How to Make Your Car Shine Like Glass

Car Paint Restoration

Ensure that your car's paintwork is best for the perfect shine. A great-looking exterior is the foundational base for further paint correction and detailing that will leave your car shiny and well protected from environmental and climatic conditions.

After cleaning your car, inspect for any dents, fine scratches, and minor blemishes and address minor superficial scratches on the surface. For deep scratches, extensive body repair, and minor blemishes, you should visit an auto detailing and exterior shop for assistance. Leave the professionals to restore your paintwork as they can guarantee you an excellent car finish.

Foam Cleaning the Car Surface

Start by thoroughly cleaning your car's surface with a microfiber towel and car shampoo. Thorough cleaning will rid your car's body of dirt particles and any other paint contaminants that may create scratches on the car's surface. Take note that using an old wash mitt does more harm than good. While cleaning, the wash mitt picks up fine particles from the surface that creates scratches when dragged over the paint surface. A better alternative is microfiber towels. These towels are gentle to the car's surface and will not leave any scratch marks.



The other challenge to overcome in your quest to have your car shine like glass is making sure that swirl marks don't appear after cleaning. Swirl marks reflect light away from your eyes and leave the car looking dull. While cleaning, it's advisable to clean without applying physical pressure on the car surface. The result will be a deep shine that enhances your car's appearance. A foam gun together with car wash soap or ph-neutral automotive shampoo will solve this for you. Car shampoo is precisely engineered to lift dirt particles off your car's surface and wash it down as it slides off its surface. The longer it stays on the surface, the more effective it is. This effect makes it more favorable than ordinary soap and water mixture. Car shampoo is also more gentle on your car paint than regular soap.

Clay Bar the Cars Surface

Clay barring or clay bar claying is the final cleaning process for that perfect shine. Washing shampoo may remove all the dirt particles but may be ineffective on other components and impurities. Impurities like tree sap, tar, grime, bug splatter, and other contaminants stick on the paint and may not completely disappear after a regular wash. You can perform a simple check to determine if your car needs clay barring. Take a large microfiber towel and gently run it over the car's surface. If it catches any slight protrusions on any car panel, that section will need clay barring to even out the imperfections.

For effective results and perfect shine, mold a small piece of the clay bar into a size you can comfortably hold. After that, apply some clay lubricant on the target surface and gently rub the clay bar in an up and down or right to left fashion. As you do this, constantly check the smoothness of the surface by running the microfiber cloth over the surface until the clay bar and microfiber cloth glide smoothly over the surface. Repeat the same process across targeted areas. Take note that clay barring is also effective on glass surface imperfections.