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Correct order for a decent home detail

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Leebo310:
I've read the official guide and numerous posts on here and think I've got the order correct but just wanted to check with some of the experts on here please!
To me there seem to be a lot of "rinses" in there... :)

1 Wash wheels and tyres with brush
2 Snow foam entire car
3 Use detailing brush to get at the more intricate bits including sills
4 Rinse off foam
5 Hand wash with two bucket method
6 Rinse off the hand wash suds
7 Spray on Iron X onto stubborn stains and sediment blobs
8 Rinse off Iron X
9 Clay
10 Rinse
11 Pat dry with drying towel
12 Polish (by hand as don't have a machine)
13 Wax
14 Seal and dress wheels

A couple of things that I'm also not sure about - when is best to do the glass and when is best to do the exhausts?

Any advice gratefully received :happy2:

Cheers

Frodo-anni:
Seems a pretty good process list, only thing i do different is to use tardis, de-tar the car before iron-x then clay, again with wash inbetween.

Glass i always do last in and out, but im struggling to get it smear free and not leave lint deposits off my clothes, so development for me there.

Exhausts, i wash as much crud off early on, end of the wash stage, but leave the finer polishing until the end, when i add tyre gel etc..

 :happy2:

M7AXB:
You have most things covered, missing tar remover though. I'd recommend the autosmart tardis, really good stuff :smiley:

stealthwolf:
I would definitely detar before iron-x.

With detailing, I tend to split things up because to do it properly takes 1-2 days min. Hence I will address wheels on one weekend, exhaust on another, glass and plastic/rubber trim on another, and interior/door shuts on another weekend.

Leebo310:
Cool I'll order some Tardis too then.
Do I need to do that and the Iron X on the whole car or just the really stubborn bits?

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