- Hey, what's up Chemical Guys family, Joey here.
And today we're taking you guys
back in time with this old school Chevy pickup truck.
Now, today, we're going to show you guys how to clean,
shine and protect your classic ride
and give it a showroom shine.
Alright, guys, so we're just going to
and jump right in.
So the first thing that we want to do
is clean the paint.
So as you guys can see,
this car looks great from afar.
However, once you come up close,
you'll start seeing
that there's a light layer of dust, debris.
You have some bird droppings here and there,
and as you guys can see,
I'm already prepared with some Speed Wipe.
Now I'm not going to give this truck a full,
deep wash or anything like that,
simply because this car is relatively clean.
It sits in a garage, it has a light layer of dust.
It's nothing crazy,
and we can pretty much knock it out in a matter of minutes,
just by giving it a cool little wipe down.
And with the product like Speed Wipe,
you can actually do it very quickly and very safely.
And that's exactly what it's meant to do.
All you have to do is simply spray a nice,
fine coat onto the area that you're applying it to.
I'm going to clean this fender here.
And then we're, I'm also going to do
is just simply spray about two sprays
onto a premium microfiber towel.
This is a soak line towel,
this is a very premium grade towel,
and this is going to ensure that we don't
scratch the paint work as we're wiping.
And as you're wiping, you know,
it is very lightly dusty.
So it's not like we have to go crazy
as far as like the rolling,
but I'm still going to do it anyways,
just to ensure that we don't create
any kind of hard dirt lines on our towel,
which can lead to scratches and swirls.
And then I can also just flip my towel
to another smaller side.
I just continue with this process
and I'm just going to
and go around the truck
and pick up this light layer of dust and debris
that's on the surface,
so that we can quickly get right into the next step,
which is clay barring the paint.
So as you guys can see right here,
I just finished wiping down the fender.
And as you guys can see,
we picked up a pretty significant amount of dirt
and grind that was sitting on the surface.
Now I know what the color like this,
the camera may not be able to capture it very well,
but you can definitely see right here
on this bright red towel,
the layer of dirt and grime
that we've removed from the paint.
Alright, guys.
So now that we're finished
cleaning the surface with Speed Wipe,
now we can move on to the clay bar process
to decontaminate the paint,
because I do want to polish this paint
just because I know that we can definitely
bring out a deeper more bolder shine.
So we're going to have to clay bar the paint
in order to do that.
So I'm going to grab my clay bar right here.
Now the clay bar of choice for this car,
seeing to that, you know,
it's garage kept, it's well kept care of,
we're going to be going with
our light duty clay bar.
Now, the reason we're going with the light duty is because,
as you guys can hear,
I'm not sure if you guys can hear it so much.
It has like a light layer of contamination.
So you can definitely hear it.
It's not too bad as like opposed to like a super old car
that's never been clay barred before,
so that's great for us.
And that's going to allow us to have a smooth time
with the light duty clay bar.
And that's going to allow us to just
glide right over the paint work.
So I'm going to start off this process
by simply spraying down my clay luber on there
that I'm going to be claying.
So in this case,
I'll start off right here in the hood
and I'll show you guys just how quick
and easy it is to decontaminate your paint.
For you guys that have never done this before,
or maybe you have, you know, it's just,
it's extremely satisfying to remove all
the embedded impurities that are within the paint.
And for those of you out there
who have not clay barred your paint,
this is going to restore the smooth,
soft and supple feel of your paint.
So it's going to restore that glass, slick, feel.
It's going to remove any kind of rough feel of your paint.
And in some cases, if you have like a lighter car,
like a white car, you'll start seeing
like some brown and yellow specs on your paint,
all that stuff is embedded fallout
that lands on your vehicle.
And the best way to remove it is by cleaning your paint.
Just like what I'm doing right here, as you guys can see,
it's not super hard to do.
It's actually very easy and very satisfying.
It's just gliding this clay bar over the paint work
with your clay lubricant.
It's that easy.
And all you have to do is just go all around your vehicle,
I know I'm kinda all over the place right here,
just because this vehicle does have,
you know, air suspension.
