Been a long time, but want to do a full detail this or next weekend few questions

Man I wrote a long post about my step to the clean car and my internet died and i lost everything :(

Steps on how I cleaned the car.
Started at 8am and finish at 2pm then did the wax at 7-8ish, forgot. LOL

Wash car with Pinnacle Bodywork Shampoo.
Clay car with Meg Clay Kit, longest step, so much contaminant on the car!
Rinse
Dry
Applied Pinnacle Paintwork Cleansing Lotion with MF Towel. This took me the second longest because of the dried bug, didn't get it out with clay, was scared to scratch car so was soft with clay.
Applied WG Sealant 3.0 with MF Towel.
Waited 5 hours and then applied Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax. Hard to see what I was doing at 7-8ish. (The Picture above was w/o the Wax)

Wheels:
While washing vehicle, I used a Long Wheel Brush to brush the tires and rims. After drying car I use Surf City Absolutely on the rims, i like this more then the DP Wheel Glaze for the Rim, but I use the other DP Product for the tires, DP Gloss Tire Gel.

Interior:
First I use Pinnacle Leather and Vinyl cleaner for the seats then applied Pinnacle Leather Conditioner by hand on the seats. Use the Pinnacle Rubber and Vinyl Protectant on the Dashboard. The carpets I didn't get to, but my mat are all-weather mat, so i just rinse with water and wipe it dry.

Window:
Black Magic Invisible Glass, which suck. I need to get the Stoner Kit for the windows, i heard so much great review on it.

Did I miss anything? well let me know if I need to add any step or anything. Thanks for the comments.
 
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Nice pics! Claying does make a drastic difference, especially on white cars. Your paint looks to be in great shape - for your first time, you certainly did a good job. :)

PS I like the car a lot. The new Camrys are quite nice, and I like the ground effects on yours...in white, it looks super clean. :cool:
 
Off Topic, but you've checked on the recall information correct?

**Just looking out for a fellow AGO member :)
 
Thanks a lot Matt, i had the car since May 08, can't believe its almost 2 years and still in great shape, there are some small paint chip from the bugs i think. So sad :(

Oh yeah this is my second full detail on the car, i had picture up of the first time and also had picture of me doing a quick detail, after that been doing small detail but this past weekend I really worked on it.
 
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kovalchuk71 said:
Off Topic, but you've checked on the recall information correct?

**Just looking out for a fellow AGO member :)
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Yea thanks for the lookout, i heard about it and I still need to have them take a look at mine, so far I don't have any problem with the accelerator reacting differently. That's what they told me to look out for. I change the mat that it came with so I hope I won't have a problem with that, but when I take it in for an oil change next month I'm going to have them do a full inspection on it.
 
Looks great. I daily drive a white S-10, so I can appreciate the work it takes to make a white vehicle shine. Regular claying is a must for white!

Just my opinion - but I would get rid of the black dealer stick above the Camry badge.

DLB
 
With a hair dryer and your fingernail. Or a heat gun and plastic razor blades if you can get some. Just don't leave the heat gun in one place too long or you'll mess up your paint.

OH, forgot to add great job on your detail. I see a bit of residue from your sealant, but it looks really nice. White is one of those colors that doesn't give you insane results unfortunately. It's so hard to see the defects sometimes. heh
 
you see residue can you show me :( damn, but thank you, i hate white, it doesn't look anything like how a black car would look after a detail. I need to do a detail on a dark color car one day to see how good pinnacle really is!
 
Car looks good. Get yourself a DA polisher and make it look great. Make that sun reflection blind people.
 
Yea, i also have to learn how to use one too! Worried I might scratch the car using one...how can i practice to be better?
 
Dual action polishers are very easy to use. No practice is really needed. AG has video's on how to polish, you can watch them for free. If you wanted, go to a scrap yard and get a hood or fender to practice.
 
dual action polisher are they like the porter cable? can you link me to a good one but not too expensive, please link me to some please.
 
Thanks a lot how is the first one the Porter Cable? is it better if i do that under shade or it don't matter? also which pad would i need with that and same with the solution.
 
Porter cable is a great machine. You always want to work in the shade and have the paint cool. You need pads 2-3 of each(orange, white, grey and blue)
 
oh so 2-3 of each color, wow...might have to get these in the future on a tight budget and planning to work less because i'm going back to school to become a respiratory therapist

hopefully when they have those giveaway i can win one :D
 
but all in all thanks guys for all the feedback, hopefully when i do the quick detail it'll look just as nice or better.
 
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