Here is my detailing plan for the weekend. Please let me know what you think.

1. Wash car with car wash shampoo and Chenille Wash Pad
2. clay car (should I use clay lube or soapy water?)
3. wash car again
4. dry car
5. polish using Menzerna Final Polish 2 and PC with white polishing pad - buff off with MF towel
6. polish using Menzerna Final Polish 2 and PC with black finishing pad - buff off with MF towel
7. polish with AIO and PC with white or black pad (not sure which pad to use) - buff off with MF towel
8. Apply SG via hand
9. wait 2 - 3 hrs, have a couple beers, take a dip in the pool
10. buff off SG with MF towel

Next day
11. Apply SG again, wait 2-3 hrs, buff off with MF towel

That evening
12. Apply S100 via hand, doing one panel at a time, buffing off right away

Now I have a couple of questions regarding techniques.
a.) Whats more effective when claying? Clay Lube or soapy water?
b.) Not sure which pad to use with AIO after polishing with FP2. Is it ok to go back to white pad after using black pad or should I apply AIO with black pad after applying FP2 with black? As I understand, AIO is a milder polish/cleaner than FP2 so I wanna use AIO after FP2. Also I hear AIO and SG go hand in hand so I wanna use AIO right before SG.
c.) whats the verdict on SG? How long do I have to wait before buffing it off? Should I buff it off right away or should I wait some time for it to cure to the paint?
d.) how hard will it be to apply S100 over 2 coats of SG?
e.) any other tips/suggestions/criticisms welcome.

If I am doing something wrong, dont hesitate to correct me. Thanks

 

Another 04 TL w/ RRP nice to see ya'

I'm not sure you're doing anything wrong, but I think you're doing too much right.....

I clay w/ soapy water .. it works fine as a lube and you don't have to do the whole wash, rinse, clay, wash, rinse thing. I wash each each panel, rinse, then clay one hand, wash mit w/ soapy water in the other. Rinse again and your done

Why AIO after polishing? AIO is a chemical cleaner, as long as you don't have bad oxidation you probably won't get that much out of using AIO.

Being that you're only polishing with Final Polish II, I assume you have some light swirling. I would try a panel with a light polishing pad and see if that gets you where you want to be before you use a medium or coarse pad. If you have anything worse than swirls .... you want a more aggressive polish (I've used Menzerna Intensive Polish w/ good results)

I can't comment on the SG / S100 thing, I've never used either. Enjoy!! nothing better than RRP when it's polished up.

 

As per #2...

I used only lube for a while, but that tends to get to be too much money... What I do now is use super soapy water (I use NXT soap) and then just lightly mist over that with some lube... A sorta... Combo approach.

If/when I would be outta lube though, I would not hesitate to use just super soapy CLEAN water... My ...

Good luck.... We better see some pics... like... SOON.

 

Go straight to #9. Period.