[87vr6]

My house. Why pay? I can show how to "show car detail" that thing.

[pilotmkv]

so tell me when and what i need to buy

[87vr6]

I can't remember if you have leather or not... But I do believe you have cloth, right?

Really you just need a bunch of paper towels, q-tips, armor all wipes (it doesn't leave residue or shine, I use them) for the interior. I use meguiers gold class was for the exterior, soap is soap. Your car is new enough to not need a clay bar yet.

[Hunter]

couple of suggestions:

for the interior, a toothbrush and some 409 works wonders.

use windex w/ ammonia for windows, and I suggest 303 Aerospace protectant over the Armor-All wipes. I've used both, and I can honestly say the 303 blows the wipes out of the water. The shine even last for a couple weeks, not days. You can get it at pretty much and store that specializes in boat supplies (ie. Boater's World)

I suggest Zaino products all the way for the exterior. (I bought their $90 kit and couldn't be happier.) After the intial day of detailing, everytime I want to wax my car it only takes about 7 minutes to apply, 20-30 to dry, and 5 to wipe off. And little or no effort. (That's what sold me on that Zaino stuff. I got tired of using a DA buffer, or hand waxing it.)

best place I suggest you go to learn about taking car of your paint and interior is: http://www.autopia.org/forum/index.php

[87vr6]

use windex w/ ammonia for windows, and I suggest 303 Aerospace protectant over the Armor-All wipes. I've used both, and I can honestly say the 303 blows the wipes out of the water. The shine even last for a couple weeks, not days.


No ammonia if you have window tint (which he does). The armor all cleaning wipes aren't supposed to shine, but they clean the hard plastics quite well.


I'm going to have to try the Zaino kit if you're that adamant about it.

[03gtivr6]

after you wash your car, buy ICE car polish paste. It's awesome for the price and covers swirl marks well if you have them. Used it on my black car after a clay bar and my paint has never looked better.

[Vampire Cockroach]

after you wash your car, buy ICE car polish paste. It's awesome for the price and covers swirl marks well if you have them. Used it on my black car after a clay bar and my paint has never looked better.

i was really surprised with the ICE polishes. their detailer is great between waxes as well.

[nuklearmaniac86]

Detailersdomain.com is a good site. They usually have discounts all the time and have really good detailing products. Another good website is autopia.org. Here is my old s2k that I detailed last year.

http://forums.ncdubs.org/showthread.php?t=12052

Some interior products I like are 303 Aerospace Protectant for all the vinyl. Lexol products are decent for leather upkeep, but Leather Masters products are alot better but more expensive and not off the shelf. Invisible Glass spray is awesome for glass. And lots of cutips and microfiber towels.

If you haven't claybared your car ever, you need to do that first. Even from the factory, they get raildust, overspray and other contaminants in the paint that won't go away with just a wash. Remember using a claybar will get rid of EVERYTHING, so your paint is left unprotected but uncontaminated. I like Mequires Gold class wash as it doesn't have other stupid "wax and wash" type stuff and suds good in my foam gun. Don't use dishsoap as that will remove wax. I like using microfiber waffle weave towels for drying. For washing wheels, us a wheel cleaner and whatever brushes you have.

If you wax your wheels they will be easier to clean the next time. For the wheel wells and the engine, I like P21S total auto wash, but very dilutted simple green may give the same result. Cover the batter, coilpacks, and alternator, spray on a cool engine, let it soak for a few mintues as you use a brush for the soiled area, then LIGHTLY spray off with water. P21S is also great for doorjams, so is lots of cutips lol.

Mequires gold class wax is ok, but it leaves a white residue if you don't get it off, and you cant wax plastic with it. I like Lusso Oro, Dodo Juice, Optimum Opti-Seal, as they aren't too expensive and last fairly long, and you can wax plastics and don't leave a residue. Zaino is a very excellent product also, but pricey.

This is a very brief description of products I like using and how I clean my car. Others may have different results.

[Eurowise - Keith]

If you want to buy products, go to www.detailedimage.com and let me know what you want. I'm a wholesaler for all of their products and can get decent pricing on it all.

[Hunter]

I should also mention that 303 Aerospace Protectant works on all rubber and vinyl in the engine bay. :D

[VWRabbit1984]

so tell me when and what i need to buy

You can make easy work out of interior and certain exterior stuff with those mr clean magic erasers... make sure you use when they are damp and definetly check for color fastness first but I go thru about 4 boxes of those things when i first buy a car, it makes easy work out of cleanin the dash/door cards/ wheel and whatnot... plus my car is a 92 and its a single stahe red paint so i even used it before the claybar to remove alot of shit from the outside... Since i started using them i can't imagine going back to scrubbing for hours trying to get the black stains off window sills/stearing wheels... they also work awesome on leather and any rubber shtuff....

[1broknrado]

i need to clean the leathers in my corrado since they came from a parts car and was exposed to the weather for quite some time...they also have alot of dirt and car grease in them just from sitting around...i tried using toughstuff but it didnt take it completely out.