Pro-Detailing a WRX with Store-Bought Product

my name is Daniel Wendell I'm an automotive aesthetic here in Charlottesville Virginia where a small detailing company focused on caring for and preserving our customers vehicles today we're working on our buddy Jason's WRX so advanced Auto is sponsoring this video that we're doing the point of this video is to kind of get a professional details perspective on the process of detailing a car using products that we picked up from the advanced auto now some of these products I have experience with some of these products I don't have experience with and to be honest I just walked down the aisle and saw something I liked and wanted to test out so I picked it up this is the griot 6 inch random orbital kit you know what the RAM random orbital is going to do it's going to oscillate as well as spinning this is a good tool for enthusiasts the you know it oscillates to keep the heat down to make it a little easier for them a little less dangerous so we've got a correcting pad finishing pad and you know final finishing cut that we would use to put a put a wax or a ceiling on with when we're polishing the the car we're going to need multiple different types of pads to to finish the paint down to you know mirror finish so we're gonna grab three buckets one for wheels one for rinse bucket and one for our shampoo make sure our paint doesn't get swirled up [Music] to a degree without stepping on our friend Jason here he the car has been a little neglected upon a first inspection we noticed but a good amount of swirl marks in the paint marring just from you know probably just from washing it incorrectly taking it to the car wash you know the typical things that owner does to to make maintenance a little easier but might sacrifice some the integrity of the paint long term on the front end I noticed a couple areas where some stones have definitely impacted the the panel's definitely planned to restore the headlights on this you can see that they're showing some age the OEM paint protection film on the hips of the car in front of the rear wheels definitely is showing its age that's something that needs to be taken off I'm excited to take that off and replace it with with a production film so step one we're gonna wash and decontaminate the farm we're gonna be using degrees carwash in our in our buckets we're going to be using the Chemical Guys citrus foam our foam cannon we're gonna be using the the greedo's wheel cleaner and some of the brushes that we picked up from the store [Music] [Applause] [Music] today all of these so pcs using all the foam is going to be generated by Chemical Guys citrus washing loss using in the door jams on in the engine bay and on the paint as well let's say for all the surfaces and it's going to lift and remove all the dirt with minimal agitation on our partner [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] now that we've finished our initial watch process we are ready to do our mechanical decontamination we're gonna be using mothers California gold clay bar kit when we first open this play bar we noticed it was fairly soft it being soft it's fairly good for consumer base usage it's good for for soft paints like Subarus so that way if you were to not be doing a polishing process after you're doing a decontamination process you would be inducing less scratches less moring but you would still be lifting up as much dirt as possible we notice from film on the car when we were a flavor in the car and it was still tacky on the clay bar so we're going to spray the lowers with the bug and tar remover and wipe it off with a clean microfiber to make it easier to play bar in the mother's California gold kit you get this instant detailer which also has some protection aspects to it you know like some sealant in their spray sealant in there so we're gonna be polishing this car afterwards and I don't want anything to really be on the surface at that point you know to protect it so I'm actually using Optima rinse as my lubricant here you can see I've already done the lowers and we're getting a lot of contamination off [Music] [Music] step two we're going to move it over to our polishing Bay once we have a new polishing day we're going to break out the grilles polishers [Music] first thing we're gonna do is tape up all the trim make sure that we don't damage the the trim stain it in any way and also make sure that we don't damage our pads that we're using and then after that we're gonna start polishing it so right now we're getting ready to do some test spots to see what kind of improvement we can make on this paint [Music] [Music] [Applause] so we've separated into three different areas this area right here is my process that I use in my shop this process right here is the six-inch random orbital from grilles first we hit it with McGuire's 105 compound polishing pad then we came back with the 205 polish with the Griz microfiber finishing pad and then over here we use everything that came in the kit the 6-inch random orbital with the cutting pad along with the three-in-one liquid wax I was pleased with the results from the products that we use in the shop as expected over here with 105 and 205 both our products that I do use in my shop actually after this process there was a haze left behind however the level of cut I was actually pretty pleased with we were able to remove almost all of the micro scratches in the paint additionally the haze that was left behind could easily be resolved with using a softer finishing pad you know either coming back after this pad or probably instead of this pad moving over here I would have liked to see a little bit more cut with this product however I was very pleased with the level of refinement that I left [Music] how long you've been trying to get this one section PPF for 45 minutes to an hour 45 minutes to an hour [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music] you [Music] [Music] you [Music] we just finished polishing up the paint it's perfectly clean we gave it a wipe down makes the vice' probe alcohol and water and now it's time to give the car some protection now we're excited to try a product today I've never used before which is grilles garage poly wax which is supposed to give the best of both worlds the gloss of a wax with the long-term protection of a synthetic sealant we're gonna apply it to a clean new applicator very thin layers apply it to the paint just moving in in circles and allow it to haze over and then buff with a fresh clean microfiber and that should give the car up to six months of protection [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] WRX finished I'm excited we just got it outside it looks beautiful so a quick overview on what we did we did contaminate it washed it clay barred it went through and polished it afterwards we restored the headlights repainted the the roof rack replaced the OEM pay protection film put paint protection film on the headlights to protect them from yellowing up again in the future did some touch-up we had to have a couple more specialized tools for certain areas of the the job polishing out the headlights we had to have a smaller polisher than the six inch that we got from advance but overall majority of the job was done with the products from advanced auto some products that I had not used honestly I was I was pretty pretty surprised with the results griot is poly wax was very easy to apply it spread it very evenly I'm very excited to see how much durability we get out of it that that will be the test we were very impressed with the heavy-duty wheel cleaner the mother's clay bars were actually very easy to work with you know it didn't Mar up the surface all that much which that's it was a great product for an enthusiast somebody that's that might not be coming back afterwards doing doing correction so one thing I was really stoked on was the griot drying towel it did a phenomenal job with drying the car I plan on ordering at least a couple of those to keep it in my shop the maintenance products that are sold at Advance Auto the Chemical Guys washing cloths the the griot is shampoo the you know your buckets your great guards I've can confidently say that if you know at all what you're doing then maintain your car so considering that the the products that we used were off-the-shelf consumer goods the job that we did was fantastic it looks beautiful the results speak for themselves but you also have to consider the fact that there was 30 hours of time between for highly trained Detailers that have been working in this field for many years while the products are one key component of this pie the other very important part is the skill of the people doing paintwork correction in certain other aspects that require years of actually hands-on work that is something that you might want to trust a professional with you can begin the process of learning this it is an art it is something that will take a lifetime to master but if you want to start working you know going down that path Advanced Auto is right down the street [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music]

