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I have a whole assortment of car care products. I now live in an apartment and those products I own require the use of a Porter Cable. Here are my every-6-month full paint detailing procedures when I had a garage:
I wash the car with Pinnacle Bodywork Shampoo. It has oils in it which leave the surface smooth to the touch. I then clay the whole car. Honestly, any clay bar will work. I then apply some Griot's Spray Detailer and wipe dry it at the same time. I have a set of Menzerna polishes, which I apply about once a year on any car I've owned. The use of a Porter Cable is essential for that, but it gets rid of swirls and leaves the surface shiny and smooth. Once all that is done, I apply some Collinite Marque D'Elegance, which takes some time to apply and remove, even with a Porter Cable. Not an easy wax to apply. It's even harder by hand. I let it haze and spray the surface with Griot's spray wax, and then remove and buff with a Porter Cable. The results are breathtaking. The Collinite lasts a good couple of months, and during washes, I normally just use a spay wax or a cheap liquid wax to finish it. This procedure takes me a good 5-6 hours of work.
I now live in an apartment with no garage, so I wash my car at one of those car wash stalls. I don't use the difficult to apply and remove products anymore. For wax, I use Meguiar's Gold Class liquid wax and apply and remove it by hand, along with Griot's Spray Wax. It looks great, but doesn't last nearly as long as the Collinite. I still use everything else above, except the clay bar and ones requiring the use of a Porter Cable. When I want to do another full detailing, I just head over to my friend's house.
I wash my car every 2 weeks or so. Wax once a month. And spray my car down with water once a week. Pollen here is excessive.
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