So I'm just kind of working my best around the car.
And I'm just going to
and pretty much mimic this process all around.
So now that I'm done with this section of the hood,
I can grab my towel here
and simply wipe off the excess of the clay luber
from the paint and restore that nice soft supple feel.
And now it's ready for the polishing process.
Alright guys.
And just so you guys can see right here,
even though you guys may have not been able
to see it on camera, check out my towel.
Now that is all embedded contamination
that was within the paint.
Now this car, like I mentioned, it has look,
it does look like it's been taken care of,
however, you never know, you know,
the owner of this car just picked it up.
He doesn't know what's on the paint.
And it's always a great idea, you know,
even with the brand new car to clay bar it
to remove any kind of impurities
and restore that glass bowl feel,
and if you're going to polish,
then you can also have it ready for polishing as well,
which is what we're going to move on to right now.
So stay tuned.
Alright, guys.
So now that the paint is fully clean and decontaminated,
now we can get into polishing.
Now, one thing about polishing
that I do want to kinda mention
before we do anything at all,
is to just address the paint.
Now, a couple things before we start
is that as I was wiping it down,
I did notice that there are some sections
where the paint is peeling.
You know, that's to be expected.
This truck is old,
it has original paint
and there's bound to be some imperfections out there.
So I'm going to do my best to stay away from those areas
simply because I don't want to lift up the paint
and do anything aggressive.
Which brings us to my next point,
which is polishing the surface.
Now I know you guys know a lot about, you know,
cutting scratches and swirls,
but did you know that even some of our finest polishes,
like P4 removed fine scuffs and scratches.
Now that's the combination that I'm going to be using.
I'm going to be using my TORQX
with a three inch backing plate
and a four inch pad
with the white Hex-Logic polishing pad,
because I'm going to give this car a polish.
I'm not going to do anything aggressive.
I'm not going super aggressive in terms of
using an abrasive compound and abrasive pad
and, you know, cutting heavy layers of your paint,
in this case, I'm going to do it low and slow.
So we're just going to be using a fine approach,
white polishing pad with some
P4 Precision Paint Perfection Polish.
And this is going to do an incredible job,
at removing light scratches, swirls, oxidation,
and restoring the best clarity finish.
So that's what we're going to do right now.
So I'm going to
and start off right here on the fender,
just because it's a lower area.
And another thing to mention is that
I'm not going to go into very high speed setting
just because the paint is sensitive,
I don't really want to do anything aggressive.
So that's another great way
to just kinda give it a nice soft touch,
just use a lower speed setting.
So in this case, I'm going to grab
my P4 Precision Paint Perfection Polish.
I've already shaken it up
and I'm going to apply about four drops
onto my white Hex-Logic pad here,
close that up,
and then I'm just going to give it a very,
very light spritz of pad conditioner.
So now that I've sprayed pad conditioner on here,
I can start polishing the paint.
And one other pro tip for you guys,
wrap your cord over your shoulder,
because if you don't,
it's going to be banging up against your paint work.
So just wrap it over your shoulder
and you shouldn't have that problem.
And as you guys can see,
I am using the smaller backing plate,
just because if I were to use a bigger backing plate,
I would not have the precision to work
with the beautiful curve that this car has.
So as you guys can see,
you have a lot of curvature here, curves here.
It's pretty much a whole curvy car.
So this smaller backing plate
is going to to allow me more precision,
so I get the best polishing finish
on every section of this truck.
So right now, what I'm going to do is
spread out the product on speed setting one.
I'm going to spread it out onto this top section
of the fender here, and then I'm going to turn it
onto speed setting three.
I'm not going to the high speed center
because I want to give it a more sensitive touch.
Alright, guys.
So now that I'm done with this top section of the fender,
I'm going to grab my microfiber towel
and simply buff off the residue
of the P4 Precision Paint Perfection Polish.
Now, this paint was not terrible to begin with,
and that's why we went with the fine polish, like so.
So pretty much our mission today
with this polish was to just bring out
the ultimate clarity, shine,
and just smoothing out the paint finish.
