New Car Detail?

[jamesp]

i am about to purchase a new car. should i do any type of polishing or sealing now? or is there a wait period for new vehicles? the paint will be silver metalic.

[Beemerboy]

Tell the dealership not to wash or put any wax on it to start...no need to wait the cars paint is ready to go....on new cars i I like to do the following


wash
clay
polish
seal
wax

There should not be any swrils to remove, if there are then use that process after the clay.

What products do you have on hand right now, or are you going to be buying some new stuff the the ride?

[jamesp]

i have some poorboys ssr1 and 2, vanilla moose, s100 and a pc. what do you suggest?

[Jngrbrdman]

For a new car I'd say you have what you need. I was polishing and sealing my new car the day after I bought it. Considering your car likely has a build date that was more than a few months ago, I'd say that the paint has had more than enough time to properly cure. No worries at all.

[Beemerboy]

The VM and the SSR1 are going to do about the same thing....buy a clay kit at your local auto parts store or online at one of the sponsors.....It will help to cut the crud off the car....followup with either of the two above and head for the paste wax.....you could lay down a sealant before the paste wax but that's a personal preference...

Using the PC I would use a polishing pad for the VM or SSR and the paste / sealant or both by hand

[budman3]

We just picked up an 05 Tacoma and I couldn't believe how much fallout was on the paint. It was crazy bad. You really should clay because if it stays on the paint, it'll only get worse over time and harder to remove. I washed, clayed, used PwC, and then P21S. I was going to seal with EX-P but I had some pad issues so I just skipped it. The above steps are the way to go. Good luck.

[Brenton]

Lots of raildust on cars. Claying is highly recommended, no matter what else you do.

[Beemerboy]

I did a 530i BMW white in color that had raildust all over the bumpers that was about two years old....you could see that areas that the specks of metal had gone into the painted areas.


Clay on a new car is a must for me to get the paint ready for the polish and what ever else you do.

[Brenton]

Originally Posted by Beemerboy

I did a 530i BMW white in color that had raildust all over the bumpers that was about two years old....you could see that areas that the specks of metal had gone into the painted areas.


Clay on a new car is a must for me to get the paint ready for the polish and what ever else you do.

Exactly. And yet dealers just put them out there and polish that metallic dust right in. One dealer has contacted me to remove the dust on silver and white--cause you can see it. It's still there on the other ones.

Clay is now becoming something on most automotive shelves. I picked up the Mothers package for $30 CAD (about $15-$20USD), with a clay bar, quick detail, and wax, probably enough of everything for 2 applications. I'm guessing that Megs is just as good. I don't recommend the foam spray+foam pad system.

[Jngrbrdman]

You'll have to look up the details because I can't remember them all, but there are really only two clay products out there. One is 'elastic' and the other is 'plastic'. Mothers and Meguiar's are good examples of the different kinds. It is a patent thing, so unless another company comes along and invents a new type of clay (like Diamondite Speed Clay, for example) we are going to basically buying the same clay from the same company with just different labels on it. It makes me laugh sometimes to hear people rave about one clay and then condem another one. If they only knew that the only difference was the label on the box... lol