help me gameplan on a 3yr old jeep

[canisestinvia]

First off I'd like to say that a couple days of reading on this forum has taught me a lot. Already you have got me spending more money on car detailing.



Anyways, this is my dad's jeep I wanna detail here. It's a '99 Grand Cherokee in dark green. I've zaino'd the car a few times, but it has never been well taken care of. Washings are very infrequent, maybe once every 2 months. I think I'm facing a lot of oxidation with this car (medium to heavy?).



What are the steps I should take to bring out the best in this car? I'm not sure if I'm able to borrow a rotary buffer (although I've never used one), so I'm thinking this may be a hand job.



Here are some of the stuff I have now or have quick access to at a car parts store. But let me know if there's something I definitely need for this project:



Zaino z-2

Meguiars #9 swirl remover

Meguiars #2 fine cut cleaner

Meguairs #7 show car glaze

s100

claybar

various quick detailers



Thanks!

 

[2wheelsx2]

Looking at your list, I would think that you can do the following:



1) Wash, then clay

2) #9

3) Wash with Dawn

4) z-2



I think that's your best bet by hand, using your existing stuff, for a car which will not see frequent washing and TLC.



However, if you plan on keeping up the regiment, and would like the swirls covered up a bit, I would go with:

1) Wash, then clay

2) #9

3) #7

4) S100



Now, if you can get a hold of a random orbital polisher, such as a PC, then I would go with:



1) Wash and clay

2) #9, and even #2 if it's needed, then #9

3) Dawn wash

4) Z-2



The reason being that Z will magnify your inperfections, so if you can't get at the majority of the swirls, then the #7 and S100 will cover them up somewhat. HTH.