<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by H3Lady:
WOW f5fstop
That is exactly what the old man does, dawn, clay bar and he used the NXT and then the Teflon wax.
We swear by clay bar. We just did the H3 and the white clay bar is now black and gritty.
My son says that the new paints at GM cure very fast, his guy at GM says the most is a 30 day wait.
DO NOT WHEEL ANY GM PRODUCT WITHIN THE FIRST 90 DAYS HE ADDED THAT TO THE PIE. IF YOU GET A SCRATCH, USE HAND POWER ONLY... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you research any of the detailing websites this is pretty much the recommended process (
http://www.detailcity.com is a good one). And yes, you can wax (and should) when you get your truck. As for the car soap, I haven't used Dawn, but know many who do. I prefer Maguire's Gold Car wash.
My typical method is wash with maguire's gold, clay (you will be amazed at the contaminents pulled out by the clay), polish, and seal (wax). The last 2 steps are done with a porter cable 7424 which looks like this:
And makes the polishing and waxing steps much easier and more effective. If you do you homework on what products to use and how to use the buffer you will not get swirls. It's actually pretty easy. Moving up to a rotary (vs. the random orbital above) is more difficult as it is more aggressive (you can get halograms (or worse) in the paint if not careful). I have NOT ventured there yet.
Btw, I haven't heard of a 90-day wait to use a buffer.
H3wannabe