Lapiz Blue Golf R With Rse 12 Wheels

WOW!! Rebecca your full of magic and helpful information!! really really helpful ,

Yeah ive been looking at the DODO juice waxes, I think that's what ill end up going for, the other thing is Rebecca, Having been proper OCD with looking after my cars, ive always been a little apprehensive about trying machine polishing etc, is it really a required ?? or do you receive just as good results from doing it from start to finish by hand???

Also what do you recommended is the best process from start to finish with pre-wash, washing, de-oxi etc the car?? and products to use for that?? so that I can keep my car in pristine condition

Thanks alot for your help

Hi Kevin, you mention being OCD about looking after your cars but don't know if you have done your own detailing before or not, so apologies if some of this is teaching you to suck eggs, but as you've asked about processes etc, lol, so......  here's some info on the processes, some kit you might want to consider and links to helpful (hopefully) websites.  I've erred on the side of giving comprehensive info, so please don't be daunted by it, you can keep things simple as you like.  Of course you may already be familiar with all of this kind of stuff.

Check out the links below for good advice on various techniques - washing and drying, etc.  I've posted this in another thread recently but just as easy to cut and paste it into here too!

Links to Methods and techniques

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/car-care-advice.html

If you are not already doing your own detailing and are thinking of getting into washing and looking after the car yourself, keep it simple to start and build up from there. Firstly you might want to consider getting some basic detailing equipment/products.  For a decent kit (approx £70-£80) to cover the necessary pre-wash/wash/dry/protect stages.  You might just want to start off with a decent shampoo, some buckets and a wash mitt but a more comprehensive kit might include some or all of the following (have included some examples of products):

• Lambswool wash mitt - e.g WoWo Lambswool mitts or DoDo Juice Tribble mitt
• PH Neutral Shampoo - e.g DoDo Juice Born to be mild or DJ Supernatural shampoo
• 2/3 x Wash buckets with grit guards (a 3rd for wheels recommended)
• Snow foam and lance - e.g Valet Pro Advanced snow foam
• Wheel mitt and/or wheel brush - e.g WoWo wheel mitt, Wheel Woolies
• Wheel Cleaner - e.g. Valet Pro Bilberry used in spray bottle
• Microfibre drying towels - e.g WoWo or DoDo Juice MF towels
• Interior Cleaner/dressing - e.g Poorboys Natural Look Dressing; Auto Finesse Total Interior Cleaner; Gliptone Leather cleaner and conditioner (if leather)
• Microfibre buffing cloths - e.g WoWo MF and glass cloth set; DJ Fantastic Fur buffing MF cloths
• Glass cleaner - e.g Gtechniq G6 Perfect Glass
• Metal polish for tailpipes - e.g Mother Mag and Aluminium Polish
• Tyre dressing - e.g Meguiars Endurance Tyre Gel; Hi Shine true dressing; Gtechniq T1; Gyeon Q2 Tire
• Exterior Trim dressing - Auto Finesse Dressle
• Wheel sealant - e.g Poorboys Wheel Sealant; Gtechniq G5 or C2v3; Gyeon Q2 RIM
• Last stage protection of your choice - sealant, or wax or both (some sealants can do double/triple duty used on paintwork, wheels and glass)
• Engine Bay - e.g Aerospace 303
• Spray bottles - optional - generic types
• Sealant/wax foam applicators - e.g WoWo foam pads

Here are some good detailing product websites:

The most important thing is to start off simple and get into a good washing and drying regime first, the rest can follow.  Don't be daunted by the stages, you can do as little or as much as you like and remember to take a look at the guides in the links at the top of this post.

As it's a new car you might also want to do some decontamination to rid it of any fallout and tar/glue residue it may well have picked up at the port and on it’s travels - the iron remover being the more important on a new car.  Use something like IronX (iron/fallout remover) and Tardis (tar/glue remover).  You might think about claying too but this is usually best done only if you are going to polish afterwards and a brand new car really shouldn't need polishing unless the dealer has inflicted swirls during prep (if done by dealer).

So maybe start with the decontamination, wash and protect stages, or even just wash, dry and get some protection on it.  If you include simple decontamination then the first detail process would look something like this:

• Wheels pre wash with wheel cleaner - diluted 1:10 or less as required (in a spray bottle).
• Pre wash or Snow foam whole car using lance or cannon (with pressure washer). Leave to dwell for 5 mins whilst filling up buckets
• Pressure wash rinse off snow foam
• Wash wheels (wheel brush/wheel mitt) use separate bucket to rest of car
• 2 Bucket wash PH neutral shampoo (with grit guards and lambswool mitt) - wash rest of car - bodywork and glass - starting from top down - roof - upper sections of car, lower (dirtiest) sections of car last
• Pressure wash rinse
• De-iron car - rinse and dry, e.g Iron X
• De-tar car - rinse, e.g Tardis
• 2 bucket wash entire car again as before
• Final rinse with open ended hose to reduce standing water to a minimum
• Dry - Pat with MF towels
• Protection stage - apply last stage protection - Sealant/glaze/wax - depends on what you decide to use.
• Seal wheels - apply wheel sealant
• Dress tyres
• Metal polish tailpipes
• Dress exterior trim / engine bay if required
• External/internal glass clean
• Interior clean

The above sounds like a lot of work but this is breaking it down into it's component parts if you like. If you get into a good regime/routine it soon becomes second nature and in reality should only take couple hours.

