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Last weekend, I used Meg's Gold Class Car Wash followed up with Gold Class Quik Detailer, and was really happy with my results. So today, I finally broke down and bought the rest of my supplies to do Meg'ss 5 Steps to Car Paint Care. I'm going to start on my wife's 06 Jeep Commnader and If I have time then I'll hit my truck with the same. Here's my setup:
1-Gold Class Car Wash
2-Meg's Clay kit with Quik Detailer
3-Ultimate Compound
4-Ultimate Polish
5-Gold Class Carnauba Liquid Wax

It's going to be a fun weekend.

shazam

Should look sharp. Don't go nuts with the abrasives.

frieed

Your concept of "fun" differs greatly from mine....

Marc D

I agree with Shazam. If the finish on any vehicle has been cared for throughout its life, most of what you are using is unnecessary. Clay kits and Ultimate compound should only be used when the surface has degraded to a point where wax will not bring about a smooth shine. I still wash my 44 year old F250 (with factory paint) with Dawn kitchen soap just before I hand wax it with Megs Carnauba Paste wax. The Dawn will cut through the crud that the car soap won't. After all these years I'm finally seeing some thinness to the paint but it still holds a shine.

OutdoorPodcast

Well, I've never done much to it. I have several scuff marks from rubbing trees on the hunting trail and I want to see if I can take them out with the UC. There's also some marks from the previous owner that should work out. This will be probably the first time this truck has gotten a nice treatment. Its shines nicely but I think this will take it to the next level.

It has 213K miles but I plan to keep it for a very long time and will replace the engine when I'm forced to.