What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Maintenance wash yesterday. The first wheel was tough to get clean due to sprayer issues. I have a bottle of Griot's wheel cleaner that I refilled (just once so far) with Meg D143. I had just replaced the sprayer because it wouldn't draw any liquid out of the bottle to spray. The replacement sprayer broke and the replacement to that had the same issue as the first. So I had to find another bottle and got a Griot's compact sprayer for it.

At least it's not just me then. While doing yesterday's wash, the cheap and nasty hose kept disconnecting from the pressure washer, after the third time I swapped for the good hose, that's way to long and gets in the way, which leads me to knock over the foam cannon and spill the carefully mixed contents all over the garage floor. Then, eventually with everything sorted and cleaned up, I actually got to work on the car.

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[Klasse Act]

Between more pollen, driving the EN around and those tree seeds falling on the car...oh yeah a couple rounds of sprinkles later in the day, I needed to wash the EN. I did it before work, thankfully the great touch-free wash is right up the street from work, I got gas too (27.2 mpg)....oh yeah the trigger for this wash, HUUUUGE bird bomb, decided to just run it through there️

Now it's clean when I leave work today

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[DFB]

Maintenance wash of the XR8 today. I also wanted to give the noise pipes some love too.

Washed and then scrubbed with P21S.







The P21S didn't cut through the baked on crud of these super-soft aluminum tips. I once read about Stoner's Tarminator being very good at removing carbon staining on exhaust tips. A small amount applied into a towel was enough clean them up with absolute ease.



I then hit them with CarPro MetalliCut before wiping them down with Eraser.





It was then onto a new product for me, Dr. Beasley's Metal Coat.



Apply a small amount to an applicator or towel, wipe the tips over then buff with a second towel.







These tips are pretty hard to work with but they came up pretty good. (I'm sure the new neighbor across the road found the sight of me fisting my exhaust pipes all afternoon to be a perplexing sight. :laughing





The XR8 has a very nice booty!

 

[MisterSnoop]

These tips are pretty hard to work with but they came up pretty good. (I'm sure the new neighbor across the road found the sight of me fisting my exhaust pipes all afternoon to be a perplexing sight. :laughing

Hopefully you didn't have to grunt or make strange faces while you were doing it.

 

[UncleDavy]

My company car finally arrived after 7 months of waiting. I gave it the full treatment after the dealer did their half assed dealer prep. The products used were Griots 3 in 1, Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant, Wolfgang Metal Sealant, 303 Protectant, Duragloss 253, Blackfire Fabric Protectant.

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[Klasse Act]

My company car finally arrived after 7 months of waiting. I gave it the full treatment after the dealer did their half assed dealer prep. The products used were Griots 3 in 1, Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant, Wolfgang Metal Sealant, 303 Protectant, Duragloss 253, Blackfire Fabric Protectant.

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How did you like the Mitsubishi?

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[SWETM]

Washed saturday and this is tuesday

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Washed saturday and this is tuesday

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That's crazy, I would be so frustrated. Is that pollen? We don't see anything like that here.

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[Klasse Act]

Washed saturday and this is tuesday

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I feel your pain Tony️️

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[UncleDavy]

How did you like the Mitsubishi?

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I wasn't crazy about the Mitsubishi at first but I got used to it. It was comfortable and the storage in the back was adequate. The gas mileage was good (29 mpg average) but it lacked power. It was slow coming off of the line and it had trouble passing cars on the highway.

 

[Klasse Act]

I wasn't crazy about the Mitsubishi at first but I got used to it. It was comfortable and the storage in the back was adequate. The gas mileage was good (29 mpg average) but it lacked power. It was slow coming off of the line and it had trouble passing cars on the highway.

Yeah it is too bad they discontinued the V6 option in that vehicle. The other thing that doesn't help is the fact that it has the CVT transmission

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[Klasse Act]

Just arrived @ Chicago Auto Pros for my window tint appointment, showed up early actually. It rained this morning and drove through some hard rain so I couldn't bring it here C L E A N

Pics coming later, stay "tuned"

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[Eldorado2k]

The bad interactions people have with their neighbors I find baffling. You know the sort of thing............"he always mows the lawn too early".............."their tree drops leaves on my driveway".............."his fence is too short"............. For me, when I'm at home I have no interest in knowing what the neighbors are doing, where they are going or even talking to them let along having petty arguments about trivial matters. I'm not rude to them and I generally give a friendly wave, but beyond that I like to be left alone.

Yup. Totally agree. I’m the same way.

I love being left alone when I’m doing something like detailing a vehicle. Sometimes even the feeling of nosey neighbors who have nothing better to do than stare creates a situation I’d rather not be in. [most of the neighbors are cool, but there’s always that 1 or 2 who you wish was busy elsewhere lol]

With 1 of my neighbors, they have the weird habit of starting their vehicle, then taking like 10min. or more to get everyone in and finally take off. Same thing when getting home, it’s like a 10min. or more deal and it’s not like there’s a sleeping baby in the backseat, they’ll just sit in the running SUV waiting on the last person to finally come out of the house. Lol.

I usually just set my things down and walk to the backyard and take a break and hope the coast is clear in about 10min. but sometimes they’re still waiting to leave. It’s crazy.

