Hey all, I am from the tri-state, got into detailing last year when I bought my weekend warrior. Since then I have watched hundreds of hours on detailing along with keeping up with this forum and finally decided to become a part of the community! I am having a bit of trouble though when it comes to my dads car, and even when I wash my girlfriend's car when it comes to drying. Sometimes at the end of the wash the water seems to be soaked into the body of the paint (posted image link below) as if it was never washed or just a bad job. I do use a damp microfiber towel along with a paint hydrator.
So I am doing a paint correction on dads black 2017 Ford Explorer. Since he’s bought this car, it’s been in nothing but automatic car washes and during winter has gone months without wash. Since I started detailing my own cars last year, I finally decided to buy a DA Polisher and paint correct his car. I use a sun joe pressure washer
Here are the steps and products used:
For wheels and tires:
- AMMO Brute Shampoo and P&S Brake Duster
- Clay barred the wheels with a clay bar and Megiuars Quik Detailer
Body of car:
- 2 bucket wash method - one filled with Griot’s Brilliant Finish Car Shampoo and The Rag Company’s Premium Cyclone Korean microfiber wash mitt
- Car Pro Tar X
- Regular amazon foam cannon
After washing the car, it comes to the drying phase. I use The Rag Company’s Twist N Shout Double Twistress towels. I figured since this car for 4-5 years has been through hell, that it feels super rough even with the damp drying towel. Feels super nasty. After drying I started to clay bar the car. I started with the hood in order to start a test section.
To clay bar I used Chemical Guy’s Clay Luber for lubrications. (After I ran out I went back to Quik Detailer). I then used Meguiars 105 on a cutting pad on my Griot’s G9 polisher. Results looked great on the test section. However, even after compound, the car dried like this(Drying attempt - Album on Imgur). - This is not the test section fyi
Not sure what causes this. Drying towels are new BTW
So I am doing a paint correction on dads black 2017 Ford Explorer. Since he’s bought this car, it’s been in nothing but automatic car washes and during winter has gone months without wash. Since I started detailing my own cars last year, I finally decided to buy a DA Polisher and paint correct his car. I use a sun joe pressure washer
Here are the steps and products used:
For wheels and tires:
- AMMO Brute Shampoo and P&S Brake Duster
- Clay barred the wheels with a clay bar and Megiuars Quik Detailer
Body of car:
- 2 bucket wash method - one filled with Griot’s Brilliant Finish Car Shampoo and The Rag Company’s Premium Cyclone Korean microfiber wash mitt
- Car Pro Tar X
- Regular amazon foam cannon
After washing the car, it comes to the drying phase. I use The Rag Company’s Twist N Shout Double Twistress towels. I figured since this car for 4-5 years has been through hell, that it feels super rough even with the damp drying towel. Feels super nasty. After drying I started to clay bar the car. I started with the hood in order to start a test section.
To clay bar I used Chemical Guy’s Clay Luber for lubrications. (After I ran out I went back to Quik Detailer). I then used Meguiars 105 on a cutting pad on my Griot’s G9 polisher. Results looked great on the test section. However, even after compound, the car dried like this(Drying attempt - Album on Imgur). - This is not the test section fyi
Not sure what causes this. Drying towels are new BTW
lol.