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Old 08-22-2006, 03:18 AM   #1
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[Detail] [as to make ] Auto Laudering

The regular laudering of our automobile is the best prevention that we can make. The well made regular laudering and helps to keep the exterior surfaces in optimum been possible.

1. Material
1.1. Champô

We must use one champô of quality that is soft with the surface of the car and that simultaneously it removes the layer of dirtiness accumulated in day-by-day. What it happens with the majority of the available shampoos is that or is too much efficient and removes the protectora layer (wax) and in the long run provokes damages in the varnish (ressequido varnish prematurely or baço) or is so soft that they do not clean condignamente.


1.2. Bucket

A double bucket or two buckets must be used. Who already washed the car manually, to think itself well, goes to see that it remembers that the water of the bucket is black in the end of the laudering. Already it repaired that it can be to clean little the car and can exactly be to damage the painting with the dirty water and debris?

The concept is very simple: a container alone for water and another one with champô. When washing a area of the car, is transferred to follow it for water to remove the dirtiness and residues and alone later are that it is transferred in champô. Thus champô is remained to pass in the car, in optimum possible state.


1.3. Glove

With that it is that champô in the car is applied? The ideal is a good glove of natural skin of sheep. This glove does not scratch out the car, exactly when “it grasps” the dirtiness of an area of the car. It frees the dirtiness easily when passed for water and still it absorbs very champô so that if it cleans the car easily.


1.4. Towel WW

If not to dry to the car the laudering after, the “water marks had occurred inevitably”. These marks simply are made by the contaminantes of the water, when this evaporates. With heat or exactly only with the continuation, these contaminantes ones are gone incrustrando in the varnish and go damaging it. Therefore, the drying of the car is indispensable.

To dry the car a cloth must be used microstaple fibres waffle-weave and not a vulgar suede or flannel. This is a very absorbent cloth (format WW) and that for being of microstaple fibres it does not scratch out the painting. It is so absorbent that it is obtained to dry the car without having all that to twist it.


2. Process

2. 1. Inical Enxaguamento It is started for the enxaguamento of the automobile for water. The use of machines of pressure or hoses with much pressure is not advised. Moderate pressure must utilizare and a standard of dispressão of the soft water, so that the water arrives uniformly soft and at the surface of the car.

2.2. Laudering

The laudering must be made by sections. It must be started of highest for lowest (and dirtier).

It is caught in the glove and after enxaugada and enough amolecida, it is made marshy of champô. With smoothness it is transferred in the surface of the car. the cowling and the ceiling of the car, must be washed and the cowling in the direcção of the wind, that is of the front it stops backwards A square of 60cm x 80cm is enough so that if pass the glove for water and repeats the process again.

Consonant the type of champô, dirtiness of the car, capacity of the glove and ambient temperature, must be chosen the size of section to wash without rinsing.


2.3. Final Enxaguamento

After each washed and rinsed section, must be rinsed the car all to guarantee again that it is not detergent nor in the surface nor in the hiddings place.

In the end, we can remove the pistol of the hose, open the tap the half capacity and pass the car with current water. This small extra stage allows to reduce the amount of water that is lodged in gutículas on the car. Thus the stage of drying is facilitated.


2.4. Drying

The drying must be made with much smoothness, as of remaining portion all the previous process. The objectivo is to abosrver the water that is in the surface of the car.

If the towel is not the 100% or if the car is small e is great, advises one use to it second.

With the car in its dry majority, a little of Quick Detail can be applied and dry with a good cloth microstaple fibres (clean and dry).

3. Notes All this process must be efectuado far from the Sun, so that champô does not dry fast and loses its properties of lubrication.
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Old 08-22-2006, 03:21 AM   #2
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Decontamination of the painting


The painting is constatemente on aggression. Many times are not seen, however it is there is permanent. Therefore, the decontamination of the painting is essential for its durability and until aspect.

1. The contamination

The contaminção appears of some forms, being called “ferodo” most common. The contamination can appear for saw of the industry (industrial contamination), acid rain, alkaline water, resin of trees, despojos of flyers, dejectos of birds and oxidation, etc. All these forms of contamination produce composites corrosive that go to marcarar and to degrade the painting permanently.


