WhiteKnightZ28
02-07-2006, 06:43 PM
By PNYKLR2:
Here is my recommended order for a car detail, if I'm missing something let me know. Use whatever chemicals and products you prefer. I did this rather quickly so I probably didn't do the best of discriptions or whatever...
1.Vac inside of car completely
2.Take air hose and blow out all the nooks and cracks to remove hidin debris
3.Vac car again.
4.Use a mild soap and wipe down entire interior.
5.Dry with soft cloth.
6.Take q-tips and soft brissle brush and get in all the small places
7.Wipe down interior once more.
8.remove seats and shampoo carpet. Let air dry with doors open and fans blowin.
9.While interior drys take floor mats and power wash them to the extreme. This will remove any hard pressed dirt from within the carpet.
10.After interior is dry, vac one more final time to get any residue etc...
11.Install seats and interior pieces.
12.Mist car interior with your favorite scent.
13.Now spray exterior of car with water.
13.Apply bug and tar remover to exterior of the vehicle and let sit for 1-3 minutes to break down the crap.
14.Using a soft sponge or shammy remove all excess bugs and tar.
15.Mist car with soap water.
16.Open doors, hood, and trunk.
17.Take wet shammy and wipe down all the gaps and sills etc...on the doors,hood, and trunk areas.(this is one of the details that really sets a clean car apart from a detailed car)
18.While drying take a brush and scrub the seat belts with mild soap to remove oil and stains from where you been puttin your hands on them for who knows how long.
19.Clean underside of hood with soapy water and dry etc...
20.Now, using a engine cleaner of choice spray the engine down and all the under hood components.
21.Let sit for time listed on product.
22.Now on a lower pressure setting power wash engine compartment and get rid of all the nasty engine crap.
23.Dry engine compartment with shammy.
24.Close doors, hood, trunk, etc...
25.Wash car normally, making sure to get inside of gas lid, under the sides of the body and fender wells.
26.Clean rims and tires using your personal product of choice.
27.Now clay bar the entire exterior surface of the vehicle.
28.After done, wash the car again.
29.Dry car completely then let sit for a period of time to make sure it is dry.
30.Time to buff either by hand or machine. Just take your time and make sure not to swirl the paint.
31.Remove all excess crap from buffing.
32.Apply polish/wax to exterior and remove excess when finished.
33.Interior should be dry now so replace floor mats and any remaining pieces.
34.Apply your favorite interior product (armor all etc..)
35.Clean all interior windows using 2 pieces of paper towel folded into 4's. This will keep you from going through an entire roll of paper doing the windows.
36.Clean exterior windows.
37.Apply tire shine, lightly, Use a water based product to prevent crap from flinging all over your pretty car.
38.Go over entire finished product and do any spot detailing you want.
This is most of the steps I use to take when Detailing cars. This is just the quick way of doing it and looking somewhat professional. It may seem like a lot of steps but a good detail should honestly take 3 days or 12-15 hours of consecutive work to perform, it all depends on how gross the car looks.
Here is my recommended order for a car detail, if I'm missing something let me know. Use whatever chemicals and products you prefer. I did this rather quickly so I probably didn't do the best of discriptions or whatever...
1.Vac inside of car completely
2.Take air hose and blow out all the nooks and cracks to remove hidin debris
3.Vac car again.
4.Use a mild soap and wipe down entire interior.
5.Dry with soft cloth.
6.Take q-tips and soft brissle brush and get in all the small places
7.Wipe down interior once more.
8.remove seats and shampoo carpet. Let air dry with doors open and fans blowin.
9.While interior drys take floor mats and power wash them to the extreme. This will remove any hard pressed dirt from within the carpet.
10.After interior is dry, vac one more final time to get any residue etc...
11.Install seats and interior pieces.
12.Mist car interior with your favorite scent.
13.Now spray exterior of car with water.
13.Apply bug and tar remover to exterior of the vehicle and let sit for 1-3 minutes to break down the crap.
14.Using a soft sponge or shammy remove all excess bugs and tar.
15.Mist car with soap water.
16.Open doors, hood, and trunk.
17.Take wet shammy and wipe down all the gaps and sills etc...on the doors,hood, and trunk areas.(this is one of the details that really sets a clean car apart from a detailed car)
18.While drying take a brush and scrub the seat belts with mild soap to remove oil and stains from where you been puttin your hands on them for who knows how long.
19.Clean underside of hood with soapy water and dry etc...
20.Now, using a engine cleaner of choice spray the engine down and all the under hood components.
21.Let sit for time listed on product.
22.Now on a lower pressure setting power wash engine compartment and get rid of all the nasty engine crap.
23.Dry engine compartment with shammy.
24.Close doors, hood, trunk, etc...
25.Wash car normally, making sure to get inside of gas lid, under the sides of the body and fender wells.
26.Clean rims and tires using your personal product of choice.
27.Now clay bar the entire exterior surface of the vehicle.
28.After done, wash the car again.
29.Dry car completely then let sit for a period of time to make sure it is dry.
30.Time to buff either by hand or machine. Just take your time and make sure not to swirl the paint.
31.Remove all excess crap from buffing.
32.Apply polish/wax to exterior and remove excess when finished.
33.Interior should be dry now so replace floor mats and any remaining pieces.
34.Apply your favorite interior product (armor all etc..)
35.Clean all interior windows using 2 pieces of paper towel folded into 4's. This will keep you from going through an entire roll of paper doing the windows.
36.Clean exterior windows.
37.Apply tire shine, lightly, Use a water based product to prevent crap from flinging all over your pretty car.
38.Go over entire finished product and do any spot detailing you want.
This is most of the steps I use to take when Detailing cars. This is just the quick way of doing it and looking somewhat professional. It may seem like a lot of steps but a good detail should honestly take 3 days or 12-15 hours of consecutive work to perform, it all depends on how gross the car looks.