Car Detailing 101: How To Detail Like A Professional

[00:00] hey guys this is adam with ceramic pro

[00:02] and this is the first video of a series

[00:04] on how to detail your car welcome to

[00:06] detailing 101

[00:08] so i'm going to run you through the

[00:09] whole process starting from the top of

[00:11] the vehicle

[00:12] all the way to the bottom i'm going to

[00:13] introduce you to all the tools but i

[00:15] encourage you to subscribe now

[00:17] because we're going to go in depth in

[00:19] the future on every step

[00:21] to get you professional results at home

[00:23] or to show you

[00:24] why you should choose a professional

[00:26] installer first things first

[00:28] we're going to wash the vehicle you

[00:30] start with a pre-rinse

[00:32] here with a professional facility we use

[00:34] spot-free water it's deionized

[00:36] so we can actually wash the vehicle

[00:37] start from the top do the wheels and

[00:39] leave the car wet for a long period of

[00:41] time

[00:42] the top is where all of the dinginess

[00:44] lands where the sun beats down your car

[00:46] and bakes in all of that stuff up there

[00:49] that you don't want there

[00:50] so first thing pre-rinse the vehicle get

[00:52] off all the loose dirt

[00:53] as you move your way down you'll want to

[00:55] pre-rinse the wheel wells and then

[00:57] pre-rinse the wheels

[00:59] once you've knocked off all of the

[01:01] general loose dirt the next thing you're

[01:02] going to do

[01:03] is move to the two bucket system washing

[01:06] so as you can see we have two buckets

[01:08] we always have a grit guard in there so

[01:10] that

[01:11] your dirt falls to the bottom but your

[01:13] wash media stays at the top

[01:14] we also love using an eco wash system

[01:17] here and i'll go into that

[01:18] again on the next video so now that your

[01:21] car's been pre-rinsed

[01:23] you're gonna start soaping the car from

[01:25] the top

[01:26] work your way down if you're working in

[01:28] a nice shaded area like we have

[01:30] and you have spot-free water you can

[01:33] basically soak the entire vehicle

[01:35] working from your top to the bottom and

[01:37] do all the smooth painted surfaces

[01:40] next you'll go ahead and pressure wash

[01:42] all of that soap

[01:43] off then once the body is generally

[01:46] clean

[01:47] you're going to spray some degreasers

[01:49] into the wheel wells

[01:50] and break up any hard dirt that's in

[01:52] there and then pressure wash

[01:54] all that out once that's clean your

[01:55] wheels are going to look dirty dirty

[01:57] dirty

[01:58] so get down low and you're going to

[02:00] degrease the wheels

[02:01] degrease the tires pressure wash it and

[02:04] then use

[02:05] a variety of detailing brushes to make

[02:07] sure that you get into

[02:08] all the nooks and crannies once it's

[02:11] clean

[02:11] you go ahead and pressure wash that out

[02:13] again and the wheel should be

[02:14] totally clean from the back to the front

[02:17] including all around the lugs

[02:20] next your truck should be very clean

[02:23] but you probably have some hidden dirt

[02:26] on your running boards

[02:28] or on your accessory plastic panels like

[02:30] this

[02:31] so you'll wanna almost in a way start

[02:34] from the beginning again

[02:36] spray some mild ph neutral

[02:39] degreaser and cleaner onto these

[02:41] plastics

[02:42] then you'll go ahead and gently scrub it

[02:45] with a scrub brush

[02:46] being very very careful to not touch the

[02:48] paint

[02:50] now once that's all cleaned up you'll

[02:52] pressure wash that again

[02:54] and make sure you got all of that debris

[02:56] off the body

[02:57] if needed you might need to soak that

[02:59] area once again

[03:01] and pressure wash it again after that

[03:04] the exterior of your car or truck should

[03:06] look

[03:06] very clean and again because we're using

[03:09] spot-free water

[03:10] and we're indoors we have time so what i

[03:13] mean by

[03:14] having time is you won't be getting

[03:16] water spots on the vehicle

[03:17] which are a really really negative thing

[03:19] that you don't want

[03:21] so i'm opening the doors you're probably

[03:23] thinking i'm moving on to cleaning the

[03:24] interior but i'm actually not i'm still

[03:26] working the paint

[03:27] as you can see in the door jambs they're

[03:30] all painted

[03:31] just like the exterior of the vehicle so

[03:33] i'm still cleaning paint

[03:35] here you'll want to use that mild ph

[03:39] neutral degreaser

[03:40] and spray it all in the cracks and

[03:42] crevices

[03:43] all throughout and you'll start to see

[03:45] dirt just falling out like you never

[03:47] knew was there

[03:48] next use um just water

[03:52] or a uh or a even more mild cleaner

[03:55] and spray it in and you'll use a

[03:56] microfiber towel to clean all those

[03:58] areas

[04:00] being careful of course to not let it

[04:03] over spray into the interior

[04:05] once you've cleaned it then you want to

[04:07] dry it close the doors

[04:09] and begin the process of drying the

[04:11] vehicle

[04:13] so during this process you'll use very

[04:15] soft microfiber towels drying towels

[04:18] and you can dry the vehicle to about

[04:21] eighty percent dry

[04:22] it doesn't have to be perfectly bone dry

[04:25] because you're about to decontaminate

[04:27] the paint

[04:28] after that so now the vehicle

[04:31] is almost completely dry you'll begin

[04:33] again

[04:34] by adding a lubricant onto the paint

[04:37] you always want to work with semi-wet

[04:40] paint or lubricated paint

