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Old 12-24-2014, 11:35 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Atticus808 View Post
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i only use Chemical Guys for their soap and leather cleaner, until their next leather cleaner was really crappy, then I switched to Lexol. Their soap is great though. I also highly recommend Dodo Juice Blue Velvet for your blue paint because it will really really bring out the blue. You'll put it on and notice it being glossy but not WOW, but once you let the wax do its job you'll come back in an hour and notice your paint look incredible.

My supplies have been well over $1000. maybe even close to $2000, not sure.
Depending on how detailed you want to get with your car, I'm going to say $300. Make sure you use proper mitts and and 2 bucket system, etc.

The first time you do a nice wash, clay and was for your car EXCLUDING interior may take you minimum 2 hours to 4 hours.That's with exhaust tips, wheels, waxing, windows, dressing your plastic trim (I like Auto Finesse Revive for plastics and Auto Finesse Satin Tyre Gel to dress tires). Maintenance washes will take you about an hour.

BIGGEST time consuming factor is OVERLAPPING your work. try to avoid doing things twice. For example, you wax your car and then you clean your windows, then accidently get some window cleaner on your paint and now you have a smudge. Avoid that kinda stuff. you'll see what I mean once you get going.

Once you're done your detail, have a quick detailer spray with you (I use Dodo Juice basics of Bling) and walk around your car 2-3 times and look for any imperfections or excess wax.

on my FB page, the speed3 was a 20+ hour job. but that's a full detail.

feel free to ask if you have any other questions! I love educating people on car care
omg that sounds like a lot of work and money lol.

Thank you so much for your help though. I'm going to head down to the Chemical guys store later on this week and see how much everything rings up to be. I don't need my car to be as great as your detailing, just the basics and general detailing so I'm going to see what they might recommend and how much they cost first. Thanks again! I'll definitely make sure to ask you if I have more questions

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There's an entire separate forum for washing and waxing your car.
Aha lol i guess I missed that whole section. Sorry about that
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