Most of you guys and gals have a car I want to give you all some pointers on getting a like new look to your car,First wash it ,in and around the wheels as well,this will take all day so relax, now polish the car with Meguiar's deep crystal Polish as per directed,use a buffer if you have one,this first polish is prior to waxing it, now buff it up as best as you can,   Have lunch.    now get some Meguiar's  polishing clay,pat it and shape it should look like a thin bar of soap.
Now spray some Quick delailing polish ,once again Meguiar's it's very thin and looks like water ,use it for a lubricant for the clay, spray half the roof or hood and rub the clay firmly on the paint surface,then wipe it dry with a flannel like material, run your fingers over the part you just did,it should feel like glass,do the rest of the car, take a short break,                 Now get your bottle of Meguiar's Deep Crystal carnauba wax, follow instructions ,if you have done every thing right your car will look like new, take your wife or GF out for dinner , Now two things might happen the parking lot attendant at the restaurante will run into a jaguar just as you get seated or it will rain,or both,
I'm kidding I'm kidding.

Charon wrote on 10/19/10 at 16:26:55:

Sorry charon I wrote the above for people who care about there car.and to tell you and others about the clay I have been using.

Ive been in clay, after a rain, & thats a bad thing.

I dont spend too much time washin & rubbin on stuff. But, I gotta admit, the 87 pikkup makes washing a ride just OOOKay.

I don't polish anything, maybe the bike now and then, I suppose I'm kind of scruffy anyway, the wife says it comes naturally to me when she tries to tuck me in and comb the little hair I have left. But then again, at my age I can't see any change in the foreseeable future

Thanks for the tip. I've never tried the clay being the cynical cheap bastard I am I'll put it on my "hit list".

You like a pretty looking girl why not a pretty looking bike.

One of the silliest (to me) things I have ever heard was "I can't go riding today, I need to polish the bike first".
So.. he would rather polish it than ride it?  Or he won't be seen on the streets unless the bike sparkles?
I told him he would never want to ride with me anyway, as I don't worry about it if I need to go through water or a bit of dirt or gravel.

Do I wash my bike?  Yes, but I'm not a fanatic.  Normally just take to to the car wash place and spray it down.  About once a month I will jack it up and give it a good cleaning at the house.  That is also when I look for things coming loose.

Washing, waxing, polishing.  All well and good if the machine is expensive and you want to show it off and keep it pristine for resale.
Me.. "I just wanna ride man."

when I brought my Miata  I did not trade in my Ford taurus,the ford is my every day go to town car ,or rain car.my Miata ,I like to keep spotless for car shows etc; I wax the ford once a year.
The Miata is my hobby, with my bad hand I cant fish,cant play golf,cant build model airplanes and I cant ride a bike.
So my car is my hobby ,and I can polish it with one hand.