Cleaning and detailing for shows---what to use?

[69bronzeT5]

I'm curious to see what you guys use to clean and detail your cars for shows.


Paint:
Interior:
Engine (if you use anything besides washing?):
Wheels:
Hubcaps (if you have them)
Trim:
Other chrome:

[bk72]

Paint: ice by turtle wax
Interior:armorall
Engine :wash it and it needed use a little of ice
Wheels:WET tire cleaner
Hubcaps: rim: ice
Trim:ice
Other chrome:ice

i like using ice

[72chargerSE]

Paint: ice by turtle wax
Interior:armorall
Engine :wash it and it needed use a little of ice
Wheels:WET tire cleaner
Hubcaps: rim: ice
Trim:ice
Other chrome:ice

i like using ice

I preffered weed in the old days......

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

www.zainobros.com

www.adamspolishes.com

[resq302]

I pretty much use the entire Meguiars line.  For my vinyl top and interior, I use the HD vinyl cleaner #39 followed by the #40 vinyl cleaner and conditioner.  For my paint, I use a clay bar first with quick detailer, then pure polish followed by the high tech yellow #26 paste wax.  Everything is done by hand as I am afraid that I will end up burning through the paint with a buffer.  For the glass, I use a micro fiber towel which prevents any streaking.

[CB]

If my car had new paint, new top, new interior and new engine I would ask that question too.
It is years away from that stage so what's the point of cleaning, waxing, polishing and or detailing it?
CB

[C_stripes]

I pretty much use the entire Meguiars line.  For my vinyl top and interior, I use the HD vinyl cleaner #39 followed by the #40 vinyl cleaner and conditioner.  For my paint, I use a clay bar first with quick detailer, then pure polish followed by the high tech yellow #26 paste wax.  Everything is done by hand as I am afraid that I will end up burning through the paint with a buffer.  For the glass, I use a micro fiber towel which prevents any streaking.

I prefer Meguiars as well. Very very good products. I also use some products not available to the general public by Auto Wash.

Do NOT under any circumstances us armorall on any car. It is a very bad product that fades the plastic and vinyl.

resq302. Meguiars actually has a nice little electric DA for polishing. If you use a yellow pad (can get you the number) and #21 polish. You can polish the cars very nicely without leaving holograms/streaks and you wont burn though. I have done this on black cars and it looks magnificent.

[TruckDriver]

Interior:armorall

I prefer STP's Son Of A Gun. It leaves more of a natural semi-gloss look, and it doesn't collect as much dust. Armorall is horible for that. And unlike Armorall, "Son Of A Gun" doesn't make everything so damn slippery.

[Silver R/T]

I prefer meguiar's line of products, although Ive used Ice car wash and Eagle one products.

[BigBlockSam]

the car wash around the corner . $8.

[resq302]

I pretty much use the entire Meguiars line.  For my vinyl top and interior, I use the HD vinyl cleaner #39 followed by the #40 vinyl cleaner and conditioner.  For my paint, I use a clay bar first with quick detailer, then pure polish followed by the high tech yellow #26 paste wax.  Everything is done by hand as I am afraid that I will end up burning through the paint with a buffer.  For the glass, I use a micro fiber towel which prevents any streaking.

I prefer Meguiars as well. Very very good products. I also use some products not available to the general public by Auto Wash.

Do NOT under any circumstances us armorall on any car. It is a very bad product that fades the plastic and vinyl.

resq302. Meguiars actually has a nice little electric DA for polishing. If you use a yellow pad (can get you the number) and #21 polish. You can polish the cars very nicely without leaving holograms/streaks and you wont burn though. I have done this on black cars and it looks magnificent.

Reeaallllyy?!?!?   Ive seen it (the one made by Porter Cable) but have been too nervous of getting it and using it.

