[Nachos Libres]

Originally Posted by Peleg

Plus one for the Meguiar's claybar. I tried Sonus first, it and was like trying to squeeze a brick, it was waay to hard.

So the SFX-1 didn't do the trick? I believe for swirls you need their SFX-2 actually.

I'm detailing my STi tomorrow. This is my pre Winter major detail. The car will be taking a nice nap through the rainy season until the sun comes out again.

The SFX-1 is the most abrasive in the Sonus line. I tried SFX-2 and it didn't do anything, in fact, it seems more like a glaze than a polish to me.

To Crewchief, the car looks good.

[BoostJunkie]

Originally Posted by SVT Amateur

The SFX-1 is the most abrasive in the Sonus line. I tried SFX-2 and it didn't do anything, in fact, it seems more like a glaze than a polish to me.

To Crewchief, the car looks good.

Skip the Sonus polishes...if you want something that works really well and are willing to spend a fair amount ($40-$50 a bottle) go with Menzerna. The 106FF is probably their most universal polish, as it can cut pretty heavily or fairly lightly depending on pad choice. But they make several polishes with varying levels of abrasiveness, and they are the choice of a lot of pro detailers. I've used their stuff when I used to detail at a shop and it was outstanding. I just recently bought a bottle of 106FF for myself, gonna use it on the STi when I do my winter detail in a couple weeks.

[uncle lewie]

Sick detail Crewchief. Black is a b**** to keep clean.

Are you using well water?

[Szumita]

i like alot of mcguires stuff

[Nachos Libres]

Originally Posted by BoostJunkie

Skip the Sonus polishes...if you want something that works really well and are willing to spend a fair amount ($40-$50 a bottle) go with Menzerna. The 106FF is probably their most universal polish, as it can cut pretty heavily or fairly lightly depending on pad choice. But they make several polishes with varying levels of abrasiveness, and they are the choice of a lot of pro detailers. I've used their stuff when I used to detail at a shop and it was outstanding. I just recently bought a bottle of 106FF for myself, gonna use it on the STi when I do my winter detail in a couple weeks.

I've heard a lot of good things about the 106FF and Menzerna in general. I'll definately check that out when I make my next purchase.

[chaos311clarity]

lol i remember when i used to do this **** by hand...


im sure a few of the guys here know... thank christ for a DA PC

[Crewchief]

Originally Posted by uncle lewie

Sick detail Crewchief. Black is a b**** to keep clean.

Are you using well water?

THANKS! Nope just regular old water from my hose. This is my $500 dollar arsenal:

PC 7424
Mothers Large Buffer Ball
2 CCS 6.5" Orange Pads
2 CCS 6.5" White Pads
2 CCS 6.5" Blue Pads
1 CCS 6.5" Gray Pad
1 5 inch backing plate
XMT Pad Condtioner
XMT Pad Cleaner
Optimum Polish
Optimum Opti-Seal
Poorboy's Natty’s Paste
Mcguire's Gold Class Car Soap
2 boxes of Mcguire's Clay bar
Simple Green
Black Magic Wheel Cleaner
Bugs be gone by seam foam
Oxy Clean Carpet Cleaner (for the floor mats)
Mcguire's NXT interior
Stone Invisible Glass
12 Pack of Cobra Microfiber towels

As far as the steps I took;

1. Wash with Mcguire's gold class soap (Did not wash wheels only body)
2. Dry
3. Clay bar with Mcguire's Clay bar. I had to use two boxes to get all the crap out of my paint. 1 box comes with 2 and I went through 4.
4. Rinse car again
5. Dry
6. Used a light cutting pad (Orange pad) with Optimum Polish. Started off at about 2k rpm's till it was worked into the paint then turned it up to 6k rpm and really buffed it in. Some spots I had to do over 2-3 times to really remove all the water marks or swirls. Going in a figure 8 motion or back and fourth if I couldnt do a figure 8. Before use apply a few squirts of XMT pad conditioner so you dont start off "dry buffing", the conditioner keeps this from happening.
7. Remove extra polish with a microfiber and buff out, to get a nice shine.
9. Applied Optimum Sealent and wipe away, very easy to use.
9. Jacked car up and removed wheels.
10. Cleaned wheels with mothers powerball with a mixture of simple green, black magic brake dust remover, and Mcguire's gold class soap. Clean and dry.
11. Cleaned brakes with a damp rag with the same mixture and then again with a soaking rag in just water to rinse them clean.
12. Applied Poorboys wax. Did this by hand. With this was you can apply it to the whole car and then just buff it out with a microfiber.
13. Soaked lug nuts in simplegreen and blackmagic brake dust remover in a plastic cup, then dryed. Put wheels back on
14. Vaccuumed car and used Turtlewax Oxy Clean carpet cleaner to a pepsi stain out of my rear seat. looks like new.
15. Damp rag to clean all the door sills, then dry.
16. Applied Mcguire's interior protectent to all the dash, doors, pillars and center console.
17. Cleaned windows with invisible glass.

Original Thread Crewchief's detailing thread

[Zach STI]

Car Wash ~ Simoniz/Eagle One
Quick Detail ~ Meguiars
Tire Shine ~ Meguiars/Black Magic
Claybar ~ Meguiars
Glass ~ Stoner/RainX
Wax ~ Black Magic

[hella_sti]

I love the new black magic spray wax in the shaving foam looking container. Great for the in between real waxings. Kinda looks like shaving cream, too. Hmmmm

[jph]

Originally Posted by Crewchief

This is my paint, after a 14 hour, 2 day detailing job i did.

here's another one. just one day of me messing around with my new detailing producs, and lots of elbow grease didn't really plan to make a "reflection shot". but it turned out to be one




J.

[grambo]

The kind that do the work for you...



j/k


Mother's usually.