What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[DFB]

Gave the Ranger a quick wash this afternoon to remove some wet weather traffic film. The Jaguar likewise while I had the gear out, I mean it would have been rude not too.



I'm now loving Bead Maker as a drying aid. Having used it on a couple of cars now, the Jaguar was the first of my cars to get a coat. On a well protected vehicle, in this case Power Lock, Bead Maker seems to work much better.

 

[DFB]

A planned day off and lock down means a happy day spent in the garage.

Rinsing down the XR6, the beading from the Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant I applied in December certainly made me smile.



Anyway, enough of the bead porn, the aim of today was to get the XR6 washed for it new cover.







All clean and ready to try out it's new cover.









Very happy to have worked on my Blue Rocket today, and I love the contrast of the red cover over the sensational blue paint.

 

[DFB]

While I was pottering away on the XR6, a much anticipated delivery arrived.





DROOL........



Just have to learn how to use it now.

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Nothing major today, went to Bunnings, our version of Home Depot I think, parked under a tree to have some lunch, so got some bird poo on it. Rained on the way home washed most of it off, just a light soaking with Duragloss Fast Clean & Shine and it all wiped off with no residue or marking left. Happy days.

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I gave the Qashqai an ONR spray wash, it's been in the garage since last Friday, but we had a day with some very strong winds, so there was a layer of dust on it. After that I decided to apply some Meguiars Quik Wax. I bought it to use on the large amount of black trim on the FJ, but thought I'd see what it looks like on the Qashqai. Very happy with the results. Its obvious the blue is one of those colours that changes with the lighting conditions.

I call the first pic a "Wilson" shot. View attachment 72447View attachment 72448View attachment 72449

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[DFB]

Another Holden in the DFB Garage today.

This 2008 Holden Calais Sportwagon with the 3.6 V6 engine has over 136,000 miles on clock and was in today for it's first detail in 4 years. This was the generation of Commodore that was exported to US as the Pontiac G8 although you guys never got the wagon version.







Spent the better part of 6 hours getting it clean again, I even got to play with my new toy. Im the MAN

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Another Holden in the DFB Garage today.

This 2008 Holden Calais Sportwagon with the 3.6 V6 engine has over 136,000 miles on clock and was in today for it's first detail in 4 years. This was the generation of Commodore that was exported to US as the Pontiac G8 although you guys never got the wagon version.







Spent the better part of 6 hours getting it clean again, I even got to play with my new toy. Im the MAN

Interesting thing about the wagon, they handled better than the sedan or ute. I had a series 2 Berlina International wagon with the 3 litre. My favourite memory was driving it on the Great Ocean Road, I had a guy in a Maloo ahead of me who couldn't get away from me. On the straight sections he'd pull away, and on the bends I would catch him, I was running sticky Continentals on it.

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[glen e]

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Today was wheel day; first a wash with ech02 rinseless, then a blow dry. Followed with tires done with black magic foam. Tomorrow I’ll re-wet, then seal the rims with Hydroseal and a hard rinse.

When I got the car a few weeks ago, I did a Dawn wash and then two applications of hydroseal. So the brake dust is just sitting on top of the hydroseal, and comes off as soon as the ech02 hits it, as Martha says, “it’s a good thing“. LOL I’m finding in this environment here in Florida, I’m getting three weeks to a month out of the black magic foam.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Another Holden in the DFB Garage today.

This was the generation of Commodore that was exported to US as the Pontiac G8 although you guys never got the wagon version.[/url]

We never get the Wagons....

Been a wagon fan ever since 93. A shop I use to work at would get the Option magazine from japan and I’d see all the Accord and Subie wagons supe’d up....


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[oneheadlite]

We never get the Wagons....

Been a wagon fan ever since 93. A shop I use to work at would get the Option magazine from japan and I’d see all the Accord and Subie wagons supe’d up....

Tell me about it! When it comes time to replace my current Avant, I'm stuck going to an allroad (tall wagon) for something newer as Audi quit bringing the standard wagons over. They did bring the RS6 over as an avant again, but I don't see myself stumbling into that kinda money any time soon (though a guy can dream...).