2. How if it can identify the contamination in the painting?

In tone vehicles clearly it appears in orange marks or black points, whereas in dark vehicles it is visible in white marks or gray. The painting will be with a rough touch.


3. Decontamination

3.1. Claybar

To claybar it is a plasticina invented for the Japanese and that of easy form (and insurance for the painting) it removes the contamination present.

How it is that it is used? The plasticina needs a lubricant in the surface to be able to slide and “to work” - a QuickDetail of quality can be used. Simply borrifa it zone with the lubricant and goes transferring plasticina it with the hand in a direcção until if it feels that the zone in which we are to work already is smooth. Using it only is that it is understood and if admires the “carried through miracle”.

The clean section and later with a cloth microstaple fibres must be applied section.


3.1. Other products of decontamination

Other forms of decontamination of the painting exist. The alternatives are normally liquid and used products in the industrial market of auto cleanness. The advantages are the saving of time and the fact not to have that to provoke friction in the surface.
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Old 08-22-2006, 03:33 AM   #3
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Fast guide on burnishing and orbital


For who already it is made familiar to practical serious of cleanness and the protecção, as well as the good products and techniques and wants to evolve for the orbital one, here it has some tips.


1. Orbital

1.1. What they are?

The majority of “the orbital” calls is suitable machines of the lixadoras wooden. They are known as lixadoras ragged-orbital eccentric people or. These machines produce in its plate an eccentric movement that allow to sandpaper, to polish, etc.

The ragged-orbital movement, that also is known there is as of “dual-action” (OF), consists of a very slow rotation - almost free - and of a orbital movement. This movement is a free movement of the plate on the eccentric people, giving the illusion of being random (in the practical one it finishes for being considered as random). The movement of the plate is come close very to the movement of the circular application of product by hand. As the machine produces speeds of gravitates very superior to the ones of the hand, it obtains more work in little time.

It with burnishing sponges is used orbital, that in set with “polishes” allow to polish the spotted surfaces of our automobiles.


1.2. Types of machines

1.2.1. Format “iron to gum”

The accessible lixadoras most common and have the engine over the eccentric people and of the plate. Normally they have a plate with base of velcro, of 125mm or 150mm of diameter. Costumam to have a bag of dust retention.

The speeds go until the 13000 gravitate per minute (OMP). Some have electrónico trigger, others have only one speed governor. The ones that does not allow regulation do not serve for burnishing automobile.

The most evolved already they have mechanisms of control of speed for a more necessary work, more power and until regulation of the eccentricity diameter.

As example we have to the DWD26410 or Bosch PEX420AE.


1.2.2. Format “L”

The professional lixadoras are, in its majority, format “L”. As example we have PorterCable 7424, Makita BO6040, Festool Rotex, DeWalt 443, etc.

These machines are machines for continuous work and very powerful. In all the case they allow precision works, such as burnishing. As main advantage in relation to the previous ones we have the ergonomics: more compact and they are balanced.


1.3. What I must look for in a lixadora?

We want to use a wooden lixadora to polish surfaces painted in automobiles. Therefore nor all serve.

Normally we want a machine with a plate between 125mm and 150mm. Some reasons exist: as much for the dimension of the adjusted sponges more (we will speak to follow), as for the surface to treat (curves and etc), as for the power of the machine, as for the finishing application (that it is for that goes to serve).

The machine must have speed regulation: either for electrónico trigger or potênciómetro. The second option results in an operation cómoda more. The interval of speeds of the machine must be between the 3000 OMPs and 6000OMPs. Machines that make 4000-12000 already serve, even though if it must always have in mind that we have a machine a little misadjusted and therefore we must operate it with cares.

The machine must have a ray of eccentricity next to 5mm.

It does not have very to be weighed: one weight of more than 3Kg is extreme.

It was good that it had speed stabilization. What it is this? It is a electrónico mechanism that allows that the machine makes the same speed without load or with load. It helps to keep the application of products (polish or others) of form uniform.


2. Burnishing with orbital

After having the machine, we go to polish!

How it is that burnishing becomes? Burnishing is a frictional share. This friction is the result of the type of product (polish or another one) and of the type of sponge.


