[0:00] hey guys this is adam with ceramic pro
[0:02] and this is the first video of a series
[0:04] on how to detail your car welcome to
[0:06] detailing 101
[0:08] so i'm going to run you through the
[0:09] whole process starting from the top of
[0:11] the vehicle
[0:12] all the way to the bottom i'm going to
[0:13] introduce you to all the tools but i
[0:15] encourage you to subscribe now
[0:17] because we're going to go in depth in
[0:19] the future on every step
[0:21] to get you professional results at home
[0:23] or to show you
[0:24] why you should choose a professional
[0:26] installer first things first
[0:28] we're going to wash the vehicle you
[0:30] start with a pre-rinse
[0:32] here with a professional facility we use
[0:34] spot-free water it's deionized
[0:36] so we can actually wash the vehicle
[0:37] start from the top do the wheels and
[0:39] leave the car wet for a long period of
[0:41] time
[0:42] the top is where all of the dinginess
[0:44] lands where the sun beats down your car
[0:46] and bakes in all of that stuff up there
[0:49] that you don't want there
[0:50] so first thing pre-rinse the vehicle get
[0:52] off all the loose dirt
[0:53] as you move your way down you'll want to
[0:55] pre-rinse the wheel wells and then
[0:57] pre-rinse the wheels
[0:59] once you've knocked off all of the
[1:01] general loose dirt the next thing you're
[1:02] going to do
[1:03] is move to the two bucket system washing
[1:06] so as you can see we have two buckets
[1:08] we always have a grit guard in there so
[1:10] that
[1:11] your dirt falls to the bottom but your
[1:13] wash media stays at the top
[1:14] we also love using an eco wash system
[1:17] here and i'll go into that
[1:18] again on the next video so now that your
[1:21] car's been pre-rinsed
[1:23] you're gonna start soaping the car from
[1:25] the top
[1:26] work your way down if you're working in
[1:28] a nice shaded area like we have
[1:30] and you have spot-free water you can
[1:33] basically soak the entire vehicle
[1:35] working from your top to the bottom and
[1:37] do all the smooth painted surfaces
[1:40] next you'll go ahead and pressure wash
[1:42] all of that soap
[1:43] off then once the body is generally
[1:46] clean
[1:47] you're going to spray some degreasers
[1:49] into the wheel wells
[1:50] and break up any hard dirt that's in
[1:52] there and then pressure wash
[1:54] all that out once that's clean your
[1:55] wheels are going to look dirty dirty
[1:57] dirty
[1:58] so get down low and you're going to
[2:00] degrease the wheels
[2:01] degrease the tires pressure wash it and
[2:04] then use
[2:05] a variety of detailing brushes to make
[2:07] sure that you get into
[2:08] all the nooks and crannies once it's
[2:11] clean
[2:11] you go ahead and pressure wash that out
[2:13] again and the wheel should be
[2:14] totally clean from the back to the front
[2:17] including all around the lugs
[2:20] next your truck should be very clean
[2:23] but you probably have some hidden dirt
[2:26] on your running boards
[2:28] or on your accessory plastic panels like
[2:30] this
[2:31] so you'll wanna almost in a way start
[2:34] from the beginning again
[2:36] spray some mild ph neutral
[2:39] degreaser and cleaner onto these
[2:41] plastics
[2:42] then you'll go ahead and gently scrub it
[2:45] with a scrub brush
[2:46] being very very careful to not touch the
[2:48] paint
[2:50] now once that's all cleaned up you'll
[2:52] pressure wash that again
[2:54] and make sure you got all of that debris
[2:56] off the body
[2:57] if needed you might need to soak that
[2:59] area once again
[3:01] and pressure wash it again after that
[3:04] the exterior of your car or truck should
[3:06] look
[3:06] very clean and again because we're using
[3:09] spot-free water
[3:10] and we're indoors we have time so what i
[3:13] mean by
[3:14] having time is you won't be getting
[3:16] water spots on the vehicle
[3:17] which are a really really negative thing
[3:19] that you don't want
[3:21] so i'm opening the doors you're probably
[3:23] thinking i'm moving on to cleaning the
[3:24] interior but i'm actually not i'm still
[3:26] working the paint
[3:27] as you can see in the door jambs they're
[3:30] all painted
[3:31] just like the exterior of the vehicle so
[3:33] i'm still cleaning paint
[3:35] here you'll want to use that mild ph
[3:39] neutral degreaser
[3:40] and spray it all in the cracks and
[3:42] crevices
[3:43] all throughout and you'll start to see
[3:45] dirt just falling out like you never
[3:47] knew was there
[3:48] next use um just water
[3:52] or a uh or a even more mild cleaner
[3:55] and spray it in and you'll use a
[3:56] microfiber towel to clean all those
[3:58] areas
[4:00] being careful of course to not let it
[4:03] over spray into the interior
[4:05] once you've cleaned it then you want to
[4:07] dry it close the doors
[4:09] and begin the process of drying the
[4:11] vehicle
[4:13] so during this process you'll use very
[4:15] soft microfiber towels drying towels
[4:18] and you can dry the vehicle to about
[4:21] eighty percent dry
[4:22] it doesn't have to be perfectly bone dry
[4:25] because you're about to decontaminate
[4:27] the paint
[4:28] after that so now the vehicle
[4:31] is almost completely dry you'll begin
[4:33] again
[4:34] by adding a lubricant onto the paint
[4:37] you always want to work with semi-wet
[4:40] paint or lubricated paint
[4:42] you very rarely want to rub dry because
