Beautiful day here in NY so I spent some time on my neglected TL. I got her in Feb, but havent really have the time to do what needed to be done.

Wash then used the clay bar and was happy to see that not much came up. Then waxed. Came out very well. Dressed the tires and all was good.

 

Nice and clean.

 

Really nice . I need to give my car some much needed tlc. You have that car so shiny I can see you in that first pic .

 

looks good. What wax did you use btw?

 

Mirror hood. Nice work. I still need to wax mine, even though summer is half way done.

 

always nice to see a shiny car. very nice. what'd u use?

 

Just Chillin..havin' a Bud....and Waxin' dat ass! LOL...good work, looks great

 

nice work looking goood

 

something i don't have...






YET.....



great pics.

 

Looks good, real shiny.

 

Very nice, car looks brand new. What kind of wax did you use? I only had time to QD my TL yesterday with the nice weather.

 

what kind of wax/sealant did you use? Did you polish before waxing?

 

looks great

 

did you wax this with a orbital polisher or just using your hand + rag? lol

 

I didnt use anything fancy...

Meguiars Clay bar kit



Meguiars Cleaner Wax





and yes.. Im old school, no machines, just my hands!!!

 

It came out great, but a UDM would do wonders on a black car. I use to do everything by hand as well and I achieved great results. Once I got my UDM and took out all the light swirls on my car, and my fathers TSX I was kicking myself for all that manual labor I put into waxing cars. lol

 

Very Very Clean.. nice job!

 

beautiful!

 

nice job man may be i'll go get myself those and wax my car to get the brand new car look again XD.

 

after the cleaner wax- you need to put a final POLISH on the car
That seals and protects the surface from UV rays and the general environment~
wax and polish are different things

Synthetic wax has 100 degree higher melt point than carnuba car wax, which wont stand up to a week in vegas.
Now there are blends with syn and nuba for that deep wet gloss look and the superior protection. I use a spray version of that - spray on wipe down with microfiber towel and my neighbors thinks its a brand new car- its an 01

Megs makes a color cleaner too- my TL looks 2 shades lighter than a buddies with same paint code on dark grey-silver TLs- LGM- follow that with the cleaner wax and then polish
I use a UDM buffer- no more sore hands for me~

 

wash, clay, wash, dry, polish, wax, seal.

 

So to get that great shine and gloss, purchase those two products? Are they better than the Meguiars spray? the black bottle.

 

I used the Meguiars Clay bar on mine in Dec. OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE. Worth the hour to do it.

 

I dont think it took an hour to clay. maybe 45.

I wanted to do the entire car, but I only had enough clay "lube" to do the horizontal surfaces. If I had enough, I would have done the sides too. Does anyone know what the substance in the clay bar kit bottle is? I dont think its just water.

I know you can go crazy with all the detailing----wash, compound, clay, wax, polish, etc.. but I was good with that. I have this post wax spray.. which I could have used, but didnt b/c I had to get the BBQ going!