[04:42] you very rarely want to rub dry because

[04:45] you can actually add scratches

[04:46] so once it's lubricated using

[04:50] our preferred product which is pink

[04:52] wipeout

[04:55] then you will move into the

[04:57] decontamination process

[04:59] decontamination is a fancy word for clay

[05:02] barring

[05:03] this is a clay towel you can use a clay

[05:05] bar or a clay towel

[05:07] and you will again begin from the top

[05:10] and work your way down gently wiping it

[05:13] until the paint feels smooth

[05:15] again we're going to go into depth in

[05:17] that in the next video

[05:18] that's the decontamination process once

[05:21] the paint feels entirely smooth

[05:23] then you dry the vehicle completely back

[05:26] with the microfiber drying towels that

[05:28] are very soft

[05:29] and if needed you can use compressed air

[05:32] which we have here hanging from the

[05:34] ceilings to get all the water

[05:36] out of all the cracks and crevices

[05:38] because the last thing you want when you

[05:39] go for a drive

[05:40] is water to run down the paint after

[05:42] you've decontaminated it and dried it

[05:44] totally

[05:45] you can move on to either detailing the

[05:47] interior

[05:48] or continuing to polish and brighten the

[05:51] paint

[05:52] using a machine polisher so we just got

[05:55] finished drying the vehicle

[05:56] and now you have to look at how you're

[05:57] going to protect the exterior of course

[05:59] you can look into old methods like wax

[06:00] or sealants

[06:01] or you can check out ceramic pro's full

[06:03] line of exterior protection products

[06:06] alright so we just got finished with the

[06:08] exterior of the vehicle now we're moving

[06:09] on to the interior

[06:10] and of course the first step when

[06:12] detailing your interior is vacuuming

[06:14] so choosing the right vacuum is

[06:16] important this one has

[06:17] very high suction and even possibly more

[06:20] important than that

[06:21] is having the right attachments to make

[06:23] sure you can get into all the nooks and

[06:24] crannies

[06:25] so come on over i'll show you the basic

[06:28] process to detail the interior vehicle

[06:30] so as i said of course first thing we do

[06:32] here at a ceramic pro shop

[06:34] is we vacuum the interior and actually

[06:36] the next thing we do

[06:37] is we use compressed air and then we

[06:41] blow out

[06:42] as much of the dirt and debris that's

[06:43] hidden as possible to loosen it back up

[06:45] and then believe it or not we vacuum the

[06:48] vehicle again

[06:50] so once it's totally vacuumed then you

[06:52] have to diagnose the vehicle and say i'm

[06:54] going to work from top to bottom

[06:55] so when you look in this car it actually

[06:57] has a lot of different types of surfaces

[07:00] so you have leather you have plastic you

[07:03] have rubber

[07:04] you have carbon fiber and then even the

[07:06] stereo screen

[07:07] you need to be careful of those so

[07:09] knowing which products to use

[07:11] at which time is very important so you

[07:13] can see we've got a variety of products

[07:15] we also have a variety of cleaning

[07:16] brushes and then

[07:19] we have high quality microfiber towels

[07:22] that are designated for the interior

[07:24] only when you're cleaning the surfaces

[07:26] oftentimes

[07:27] you'll have to use a combination of

[07:29] cleaning detergents

[07:30] brushes towels and then we also use

[07:33] a high-powered industrial steam cleaner

[07:36] as well

[07:37] so the steam cleaner will help get out

[07:40] all the loose debris

[07:42] clean with using less chemicals and also

[07:44] disinfect

[07:46] and because we work from top to bottom

[07:48] now we've pushed

[07:49] everything down to the bottom and we've

[07:51] cleaned all of the surfaces as we work

[07:53] down

[07:54] and lastly you have your carpets carpets

[07:56] often are a place that hide a lot of

[07:58] dirt

[07:59] and vacuuming just simply isn't enough

[08:01] so you'll want to use

[08:03] a industrial carpet cleaning machine

[08:06] so this is called carpet extractor it

[08:09] sprays out 210 degree hot water

[08:11] and simultaneously sucks up the dirt

[08:13] which you'll see in the next video it's

[08:15] sucking a lot of dirt through this clear

[08:17] kind of observation window here now your

[08:19] carpets are clean

[08:20] your leather is clean your plastics are

[08:22] clean everything on the interior is

[08:24] clean and

[08:26] just like the exterior of your vehicle

[08:27] you're going to want to look into how to

[08:29] preserve it

[08:30] so you can use old school products like

[08:33] dressings or silicones or you can use

[08:36] the full lineup of ceramic pro interior

[08:38] protection

[08:39] as well as a really cool product that we

[08:41] have called ceramic protag

[08:43] ceramic protag is an antimicrobial

[08:45] coating which is so important now

[08:47] because it actually continues to work

[08:49] by killing germs for months after

[08:52] application thank you guys so much for

[08:54] watching

[08:55] how to detail the interior of your

[08:57] vehicle and before that of course how to

[08:58] detail the exterior

[09:00] if you're looking to get this done today

[09:02] please look for a ceramic pro certified

[09:03] installer

[09:04] if you're looking to do this at home or

[09:06] learn more about

[09:08] how we do it subscribe to see our full

[09:11] mini series on how to detail your

[09:13] vehicle thanks for watching the first

[09:15] video of detailing 101. we'll see you on

[09:17] the next video

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