Having a wagon has been awesome. Fold the seats down, put down a tarp, and I can't remember what my max number was for Sod rolls - even with lowering springs the car worked like a charm. Just recently I've hauled 10' boards for a couple bed projects, and they fit inside with the hatch shut. Who needs a truck? :laughing:

My recent detailing relateds:

"Detailed" my shop vac - had to use it to vacuum out my water softener brine tank, and I'd been meaning to give it a thorough clean anyway. (Note to first-time-water-softener-owner-self: Clean the brine tank out more than once every 6 years...) Even with a new in-bin filter it smelled like dog every time I'd use it. Wiped it down with Griot's Foaming Surface Prep @10:1, then chased it with ONR. Removed and washed the filter just inside the case, then just blew out the inside of the vacuum/blower unit while it was running. Looks like a new vacuum, and feels like the suction bumped up as well.

Also hit a couple of Dollar coins with Griot's Machine Polish 2 on a deck stain application pad to shine them up for ... the Tooth Fairy. Quick spray of wax after and they looked straight from Fairyland. :laughing: My daughter just lost her first tooth (and second the next day) - she was super excited.

Why Machine Polish 2? I still have a partial bottle, and despite having a handful of more modern compounds and polishes, I just can't get myself to just pitch the old Machine Polishes I have left. Up next, I'm gonna try Machine Polish 3 on the bathroom vanity downstairs...

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I did some more work on the Qashqai today, treated the tyres with 303 Aerospace Protectant, sprayed it on, wiped it all over, let it soak for about 10 minutes, then wiped off the excess.

I then cleaned all the glass, I used a dilution of the windscreen washer additive I have, so many of the glass cleaners I've used leave a residue, this didn't out of the water squirters, so I thought I'd try it mixed in a squirt bottle. It works as good as the best I've tried, which was Scheiben-Klar from Einszett. I then coated all the exterior glass, even the mirrors, with RainX. View attachment 72458View attachment 72459View attachment 72460

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[Klasse Act]

Just loaded the ES with 2 buckets and 3 carshow totes full of detailing products and various towels, I even have products in the carwash buckets. Its 3 degrees right now but I'm thinking the shop will be about 70 degrees if I had to guess. The 6 hrs of therapy will go a looooong way to my mental health today

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[Klasse Act]

So THIS is what I started with today...a M O N S T E R

The owner pulled it in and rinsed it off with the power washer, just to knock off some of the snow and muck...then I got after it. I started by using the Griot's Garage Ceramic Wash and Coat in my Foam gun. I let it dwell and rinsed off and as you can see in the pic of the roof, its beading pretty good after the rinse. Next was a 2BM using DG carwash soap. Now I used a very soft brush the owner said he used on the truck, so "when in Rome" After doing 1/2 the truck I emptied both the rinse AND wash bucket and made a fresh batch of both, a 2 2BM wash. Going overboard is what I do so next up was Griot's Garage Poly Gloss in the IK foamer, let dwell and rinse. I finished up by using Brake Buster on the tires and wheels, rinsed and used my MINI Master Blaster on the tires/wheels. I dressed the tires with Auto Glym tire gel and the owner pulled it outside...next up the ES!

Btw, it took me 2.5 hrs to wash this B E A S T! Pretty good for a short 51 year old I think

You guys with big trucks, your not 5' 6", are you

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[Klasse Act]

After a Portillo's lunch (Italian beef w/mozzarella and hot gard(spelling) and crinkle fries and damn Pepsi, can you believe that, LOL, it was time for the ES to get cleaned up. I started by emptying the catchcan and it was about half full, surprisingly

To get thing started I used for the 1st time Griot's Garage foaming surface prep. Now this is supposed to be used when your about to lay something down, and I was planning to (more later). I poured 2 ounces in my IK 1.5 and foamed it down and let it dwell. While that was going on I used the "new and improved" Auto-Fanatic foaming wheel cleaner and it did a GREAT job, all 4 brushes used for sure here, hammered tires and wheels. I rinsed everything down and in the beading pic that's what it looked like AFTER the foaming surface prep, amazing! Either my TAC system power plus Sio2 paint coating is holding up great since last June and/or the 303 graphene is, either way I was VERY happy!

