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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:17 PM
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Im quite new to this but I have some products here,
This is what I was going to use in this order.........

The car is black


Wash with DoDo juice born to be mild, Lambs wool mit

Dry with towel,

Clay

Wash again with Dodo juice

Dry with towel

2 coats of Poorboys black hole

2 coats of Chemical Guys - Blacklight






Does this seem ok or have I got it all wrong?

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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark_
Im quite new to this but I have some products here,
This is what I was going to use in this order.........

The car is black


Wash with DoDo juice born to be mild, Lambs wool mit

Dry with towel,

Clay

Wash again with Dodo juice

Dry with towel

2 coats of Poorboys black hole

2 coats of Chemical Guys - Blacklight






Does this seem ok or have I got it all wrong?
that's fine mate the way you going about it few things i would do is
use two buckets (one with the dodo juice in and 1 with clean water to wash out the mitt between rinse that way you always got a clean wash mitt and
not getting all the dirt/grit stuck in the mitt and damaging your paint work)
then in stead of using chemical guys use dodo juice super natural wax much better than what you want to use then top it off with zanio Z8 sealer that's the way i would do it
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 06:55 PM
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Brilliant, Thanks for the advice,
I will be building my collection with time so i will try the 2 products you mention,

Any advice for engine bay cleaning and detailing?
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Old Jan 29, 2013 | 09:16 PM
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After washing i would use a tar remover before you clay
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Old Jan 31, 2013 | 07:19 PM
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Use 2 Mitts if the lower half of the car is grimey. I sometimes wash the lower sections seperately and ovbiously after the top half.
If you do use a tar remover (recommended) be sure to rinse after thoroughly and maybe another wash .
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 06:58 PM
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Cheers guys, I didn't use Tar remover this time, Just the products I listed above
but I will try next time.


I'm pretty happy with the way it turn't out.
1st time I've used clay and found it awesome. Although it showed how bad the paint was
after claying.


I have some pictures to share of my 1st attempt at detailing. I found it quite addictive and will definitely be getting more serious with it.

Excuse the bad quality pics.................
















Had a go at my dads car today aswell................




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