Cars due back from bodyshop this week after some twat side swiped me on a roundabout. Its coming back with virtually a full fresh coat, so in order to keep the paint looking pristine ive went and bought a load of auto finesse detailing products. Ranging from citrus pre clean through to tripple polish and glisten spray wax. Now this is the question, Tripple polish also contains carnauba wax so would it be pointless putting spray wax on top of this or not. New to all this detailing malarkey lol. Ive also got a pot of dodo juice diamond white wax. So if anyone could enlighten me to which would be better ie just tripple or tripple followed by glisten/dodo juice and if any of u guys have used these products whats your thoughts. Cheers jambo
You can layer stuff on top of tripple no problem. Just be wary not to do anything to the panel that’s been painted for a couple of weeks.
Definitely top Tripple with something, either Glisten or your Dodo Juice wax, both will be fine. Tripple on it's own won't last very long at all.
Cheers for that. So weather permitting Saturday will be my first attempt at proper detailing car, so in this order am i correct or missing something. 1.Pre rinse car with jet wash 2. Auto finesse imperial on wheels and agitate then rinse 3. Af citrus spray then avalanche snow foam and rinse 4. Af iron out then rinse 5. Shampoo using 2 bucket method then rinse. 6. Af tripple polish 7. Dodo juice wax Is that correct procedure or am i missing out on a step or anything mixed. Like i said previously new to all this detailing game so any advice is much appreciated Cheers
Apply Iron Out after the 2 bucket wash. Also best to clay the car with a clay bar or clay mitt before polishing with Tripple.
I always use bug and grime remover (citrus power) first and allow to dwell before snow foaming. Some say foam on a dry car, others argue on a pre rinsed car... don’t think there’s any right or wrong way. My routine is as follows. 1-clean wheels, with a dedicated wheel cleaner, detail brushes and a wheel brush to get those wheel barrels. Rinse. 2- citrus power sometimes depending on level of dirt, pre rinse 3-snow foam 4-rinse 5-wash two bucket method 6-rinse 7-iron fall out/tar remover 8-wash/rinse to remove all iron fall out and tar remover 9-clay bar (if needed) 10-polish (tripple) 11-wax hope this helps.
I wouldn't touch a freshly painted panel for a good few weeks - maybe just a touchless wash and definitely no compounds, polishes, wax or sealants. Needs to air out.
yep...its amazing how soft paint is when box fresh..as tex says leave a while before sealing the paint.
I know this is resurrecting a deadpost. But in case anyone comes along and re-reads. I've seen numerous issues detailing newly painted cars that will effect the longevity of the panel/s in the long term. Rule of thumb - you need to let the paint gas out/cure/harden (however you want to describe it). This process takes several weeks. More in cold weather. So it should be left 90days or more before any specific enhancement work or maintenance work goes into the paint on the car. Predominantly the issues come from not the "polish" but the sealants/waxes. Meguiars do a range - M-03 Machine Glaze M-05 New Car Glaze M-07 Show Car Glaze M-81 Hand Polish A-21 Deep Crystal Polish That can be added to freshly painted vehicles that won't effect the process (they can/will promote it) and are safe to use in most circumstances on aftermarket paint jobs before that 90day period is at an end.
