My 2005 DC Tundra will soon cross the 100,000 mile threshold. In celebration I gave it a good detail job. Looking around here and on a couple of other internet automotive forums I belong to (Performance Years Pontiac and the Honda Element Owners Forum) I came up with the products I wanted to use and dove in. Duragloss Products seem to have a good reputation and are reasonably priced so I started there. I went with #111 polish and finished with #951 as the top coat. CarQuest's salesman tried as hard as he could to sell me the stuff he liked since he had been an automotive detailer in a previous life but I held firm and had them order what I wanted. For a cleaner I used Turtle Wax's Ice Clay kit which comes with a small clay bar, a sprayer of water/soap and a bottle of some stripper (not sure what else to call it). Basically with the stripper you wet your ride and then using just a wash mitt, squirt the stripper on the mitt and wash one area at a time. I then clay barred the paint and washed the truck again. Follow that with the #111 and after waiting a few hours work on the #951. Actually applying the #111 and the #951 was easy and left no white powdery residue like most "waxes" do. I'd never used a clay bar before and found it to make quite a difference in how smooth the finish is. It has rained pretty much non-stop since I finished and can report that the truck still looks clean and shiny and beads water like crazy. The #951 should make it easy to keep it looking good after future washes.
DC Tundra's are big...........I did this all by hand.
Now that you've got it that shiny, keep using the Turtle Wax Ice spray detailer once every couple of weeks, and you won't have to wax again for at least 6 months. I use it on my 06 DC and even when it looks dirty to me, other people constantly tell me how shiny my truck is.
Nice, yes, it is amazing how well the clay bar works! I just detailed the wife's red 2003 mustang yesterday. I just used Meguiar's clay bar kit and the NXT 2 wax. After a wash I went over the car with the clay bar, which took the most time. Then got out my PC and gave it a quick wax. Wow.....I just can't believe all the stuff I got off her paint and how smooth and shiny it is now!
My Tundra and Civic will both get the treatment eventually, after this old body recovers from doing the mustang! haha...
__________________ 2006 Tundra Access Cab V8 - TRD
16x8 Konig Countersteer w/Nitto TerraGrapplers 285/75R16
Bilstein 5100 front/rear, Wheelers 1.5" rear blocks
Dynomax cat-back w/Cherry Bomb Pro muffler
Pioneer headunit w/Alphasonic amp and Sochse speakers
HID retrofit in the works, Acura TL bi-xenon projectors w/BMW ZKW lenses
Truxedo Truxport
Trail FX black steps bars
Those clay bars are awesome. My wife has to park underneath oak trees at her work, so every few months I have to clay bar her Nissan Murano to get all the tree crap out of the finish. Not a fun or easy job to do, but well worth it as soon as you see that shine!!
I use Durogloss car soap. It guts the dirt, grease, and some tar quite well with a cherry scent. Then I turn to the Meguiars clay bar kit. This kit can be purchased at any auto parts store for about $22. Follow it up with a good wax job and you are set for a 2-3 months. Just make sure to wash the truck often and apply some spray wax whenever need to increase the longevity of the wax. Personally, I do not care for turtle wax products.
[QUOTE=Tundraman10;1271562] Personally, I do not care for turtle wax products.
I always thought Turtle Wax was junk myself until I tried the ICE line of products. I haven't tried the Mother's or Meguiar's synthetic products just because the ICE products have lasted so long, but knowing the quality of the rest of their stuff, I'm sure they're good too. I'm not familiar with the Duragloss products you guys keep talking about--what are all the different numbers you guys are throwing out in the thread??
It's been a few months since I did the "wax" job. I've washed the truck 3 times and after the 1st two washings I re-applied the #951. The truck still looks fantastic. I just got back from a 700 mile trip to pick up my son and during that bug killing run across Mississippi and Louisiana we encountered 2 major rain storms and in addition the truck sat out in the rain all night last night. Silly thing looks freshly washed.
My question is....When the time comes to "wax" it again, do I need to strip off what I've currently got on it...or whats left of what I have on it....before I hit it with the 111 and the 951 again? And how long before it needs a complete wax job again? Right now when the rain hits it the "beads" are amazingly uniform and perfectly evenly sized.
100,000 Mile Wax Job......
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