Help on how to start with my detailing plans

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My purpose is just to detail my car to learn. I have read a lot of inputs from this forum and I was thinking of buying either the GG6 or PC polisher. My question now is what would be a good starting point for other products that I need to buy for the claying and polishing process. I want to start out with the not so expensive ones to learn first. My car had a lot of swirl marks and some light scratch due to door hits in public parking. I would like to gather all the things that I need and start my detailing project in summer. Getting excited to start this project!
 
Here's a Clay Bar Coding kit we put together that may inform your decision:

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bluefire said:
My purpose is just to detail my car to learn. I have read a lot of inputs from this forum and I was thinking of buying either the GG6 or PC polisher. My question now is what would be a good starting point for other products that I need to buy for the claying and polishing process. I want to start out with the not so expensive ones to learn first. My car had a lot of swirl marks and some light scratch due to door hits in public parking. I would like to gather all the things that I need and start my detailing project in summer. Getting excited to start this project!
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Stick with meguairs they have and make everything under the sun and affordable even the dual action polisher.Buy mike p book on detailing can't go wrong there,or if money isn't a issue for 300 dollars take the class you will be armed with so much info,that you will be ready for anything that comes your way.I maybe wrong about the 300 dollar class fee.I would call to see heck it's worth more than that.
 
FWIW, when I first found this site and started detailing, I picked up a PC and Pinnacle polish kit with a jar of Natty's Blue. Ended up going to a local store and picked up a clay bar kit, came back home and went to town. I learned a whole bunch that weekend. Between reading info on this and other forums, along with watching many YouTube videos...you can virtually learn everything you need to know.

The best advice I ever received was experience. The more you do, the more comfortable you're going to get with a machine and the better your results are going to be. I've never taken a class or had a private "lesson", but if you're able to hook up with a fellow forum member or take one of the classes at AG...it would be a definite benefit.
 
My only advice is take it slow... before you know it you'll be waiting for 10 packages from AG a week after Black Friday ;)
 
GSKR said:
Stick with meguairs they have and make everything under the sun and affordable even the dual action polisher.Buy mike p book on detailing can't go wrong there,or if money isn't a issue for 300 dollars take the class you will be armed with so much info,that you will be ready for anything that comes your way.I maybe wrong about the 300 dollar class fee.I would call to see heck it's worth more than that.
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I just recently got into detailing after buying a 2011 BMW Z4. I've spent way too much time and money on it already. I've purchased various brands of different products, but the Meguiar's stuff is generally quite good and reasonably priced.

Mike's book is definitely a good starter item too. I learned a lot from it. Most of the information is available in this forum as well, but it's nice to have it all together in one place.
 
Thanks everyone! Where can I see Mike's book? I live in Canada so the classes would be far from me.

Any feedback on Chemical Guy products?
 
Joshs2013MSAltimaSL said:
FWIW, when I first found this site and started detailing, I picked up a PC and Pinnacle polish kit with a jar of Natty's Blue. Ended up going to a local store and picked up a clay bar kit, came back home and went to town. I learned a whole bunch that weekend. Between reading info on this and other forums, along with watching many YouTube videos...you can virtually learn everything you need to know.

The best advice I ever received was experience. The more you do, the more comfortable you're going to get with a machine and the better your results are going to be. I've never taken a class or had a private "lesson", but if you're able to hook up with a fellow forum member or take one of the classes at AG...it would be a definite benefit.
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:iagree:Bingo!! I am an old fart have been detailing for a long time. Til this day I still learn something new! Josh said it right!
 
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