[QUOTE=874noah]Okay, I'm lazy & didn"t read everything here, but do you know what product they use? It looks better than mine, and mine looks new. I'm jealous and must know![/QUOTE]
Believe me, I was curious to find out what these guy's were using as well, but as hard as I tried, I wasn't able to get it out of them!
I've noticed that a lot though with detailers over the years - they usually think of their cleaning products and the companies that supply them, as "Top Secret" information and don't want their customers (or competition) to know what products they are or where to get them.
I suppose they're worried they might lose business if everybody started buying the same stuff they do and doing the work on their own rather than paying a detailer. Can't really blame them. If I was in their position, I'd probably keep things secret too.
Since they wouldn't tell me what they use, I asked them what "off the shelf" brand he'd recommend for me and he recommended I use Meguiars. Specifically, their "Tech Wax" series of products. It was his opinion (for what it's worth) that Tech Wax gave the longest lasting and deepest shine of all the "main stream" waxes/cleaning products on the market.
Having never used that line of wax before (It's hard to keep up with all the new brands of cleaners coming out every other week), I decided to try the Tech Wax out. The darn thing cost me $28CAD but I was truly impressed with the stuff, after finally using it. It shines just as well as the Mother's Carnuba wax I've normally used in the past, but the biggest difference is, the shine and that "smooth to the touch" feeling as you slide your fingers over the paint, lasts a lot longer that the Mother's products I used and it doesn't attract nearly as much dust as the Carnuba.
I've been using the Tech wax ever since and would recommend it to anyone. So for what it's worth, Meguiars Tech Wax is what I've been using since the car got detailed and it still looks just as good now as it did then.
P.s.
While the paint on my car is definitely solid, and may look like a million bucks in photo's, it is, at the end of the day, a daily diver. My only means of transportation. So the paint (while still in very good condition) does have the usual stone chips in the usual areas. Front bumper, side mirrors, etc. Even has a scuff mark or two here and there so don't think for a second this car is a trailer queen with a pristine paint job. It only looks that way in photograph's
Personally, I like to see a few stone chips on a car. I think of them as "battle scars" . It proves the owners actually out driving the thing and getting his/her money's worth out of it.
I don't care much for "perfect" cars that spend 3/4 of their lives sitting in climate controlled garages and getting waxed more often then they get driven.
What's the point of owning a car if you're too afraid to drive it ?
LT1*C42010-01-08 15:22:48
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