So i just got back in Miami last week and my car need a major detail. ( I play pro baseball, so didnt have the car for bout 4-5 months out of the year.

I have seen lots of threads on here about dong it yourself with somehting like...

Wash car
clay bar
wax
sealent and so on...

I have all the ordinary cheap stuff they sell at autozone, walmart with the wax and cleaners and stuff.

My question is..

1. Is there any place that will do a good detail job (wash,clay wax seal) the whole nine yards..and how much does that ussualy cost.

And will any place actualy do it the right way by using grit gaurd and having more than one bucket when washing the car and also will they tap off sections and plactics on the car so the wax doesnt fad the plastic and will they use the proper wax/sealent for my balck paint..I dont want anyhting cheap!

I have been to two differnt places in miami and asked them about the claybar and wax and the price was 130 and 150. One at sunset place inside the parking garauge and one urther south on us-1..


2...other option...is me buy everything new which is alot...
which includes having to buy a buffer also...



i need one good job donw on my car to get all the whirls out and what not and I think i could maintain it after that...

Thanks guys.

 

For what you need to do, you do not need a buffer...

You can do all that stuff for 30-50 bucks at most with local stuff.

2 buckets (yes you could get a grit guard but its not 100% needed)
Meguairs Gold Class soap 9.99 ish
Meguairs Clay bar kit 17.99 ish
Meguiars Nxt Techwax 2.0 (which is a sealent) 14.99ish
Quality MF cloths
Quality Wash mitt. (I use a genuine sheeps wool mit)

You can pick all this stuff up at Advance Auto Parts, or Target, Walmart..ect


And 2 hours of your time.

Wash car in the shade always.

Great Video on how to wash your car

btw I recommend meguiars products because one they are great and two you can buy many of their products locally.

PM me if you need more help.

edit: What you listed will not get all the "whirls out" aka swirl marks. The wax/sealant might hide them temporarily but they will come back out. You will need to use polish to remove them. Which will drive up the price to 250+ to have someone do a 1 step polish.

The places you listed will most likely use dirty rags and rush through the wash. If you need someone I have a friend down in Miami which can fix the swirl the whole 9 yards for you. If you want to see some of his work let me know.

 

Yes a polish is what i ment to say i needed.
And yeah i would like to see his work and do somehting like that.

I do only use mguires products right now, pretty much everything they have out...wax, interior detailer, exterior qucik detailer, car wash, tire dressing, wheel cleaner and all their cloths and some other brand shammi

Once a polish is done can I then maintainmy car for the next 6-8 months by my self?

Also i noticed you said a stage 1 polsih? how many stages are there and whats their difference?

Thanks alot!

 

Here is some of his work
one
two

Yes, you can maintain your car your self 100% if you wash it and dry it and rewax it properly.

1 step is just one set of polish were as 2 step which does cost more uses 2 sets of polishes Compound/polish

hmm he hasn't posted anything recent, ill have to text him to find out if he is still doing that stuff.

 

joy does good work, his info is in the members only section