Here's a link to my own detail thread for the detail I did when I first got my R - look at posts #1 and #56.http://www.vwroc.com/forums/topic/10871-first-detail/.There's also lots of other very useful threads in this section so read through them if you have time.

If you want an overview of a complete full-on detailing process, that would include full decontamination and polishing then it would look something like the list below.  As said earlier, you shouldn’t need to polish a brand new car, so start with just what is necessary and take it from there.  But if your interested in the whole caboodle here it is FYI:

Complete detailing process:

Initial light pressure wash (always at a distance and 45° angle to the car)

Wheels pre wash with wheel cleaner

Pre wash or Snow foam (optional) using lance or cannon

Pressure wash rinse

2 Bucket wash (with grit guards and wash mitt - no sponges!)

Rinse

Dry - MF towels

Decontamination phase - Iron e.g. IronX and Tar remover e.g. Tardis

Wash/rinse

Clay bar/clay cloth or clay pad

Wash again, rinse (final open ended hose rinse)n and dry

Polish (DA or hand) with polishing and refining compounds

Panel wipe to remove all polish residue

Apply protection - Sealant/glaze/wax - can be all or just some of these, OR nano/polymer sealant

Apply wheel sealant

Dress tyres

Metal polish tailpipes

Dress exterior trim if required

External and internal glass clean

Dress engine

Interior clean

Products:

Everyone will have their own favourites but here is a (long, lol) list of stuff I have used.  My go-to favourites, products I most use regularly and would happily recommend are in red:

Snow Foam

Valet Pro advanced PH neutral
Bilt Hamber Auto foam

​Meguiars Hyper Wash
Autobrite snow foam  lance or similar

Shampoo:

DJ Supernatural shampoo
DoDo Juice Born to be Mild shampoo
Chemical Guys Citrus wash & gloss
CG Glossworkz
CG Maxi suds II
Poorboys Super Slick & Suds

Wash mitts and MF cloths:

WoWo lambswool mitts
DoDo Juice Tribble mitt
DJWookie's Fist mitt
WoWo micro fibre and glass cloth set

DJ Mint Merkin Glass Cloth
DJ Fantastic Fur buffing cloths
Auto Finesse wax applicators

WoWo foam applicator pads
WoWo micro fibre drying towels
DJ drying towels

Wheels:
Valet Pro Bilberry Wheel cleaner

Hi Shine Tyre Dressing

Gtechniq C5 Wheel Armour

Meguiars Endurance tyre gel

Wheel Woolies

WoWo Wheel Mitt

Zaino Z-16 Tyre dressing

Poorboy's Bold and Bright Tyre Dressing

Blackfire tyre dressing

Interior:
Poorboys Natural Look interior cleaner
Auto Finesse Total interior cleaner

Gliptone Leather cleaner

Gliptone Leather conditioner

DJ Supernatural leather cleaner
Gtechniq L1 leather guard

Other Exterior:

Gtechniq G6 Perfect Glass
Autoglym Fast Glass (and interior)
Mothers Mag & aluminium polish fortail pipes
Chemical Guys new look trim gel
Chemical Guys Speed Wipe Quick Detailer
Gtechniq panel wipe

Gtechniq C4 Trim Restorer
Tardis glue & tar remover
IronX iron and fallout remover
Auto Finesse Citrus Power bug remover
Chemical Guys Orange Degreaser (engine bay)
Spray bottles and spray heads

Aerospace 303

Auto Finesse Dressle

Waxes
DoDo Juice colour charged Pro waxes

Swissvax Onyx
Collinite waxes

​Collinite 915

Chemical Guys Butter Wet Wax
DJ Supernatural hybrid

Sealant:
Poorboys Ex-P sealant
Pootboys Glazes - Black Hole
DJ Red Mist Tropical Quick Detailer/spray sealant
Poorboys Wheel Sealant

Gtechniq C5 Wheel Armour

Gtechniq C2v3

Polishing:
Poorboys SSR polishes, SSR1, SSR2, 2.5  etc
DoDo Juice Lime Prime/Lime Prime Plus
Chemical Guys Hex Logic pads - polishing pads, cutting and finishing pads

Meguiars Cutting and finishing pads

Meguairs backing plates
Dual Action polisher - Meguiars G220

Pre wax cleanser:
Lime Prime lite

Gtechniq Panel Wipe

WoWo Clay mitt
Bilt Hamber medium clay
DoDo Juice clay pads/sponges
DJ Born Slippy clay lube

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Source: https://www.vwroc.com/forums/topic/11934-new-golf-r-ordered-lapiz-blue-what-wax-to-buy/

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