i got pwnd today

[FLAteam]

In reference to detailing cars with washing, waxing, etc, my brother once said, "you have to own the car, not let the car own you". I'm sad to say that today I got owned.

It took 4-5 hours, but I washed, dried, clay barred, polished and waxed the entire car. Its by no means perfect, but the paint feels smooth as glass (I credit the clay bar). What do you guys think?

 

[itsmycookie]

i think the setting is hard to tell how the car looks.

 

[Astheros]

looks pretty damm clean to me.

edit: dont forget to clean the windows and glass around

 

[Genuine Rolla]

its hard to tell in the settings that you've given us...but the parts that I do see....looks like you did a good job.

 

[squidmaster]

i think the setting is hard to tell how the car looks.

x2

needs a lower :]

looks like you have a FL tag, we should meet up.

looks pretty clean from what I can see though.

EDIT: one more thing
whats the best glass cleaner?

 

[jdmallen97]

i think the setting is hard to tell how the car looks.

+1

 

[Jordan_n]

loooks shiney... get a few for daytime shoots =P

 

[civhatch92]

woo nice and shiny!!

 

[FLAteam]

oh yeah, the windows do need cleaning (i was kinda in a rush, it was getting dark). Sorry about the photos...I don't know how to play with the camera settings and though I took about 30 photos, these are the only ones that came out looking normal (others were all shaky and stuff).

i woulda gotten daytime photos...but i woke up today only to find that the damn sprinkler system hit my car...i guess you should never own a black car if you don't have a regular garage...

i'd love to meet up, considering i don't really know what my car's supposed to run like.

 

[squidmaster]

oh yeah, the windows do need cleaning (i was kinda in a rush, it was getting dark). Sorry about the photos...I don't know how to play with the camera settings and though I took about 30 photos, these are the only ones that came out looking normal (others were all shaky and stuff).

i woulda gotten daytime photos...but i woke up today only to find that the damn sprinkler system hit my car...i guess you should never own a black car if you don't have a regular garage...

i'd love to meet up, considering i don't really know what my car's supposed to run like.

i have a DX also...

PM me or AIM at xsquidmasterx if you wanna do something or head out to the track one night or something.

saturday nights are ususally some good acura honda meets.

 

[Shiznit]

i think you posted this in the wrong section... this doesnt have anything to do with tech

 

[96 EK]

Looks great

 

[FLAteam]

oops, sorry I didn't realize it was just "tech" section. In any case, thanks for the compliments and even though it got dirty within 12 hours of the job, I'm happy I have something to show for it (the pictures). I didn't have any new or awesome products, so I used what I had in hand (excluding the clay bar):

Armor All car wash concentrate
Clay Magic clay bar and lubricant
Meguiar's Deep Crystal polish
DuPont Teflon car wax

 

[ryanM]

looks good, you forgot one step tho, glazing. it comes after polishing / before waxing it restores necessary oils back into your paint, making it look deeper.

heres the products i recommend using.

any car wash (megs gold class isnt bad)
mothers or claymagic claybar
megs professional hand polish
megs mirror glaze
megs hi tech yellow wax.

 

[Silver Bullet]

wanna do mine?

 

[matt96ex]

nice man.
over this past weekend i clay barred and waxed my car and i cant believe how good it came out. such a difference with the clay bar. i love it!