DetailsByDennis
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Met this client through here. As some of you know, I am in NC and Don (owner) lives outside Columbia, SC. After a few months I finally had the time to push back some regular clients and make the trek down to SC. It was a little over 5 hours from where I live outside Raleigh. So the day starts early, I wake up at around 4:30am arrive at 9:45am. Start the detail at 10am and finish the vehicle after 12am midnight, phew. I just wanted to thank Don and his wife for lunch, dinner, and the awesome Jet Ski ride. Ah, the stress-free life of living there must be great 
Thanks again and hopefully see you within the next few months! Hope you are happy and would love to see some daytime shots 
The Process...
Exterior Only:
1. Sprayed off the wheels
2. Sprayed wheels with Megs WB cut 4:1 and
3. Brush and cleaned the wheels using the Shmitt
4. Rinsed off the wheels
5. One bucket with suds (Adams CWS) and one bucket with water
6. Foam gun (Adams CWS) and soaked the car (let sit there for 5 min)
7. Shmitt to wash the car - ALWAYS start up top
8. Rinsed off the car
9. Clouds were covering the sun so I clayed the car using DP clay and Prima Slick detail spray
10. Rinse off again and dry using prima slick and WW towel
11. First pass was LC yellow pad w/HTEC@1600rpm (took about 80-90% of the defects out)
12. Second pass was LC white pad w/106FF@1400rpm
13. Heads, tails, fogs got ZAIO and ZCS
14. Exhaust was polished with Flitz
15. RMG/Souveran was applied and buffed off with mf towel
16. tires got Adams VRT
17. wells got CG liquid shine
Some before shots:
On to the wash:
Why you NEED the 2 bucket method:
And to think people polish before they clay:
Taped off ready to go - this is what I am dealing with:
1/2 1/2 shot (this was after one pass with HTEC - second pass cleaned up remaining defects)
After shots:
I actually took a cool picture woohoo:
A long day:
Thanks again and hopefully see you within the next few months! Hope you are happy and would love to see some daytime shots The Process...
Exterior Only:
1. Sprayed off the wheels
2. Sprayed wheels with Megs WB cut 4:1 and
3. Brush and cleaned the wheels using the Shmitt
4. Rinsed off the wheels
5. One bucket with suds (Adams CWS) and one bucket with water
6. Foam gun (Adams CWS) and soaked the car (let sit there for 5 min)
7. Shmitt to wash the car - ALWAYS start up top
8. Rinsed off the car
9. Clouds were covering the sun so I clayed the car using DP clay and Prima Slick detail spray
10. Rinse off again and dry using prima slick and WW towel
11. First pass was LC yellow pad w/HTEC@1600rpm (took about 80-90% of the defects out)
12. Second pass was LC white pad w/106FF@1400rpm
13. Heads, tails, fogs got ZAIO and ZCS
14. Exhaust was polished with Flitz
15. RMG/Souveran was applied and buffed off with mf towel
16. tires got Adams VRT
17. wells got CG liquid shine
Some before shots:
On to the wash:
Why you NEED the 2 bucket method:
And to think people polish before they clay:
Taped off ready to go - this is what I am dealing with:
1/2 1/2 shot (this was after one pass with HTEC - second pass cleaned up remaining defects)
After shots:
I actually took a cool picture woohoo:
A long day: