ok here is the shopping list i just puurr-chased
Nice list!
Biggest help you could do is hang around on detailingworld. Use the search engine and search for your products - you'll see pics and how-tos of other people using them. I
always go on to DW the night before I do any details. It helps focus my mind when I get up in the morning.
If you have a prerinse/snowfoam, start off with this. Otherwise, start off with 2BM wash and rinse.
I'd wash the wheels at this point too if you haven't already - wash, dry and seal. Can be clayed and polished before sealing.
Use the tarminator to remove tar spots.
Clay the car, rinse down and dry.
Tape up all of the bits where the polish could get caught, or where it could drag dirt out on to the panel. This means places like window seals, top of the windscreen, headlights and rear lights, badges etc
Mentally divide each panel into something like 12"x12" square. Quick spritz of QD on pad. Apply four pea sized spots of polish on the pad. Apply to car and start the machine on the lowest speed. First time you want to spread the polish over that region. Then you slowly work it up. That guide on DW is immense. Ideally you need to assess the paintwork regularly, but there's no reason why you can't start with say a finishing pad and super finish polish and just work that over the car. It'll give you a feel for how to use the polisher and it'll do minimal damage if anything.
Wipe down the panels with IPA to remove the residue. Remember to polish all of those bits you can't do with a pad like the front of the car.
Take off the tape and make sure there's no polish residue trapped anywhere. Now's a good time to do stuff like windows, trims etc.
Apply your glaze/LSP. LSP - you can use jetseal or lusso or purple haze, then buff.
Remember to take pics before and after to show us your handiwork.
Honestly matsu, it isn't horrendously difficult - you just need to give it a bash. You'll figure things out like making sure the cable is over your shoulder and not touching the paintwork, keeping the pad moist, how hard to press and how slowly to move the pad. There's videos on youtube too.
Remember, there's loads of people on here who are into detailing and have the time and space to put the effort in. I'm just a beginner!
