icy2

First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me with all of my questions that I had doing this. I have included pictures of all of my products together, and pictures of my car. I didn't take before pictures of the car and the things I did take before pictures of I forgot to take the after pics. I still have alot of things to work on with the photos, but I can honestly say that I have learned a bunch after doing my car. I also have more questions.

I performed a wash, clay bar, polish, & sealant on the car using the following products
Dawn (remove old wax)
DP Engine degreaser
DP Wheel cleaner
Griots clay bar
Griots speed shine (Lube for clay)
Griots Polish 3 & 4 (Griots orange pads)
Griots Polisher
Blackfire Sealant (Griots red pads)

The biggest question I have, Is why does it seem to be harder to removed Griots polish 3 than it is 4? Does it have something to do with the different compound of the 2? Thanks again everyone. I think the car was a success and I will do a better job of taking before and after pictures on future detail jobs I do.

ACE2790

It looks like it turned out quite well! That product photo is awesome. I've never used any of the Griot's line so I can't comment there though.

Jesstzn

Are you letting the polish dry on the surface?

potmilkz

jesus how much did all that cost you?

TLtrigirl

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the products he bought in one shot cost him A LOT!!!

OP-looks good!!! love a well pampered TL. now you're going to want to keep her clean ALL THE TIME!!!

not sure about the griot's products...but i concur with jesstzn, are you leaving the polish to dry?? you could always try a little detail spray to help get it off.

ACE2790

I think the "he" you are referring to is actually a she.

JJH

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Would appear so

TLtrigirl

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well well what do you know...another female owner!! nice job girlie!! always nice to know i'm not the only girl that is OCD. or are you the ms.??

nj2pa2nc

Very nice looking- I also like a clean car.

Steven Bell

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Nice job, Icy. I'm a Griot's fan, but I have not tried any of their polishes yet. I've tried a lot of the other stuff, but I've got to get thru the other stuff I've accumulated first.

icy2

Jesstzn, I did the polish like I it said on the bottle. I did a small area on a panel at a time. The panels were cool and it wasn't terribly hot. Maybe I left the polish on for a tad bit to long The polish 4 went on and came off the car with no problems. On thge next vehicle I do i'll try something different
potmilkz everything in the photo was a little bit over 1,000 bucks. Starting a side job on my 7 days off so I tried to get everything that i thought that I would need in one order. I gotta recoup those funds now lol!
TLtrigirl, Thanks for the props. Also thx for the heads up on autogeek.net. I purchased 90% of my stuff from there after you posted that link on my previous thread! Thanks again!

And to set the record straight the chic in the photo is my wife. She's the photographer out of the 2 of us! Here's a pic of me checking out my swirl finder light. Again I can't say thanks enough for the help everyone has given me!

icy2

Well Steven thus far I have no complaints with their products. I would like to try the m105 and 205 later down the line but i'll stick to the Griots for the time being

potmilkz

105 and 205 is good. thats what i use on my black car. it finishes down nice.

ACE2790

I've been rocking the Menzerna lineup lately.

jwr0ng626

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The 105 is also harder to wipe off compared to the 205... but it gets the job done lol

TLtrigirl

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so was the wifey impressed? at least she was involved....sort of.

icy2

Well I haven't been looking at detailing products long so I haven't heard of them. Is it a line of products offered at details domain or auto geek?

Man I'm guessing it had something to do with the compounds but someone brought up a good point about using a quick detail spray to help take it off of its hard. Also I tried my beat to get you a decent pic of all the products!

Yeah she couldn't get over how good the car looked. The guy I bought the car from rarely drove the car and took care of it. After everything I did everyone at my workplace and my friends say the car looks better than when I got it. My wife is always involved( sometimes bugging me sometimes helping but she's there lol!

jwr0ng626

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Oh yea! QD helps at taking it off... I forgot where I read that too lol

and thanks for the pic :wink: I'm jealous. Hope you're able to fill up your 7 day off schedule w side gigs

icy2

Man I've been lucky enough to book all my days I had open in April. Hopefully it continues. It's suprising how many people hate washing and detailing their vehicles. I'll hook em tho

nj2pa2nc

as a female owner I love washing my car-with the pollen season in full force now I wash it every other day-But then I guess I am not that anal-no swirl finder light. I do wipe down the engine bay , clean the exhaust pipes and door jams, etc.

jwr0ng626

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every other day?! water bill must be expensive!

alpha07

The car looks great! Very nice work!

nj2pa2nc

Average $40.00 a month

SweetJazz

Well done. Welcome to club OCD!

ACE2790

It is offered at both places actually.

icy2

Cool thx. I'll have to check them out

icy2

I hear ya on the pollen season. Your avatar pic looks like your car is always shining! Keep up the clean ride!