That way we have the best results possible
so that whenever you apply a glazing or wax,
it's going to have the best finish, shine and bond possible.
Alright guys, and what'd you look at that,
it looks incredible and I can not wait to do this
to the rest of the truck.
But before we get into the rest of the truck,
there's one last thing that I do want to show you guys.
So we talked about how very curvy this vehicle is.
Now, if you guys join me back here,
you'll see that in an area such as this right here,
it's going to be extremely difficult
to get the machine polisher in there,
which means that we're going to have to most likely
polish this section by hand.
And I'll show you guys how right now.
Alright guys, we're back.
And as you guys can see, I have my Hex-Logic hand pad here,
and this mimics the exact same material that we use
with the machine, with the other pad.
However, it's in a nice and convenient handheld form.
So I can grab it with my hand,
get into all these hard to reach areas with ease
and you pretty much use the exact same way.
So with this, I'm going to apply the same exact product,
going to grab some P4 Precision Paint Perfection Polish,
apply a few dabs onto my applicator here,
and then I'm just simply going to work it in.
Now I know these areas right here.
They're kind of hard to see anyways,
but hey, you know what,
for you guys out there
that actually pay attention to these details,
that's exactly why we're showing you guys here today.
So you can just glide it left and right,
up and down,
in a crosshatch motion,
just like how you would with a machine.
However, now you're polishing
these hard to reach areas by hand.
So if you guys ever do want to polish by hand,
you can use an applicator like this in order to do so.
And the only difference is obviously the power.
So I'm not doing it as effectively as
I would be doing it by machine.
However, it's still making a difference
and I can still achieve some pretty great results
by doing it by hand.
Alright, guys.
And that concludes this section
and just the little area that I wanted to show you guys
on how to hand polish.
Now, what I have left to do is
to polish the rest of the truck.
So I'm going to , polish up the rest of the truck
and be back with you guys
for the next step in this detailing process.
Alright guys.
So we just finished polishing the truck
and now it's time to move on to the next step.
Now, right here, we have a glaze
which is going to enhance your paint by
filling in any kind of microswirls, scratches.
What it does is it temporarily fills them in
and it gives your paint much of a deeper foundation.
So it gives it a deeper shine, deeper gloss.
So for you guys out there that are looking for a great
and easy way to intensify your shine,
a glaze is one of the best possible ways that you can do it.
So this is very easy to use.
It goes on just like a wax.
If you guys know how to apply a wax,
you guys know how to apply this product to your truck.
And I'm going to show you guys
how easy it is to give your car intense shine
in a matter of minutes.
So just like a wax,
you want to shake it up first
and I'm going to be applying it by hand
with a microfiber applicator.
You can apply it with your DA polisher
with the finishing pad, however,
I kinda like a little bit more applying it by hand,
just because this car does have a lot of curvature.
So just to kinda give it a nice even coat all around.
This is going to ensure that I have a nice coat
because I can maneuver my hand very easily
all around the truck.
So now that it's shaken up,
I'm going to apply a couple of drops
onto my applicator here.
So what I'm going to do is apply about six drops,
one, two, three, four, five, six,
close my spout.
And then what I'm going to do is blot it out onto
the section that I'm going to be applying it to.
So blotting it out,
just ensures that you have your product
nice and evenly distributed
on the panel that you're going to be applying it to.
Just so that you don't have a heavy sediment on one area
and like not enough on another.
So now that you have that set up,
All your going to do is just start going left and right.
And you guys can see right away,
I get the nice even coat of glaze all along my paint work.
And you can add a glaze to your painted surfaces.
You can also apply it to like glossy plastics, like,
you know, candle bead pillars
and any other kind of, sort of glossy plastics as well.
This case we're applying it to the paint
and we're doing our best to apply a nice even coat.
And the best way to do that
is just by going left and right, up and down.
So right here, you see me kinda overlapping my,
my first coat by about 50%.
And this just ensures that
the product that is excess on that first pass
just kinda gets passed along to the next one.
And once you have a nice even coat
and everything looks all nice,
you'll see that it has a heavy haze.