 

[ZRX61]

My company car finally arrived after 7 months of waiting. I gave it the full treatment after the dealer did their half assed dealer prep. The products used were Griots 3 in 1, Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant, Wolfgang Metal Sealant, 303 Protectant, Duragloss 253, Blackfire Fabric Protectant.

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They wouldn't spring for the ST?

 

[ZRX61]

Not so much a *today* as a "this month" (Late Birthday or early Christmas pressies)

Had a minor splurge:
McCulloch 1385
SunJoe SPX 3001
Griots G8 & G9 (bought the kit as it works out cheaper & comes with other stuff for less than buying the G8 & G9 separately)

& a bottle of ONR

Gonna buy the foam cannon from Horrible Fright & modify it, but they've been out of stock for a couple of weeks (despite the HF website stating it was in stock at both local stores)

Almost bought a cherry '83 GPz1100-A1 to use it all on....

 

[DETAILROOKIE]

Gave my truck a bath before I take it to my sister for a month. May the force be with it while it's gone because I know she won't baby it like it do. Topped it with Tec582 to see what the fuss is about lol.

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[Klasse Act]

So today I got the windows tinted in the EN at Chicago Auto Pros, they did a great job on this 35% ceramic tint️Getting there I drove through rain and a massive downpour, so sadly I wasn't able to present the EN to a professional detail shop the way I wanted to They did offer to wash it when it was done but the ground was still wet, so why waste the time/product/effort to only be ruined almost immediately.

It's supposed to be nice and low 80's tomorrow so I wanted the EN looking good with its new look, a look that only took me about 7 weeks to achieve, unlike the ES which took me 2.5 yrs Anyways onto wash specs!

I started with 3 oz of Bilt-Hamber Auto-foam and 1 gallon of distilled in my trusty IK Foam Pro 12. Now you'll have to trust me when I say the EN was trashed, very dirty but as you can see in pic #2 & #3 the dirt literally melted off! In pic #1 you can see this is runny product but it's made that way, it works!! Pic #4 is after rinsing it off, water beading was still good too.

Next up was the 2BM and for this I used Gyeon Restart, 2 oz to about 3 gallons, lots of suds and a hint of IronX smell, even after rinsing it off you could still smell it. After rinsing it, pic #5, the beading was a little better, it did "Restart" things for sure

Instead of using Brake Buster to clean the tires and wheels I used the left over Gyeon Restart to do this and I've gotta say it did a GREAT job but then again my rims are coated with Meg's HCW and an old bottle of IGL spray sealant, seems to be working though so maybe not too bad, either one of them!

Next was to dry off the EN and for this I used Auto-Fanatic 007 Gloss Enhancer and my Sucker and Gauntlet towel to knock it out, great combo, like Batman and Robin...Johnny Depp and Amber Turd, wait scratch that last one The Gloss was amazing but then again the surface was VERY clean with the 2 products I used, couldn't be happier️️

I just dried the tires and they looked very natrual so the tire dressing I last used, 303 Tire Balm, combined with everything under it, is doing great, especially with what I drove through today. I vac'd out the interior and now I'm done, can't wait to fire up the EN tomorrow morning...tinted and clean

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[Klasse Act]

So it rained overnight and the road didn't dry in time, so I got to work early and did a Feynlab WW w/5 TRC orange eagles. Wiped down the wheel faces and spokes w/ Feynlab WW and TWHS glass cleaner for all exterior glass

Atleast the EN will be nice after work today, supposed to be low 80's

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[Calendyr]

Today I have the day off (kinda, doing admin stuff) because it is raining. Been working 70 hours weeks for a month so I will enjoy slowing down a little

Yesterday I did this Beautiful Porshe Taican 2020. Interior detail, 2 year nano-ceramic coating with 1 step of polishing (used Rupes 21 with orange pad and Meguiars 205), windows coating and tire coating.

12 hours of work, but it came out looking really nice. Client did not tell me paint was in terrible shape when I asked him over the phone, but since Porches have soft paint, I was able to remove 90% of the scratches, swirls and oxidation with the single step we had agreed on. The only difference is that I switched to Meguiars 205 on orange pad instead of doing CarPro Essence on Gloss pad like I had planned to do.

A lot of my clients have electric vehicles now, do you guys charge extra for having to clean 2 trunks? I have not started doing that but I am thinking about it. The front trunk takes less time to do than the back trunk, but it is an entire extra compartment...

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[oneheadlite]

Next up was the 2BM and for this I used Gyeon Restart, 2 oz to about 3 gallons, lots of suds and a hint of IronX smell, even after rinsing it off you could still smell it. After rinsing it, pic #5, the beading was a little better, it did "Restart" things for sure

First off, car's looking awesome (as would be expected. :laughing: :dblthumb2: ).

Second, I swear we're gonna need a new detailing acronym for you to use each time you do a status post, because every time you post something about beading or water behavior I'm scrolling up to try and see what the last thing you used was.

My vote is LPOKR: Last Product On Klasse's Ride.

Could go something like "After the FNW, the water beading was top notch (LPOKR: *Insert last LSP/Topper here*)."