Keith93611

On 4/20/2018 at 9:07 AM, shane@detailedreflections said:

It sounds like you're going in the direction of doing a ceramic coating.  Ceramic coatings are great but come with some caveats.  The prep for a coating is literally anything.  You can't coat over poor prep and have great results.  Instead, you've just solidified your results for a long time or caused a bunch of work to undo it. 

 

So the steps for prep are...

 

-wash

-iron decon

-clay

-polish (even new vehicles can benefit from a finish polish prior to coating)

-prep solution or IPA wipedown

 

Then the coating process.  If you're unsure of any step, feel free to ask a specific question.  Otherwise, this could turn into a novel about the process.

 

 

Yes I am going for Ceramic coating, the steps you provided are what I was thinking but there are a few others, like should i do all of the rubbers and plastics right after the wash or wait until i have done a good Cut, polish & Ceramic coat or should it be the last step?, same with windows and Wheels. I have all of the Adams Kits. Wheel Costing, Trim Coating & Paint Coating. I also have the 15MM swirl Killer kit.

Thanks in advance~ 

Chris, No, we were in the Dallas area working a a ADI event.

Thank you Shane, will do, always want to take the time to do it right the first time~

Eric, Thanks~ I did hang out with Adam all this week and he gave me a ton of advise and am definitely sold on his products, I have been just doing a basic wash and shine for the past few years with Adams products and it time to step up my game...  going the get started next week after i get back form portland. will be doing my Wife's WV CC and my Z71 crew, both black.  will post pics as I go, going to take my time and just do a panel or two every other day or so as time permits to get the best finish possible,  just don't want to do a step out of process and create cross contamination and extra work. 

Good morning, all,

 This is my first post!.  is there a place in this form that has the proper steps to doing a full detail ? starting with a 3 year old "Black GMC" paint with minimum scratches to preparing it for a ceramic coating ? I pretty much know what it will take just want to learn the proper steps to help element extra work and contamanation. 

Thanks~