New BOSS owner- Detail Questions

CobraBob said:

I can only recommend what I do, since it has worked well for me. I'm pretty anal about keeping my Genesis G70 paint pristine. It is ceramic coated. I did not want to do foam cannons or waterless washes. I'm more conventional but want to do it right.

* I use two buckets, one for car washing soap (any quality soap product works) and one for rinsing the sponge.
* I use a microfiber wash sponge. The important thing is keeping the sponge clean and free of debris. I have a separate wash sponge for my wheels/tires.
* I spray down my car completely, and clean a section at a time. Top & windshield, hood and front end, rear glass, truck and rear end, driver's side, passenger side, wheels/tires. I continually wash out the sponge in the second bucket of water.
* I then use my cordless blower (small and lightweight) to blow off the water, again one section at a time. Each section, after being blow dried, is completely dried with a high quality microfiber cloth.
* I then wipe down any water inside the trunk lid and the engine bay.

DONE! Quick, easy!

I usually wash the car every Friday or Saturday morning, in the shade. I NEVER wash my car in the full sun.

My paint is as pristine today as it was two years ago when the car was new and ceramic coated.

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red9450 said:

Bob,

Thank you for the reply. The method you mention above is similar to what i have done in the past with my mustangs, minus the cordless blower. I've always used a chamois to dry off my car. Do people still use those things, or is everyone going the route of air to dry their cars?

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CobraBob said:

Yes, some people still use chamois clothes to dry off their cars. There was a time when chamois towels were preferred over cotton towels because of their softness smooth, absorbing qualities. Today, we have super-soft microfiber towels. I prefer to use my cordless blower because there is no physical contact except to wipe up any remaining water. The blower also does a great job removing water from my wheels, front grill and other areas that are a bit hard to reach with a towel.

This sounds like a much better way to go. Always had issues with not getting the water from the gap in the trunk on my SNs, and it would leak down afterward and collect dirt/dust.

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NastyGT500 said:

The less you touch your paint, the less chance of marring it. I do not recommend chamois. If you need to use a towel to dry it look into one of the excellent microfiber drying towels. (Griots PFM, Adam's, and the like)

As far as gaining some knowledge on waterless/rinseless washing, foam cannons/guns, check out some of the online videos. Adam's Polishes has some excellent videos on their site.


Congrats on the new to you ride, glad you are driving it, enjoy it and we needs some pics!

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GerryMX said:

That sounds like a nice find, Lenny. Congrats

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DaveWertz said:

Congrats on the new ride. What part of NEPA are you from? I'm in between Wilkes and Williamsport. Anyhow as stated above. The less you touch your paint the less problems you will have later. For me I use a 2 bucket system sometimes. Most of the time if my car is properly coated I use my foam cannon.

-Foam cannon with Adams soap
-Blow dry with my leaf blower
-I use a Adams drying micro fiber towel for the water the leaf blower leaves behind
-When using a detail spray or really anything I am doing to my Harley or Cobra I use nothing but Adams Micro Fiber towels. They are salty but I haven't touched a nicer towel yet. I stand by those. The market is flooded with good products. Start small and take some advice from the pro's on here. If you are the type that doesn't like this type of work, like applying wax and toppers. Then ceramic is your ticket. I have had coatings done to my bike and LOVED IT. Only thing I didn't love is I got a scratch so the process to get it off and reapply was not for me. The cost was also a turn off. Not saying its bad, its probably the best. It's just for some people. I've seen people get coatings and not maintain them and 6 months later they are back to square one. Most of this stuff is based on how involved you want to get IMO.

The main thing is that you want to correct the paint if needed. Seal it with a good wax/ceramic. Then some sort of topper for drying. So many good products out there to use and different combos. NastyGT500 and CobraBob are some go to guys for this. I just finished some motor work on my car and since weather is getting good, I will be doing a full correction and trying out the Wolfgang 3.0 Sealant. Topped with Adams spray ceramic to see if and how well it works.


Now I am a BIG Adams fan. Check out some of there stuff. They have pretty much everything you could ever need. Not sure how well there new graphene ceramic is but as far as there other detail products like there cermaic waterless wash, tire shine, VRT, and products of that nature I give it a full A+. I have buckets of Adams products

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red9450 said:

Thank you for the response. I've seen some of your work on other posts and must say you do some incredible work! I will check out those videos. Any thoughts on using Chemical Guys stuff? Saw a "starter kit" which was roughly $100 and seemed like a decent deal.

As far as pics, what hosting site does everyone use? I used to use photobucket, but idk if i still have an account or not.




Thank you! My time with the car is limited to the ride home, but roughly 12hrs of seat time and i'm really enjoying it so far.



Thank you for the detailed response. I am located in the Wilkes Barre area. Doesn't sound like you are too far from me. I will check out the Adam's stuff. Seems like everyone has good things to say about it. Not familiar with the ceramic coating process at all. The car is outside for what will probably be the next couple months until I am finished with the garage for it. Need to get the concrete poured and then the place framed out. Does that change the way i do things with the ceramic?

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1Kona_Venom said:

Don't buy starter kits. Your paying for the convince.

What color is the car and I am guessing black stripe package?

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red9450 said:

As far as pics, what hosting site does everyone use? I used to use photobucket, but idk if i still have an account or not.

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CobraBob said:

Yes, some people still use chamois clothes to dry off their cars. There was a time when chamois towels were preferred over cotton towels because of their softness smooth, absorbing qualities. Today, we have super-soft microfiber towels. I prefer to use my cordless blower because there is no physical contact except to wipe up any remaining water. The blower also does a great job removing water from my wheels, front grill and other areas that are a bit hard to reach with a towel.

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red9450 said:

Thanks for all the replies guys. Can someone school me on ceramic coating? Is it worth the investment and what does the care process look like afterward? Is it just a wipe down or rinse/dry process to maintain?

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