2.1. Sponges

The used sponges for orbital in the detail are sponges on the basis of velcro. These sponges exist in some densities and allow to apply polihes (or other products) of efficient form.

The sponges caiem in three categories: cut, burnishing and finishing.

They exist you vary choices of available sponges in the market. The choice of the sponge must be made in agreement the state of the surface to also deal with and consonant the dimension the plate. Normally it is left about one centimeter between the plate and the sponge, having this always a superior diameter to the one of the plate. This must, obviously, the questions of security guard in the work - we do not want that the plate of velcro reaches superfíce to treat!


2.1.1. Cut

The cut sponge is a dense sponge that allows a more abrasive share. Normally the cut is appealed to it to remove defects more serious of the painting. Many times this type of sponge in set with polishes is used more abrasive. Everything depends on the conditions of the painting to treat. Each in case that it is a case!


2.1.2. Burnishing

The burnishing sponge is, as the name indicates, to polish. We want to leave the surface uniform, the transparent and shining varnish. It is for this same. Normally it is an essential stage in the treatment of the surfaces.


2.1.3. Finishing

The finishing sponge is for finishings. It allows to leave the surface with a vibrant brightness. It is important in the surfaces of côr dark and not so essential in the surfaces of côr clear.


2.2. Products

Already we know that types of sponges exist, now, that polishes exists? The products destined to the treatment of superficies painted caiem in three great categories: compound, polish and to glazer.


2.2.1. Compound

Compound is the type of more abrasive product. It is used to remove lixagem marks, serious defects. Normally it is applied with rotating machine (not described in this guide). This gamma of products has some levels of abrasiveness and normally the surface with brightness does not leave. It is possible to apply some types of compound with orbital and some technique.

The Menzerna Power Gloss is a type of Compound with characteristics special. Although to be destined to be applied with burnishing machines (rotating), because it is very I finish obtains to be used successfully with orbital (since that with some speed). Also had to its characteristics special the surface with some brightness leaves.


2.2.2. Polish

Polish is destined to clean it with depth or to remove fast defects. By itself it leaves brightness and uniformity.

They exist in some levels of abrasiveness in polishes. 1Z Extra Lackreiniger is most abrasive. Later it comes 1Z Lack-Politur or the Menzerna Intensive Polish. Still they exist 1Z Metalic PolishWax and the Final Menzerna Finish.


2.3. That product/sponge I apply?

The choice of the changeable sponge and the changeable product must be determined before polishing. In the generality of the cases it is initiated with the sponge of burnishing and the product of average abrasiveness, that is, polish (1Z Lack-Politur or Menzerna IP).

Depending on the situation in hands the abrasiveness through the sponge, the product or of both can be increased or be diminished.

This question is difficult to explain. Normally it requires the experience to know what it functions in definitive situations and what it does not function in others.

It is important never to apply no more abrasive set of what the necessary one.


2.3.1. Car with new painting or treat car

If the car will have a young painting must in first place leave to cure the ink. Normally it leads enters one the two months. The puristas speak in six. During this time it is important to take well counts of the painting, therefore it is not protected and we want that she is immaculate until the o treatment. It is advisable to be washed every week with care.

If the car already was treated and only wants to make maintenance burnishing, can follow to break daqui.

Arriving at the height of the treatment we can apply the complete detail (it are of the scope of this guide). In the burnishing phase and as the surface it is in conditions, is enough to apply abrasive products little. Normally 1Z PolishWax Metal is more than enough to remove marks of the plasticina and small dirtinesses.

If the car is exempt of swirls also will be able to appeal to polishes chemical (Grojet2000 or another one). These obtain to clean the surface and to leave it with a spotless aspect.


2.3.2. Never polishing car

A never polishing car is clearly to need cares. Depending on the life time and its state, we can (general rule) apply one initially polish average: 1Z Lack-Politur or Menzerna Intensive Polish. After an application it can be decided if it was enough, if plus one or two tickets they are enough or if product is exactly necessary to increase the abrasiveness of the combination sponge/.

