Hi guys. Its been a while since ive done any major cleaning/detailing so looking for a bit of advice.

Ive read through alot of info but to bw honest i'm more confused now than i was to start with.

What i'm looking for is a group of products that are easy to apply by hand (for now). Heres what i'm thinking

Wash - apc g101? Followed by megs gold class shampoo

Polish - gtechnic p1

Wax - no idea. Only ever used megs liquid wax. Whats better for limited budget (£15-£20)

Topped off with sonax bsd.

This will hopefully be a weekly routine (work permitting)

Thanks in advance gav

Good idea to include a claying/decontamination stage, using a tar remover (Autosmart Tardis, Auto Finesse Oblitarate), then fallout/iron remover (Carpro Iron-X), then clay the car before polishing. As for wax for £15-£20, I'd recommend Collinite 845, easy to apply and lasts ages, can easily get 6 months out of it.

Edited 12 May, 201412 yr by dan4291

Doing all of it weekly is possibly unnecessary.

Full apc and polish is probably only every 3 to 6 months.

If you then wash and Sonax bsd should be great. Even then bsd only needed every 3 washes ish.

Absolutely no need to polish and wax every week

 

A good wax lasts a few months, but can be topped up when you feel the need

 

For the initial one fine, I would wash/clay/polish/seal and wax

 

Then weekly, just wash and every 2-3 months top up the wax

 

Just my suggestion anyway

 

And seeing as though your in Sheffield too, you can do mine

Cheers guys. I'll see what i'm allowed to spend

I'll see what the weather is like this weekend. Hopefully be able to make a start

As already said

Any wax or sealer ...then every 3 washes apply some Sonax BSD

You wont need to rewax/reseal for months

Unless you have OCD and do every time you wash!     

Unless you have OCD and do every time you wash!     

Only had my car a few weeks and I do like to wash it...

And I do like to get into all of the nooks and crannies that I would of just completely ignored and not even registered as being dirty or dusty in my previous car! OCD does start to spring to mind.

JRJG

If OCD was a football team....Alan and I would be in the Premier League