What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[Azure]

It was actually on Saturday, but I washed and waxed my wife’s 2019 RAV4. I used Optimum Spray Wax, because I was in a hurry to beat the rain and she really need new protection lol.

The biggest reason for posting up was this was the first time the RAV4 had an engine bay cleaning. I ended up just using P&S Brake Buster and followed with Meguiar’s Hyper Dressing. I think it turned out great aside from the soft engine piece that sits on top of the engine. It’s some silly soft padded kind of material that won’t look as black as the other trim pieces.

 

[vaca22]

Custom made foot rest plate from Etsy seller, looks OEM Now I just hope the 3 large strips of 2 way tape hold it, LOL

I've got some other mods for it, 2 are here, the other one coming next month, stay "tuned" (non-perf mods)

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Was there at least some rubber covering the deadpedal? In my old Mazda3 there was nothing but carpet, so I also bought a cheezy one from eBay in 2005.

It came with 2 very short screws, which went right into the styrofoam underneath LOL!!

EDIT - I do NOT understand why Mazda still to this day keeps the deadpedal uncovered.

MisterSnoop, is that still the case with your 3?

 

[Tasmania]

I've seen some people mention using a baby bottle warmer.

Yeah hot water from the tap will do the job just don't squeeze the bottle after you might get some in your eye like i did. My eye was beading water for 6 months Im the MAN

 

[Prange]

Wife's car- Washed with Griot's Surface Wash-(foamed and mitts) clayed with Sonax grey clay and Nanoskin lube, 3D One w/ blue pads, waxed with Collinite 915. Dressed the rear air diffuser, tires, and splash guards with Nextzett Vinyl and Rubber Care.

 

[MisterSnoop]

You're probably only 30-40 miles from me. (As the crow flies across the Sound) And yeah, it usually starts to wind down about mid-June. This season is unbelievably bad though, so I guess we will see........... :/

Seems like that still may track for this year. This is the first time my car has gone a few days since washing and still look clean.

 

[vaca22]

Finally busted out the Karcher K1700 cube for the first time. That thing has been sitting in my trunk for 3 weeks. I was in a rush so I quickly unboxed it, plugged it in, and started spraying away. Cable management was a huge problem, I didn't have time to think about where to best set it up (this was at my parents' place, since I don't have easy access to a faucet or outlet where my car is parked).

I can really see the appeal of rigging up a setup that includes better hoses, guns, access to water, etc. That's a road I'll eventually travel down, but for now it was nice to finally get to use something other than a garden hose.

Some observations:

1 - It takes a long time to fill a bucket up when you're only using the wand.
2 - It sprays stuff everywhere
3 - It's harder to rinse off the wash mitt because I didn't just have the gun, but a longer wand. So picture me with my left hand holding the trigger next to my chest, and my right hand extended full outward holding the mitt.
4 - HyperWash foams like the DICKENS when you put some in a bucket and fill it with pressurized water.
5 - The stock hose is 20', which I thought was enough. Yeah, definitely not enough. I think the power cord was twice as long. Or at least it sure did feel like it!
6 - I have 5 nozzles coming in today. The unit comes with a 15*, a "soap" nozzle, and a "turbo" nozzle. Meh.

 

[DetailZeus]

Quick disconnects and a swivel (at least on the gun) are essential upgrades in my opinion!

 

[MisterSnoop]

Finally busted out the Karcher K1700 cube for the first time. That thing has been sitting in my trunk for 3 weeks. I was in a rush so I quickly unboxed it, plugged it in, and started spraying away. Cable management was a huge problem, I didn't have time to think about where to best set it up (this was at my parents' place, since I don't have easy access to a faucet or outlet where my car is parked).

I can really see the appeal of rigging up a setup that includes better hoses, guns, access to water, etc. That's a road I'll eventually travel down, but for now it was nice to finally get to use something other than a garden hose.

Some observations:

1 - It takes a long time to fill a bucket up when you're only using the wand.
2 - It sprays stuff everywhere
3 - It's harder to rinse off the wash mitt because I didn't just have the gun, but a longer wand. So picture me with my left hand holding the trigger next to my chest, and my right hand extended full outward holding the mitt.
4 - HyperWash foams like the DICKENS when you put some in a bucket and fill it with pressurized water.
5 - The stock hose is 20', which I thought was enough. Yeah, definitely not enough. I think the power cord was twice as long. Or at least it sure did feel like it!
6 - I have 5 nozzles coming in today. The unit comes with a 15*, a "soap" nozzle, and a "turbo" nozzle. Meh.

1 - I got one of these at Lowe's because of that

Now I can use the hose and pressure washer

3 - didn't use a rinse bucket?

4 - even with a hose, I fill the bucket most of the way, then add Hyperwash, then foam it up

 

[dragan75]

Just chill

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[Klasse Act]

Was there at least some rubber covering the deadpedal? In my old Mazda3 there was nothing but carpet, so I also bought a cheezy one from eBay in 2005.

It came with 2 very short screws, which went right into the styrofoam underneath LOL!!

