Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I spent all day today washing my stang with meguires gold class car wash and then claying with meguires clay kit. I covered the car when I finished to keep it clean. I purchased OD light polish, OD wet glaze, and wet obsessions wax from justin and I will take the cover off and apply them monday when the weather is nice again. My question is do I need to wash my car now after claying it, or in between any of the next three steps of polishing, glazing, and waxing?

 

I would just use a quick detailer and a microfiber towel and give it a good once over...no need to wash it all over again

 

Washing is the first step of all cleaning processes. A through wash will start you off. Next you clay bar using your quick detailer, clay, (dont forget to keep your clay clean and kneaded.), and high quality microfiber. Now, for your question- you are ready for you next steps. Which will proceed as polishing, and to be honest I have not worked with glaze before, then your wax. I personally have stuck to natural carnauba products so hit up Juztang on here and ask him when to use the glaze if your not sure. To wrap it up, wash it throughly as your first step then you cover your car. A good idea would just to prepare and clean your cars body up is just quick detail it, as pallidamors said above.

 

I would wash the car before you start polishing, even if you used the car cover.

Polish -> Glaze -> Wax in that order and you don't need to wash in between those steps.

 

considering its just been a couple days and you havent driven anywhere i would just do like pallidamors said and microfiber it off to get the dust and stuff off.. if youve driven it id rewash it bec of all the road grime you dont want scrubbed into the car.. +1 on the polish, glaze, wax order too.. no washing in between

 

Thanks for the help guys. I'll just hit it with some meguires uqd then get to the good stuff.

 

Make sure to take some pictures after you are done!

 

Here are a couple of pictures. That wet obsessions wax is amazing!