It is always advised not to apply more abrasiveness of what the necessary one. Many times valley more the penalty to apply two or three times average burnishing of what to go directamente to an abrasive. The protector varnish layer of the painting is very fine and it does not have necessity in diminishing it. Later it will be necessary lack!


2.4. How I make burnishing?

Being two the clean sponge and it dries must be applied one or borrifadelas of Quick Detail. Of followed the product in the sponge is applied to use, or in spread points of the sponge or one I circulate the half one of the sponge. The product in the surface is spread to treat, with the off machine, in a section of 60cm for 60cm. With the machine poisada in the surface we bind it and works the product.

Always advancing to devagar, an imaginary square in a direcção must be covered. When if it arrives at the end of the square in a ticket, is turned stops backwards leaving that the sponge comes back to cover half of what the previous ticket covered. When it is arrived at the end of the square, is followed in the perpendicular direcção.




It is continued in this routine until the product starts to present indications to be dry or to disappear. There pára. Later it is enough to remove the excess with clean and dry a cloth microstaple fibres.


2.5. That speed I must print?

For the purpose of superior cut we must use higher speeds, whereas to polish we use intermédias speeds. To apply finishing products, the speeds send regards lowest.

We never must exaggerate in the speed nor in the applied pressure.


3. Final notes

If they never must the same mix different products in the same sponge and/or cloth. Distinct cloths for distinct products and the same with the sponges must always be used.

The cloths can be washed in the machine. The sponges of the orbital one not. The ideal is to wash with water morna and detergent of the loiça. Some tickets with detergent and in the end become very enxagua well. The drying is made to air.

The sponges, after washed and droughts (as cloths), can be used with other products.
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supper/Tires/Diggings


It is of the elements atractivos of each automobile, captivating looks and attentions, over all at the moment of the purchase, for what, all this enthusiasm does not have to be suster for there, but yes, to draw out itself for the time, in order that you never have supper them they lose its deserved aspect, or same, they are still better, on the basis of efficient and careful treatments. As such debrucemo-in the ones on the following one:


1. Laudering:

1.1. You have supper

• The laudering of you have supper them must be efectuada - over all, on the first time where they go to be treated - with the support of AUTOSOL FELGEN-REINIGER, or MEGUIAR'S HOT RIMS WHEEL CLEANER (or equivalent), for form we will all remove it the excess of dirtiness proceeding from ferodo of the tablets of brakes;
• Pulverizamos has supper it with the product and waits the 30 35 seconds while this actua (during the complete operation of the laudering, convém not to exceed a total of 3 minutes);
• Lavamos has supper it, spreading the product with a brush of natural coat, giving special attention to the cantos of has supper, next to the valve of the air pressure and of the squeeze nuts and, then, we pass for clean current water;
• For the cantos and located dirtiness more, we can appeal to a soft tooth brush, in order to facilitate the removal;
• If to persist in them has supper, marks deposited of dirtiness (ferodo) in the places most difficult to wash normally, applies a little of AUTOSOL WHEEL CLEANING GRAZES, therefore its texture allows it to remove without effort this same dirtiness and removes with clean current water;


1.2. Tires

• Coming back the attention to the tires, in case that these have some deposited dirtiness (sands, land, or dry mud), we can wash them with a little of APC (ALL PROPOSE CLEANER) or 1Z Universal Cleaner (or equivalents) and a brush of intermédia hardness, what, for the properties of these products and its capacities of cleanness, it goes to allow to clean them deep it, without damaging rubber composites that these possess;
• after that, we give a ticket of shampoo Sonax (or one shampoo generic equivalent) for all has supper it and the tire (with a natural sponge) and we come back to rinse;
• in case that it has the presence of tar vestiges that had not left with the normal laudering, we will be able to pass with an applicator, a little of a “Tar Remover” to remove spots or residues of tar;
• we dry with a micron-staple fibre cloth and can, if necessary, to initiate the procedures of treatment, followed described;
• in the end of everything, we apply, in the tires, a little of POORBOY'S BOLD & BRIGHT, or MOTHERS ADVANCED TAKES OFF CARE (or analogous), with the aid of an applicator in foam, specific for the tires, spreading well for all the external lateral surface of the tire and leaves to dry.
• Convém to apply two beds, intervaladas per some minutes, over all the first one, for form the one that these layers well are abesorvidas by the tire, having increased its conditioning and protecção.


