untraceable

So I achieved a dream of owning a new truck after 20 years of beaters. Been taking in as much info from this forum on detailing.

Today I did the wheels with Meguiars hot wheels, 2 bucket wash with Meg's Gold class, dried, clay bar with Meg's quick detailer (shocked at what came off the hood), and waxed with Meg's ultimate liquid. Little nervous at first as I've never done clay, and the last time I waxed a car was prob as a teen. Everything turned out well.

Any chrome cleaner suggestions? I've got the chrome package so there's quite a bit to tend too. Anything special for bugs?

My black truck looks wrong right now because of the mirror reflection of the surroundings. Love it

chickenwire

Bugs can be removed with WD40 or a product such as Stoners bug remover. I always do a quick rinse of the nose, soak with bug remover and then wash as usual (like you, the 2 bucket method.)

I have used "magic eraser"s to clean stubborn grit off of chrome in the past. Abrasive enough to remove the junk but not scratch the chrome. Remember, most chrome is on plastic and a lot of it on metal is actually clear-coat covered just like your body paint.

Clay is good for chrome also, as is wax.

As an aside, clay is excellent for your glass also.

chadcj7

I have the chrome package as well on my truck and my biggest fear was the wheels as they are PVD. Be careful on the cleaner you use on them. Also spray some Meg's quick wax on the wheels as a light wax coating. Helps to keep them clean and makes easier to clean

I also recommend this for bugs. Does a great job on the front end, mirror and windshield.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Final recommendation is to hang out over at autogeek as there are some really good articles and highly educated people on detailing over there

untraceable

Thanks. I did stumble upon the autogeek forum as well. Overwhelming amount of products out there. I think my Hot Wheels cleaner is one of the weaker ones, but I will switch over to a PVD safe one next.


A spray wax is next on the list of products to acquire. Got quite the shelf of stuff already (wallet is angry at me). I see amazon has great prices, but Walmart is pretty close in line with pricing and a good amount of stuff readily available.


What did the world of auto detailing do before microfiber towels? They are incredible!

tpr676

Consider optium opt-seal I use it on paint, glass, chrome, wheels even in the interior easy to use knock high spots down with a microfiber. There are a fair amount of videos on YouTube.

JB 1 TIME

Mothers Polish is great if you really want that chrome to shine. Use it after you wash and dry the truck. It will turn the chrome into mirrors. It's a great product.

Blown F-150

My absolute favorite for bug removal is PoorBoy's Bug Squash. Obsessive Detail Metal RX is my favorite for cleaning up chrome and aluminum trim. It also leaves behind some protection. As stated, you can wax chrome. I always suggest a synthetic wax, one that doesn't stain trim like the Meg's Ultimate liquid wax you already have. Waxes the stain trim often seem to leave behind something on chrome that can be detected.

For the wheels, Opti-seal lasts OK. Poorboy's makes a wheel sealant that I have had pretty good luck with. For my 20's (2016 OEM "Sport" wheels), I clean them up once a year with PoorBoy's Spray and Rinse, Clay and then hit with Opti-coat. Spray and Rinse and Opti-coat 2.0 are more "advanced" products, but yield amazing results.

Jack-Daniel

I like the results from this for chrome

http://www.nevrdull.com/

connorfx4

I use this too. Some good stuff

Blown F-150

Works great on hard chrome. One of my Dad's favorites!

Do not use on Aluminum Trim!