[bill440rt]

Paint: Depends on the car. If it needs it, I'll start with 3M Liquid Polish, and end with 3M Show Car Paste Wax, which is essentially a PURE carnuaba wax. NO abrasives.
Interior: Griot's Garage Interior Cleaner, Meguires Vinyl/Plastic cleaner. I've been using a Black Magic interior protectant, not crazy about it and may change. Anything but Armor All or silicone based garbage.
Engine (if you use anything besides washing?): Detailer, or an orange-based cleaner on a rag. Detailing sticks (Griot's Garage again) work wonders.
Wheels: Detailer or a damp rag. For tires, I apply tire dressing using foam applicator. I then clean the white letters by hand (one by one) with tire dressing on a rag wrapped around my finger.
Hubcaps (if you have them)
Trim: A light waxing or polish.
Other chrome: Bumpers: Again, I use a NON-ABRASIVE carnuaba wax. For valve covers and other stuff, I use Griot's Garage Chrome Polish.

I DON'T wash my cars with a hose, ever. The last time I did so was on my '68, probably 4 years ago. Got stuck in a nasty rain coming home from Englishtown. I just don't let them get that dirty, ever.
I'm not a big fan of stuff sold at local chain auto parts stores, either. Well, maybe some stuff, but that's far & few between. I use that stuff more for my everyday cars, but not the Chargers.

http://www.griotsgarage.com/

And check out 3M's line of car care products.

BTW Brian/resq302, it's very hard to burn paint using an orbital polisher, almost impossible. I've resorted to using one on my '68 once in a while, just because it gets driven more. You can burn paint very easily with a regular right-angle polisher if you don't know what you're doing, but there's a big difference between the two.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I pretty much use the entire Meguiars line.  For my vinyl top and interior, I use the HD vinyl cleaner #39 followed by the #40 vinyl cleaner and conditioner.  For my paint, I use a clay bar first with quick detailer, then pure polish followed by the high tech yellow #26 paste wax.  Everything is done by hand as I am afraid that I will end up burning through the paint with a buffer.  For the glass, I use a micro fiber towel which prevents any streaking.

I prefer Meguiars as well. Very very good products. I also use some products not available to the general public by Auto Wash.

Do NOT under any circumstances us armorall on any car. It is a very bad product that fades the plastic and vinyl.

resq302. Meguiars actually has a nice little electric DA for polishing. If you use a yellow pad (can get you the number) and #21 polish. You can polish the cars very nicely without leaving holograms/streaks and you wont burn though. I have done this on black cars and it looks magnificent.

Reeaallllyy?!?!?   Ive seen it (the one made by Porter Cable) but have been too nervous of getting it and using it.

I picked one up from www.autogeek.net over the winter.

Tried it out on the Daytona the other day...only did a small section & within a few mins a lot of the swirls disappeared....with some more practice I'm sure it will go faster

[472 R/T SE]

www.zainobros.com

www.adamspolishes.com

I used to be a firm believer in zainos until I tried the Adam's.  The quick detailing stuff of zainos wasn't coming completely off so I went over it with Adams to get the nice shine.  And Adams is local.

Their micro fiber towel works wonders.

[C_stripes]

I pretty much use the entire Meguiars line.  For my vinyl top and interior, I use the HD vinyl cleaner #39 followed by the #40 vinyl cleaner and conditioner.  For my paint, I use a clay bar first with quick detailer, then pure polish followed by the high tech yellow #26 paste wax.  Everything is done by hand as I am afraid that I will end up burning through the paint with a buffer.  For the glass, I use a micro fiber towel which prevents any streaking.

I prefer Meguiars as well. Very very good products. I also use some products not available to the general public by Auto Wash.

Do NOT under any circumstances us armorall on any car. It is a very bad product that fades the plastic and vinyl.

resq302. Meguiars actually has a nice little electric DA for polishing. If you use a yellow pad (can get you the number) and #21 polish. You can polish the cars very nicely without leaving holograms/streaks and you wont burn though. I have done this on black cars and it looks magnificent.

Reeaallllyy?!?!?   Ive seen it (the one made by Porter Cable) but have been too nervous of getting it and using it.

Yep. It is a awesome. With the right pad and polish; your car will look brand new. I use it all the time. It is also what I use to sand and polish headlights. It is a great tool.

[resq302]

sand and polish headlights?

[472 R/T SE]

sand and polish headlights?

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,55324.0.html

[resq302]

Sorry, was thinking older cars such as our chargers with GLASS headlights.