- What's up everyone,
welcome to Chemical Guys detail garage.
In today's episode, we're going over the topic
of why it's so important to prep your car before coatings,
as well as the how to process.
So over here we have this 1971 Porsche RS 911 Carrera,
and it's got this beautiful yellow paint job,
but we want it to last as long as possible,
because this car is really rare,
and it's also a vintage collector's item,
so to do that, what we're gonna do,
is go through the steps of how to properly prep the surface
before we put on the coating.
So to begin, this car is a very rare little sports car,
and many people don't know this,
but Porsche is my favorite car manufacturer.
It's because their cars are hand-built,
very fast little machines.
They're very simple like a Volkswagen,
but they just have a lot of performance,
and that's a lot of fun to me.
A car that can kind of do a lot of everything.
It still looks good, but it's kinda fast,
and all that kinda good stuff.
So today's episode,
we're going over the topic
of how to prep this car for its coating.
Now to begin, you wanna wash the car obviously
to remove any abrasive particles, no dirt,
debris, anything that's on the surface,
but also, you're gonna use a little bit of clean slate,
which is a stripping agent,
which removes the old layers of glaze, sealant, or wax,
and what that's going to do
is ensure that we're not locking
in any kind of contamination,
or hiding any scratch in the swirls,
or if you're like us
and you're gonna put a coating on your vehicle,
you wanna make sure that your ceramic or your carbon
doesn't have scratches or swirls hiding underneath it.
So what Clean Slate does,
is it removes any oils, any waxes, glazes, sealants,
that are on the pores of the paint.
This way you're gonna have a bare surface to start with.
Now our second step is moving onto the clay bar treatment.
For what a clay bar does,
is it removes any embedded contaminates
that are in the pores of the paint,
giving your car that rough look and a rough feel.
Now what you can use is a clay bar or a clay block,
and what this is going to do
is basically glide across the surface
picking up contamination,
and at first it's gonna sound a little rough,
or it's gonna feel a little rough,
but as it pulls more of the grime out of the pores,
it's gonna get smooth, it's gonna get slick,
and it's gonna sound quiet.
That's when you know when to move on.
After the clay bar treatment,
you're gonna move onto polishing.
What polishing does,
is remove the final layer of the clear coat
to refine any scratches in the swirls,
giving your car the overall shine.
I'm sure you've all seen cars that have a dull finish,
or obviously scratches or swirls,
which doesn't really look very good.
That spiderweb effect collects sun rays,
and it gives your car an overall worse look.
So by polishing it,
you're going to even out that finish,
and this is also going to make it the best surface
for your coating to bond to,
whether it's your glaze sealant, waxes, ceramic, or carbon,
it's gonna bond directly to bare paint better,
rather than trying to fill in some scratch in the swirls.
Now obviously not every vehicle is the same,
so there's gonna be different levels of scratches and swirls
which is why you need a variation of pads and chemicals.
I prefer using the TORQ10FX
with an orange hex logic pad, and bead 36.
Now that's my go to,
and I know it's a lot of your guys' go to combination,
because it's easy to use,
and it's a great baseline
to ensure that you're not going too aggressive,
or maybe you need to use something a little more aggressive,
but that's a great way to start.
And again, with your ceramic or your carbon coatings,
it's gonna lock in those scratches
for the life of the coating.
So if you don't wanna see that kind of things,
you wanna make sure that you polish it,
and machine polishing is the most effective way
to remove any of the deeper scratches and swirls,
again, giving you a better overall look.
Once you've completed polishing, it's always a great idea
to use one last Surface Preps spray such as Wipe Out
to remove any oils or remaining polish
that could be on the surface,
because you could be hiding,
or it could be a superficial scratch,
so you wanna make sure that all of the oils,
all of remaining residue are off the surface.
That's where you're going to one,
have the best bond between your coating,
but also you're not locking in any kind of imperfections.
So stay tuned for part two of our detailing mini series
where we're going to show you
and unveil our brand new product
that a lot of you guys are excited about.
I'm super excited about it
because it's gonna change the whole way
that we detail our cars.
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Give some love to the Porsche,
check it out at The Kaiser on Instagram,
and we'll see you guys next time
right here in The Detail Garage.