[4:45] you can actually add scratches
[4:46] so once it's lubricated using
[4:50] our preferred product which is pink
[4:52] wipeout
[4:55] then you will move into the
[4:57] decontamination process
[4:59] decontamination is a fancy word for clay
[5:02] barring
[5:03] this is a clay towel you can use a clay
[5:05] bar or a clay towel
[5:07] and you will again begin from the top
[5:10] and work your way down gently wiping it
[5:13] until the paint feels smooth
[5:15] again we're going to go into depth in
[5:17] that in the next video
[5:18] that's the decontamination process once
[5:21] the paint feels entirely smooth
[5:23] then you dry the vehicle completely back
[5:26] with the microfiber drying towels that
[5:28] are very soft
[5:29] and if needed you can use compressed air
[5:32] which we have here hanging from the
[5:34] ceilings to get all the water
[5:36] out of all the cracks and crevices
[5:38] because the last thing you want when you
[5:39] go for a drive
[5:40] is water to run down the paint after
[5:42] you've decontaminated it and dried it
[5:44] totally
[5:45] you can move on to either detailing the
[5:47] interior
[5:48] or continuing to polish and brighten the
[5:51] paint
[5:52] using a machine polisher so we just got
[5:55] finished drying the vehicle
[5:56] and now you have to look at how you're
[5:57] going to protect the exterior of course
[5:59] you can look into old methods like wax
[6:00] or sealants
[6:01] or you can check out ceramic pro's full
[6:03] line of exterior protection products
[6:06] alright so we just got finished with the
[6:08] exterior of the vehicle now we're moving
[6:09] on to the interior
[6:10] and of course the first step when
[6:12] detailing your interior is vacuuming
[6:14] so choosing the right vacuum is
[6:16] important this one has
[6:17] very high suction and even possibly more
[6:20] important than that
[6:21] is having the right attachments to make
[6:23] sure you can get into all the nooks and
[6:24] crannies
[6:25] so come on over i'll show you the basic
[6:28] process to detail the interior vehicle
[6:30] so as i said of course first thing we do
[6:32] here at a ceramic pro shop
[6:34] is we vacuum the interior and actually
[6:36] the next thing we do
[6:37] is we use compressed air and then we
[6:41] blow out
[6:42] as much of the dirt and debris that's
[6:43] hidden as possible to loosen it back up
[6:45] and then believe it or not we vacuum the
[6:48] vehicle again
[6:50] so once it's totally vacuumed then you
[6:52] have to diagnose the vehicle and say i'm
[6:54] going to work from top to bottom
[6:55] so when you look in this car it actually
[6:57] has a lot of different types of surfaces
[7:00] so you have leather you have plastic you
[7:03] have rubber
[7:04] you have carbon fiber and then even the
[7:06] stereo screen
[7:07] you need to be careful of those so
[7:09] knowing which products to use
[7:11] at which time is very important so you
[7:13] can see we've got a variety of products
[7:15] we also have a variety of cleaning
[7:16] brushes and then
[7:19] we have high quality microfiber towels
[7:22] that are designated for the interior
[7:24] only when you're cleaning the surfaces
[7:26] oftentimes
[7:27] you'll have to use a combination of
[7:29] cleaning detergents
[7:30] brushes towels and then we also use
[7:33] a high-powered industrial steam cleaner
[7:36] as well
[7:37] so the steam cleaner will help get out
[7:40] all the loose debris
[7:42] clean with using less chemicals and also
[7:44] disinfect
[7:46] and because we work from top to bottom
[7:48] now we've pushed
[7:49] everything down to the bottom and we've
[7:51] cleaned all of the surfaces as we work
[7:53] down
[7:54] and lastly you have your carpets carpets
[7:56] often are a place that hide a lot of
[7:58] dirt
[7:59] and vacuuming just simply isn't enough
[8:01] so you'll want to use
[8:03] a industrial carpet cleaning machine
[8:06] so this is called carpet extractor it
[8:09] sprays out 210 degree hot water
[8:11] and simultaneously sucks up the dirt
[8:13] which you'll see in the next video it's
[8:15] sucking a lot of dirt through this clear
[8:17] kind of observation window here now your
[8:19] carpets are clean
[8:20] your leather is clean your plastics are
[8:22] clean everything on the interior is
[8:24] clean and
[8:26] just like the exterior of your vehicle
[8:27] you're going to want to look into how to
[8:29] preserve it
[8:30] so you can use old school products like
[8:33] dressings or silicones or you can use
[8:36] the full lineup of ceramic pro interior
[8:38] protection
[8:39] as well as a really cool product that we
[8:41] have called ceramic protag
[8:43] ceramic protag is an antimicrobial
[8:45] coating which is so important now
[8:47] because it actually continues to work
[8:49] by killing germs for months after
[8:52] application thank you guys so much for
[8:54] watching
[8:55] how to detail the interior of your
[8:57] vehicle and before that of course how to
[8:58] detail the exterior
[9:00] if you're looking to get this done today
[9:02] please look for a ceramic pro certified
[9:03] installer
[9:04] if you're looking to do this at home or
[9:06] learn more about
[9:08] how we do it subscribe to see our full
[9:11] mini series on how to detail your
[9:13] vehicle thanks for watching the first
[9:15] video of detailing 101. we'll see you on
[9:17] the next video
[9:22] you