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Just washing your car won’t get the super shine and smoothness
that is needed to preserve your paint. A smart auto enthusiast
knows there are many steps involved when cleaning your
automotive. In this article I am going to give a summary of the
right steps when detailing your car.

#1 Pre-Wash
The first thing I do when I am cleaning my car is pre wash the
car. The pre washes purpose is to get everything off the paint to
prepare it for the clay bar. When you are washing the car it’s
also a good idea to get under the hood and degrease the engine if
needed. Once you are finished washing it spray the soap off and
don’t dry it.

#2 Clay Bar
Smart auto enthusiasts clay bar. Next while the cars is still wet
get a detailing clay bar and rub it back in forth not circles
just doing sections of the car at a time. If needed use a spray
bottle with a tiny bit of soap for lubrication. The clay bar will
remove many imperfections, rail dust, and stuck on dirt leaving
your paint very smooth.

#3 Final Wash
This is your final wash, make sure to spray the side view mirrors
and get the door jams. After you are done washing dry it off
immediately and open all doors, trunk, and hood and dry off all
the door jams. If you forget to get the door jams water is liable
to leak out later and ruin your perfect finish with water spots.

#4 Preparation for Wax
When the car is completely dry I like to go over the car top to
bottom with a very strong tar remover. I try and make sure there
is no bits of tar, paint, bugs or dirt that was missed earlier.
The reason for this is because if you are using a motorized
buffer it’s really easy to get something caught in the pad that
could easily make a devastating scratch that would ruin the
finish of the car.

#5 Waxing
I don’t want to plug a certain kind of wax but there are many
good ones out there. Personally I use just Mothers, I find for
the price it’s hard to beat. Application of the wax can be done
by hand or buffing machine. Buffing machines have the ability to
remove scratches and bring up a higher shine than hand waxing but
it takes more of a skill level for the average auto enthusiast.

#6 Clean up
After waxing it’s very important to remove ALL of the wax on the
auto. If you forget to remove wax it will harden and look
terrible. I like to take a very clean towel and go over the whole
car, making sure to open all the doors to get the jams. Get all
the areas where the wax likes to hide. After I’m done I like to
go over it one more time with a liquid quick wax in a spray
bottle to give it one last coat and making sure to get all the
remaining wax removed.