Like I said I just use the stuff they have in the carwashes for wax . My ride looks shiner than most of yours . There is too paint that shines more than others . You just have to look around. Whatever mine looks shiney enough shes does awesome in shows if she didnt look shiney than I wouldnt be getting the compliments at my shows and around town.

 

The stuff put on at carwashes isn't real wax, although it has the same effect it lasts not even a week. If you are talking directly to me about your car being shinier than most my cars, for the most part thats true because you have newer paint. You have my neon and my sis's altima beat there but our newer cars that get a good coat of wax every month, no wayyou neon isshinier.
The longer you go between waxing the more it ruins your paint. If you keep your car outside, the sun is constantly fading your car especially since its black, but if you put some wax on it you are preventing some of the fading because of the extra clearcoat

 

Well just talked to my friend crystal the gal with the pink panther srt4 since she has a custom paint job and I have a custom paint job Im going with what she uses for her ride. Mothers california carnaba and sureluster. See how this works with my custom paint job . I dont want anything ruining it. The shiner the better. Seeing she could be shiner .

 

Has anybody ever tried Armor All Triple Action Wheel Cleaner? I bought it yesterday and just got done using it. Wow! It works great. Then I finished the wheels off with some Armor All Tire Gel. Another great product from Armor All. I also bought the Meguiars Scratch X. It works good for those lite swirls. I also bought the Black Magic Detailing Brushes. It has a Vent brush, a Detailing brush, and a Finishing brush. I'll be starting a review thread on all the detailing products that I used or tried.

 

TIP TO EVERYONE: ARMOUR ALL EXTREME TIRE GEL IS THE BEST AND SHINIEST TIRE SHINE IN THE WORLD!!!!!!.
I used that scratch x crap and got no reults what so ever on all of the hundreds of scratches on my car.

 

I actually love black magic titaniumn wheel and tire cleaner two in one ftw. I actually got to shampoo my carpet tommorrow she sure is going to get all detailed this week.

 

the armor all gel with the pad is great, after like 2-3 weeks my tires still look good

 

The clay bar is intended to remove embedded contaminates in the paint such as rail dust, tree sap, etc. It will make the paint feel a lot smoother but you still have to clean the paint to remove oxidation, water spots, etc using a dedicated pre-wax cleaner or a good cleaner wax.

The secret to getting the shine back is more about getting the paint surface as clean as possible before applying the wax. The wax will amplify it but not fix a poor paint surface.

 

Agreed. The Scratch X says it only removes lite scratches. It made some of the deeper scratches better for me. I tried it on one swirl that I saw and it was gone. I was still thinking about trying the BM Titanium but I thought since Im happy with the AA Extreme gel then Ill keep using that. I got tired of searching for a tire shine that would last longer than a day or a few hours.