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Originally Posted by GrussGott
If you've never done any detailing before I'd do a wash & wax a time or 2 first to get a sense of how to do it; I don't know about glassparency, but if you screw up a long-term coating usually the best way to fix it is polish it off and that's a real bummer. Since you have to do paint-prep anyway, adding a little extra effort to remove a wax should be a few grains of sand on the beach.
I'd go with the measure twice, cut once model.
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Watched a few videos on Youtube about this particular coating and it's gotten great reviews. Pan The Organizer gave it the best non-pro graphene rating and has used it on his gf's car. There were few other reviews who gave it very good reviews and tested it after a few months and it seemed to hold up pretty good. So, just going by that.
As far as detailing the car - I was thinking - since it's a brand new car and it's mineral white - I will inspect the paint and if it really doesn't need polishing - I'll just skip clay-ing and polishing. I already told the dealership to not prep or wash it and since it's coming straight from factory - hopefully it won't have a lot of days sitting in the sun and rain.
Plan is - to wash the car (first rinse-less + then use foam gun + 2 bucket wash) + chemical decontamination with iron remover + paint prep spray + apply 2 coatings and leave the car in my garage for 48 hours.
Of course - if I find the paint needs to be polished - then your idea sounds like a good way to go about it. Practice and get it right before applying a long term coating. I do have a friend who does wax coating on his cars - maybe I'll get him to help me but kind of want to do it on my own.
Am I wrong to skip the clay-ing and polishing if the paint looks to be in great condition?