Mazda 3 Detail

[bennyhanna]

Decided to detail the wife's car

No Before pics :(

Supplies and Steps

Prep
1) P21s Gel wheel cleaner
2) Hand wash with Blue Coral soap
3) Dried car w/chamois
4) Clayed the car with Mothers Clay bar...( its all I had)
5) Rinsed the car down
6) Dried car w/chamois

Detail
1) PC 7424 /LC white pad and Menzerna FP II
2) PC 7424 /LC Black pad and Menzerna FT Glaze
3) Meguires NXT wax
4) Sealed it with Optimum Opti seal
5) Unknown Brand Tire gel

No Opti-seal or Tire Dressing
http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/5362mazda2.jpg

Fresh Opti-seal
http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/5362mazda4.jpg

Stock Mazda Paint, Orange peel
http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/5362mazda2b.jpg

Hood, outside Full sunlight
http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/5362mazdahood1.jpg

Hood, Inside with Light
http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/5362mazdahood2.jpg


So far, Ive used Opti-seal on my Audi and Im loving it. Its great for keeping road dust at a minimum

[Manhattan]

Mazda looks GREAT!!! What year is it?

I washed, clay-bar'd and waxed my Mazda today too and it looks absolutely amazing for a car coming up on 15 years old!

[bennyhanna]

Its an 07

but we've had it for almost 1 year, and this was the first time it had ever had any kind of wax

[bobby_lu]

Does the mother's kit come with the spray for clay bar or did you use a different one? Which one?

[sneek]

Originally posted by bobby_lu
Does the mother's kit come with the spray for clay bar or did you use a different one? Which one?

Mothers clay comes with clay lube. Theirs is called showtime and it smells minty if I recall correctly. All consumer grade clay comes with clay lubricant which is almost always their detail spray. BTW don't buy red clay magic as it is probably more aggressive than you need.

[bobby_lu]

Originally posted by sneek


Mothers clay comes with clay lube. Theirs is called showtime and it smells minty if I recall correctly. All consumer grade clay comes with clay lubricant which is almost always their detail spray. BTW don't buy red clay magic as it is probably more aggressive than you need.

Thank you.

I was also wondering about the detail spray, thats what I thought.

Clay coming soon :thumbsup:

[teggypimp95]

Use the meguries clay not the mothers clay. Its way easyer to use and does a much better job.

[spyce]

Originally posted by teggypimp95
Use the meguries clay not the mothers clay. Its way easyer to use and does a much better job.

Where did you buy the meguires stuff? I went to part source to get a clay bar a couple months ago and all they had was the mothers so thats what I went with. They also told me that meguires hasnt even released one? :dunno:

[10000DAYS]

CT has it.

[bobby_lu]

Originally posted by 10000DAYS
CT has it.
Really?

I'll check it out, I thought CT only had Mother's Clay, could be wrong though.

I can't wait to get my hands on this project.

[sneek]

Meguiar's has one that is $2 cheaper than the mothers

It is called Quik Clay
(yes no c in quik)

[bobby_lu]

lol...theres no C in quick detailer either.

Anyways, CT websire only lists Mother's and Turtle Wax Clay bar.

[sneek]

look up part number
39-2846

[tylere]

Now you just gotta take of that damm dealer sticker..... Stupid Sunridge mazda put one on mine even after I told them not to, hairdryer and tweezers worked wonders.

[KKY]

Try Auto Value if you can't find it at CT or Part Source.

[bennyhanna]

Originally posted by teggypimp95
Use the meguries clay not the mothers clay. Its way easyer to use and does a much better job.

The Mothers was all that I had

[bennyhanna]

Originally posted by tylere
Now you just gotta take of that damm dealer sticker..... Stupid Sunridge mazda put one on mine even after I told them not to, hairdryer and tweezers worked wonders.

The Sticker doesnt bug the wife.....its her car.

[bennyhanna]

Originally posted by bobby_lu
lol...theres no C in quick detailer either.

Anyways, CT websire only lists Mother's and Turtle Wax Clay bar.

http://www.canadiantire.ca/browse/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441890219&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474396672466&bmUID=1184691334849

Is the link

even better

http://www.eshine.ca/products.php?cat=10

look for Ricardo clay