EDIT - I do NOT underatand why Mazda still to this day keeps the deadpedal uncovered.

MisterSnoop, is that still the case with your 3?

There is none

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[Klasse Act]

So after a bad storm that blew through last night (3 tornado sirens) the EN was trashed! Then today came, 98 degrees and M U G G Y, so I decided after I put my daughter to bed I was going to wash the EN...I mean when I started @8 p.m. it had cooled down to 92

I decided to do a RW since I hadn't done one in a while, plus I just wanted to do a contact wash but wanted to get down a little quicker. Before that I cleaned the tires/wheels with a mix or Auto-Fanatic foaming wheel cleaner mixed w/ TWHS Hyper Foam Tire and Wheel cleaner in the smaller IK Foamer and it came out great!

I then mixed 3 oz of Griot's Garage Brillant Shine rinseless wash and .5 oz of Feynlab RW in a bucket with 3.5 gallons of water and an Adam's version of the BRS. I also half filled up a 2nd bucket to rinse the sponge properly. I certainly pre-treated all panels and went a section at a time, drying each panel as I moved along with a Gauntlet towel, came out

I dried the jams, tires & wheels, vac'd out my floormat and Kendall's and finished by applying a cost of TWHS graphene spray tire dressing and now I'm done, took a little over an hour...time to hit the shower

Tomorrow it's going to be only 95 degrees, LOL

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[vaca22]

1 - I got one of these at Lowe's because of that

Now I can use the hose and pressure washer

3 - didn't use a rinse bucket?


4 - even with a hose, I fill the bucket most of the way, then add Hyperwash, then foam it up

Yeah, these are things I definitely didn't think of. I had connected the hose to the pressure washer first, so I didn't want to disconnect it to fill the bucket up most of the way, which would have been way better. I'll be getting a splitter like the one above as well with a smaller secondary hose. And some quick-connect fittings too.

 

[ZRX61]

Bike is back together. Front of engine is looking quite spiffy. Sanded/polished some sand damage to the front of the headers.

Before...

After:

 

[easleyreckless]

Tested out Griot's 3 in one on a panel of my hunting rig. View attachment 75312

 

[vaca22]

OMG what a nightmare.

Wife's CX-5 was fixed up in January due to a fender bender. It occured to me today as I started around the vehicle that the car likely had zero protection on it, since the whole back end was repainted. You can't be putting protection on a repainted surface due to curing issues, correct? So I walked into 5 solid months of grime, bugs, and tar today when I decided it needed to be cleaned up. Sprayed the front bumper with bug & tar stuff, waited 5 mins...and nothing. Not even a dent. MF mitt wasn't even taking the grime off, so this ended up being a clay job more than a wash.

It's the stuff you see on YouTube...a couple of swipes of the clay bar and it was FILTHY. I hung my head in shame that I hadn't gotten around to it sooner.

After the car was cleaned I went over it with HCW (applied to a dry surface, of course) - 1000% better. I took pictures but they always come out like trash when I try uploading them on Tapatalk.

I'm thankful I got the claying out of the way today, because this thing is headed for a coating within a month. There's NO WAY I'm going through this again.

 

[TTQ B4U]

So this mid-week detail work involved restoring some faded and sun-bleached plastics that are part of a Jet Ski that a friend and customer asked to have brought back to life.

Here I used Polytrol Oil to bring them back. Polytrol is a penetrating oil that restores the original color and appearance of dull or tarnished plastics, gelcoats, metals and other surfaces. It works by penetrating the surface and reactivinging the pigments and thus the color and luster. What's nice about it is that it goes on clear and works with just about any color and again, even works on metals (think Jeeps and SUV Bumpers like the one shown here that I did last fall)

Once restored, wiped and fully dry, I applied some CarPro Dlux to help serve as a protective layer and lock in the restoration work. Here are the results on this trim work. Many Thanks, to Matt for the continued trust in my work.

 

[dgage]

So this mid-week detail work involved restoring some faded and sun-bleached plastics that are part of a Jet Ski that a friend and customer asked to have brought back to life.

Here I used Polytrol Oil to bring them back. Polytrol is a penetrating oil that restores the original color and appearance of dull or tarnished plastics, gelcoats, metals and other surfaces. It works by penetrating the surface and reactivinging the pigments and thus the color and luster. What's nice about it is that it goes on clear and works with just about any color and again, even works on metals (think Jeeps and SUV Bumpers like the one shown here that I did last fall)

Once restored, wiped and fully dry, I applied some CarPro Dlux to help serve as a protective layer and lock in the restoration work. Here are the results on this trim work. Many Thanks, to Matt for the continued trust in my work.

WOW! That is some impressive stuff! Great job!

 

[opie2]

Blew off this nasty thing after work. Looked like powdered sugar on the window trim lol

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[Tasmania]

Blew off this nasty thing after work. Looked like powdered sugar on the window trim lol

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Bloody hell

 

[JDGolden]

Now that’s some dust!

Side note, my Jeep looks similar sometimes. But it’s kind of the same color as the dust.