2. Cares:

• Quer is one has supper new, still recent or with a finishing already to need treatment, we must always have in attention the products that we use to reach the ends that we intend. Thus, we will be able to enveredar for MOTHERS POWER METAL, or one polish of average cut (style 1Z Paint Polish or equivalent) to polish the surface of has supper. For this end, we can always count on the support of MOTHERS POWERBALL…



. used with one berbequim, of regulable speed:



… or of MINI POWERBALL (with extension, for more difficult parts to deal with the conventional PB)…



… or of a record of 4 " to use with the Porter Cable (depending on the type of surface of it has supper to treat):




• In last case, we will be able to always polish has supper it, or with an applicator of cotton, or an applicator in micron-staple fibres, or same an applicator in polish-foam.

• After well-taken care of laudering, for is and on the inside (if possible), we proceed to the decontamination from has supper, with the aid of a clay-bar, as well as, to the treatment/burnishing of has supper and stamps with DP WHEEL GLAZE, or same with known POORBOY'S WHEEL SEALANT (or analogous), with the aid of an applicator in cotton (or polish-foam), applying three or four layers of the selante (intervaladas between itself, with some hours), removing the excess with cloth of a clean and dry MF, for form to confer to has supper an exemplary finishing and a lasting protecção;
• After the application of said the three or four layers, we can renew the process to each month (over all for the fact of that you have supper them are citizens the raised temperatures, consuming more quickly the finishing that these have);
• Still, in alternative, we can use selante GROJET 2000 or KLASSE ALL-IN-ONE (AIO), therefore its use is very generic, also conferring good levels of protecção and finishing, despite slightly inferior to the ones of POORBOY' S WHEEL SEALANT;

As everything, after these procedures, interest to keep. For such, it is enough to wash you normally have supper them (aquando of the laudering of the chassis) with one shampoo generic (of the Sonax style) e, in the end of everything, to renew the finishing with plus a selante layer. This is the sufficient for terms always has supper them with a spotless finishing e, more important, always protected.


3. Diggings:

Certainly already all had repaired in the vehicles that finish to leave the centers of laudering-auto, whose diggings present in such a way considerable levels of dirtiness, that nor seem that they had finished to be washed. Any person who enverede for this practical, has to have the essential notion that it is of the details that this same lives e, thus, the procedures of laudering of the diggings also must be had in account.

With effect, she matters over all that these are washed always, aquando of the regular laudering of the chassis, for, thus, preventing the dirtiness deposit and conferring one to them “look” that she goes of meeting to the remaining portion of the chassis.

For such, the utensils to use are the following ones:

• one arm brush;
• a sponge;
• a conventional brush;
• degreaser, to remove and to take away the fat the dirtiness acomulada in the diggings and mechanical parts (similar springs, shock absorbers and); • shampoo generic;
• two buckets (one with shampoo and one with clean water, to go removing the dirtiness of the brush and the sponge).

We start for borrifar a portion of degreaser for the digging, leaving to actuar during few seconds and, after to pass the same with a conventional brush, we pass everything for clean water. After that, we normally wash with a sponge and shapoo, or the brush of arm, but local less accessible e, in a similar way, we rinse.

• using these utensils, we arrive something of this style:



• in the end of a meticulous process of laudering, we arrive at the conditioning phase that can be made with a product, of the style 1Z Balsam, what it creates an impermeable layer in the diggings and prevents that these concentrate as much dirtiness as until then.

Following these steps, easily we reach resulted of this type, where everything is duly clean and conditional (I give as example one of the last lauderings, where the diggings had been, of course, treated):



• I call, here, the attention, stops beyond the aspect of the diggings, the aspect that produce the tips described on, on the conditioning of the tires:



With these procedures that, we wait, are useful to all, one becomes easy and routine to reach good resulted e, over all, if to follow the same cares in the maintenances, we have the facilitated task but, over all, with benefits to the level of the protecção of these elements.
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They forgive me the English if it will be missed. Any doubts that voces has, I can clarify.

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I wait to have helped

Just my 2 cents.
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