So it doesn't look as shiny as the areas
that you haven't covered yet, which is fine because
you're letting that product do its job,
which right now is filling in minor imperfections.
Even though we gave it a polish,
we just gave it a fine polish.
Now the paint is very hard to see like scratches and swirls.
So even with the product like this,
it just ensures you that you're like 100%
of the shine the foundation that you can get it out.
Alright, guys.
So at this point of the process, don't wipe it off.
You actually want to
let that sit for about 10 to 15 minutes,
for it to properly bond and fill in any kind of microswirls
and imperfections in your paint work.
So at this point of the process,
my best recommendation is to do the entire truck.
Because by the time you finished the entire truck,
it's already going to be about 15 minutes.
And as you're going around,
you can kinda just come back around, wiping it off.
So it just makes it very easy and convenient
so that you know where exactly you started
and, you know, how to come around
because obviously you just went through it.
And one quick thing, before I move on,
you guys saw me apply six drops onto that first fender.
Now, right now,
our microfiber strands are coated with Glossworkz Glaze.
So that means that you don't have to apply six more drops.
In this case, I'm just applying three more drops,
just because the strands already coated
with the Glassworkz Glaze,
and it's just going to stretch it out.
You know, less is more with this product.
A nice fine even coat ensures that you
wipe it off nice and evenly,
and you don't waste your product.
And it also makes it easier to wipe off.
So right now I'm going to
and continue with the rest of the truck
and I'll be right back with you guys once I'm done.
Alright, guys.
So now that we are completely done
wiping off the layer of glaze,
now it's time to top it off with a nice, fine layer of wax.
Now, what better way to conclude this detail
than with the high quality and refined hybrid wax,
such as our Pure Concours, 5050 Paste Wax.
Now this right here is a blend between
a white and a yellow carnauba oil,
which brings out a nice deep radiant shine
and a nice sharp finish.
So this is perfectly going to compliment
the incredible shine that we have going so far.
And it's extremely easy to use.
And I'll show you guys how right now.
So what you want to do is start off with a foam applicator.
Now you can also use a microfiber.
You can also apply by machine.
However, these paste waxes,
they're ideally best applied by hand
with a UFO Applicator, such as this one.
So as you guys can see the wax, it's,
it's actually a hard form of wax.
So it's extremely refined
and it's not liquidy like most cream waxes.
Now this right here, the way it spreads is,
you know, you're going to grab your micro,
your foam applicator.
And then you're generally just going to dab it onto the wax.
And you'll see right there that I have some right there.
Now the foam actually creates heat, which kinda melts it,
and it kinda creates more of like a buttery
kinda creamy texture.
And it allows you to easily apply
a perfect layer of paste wax onto your vehicle.
And I like to just kind of start off
by applying just a little bit.
And then I come back and I just grab a little bit more
and then just continue with applying it.
And as you guys can see right here,
it goes on just like a traditional cream wax.
The only difference is that this is much more refined.
So this is going to offer you a much deeper level of gloss
and durability of protection.
So this is easy to apply,
gives it a nice, deep radiant shine.
As you can imagine,
if you have a beautiful paint color like this,
you want to make sure that you are applying
the best form of wax and or paint protection
in order to bring out the utmost shine,
and that's why we're going with the high quality paste wax.
So right now, what I'm going to do is,
I'm just going to
pretty much finish up the rest of the truck.
I'm going to apply to all the painted surfaces.
You can also apply to glass as well,
however, I'm just going to
and use a traditional glass cleaner to clean the glass.
And then we're just going to hit up
the rest of the truck with just some fine details,
as you guys can see the front over here at the grill,
it's a chrome grill,
and we're just going to take care of it.
We still have some residue from the clean lubricant.
That's completely fine.
We're just going to wipe that off
and hit it with some light metal polish to restore
the shine and protect the metal finish.
Along with the wheels and any kind of exterior trim,
we're just going to go in and address them
and get on our way with this truck.
Alright, guys.
And that wraps it up.
Check out the results.
This thing looks incredible.
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