Channel: Gears and Gasoline

Views: 2,818,250

Rating: 4.9339595 out of 5

Keywords: detailing, advance auto, automotive aesthetic, subaru, wrx, sti, ej25, rotary, polish, foam cannon, car wash

Id: 4ocjnIiZMQ8

Length: 20min 14sec (1214 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 06 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/Akutober]

What a nice video, super relaxing

[u/theresmoretolife2]

The quality and availability of over-the-counter products has really gone up in the recent years. Even being able to get Meguiar's M105 and M205 at my local Walmart.

[u/BigTunaDaBoss]

They just do an excellent job of videos. Watching the 8 minute video of them cleaning wheels just made me have that feeling when someone does something nice for you.

[u/Buck-O]

LOL!

"We don't want to use Mother's quick detailer, because it has polymers in it, and we want the paint absolutely clean for polishing."

Ok...

"So for lubricant, we are using ONR instead."

A product specifically formulated with polymers. *facepalm

Yes, I know ONR is safe, been using it for years. But come on...that statement was a bit cringy.

Also a bit cringy, the products chosen were nearly all professional or boutique quality products. I don't think any professional detailer would scoff at any of those products, with the sole exception of maybe the Mothers clay bar kit, because the bar isn't big enough, the clay isn't aggressive enough, and the Mothers QD doesn't have near enough lubricity or dirt lifting capability. Otherwise, I would say a large cross section of these products are in many professional detailers kits.

I mean, at the end of the day, this is an AutoZone ad, and everyone is going home with a paycheck. But the point was a bit lost with what they chose. I would have rather see someone try and polish a turd with some TurtleWax or some NuFinish, or the consumer grade Meguiars products.

[u/irjetsetter]

Ok but who realistically walks into a store and buys that amount of stuff just to do a car. Watch the beginning closely where they just grab stacks of pads and buckets and stuff. I’m just calling out an important detail in no way am I hating on the video.

[u/nucci480]

I always wait until these supplies go on closeout at my local store. You can get a ton of great products at auto part stores.

[u/Goin200]

Awesome video. You show that there's no need to spend a lot of $ on detailing products for great results.

[u/handsomerooster]

Thank you for posting this OP, this channel is great!

[u/DavidAg02]

I've been using mostly Meguiar's and other off the shelf products for over a decade. A few online only things have made it's way into my arsenal, but those are mostly new products, not replacements for something I was using before.