Next up was the Griot's Garage Ceramic Wash and Coat, again! Same thing here, used my foam gun and used the entire contents all over the car, let dwell and rinsed off. For the final wash, a 2BM, I again reached for the DG carwash soap and it did a great job, smelling awesome along the way. With everything still wet I finished by spraying Meg's HCW diluted 4:1 on the rims, wiped it in real good and rinsed away, leaving good beads!

I dried the entire car with my MINI Master Blaster, love using that thing and it was easy, even though it's not nearly as powerful as it's big brother. At this point I "thought" I had the time so I began to apply TW HS Pro Graphene to my car. Now I got to do the entire front clip, p/s doors & quarter panel and trunk before the owner closed up...damn Now I've gotta say this about the product. I used the same Foam applicator I used for the 303, but it was clean and used 2 sprays for half the hood and it was kinda of a b!tch to remove, required more effort than 303. That said, THE GLOSS AND SLICKNESS! These 2 words are thrown around like nothing but HERE it truely appliesSo my rear bumper and d/s quarter panel and doors only have Griot's Garage Ceramic Wash and Coat over the TAC system and 303, I'm pretty sure its going to be fine. Since I was rushed out I didn't get to take any pics from the parking lot but I could clearly see the difference between the p/s treated WITH TWHS Pro and d/s NOT treated. I'm really looking forward to the wet application and spray on, hose off methods this spring/summer/fall.

Oh yeah I did dress the tires in Auto Glym tyre gel and it has great coverage, one swipe and it's done. Btw DFB I did apply lightly per your suggestion

Now ofcoarse the sun was out, melting was occurring and the car looked like sh!t when I got home, that pillar pic was the best I could do but it was treated with the TWHS Pro Graphene...the gloss, my God the gloss (wait...is that saying trademarked, do I need to send some money to Montreal)

Thanks for looking and reading through my typical over detailed explanation of a Saturday afternoon INSIDE warm confines carwash

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[Klasse Act]

Oh and BTW...I've got a big ass T-bone waiting to be air fried tonight and you know what....I deserve it today! Sweet potato and caesar salad coming along for the ride. Once done I think some Radiohead "Ok Computer" will be getting played

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[Coatingsarecrack]

Kinda detail related but installed my husky liners. Opted for the more expensive Xact fit vs the Weather beaters.

Super impressed and a good option vs Weather techs. Normally buy WT’s (their great!).

2 things led me to buy these. Better coverage in the Camaro and these are more pliable. More rubber like than plastic like but same laser fit. The Weather beaters are more like the WT’s

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[DETAILROOKIE]

Pampered my father in laws Seltos. He wanted it protected for winter so I took care of that for him and topped it with a product that is no longer sold on AG, but it provides a High Gloss!

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[Klasse Act]

Pampered my father in laws Seltos. He wanted it protected for winter so I took care of that for him and topped it with a product that is no longer sold on AG, but it provides a High Gloss!

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I really those

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[Jayfro]

After the recent winter blast with ice and snow, the car has never been as dirty...ever!

I felt like a commoner!!

With temps in the mid 60’s I got to work.
Wheels and tires were hit with D143 and multiple brushes, seemed like it took forever!

Washing...went a little overboard, foamed with DG901 shampoo and power washed the heck out of it, barely made a dent! I used between 18-20 MF towels and a couple of mits using DG901...vertical panes got at least two MF towels, doors got a MF mit and two MF towels with the trunk using 3-4 MF towels!

After the initial wash was finished, i decided to use WG SiO2 rinseless wash, not as a drying aid but a full rinseless wash, just to make sure I didn’t miss any spots!

Dried using the GG PFM...what an amazing towel, I think this is the best purchase I’ve made or at least in the top 3.

Dressed the tires with DP Tire Gel, single coat for now but may apply another coat later this evening.

For the LSP, I used WG Instant Detail Spritz just to add a little pop back into it!!

Back to being a 1%’er!

Jay


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[DETAILROOKIE]

I really those

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I didn't like them at first, but they are growing on me. They drive great, spacious, and good on gas. I love the color on this one too, but again I have a thing for Blue cars. Lol

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