Waxin Question
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paint cleaner is in a red bottle titled cleaner wax it will remove some light swirling and what not. A clay bar just picks up contaminates that are bonded to the paint over time.... its nt a wax its a piece of clay that slides over the surface that preps the paint for the cleaner and gives you better results and makes the paint feel really smooth. They do not remove any swirls they just pick up bonded contaminates from driving over the years... to see if you truck needs claying get a ziploc bag put it over your hand, and see if it is hard to slide across the paint, if the bag is hard to move then yes its time to clay.
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really any wax is better than nothing. a good coat of wax will protect your paint. mothers and maguires both make good stuff, i just preffer the NXT. just make sure its wax, not a polish or something else.
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I use a micro fiber rag when I wax my truck. Works pretty good. I wax my truck like once a month with NXT wax and everytime I wash it I use a spray wax. For spray wax I use Turtle Wax. Not a big fan of any of their other stuff but their spray wax is pretty good stuff. And I normally clay bar it like once or twice a year.
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I use microfiber towels too, but none from walmart or costco or any autoparts store, about $7 per roll online. Its a sin to use terry cloths and shirts to remove wax and other products to me. Because they do instil swirls and fine scratches which basically you just worked your butt off to get them out of the paint and in return you put them back in.... doesnt make any sense to me at all
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Ok here we go:
Wash and dry, DO NOT USE NORMAL BATH TOWELS. Grab a Abrsorber at autozone and a waffle weave drying towel, use the absorber first than the drying towel to get rid of all the little water drops
Meguiars Clay bar kit, take your time and use lots of lube
If you want to try and get rid of swirls or scratches try some Meguiars SwirlX 2.0
Then finish it off with some NXT 2.0 and buff of with a quality microfiber
Detailing isn't cheap, don't cheap out on it.
Wash and dry, DO NOT USE NORMAL BATH TOWELS. Grab a Abrsorber at autozone and a waffle weave drying towel, use the absorber first than the drying towel to get rid of all the little water drops
Meguiars Clay bar kit, take your time and use lots of lube
If you want to try and get rid of swirls or scratches try some Meguiars SwirlX 2.0
Then finish it off with some NXT 2.0 and buff of with a quality microfiber
Detailing isn't cheap, don't cheap out on it.
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I would say it is definitely a bad idea... If I still had the pics of my brothers 98 eclipse there would be some solid proof to not do it. Some will argue that it will do it... but remember its dish soap meant to wash dishes not a car. Get a good quality car wash soap and just clay, it doesnt take long at all to clay especially you since your truck is pretty new and you are in NC, now if you lived near me with Mayo and Hyco power plants with all the acid rain then yes it will take longer to clay. But I wouldnt suggest using Dish soap unless your truck has mold or other small funguses growing on it. DANG IT TRENT!! I type to damn slow... and yes the process is Wash, clay, compound, polish and wax