Method of Application?

[CEE DOG]

Please help on any of this you can!

Car: Chili Pepper Red Saturn Sky Redline

I will be Sealing etc. my car for the first time.

Please let me know if the plan shown below sounds good.

Am I missing any steps?

My specific questions are at the bottom.

Protection of Paint is #1 priority (Looks are secondary)



PLAN:

1.-Use Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover & Pinnacle Safe Scrub Bug & Tar Pad as needed on bug spots and tar spots.

2.-Wash with Ultima wash.

3.-Clay as needed with Optimum No Rinse for lubricant & Sonus SFX Ultra-Fine Detailing Clay.

4.-Rinse

5.-Dry with Sonus Der Wunder Microfiber Drying Towel

4.-Ultima Paint Prep Plus. (Hand apply)

5.-Sonus Der Wunder Polishing Towel

6.-Ultima Paint Guard Plus

7.-Wait 24+ hours

8.-Ultima Paint Guard Plus

9.-Wait 24+ hours

10.-Ultima Paint Guard Plus

11.-Sonus Der Wunder Buffing Towel

12.-Apply 303 Aerospace Protectant to Headlights and Rear window.

13.-Ultima Detail Spray Plus w/ Sonus Der Wunder Buffing Towel



Questions:

1.-Will my Ultima Paint Prep Plus do what I need as far as cleaning so I don`t have to do any of that washing with Dawn which I don`t really like the sound of?

2.-Should I wash after waiting 24+ hours between steps 6, 8, and 10? I am pretty sure I should...

3.-From what I`ve read I don`t see any big votes of confidence for Ultima Detail Spray Plus except for directly after washing. Please recomend the safest compatible Detail spray for during the week when I get a bug splat or bird craps on the front. Also a compatible quick spray wax for when I have to clean a bug splat.

Thanks to everybody for your time! I know I`m asking a lot here!

[craigdt]

Your process looks pretty good.



1. Havent used it. With my experience using similar products, paint cleansers will be more aggressive than dawn.



2. Depends on how dusty it is. You might be able to just zap it with a QD.



3. Not sure about the compatibility issues, but I use ClearKote Quickshine to great success on my UPGP and use DG Aquawax as my spray wax.





Just out of curiousity, do you have experience with the Zaino system?

[CEE DOG]

Thanks for your help! Clearkote was definetly on the top of my list. I think I`ll go with that. I have read about the Zaino products but not tried them.