prep for winter detailing

winter is coming on many of us. im just wondering what others do to get their DD protected from the salt and snow during the winter months.

this weekend im gonna:
1. wash with meg's gold class

2. clay magic clay bar

3. wash again with meg's gold class

4. Meg's deep crystal polish (have it laying around...)

5. Klasse Sealant

6. Meg's deep crystal carnuba (also have this laying around...)


i should be kinda good to go for winter. of course the interior is getting a fill porter as well

Meh. I just put the stock bumpers back on and the steelies and wash the car once every 3 days or so. Ussually I hose it down every day or every other day. I will wax it once a month or so. I do it all on company time when it is slow at work too hahaha. So I am getting paid to use the products the store bought for us hahah

Park it. Problem solved

lol i wish i still worked at a dealership, damn college lol. that is def one of the perks though, being able to get the salt off your car more often than you normally can

i store it in my garage

cardude007617 wrote:

winter is coming on many of us. im just wondering what others do to get their DD protected from the salt and snow during the winter months.

Well personally...I prefer to keep my ride clean and protected all year round,I don't really do anything specific for the up coming winter months.

If you're looking for some great long lasting paint protection,I'd recommend Collinite Super DoubleCoat Auto Wax #476S



http://www.autogeek.net/collinite-super-doublecoat--wax-476.html

This stuff is awesome.

That actually seems like a decent affordable solution. Everything else seems soo retardedly expensive.

justin wrote:

That actually seems like a decent affordable solution. Everything else seems soo retardedly expensive.

Yeah and it seems like alot of people really speak highly of it too.

I park my mustang and switch to a v8 explorer.

For winter, a polish and a sealant is not necessary. Fine if you want to do it, but the polish is more for looks, and wax is also a sealant so you're just being redundant at that point. But, it's not going to hurt anything either.

i did the polish just to add a bit more shine for when i was done and the wax for the nicer carnuba shine and a lil added more protection as well

im a freak so i do a complete detail before the winter and after the winter which includes cleaning EVERYTHING!..engine suspension, undercarriage, everything...i also paint the undercarriage with black spray paint..undercoating paint is ****! it traps moisture..this detail i will be doing i plan on doing por15 on the whole undercarriage
then on the paint, clay, compound polish, and 2 coats of carnuba wax..

Aken wrote:

and wax is also a sealant so you're just being redundant at that point. But, it's not going to hurt anything either.

This is true. But watch out for what kind of wax you use. Not all of them are true "sealants" some are water born.

Kinda late, but it is recomended by the boys @ zaino to use dish soap before anything. It strips any kind of proctectant (or redundant) coating from the paint surface.