Detailing Your Vehicle

[Tideland Prius]

Could the mods possibly sticky this thread? Thx

I found a link where Pb of ToyotaNation wrote up a fairly detailed thread on how to detail your vehicle and I thought I'd share it with you folks.

Exterior Detailing
Interior Detailing

Importance of Detailing
Sidebar: Washing Tips From A Pro

[Jack Kelly]

Good idea!

Someone go find priusenvy and darell. To proof/add.

[darelldd]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jack Kelly @ Sep 13 2006, 02:29 PM) [snapback]319139[/snapback]</div>

Good idea!

Someone go find priusenvy and darell. To proof/add.
[/b]

Heh. Hey... who you calling anal?

The author does very well in covering many aspects of the process. I don't agree with every detail (pun) but in general there is some great information there!

[tmgrl3]

Great articles, TP! I printed them out....I know I won't do much of it, BUT I will get better drying towels, and dump the dishwashing soap in favor of something more Prius-friendly....

Thanks!

terri

[Tideland Prius]

heh np but Pb should take the credit for writing it up (and I think he collaborated with someone else).

That write up made me more comfortable in claybarring the car. I eventually did buy a claybar kit and claybar'd my dad's Camry. Phew did that ever make a difference! It's silver but you can definitely see (and feel) the difference compared to just simply waxing after a wash.

Here are the pics
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t152281.html

[priusenvy]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jack Kelly @ Sep 13 2006, 02:29 PM) [snapback]319139[/snapback]</div>

Good idea!

Someone go find priusenvy and darell. To proof/add.
[/b]

Those were actually pretty well done. The two-bucket wash method was not mentioned, but other than that it seemed like a decent introduction. For more in-depth information you can go to a dedicated site like detailcity.org.

[riva]

I cleaned my monitor with a little water and it looks streaky. Did I make a mistake? How do I remove the streaks? Thanks.

[Oxo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Sep 13 2006, 03:44 PM) [snapback]319112[/snapback]</div>

wrote up a fairly detailed thread on how to detail your vehicle

[/b]

What does 'detail' mean in this context? Cleaning & maintenance? Is this another American usage to confuse foreigners?

In the military service here an NCO 'details' someone to do a particular job. Example:

Sergeant: "Corporal, go and detail ten men to wash the CO's car!"

Maybe it's now:

Sergeant: "Detail ten men to detail the CO's car."

Corporal: "Exterior detail or internal detail, sir?"

Sergeant: "Don't ask detailed questions about the detail. Just get on with it."


No - I haven't got anything better to do and it's rather late in the evening.

[Tideland Prius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Oxo @ Nov 3 2006, 01:30 PM) [snapback]343478[/snapback]</div>

What does 'detail' mean in this context? Cleaning & maintenance? Is this another American usage to confuse foreigners?

In the military service here an NCO 'details' someone to do a particular job. Example:

Sergeant: "Corporal, go and detail ten men to wash the CO's car!"

Maybe it's now:

Sergeant: "Detail ten men to detail the CO's car."

Corporal: "Exterior detail or internal detail, sir?"

Sergeant: "Don't ask detailed questions about the detail. Just get on with it."
No - I haven't got anything better to do and it's rather late in the evening.
[/b]

I believe they use the word 'detail' to infer cleaning and getting into all the nooks and crannies. In other words, carefully and meticulously clean the car.

[eagle33199]

In this context, detail is used to mean an extremely thorough cleaning of the car, either inside or out. It's essentially the difference between moping a tiled floor and getting down on your hands and knees with a toothbrush to really get all that grit and grime out of the grout.