Door Jams, whats your process

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I use a steamer on the bad ones or APC and wipe on the ones that arent that bad, curious to what others do

[TTWAGN]

I dont worry about swirls due to the fact its hard to get a reflection to see them.



I just use a normal microfibre cloth with a spray bottle of liquid. Nearly all the cars i detail have pretty average door jams so i always use APC as the liquid.



On my car every 6 months i will apply a coat of aquawax.

[imported_Puckman]

I generally use P21S TAW and a MF towel dedicated to door jambs. I then use Zaino All In One to clean them up a bit and add a little protection. I also do them while I`m waiting for an LSP to set up on the vehicle and kill time by doing this, wheel well dressing, tire dressing etc. i.e. I don`t get to them until almost last.

[Joseph K]

I use a couple half-way worn out MF towels on door/trunk jams only, and I just use an all purpose cleaner diluted a little... on ones that are already clean (mine), I just use a MF towel and the water that is in the jams from washing.

[Accumulator]

I dont worry about swirls due to the fact its hard to get a reflection to see them..



A lot of vehicles don`t have clear applied over the basecoat in areas like this. This does mean that the might not shine up quite as well as the rest of the vehicle, but I find that a mulitple-grade polishing job can work wonders.

[jshillin]

I used ONR and dress with OS, I have a steamer now, so I plan to start using it.

[Macruz19]

When I dry my car after washing.. I just use an old MF WW and wipe them dry. I don`t really wax or seal them, but usually it`s very clean and shiny!

[Jesstzn]

Woolite Solution and cheap dedicated M/F towels seem to deal with all but the super greased up ones..



Got to love techs who spray lube all over thinging some might just get IN the hinge.

[xhaust50]

I just use QEW and old MF`s. Finish with a QD or aquawax.

[imported_Luster]

If the hinges are dirty/greasy, I usually saturate them with a de-greaser, clean up with some demoted MF`s, dry and apply a very small amount of WD-40 as needed.



For the jambs themselves, I usually will wipe them with an old MF and some detail spray after I wash...



Door jambs are something that`s easy to overlook, but it`s the first thing people notice when they get in your car... ("Wow, this car looks like new!"...clean jambs will bring that comments every time!) :bow :bow :bow

[GatorJ]

If the hinges are dirty/greasy, I usually saturate them with a de-greaser, clean up with some demoted MF`s, dry and apply a very small amount of WD-40 as needed.



For the jambs themselves, I usually will wipe them with an old MF and some detail spray after I wash...



Door jambs are something that`s easy to overlook, but it`s the first thing people notice when they get in your car... ("Wow, this car looks like new!"...clean jambs will bring that comments every time!) :bow :bow :bow



WD40 is not the appropriate product to use for lubricating door hinges.

[David Fermani]

Anyone ever have the need to powerwash a door jamb? On some vehicles that are bad, wiping with APC won`t work.

[abbeysdad]

I wash my ride with ONR so I just open the doors and do the jams with it, then sometimes use a spray on wipe off like AW (ONR by itself leaves a nice shine/coating).

On other cars that haven`t been treated so well, I just spray with APC (Simple Green) and wipe down. I generally don`t mess with the actual hinge so as not to remove any lube - a noisy door hinge is an aweful thing.

[scott2314]

When I dry after a wash, I hit them with a wax-as-u-dry, and dedicated mf.

[howareb]

Anyone ever have the need to powerwash a door jamb? On some vehicles that are bad, wiping with APC won`t work.





Been there David. Did I like doing it? No.



All that I can say is that you need precision accuracy. :)