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** This Works Best On Black & Red Paint, But Is Good For Taking Care Of ANY Color Paint. **

First off... NEVER wash your vehicle with the sun at high strength. Depending on where you are, this is usually the same hours that they say to wear sun protection. Best to wash around 8 AM or after 4PM.

Ok...now...your using your garden hose, correct?

Make sure you use a mist from your hose to get wet before washing... use a GOOD wash... spend the 10 bucks on a bottle of suds... such as Meguiars or anything similar.

Use a good mitt that is clean and rinsed to wash your vehicle by hand. Always the black paint first, then everything else later like the tires, bumpers... etc and above all... start from the top of the vehicle first.

Rinse... you don't want to spray or mist... NEVER do this... these are all your water spots aided by heavy calcium deposits as well.

You want to take the sprayer off your hose if you had one on, and just let the heavy pour of the water from the hose run off the paint. Carry the end of the hose over where you are rinsing and because a heavy pour of water is more prone to being pulled down by gravity, the water will just carry off your vehicle... hence, less water spots and less time to dry.

Now... many have said use a chamois or other type of cloth... I don't recommend these. Purely because they are only good at getting the water off... yet, they often carry off the wax and/or oils in the paint and over time... more swirls and more slight scratches are possible.

Use a drying blade... often found in all auto stores, these are cheap and they look like those things you use to wipe your windows off.... these blades are so soft and they just whisk the water off your vehicle and leaves everything else intact. If your really obsessed about drying, get a blower and blow the water out of your cracks and door jams.

Your towel supply should be what is called "microfiber"... and this is a word being tossed all over the net right now, but believe it or not, they are much better at removing and trapping any dust than a terry or cotton cloth. Remember, we are also trying to avoid swirls here. Microfiber towels can be found all over the net and also at bigger auto stores like Pep Boys.

Now for the detail part -

Much debate goes on and on about the "best shine" or what works best for all vehicles. We are focusing on BLACK paint here and through trials of ALL formulas... this is the best:

Klasse All-In-One Polish and Shine... and it comes in a red bottle... can be found anywhere ONLINE and many detail stores... but this is the best for black.

You want to make sure that your paint is cool to touch also.

I always recommend by hand... if you get into orbitals... they are best for vehicles that already have the swirls, and this could apply more to you. Make sure you have a microfiber bonnet on your orbital if using one... we are keeping it SMOOTH here. Using a pad, (I will just say hand from now on, if you have the orbital, which you do, just know that you can use it the same but DON'T apply pressure and you will still have to use by hand after you are done to get the places the orbital couldn't get into), apply slight pressure and work one part of the vehicle at once. Make sure you use LITTLE of the Klasse... through all tests of major detailers that use Klasse... it lasts about 5 years even on a TRUCK!

After you have done the whole vehicle... buff it off... again, a microfiber is best and make sure you have about 4 of these for the whole project. The polishing and buffing you just did will remove ALL the swirls and not just cover them up.

Now follow with Klasse Glaze... which is in a gray bottle. SO SIMPLE to use... but most effective in getting your best shine on your black paint. With another pad, you simply wipe a little of the glaze over your paint and here with your hand, you apply NO

 

I can not find this wax in any local stores ? any ideas ? shipping sure seems hi online !!!!! anyone found a decent deal on this stuff ? thanks .

 

Well.. as stated in other posts.. I'm an eBay fanatic.. so, here's what I just purchased. 3Dog will know if this was a good deal, but seemed to be ok for me.. as always, no affiliation with this seller.. just noted the deal and wanted to pass along..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Klass...2936QQtcZphoto

Wayne

 

Wouldn't do me any good. As you can see, my Deuce sits out in the rain all the time...

 

There is so much wrong with that post that I couldnt even finish reading it.

 

Wow! That's quite a process. I wish I had the time and energy to do all of that but I have little enough time to ride.

I admire people who can do all of that.

Here's a pic of my 1996 Wide Glide. 20k miles m/l. Never seen anything but a bucket of water with a car wash soap of almost any kind. Dry it with a leaf blower. Spray it with Pledge and wipe it off.

I'm sure it isn't as nice as some bikes, but it gets me by.

 

I don't see anything wrong with the steps and I'm a very picky guy. The only thing I wouldn't use is the Klasse SG. I use Klasse AIO but the SG is harder to work with. There are plenty of really good wax/sealers out there that are super easy to use.
I follow pretty much the same process on my black car(except for the water blade).

 

Dont use just a mitt...use a sheepskin mitt....always use two buckets..dry with "waffle weave" microfiber.
Klasse AIO will never last 5 years..not even 5 months. To maximize AIO you must use SG. Its a wipe on, wipe off product. The problem I have mostly seen with SG users having problems is they use way to much product. About 5 dime size drops will do a Road King.

 

Thanks for all the advice!

 

this is the best i have found.

http://www.autogeek.net/liqglasautpo.html

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