What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[ejaf]

It goes on the car. It counts. Solution Finish or something else?

Duh...forgot to say...

It was sitting outside since last camping trip in late July.
Cleaned with dish soap, followed by 25% IPA for prepping, and then coated with left over McKee's 37 ceramic coating V2 (about 5 years old, but I kept it refrigerated in cobalt blue boston round bottles).

Had to used it up, before going with one of the newer coatings out there.

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[chilly]

I was walking past the car and the light was just right and I noticed a RIDS I hadn’t seen before on the hood

4-5 scratches about 7”-8” long like something had been set down on it and scooted across the paint

I’m still figuring out what to replenish my arsenal with and the only thing I have right now is Megs Ultimate Compound and Griots Ceramic AIO

This is the bottle of Griots I actually got last summer to replace the original bottle with separation issues and it had never even been opened

I couldn’t catch a nail in the scratches so I started as gentle as possible and worked my way up through the pads I have with the Griots AIO

I wasn’t really expecting anything dramatic but I was expecting some correction and I honestly didn’t see anything accomplished

Maybe I was being naive but if it had been 3D Speed I know I would have seen something

I switched to the Megs Ultimate on an orange heavy polishing pad and did 3 passes at medium speed and pressure and it helped a bit so I stepped up to a yellow light cutting pad and repeated the process

It leveled the scratches a bit but left a lot of haze so I stopped there

I went over the area again with the Griots AIO to try and help the haze and honestly it didn’t do much at all

I’m calling it good for now and I will be ordering some more liquids to fix it correctly

I should have left it alone until I got my supplies sorted out but…


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[PouncingPanzer]

One nice thing about 3rd shift is getting home at prime car cleaning time. Light enough to see but sun still behind the trees. Perfect. Gonna do an ONR wipe-down on thr GLI today. Just dusty with some spots from dew running off the car. Nothing ONR can't handle.

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[PouncingPanzer]

I use this style of spray bottle for ONR. Super fine mist and once you build up some pressure with the sprayer you can gingerly squeeze slowly and a constant stream of fine mist comes out. Gets on windows, obviously, but those are dirty too if the car is so oh well.

Anywho, when my ONR finally runs out in like 2032, what should I replace it with? Taking suggestions, best waterless wash these days, go. View attachment 76976View attachment 76977

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I use this style of spray bottle for ONR. Super fine mist and once you build up some pressure with the sprayer you can gingerly squeeze slowly and a constant stream of fine mist comes out. Gets on windows, obviously, but those are dirty too if the car is so oh well.

Anywho, when my ONR finally runs out in like 2032, what should I replace it with? Taking suggestions, best waterless wash these days, go. View attachment 76976View attachment 76977

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I really like Carpro Ech2o, I've used it a variety of ways, as a QD when only light dusting is required, as a drying aid after a normal 2B wash with Reset, and as a rinseless wash when the FJ had dirty rain spots all over it. It just felt better than ONR, equivalent or better cleaning, and feels much easier on the paint, less streaky, and fantastic gloss. I still have more than 2 litres of ONR concentrate left, I don't know how I'm ever going to use it up.

I've even used it in the house, to clean the windows, as a treatment on the glass shower screen, even on the chrome taps, makes wiping everything so much easier.

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[PouncingPanzer]

I really like Carpro Ech2o, I've used it a variety of ways, as a QD when only light dusting is required, as a drying aid after a normal 2B wash with Reset, and as a rinseless wash when the FJ had dirty rain spots all over it. It just felt better than ONR, equivalent or better cleaning, and feels much easier on the paint, less streaky, and fantastic gloss. I still have more than 2 litres of ONR concentrate left, I don't know how I'm ever going to use it up.

I've even used it in the house, to clean the windows, as a treatment on the glass shower screen, even on the chrome taps, makes wiping everything so much easier.

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I have used Eco2o as well, ended up tossing a bunch actually there was a sale on the 5L size and I got maybe halfway through it and after about 3 years it began to separate quicker and streak on me. No matter how much I mixed it up. But, Reload did that too from time to time...I'm sure they have rectified those issues by now. I hope lol.

ONR is great...I love it. I use it to wile interiors down. Inside the house. Glass. Hell, makes a decent air freshener too. Like, I imagine the legendary snozsberries referenced in Super Troopers smell exactly like classic blue ONR.

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[chilly]

Anywho, when my ONR finally runs out in like 2032, what should I replace it with? Taking suggestions, best waterless wash these days, go.

It would be interesting to do yet another poll on the best rinseless/waterless product BUT along with voting you would submit a water hardness/mineral test to see if there is any correlation of best product for hard, soft, etc

I know a lot of people will only use DI water to mix up their WW/RW and other diluted products, but that's not always the case and it has been mentioned many times before that the different user experiences we have with chemicals we have to dilute with water, like car soap or RW, might just come down to the water chemistry

 

[PouncingPanzer]

It would be interesting to do yet another poll on the best rinseless/waterless product BUT along with voting you would submit a water hardness/mineral test to see if there is any correlation of best product for hard, soft, etc

I know a lot of people will only use DI water to mix up their WW/RW and other diluted products, but that's not always the case and it has been mentioned many times before that the different user experiences we have with chemicals we have to dilute with water, like car soap or RW, might just come down to the water chemistry

That would certainly make it more interesting, and set the test apart. It would likely be the first of it's kind. I just use my very softened and dechlorinated tap water for everything.

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[chilly]

That would certainly make it more interesting, and set the test apart. It would likely be the first of it's kind. I just use my very softened and dechlorinated tap water for everything.

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The water at the new house seems much softer than our old well water based on lack of mineral deposits on faucets, etc although I haven't actually tested it to see

We are on a small community water system and the house has a good sized whole house filter system

I checked the filter after about 4 1/2 months and it was absolutely clean, although that certainly doesn't have anything to do with hardness

 

[chilly]

ONR is great...I love it. I use it to wile interiors down. Inside the house. Glass. Hell, makes a decent air freshener too. Like, I imagine the legendary snozsberries referenced in Super Troopers smell exactly like classic blue ONR.

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I use it in the house as well and it is amazing on the LVP flooring

 

[PouncingPanzer]

The water at the new house seems much softer than our old well water based on lack of mineral deposits on faucets, etc although I haven't actually tested it to see

We are on a small community water system and the house has a good sized whole house filter system

I checked the filter after about 4 1/2 months and it was absolutely clean, although that certainly doesn't have anything to do with hardness

Kinetico sells in all sorts of places! I can highly recommend them. Soft water makes the difference from washing the car to cooking to just simply being able to drink from your tap comfortably and pitching a water pitcher or filter. Grew up with it, and it was the first thing I missed when I moved out of my parents. Didn't have it for about 8 years and man is it good to be back.

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[chilly]

Kinetico sells in all sorts of places! I can highly recommend them. Soft water makes the difference from washing the car to cooking to just simply being able to drink from your tap comfortably and pitching a water pitcher or filter. Grew up with it, and it was the first thing I missed when I moved out of my parents. Didn't have it for about 8 years and man is it good to be back.

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I will check it out and thanks

 

[oneheadlite]

They have been good, thanks for asking...

I am enjoying the garage and the driveway finally got paved about 3 weeks ago so that's a real plus

Opie checked on me a while back because I had been off the forum for so long and I will tell you what I told him

I got a VERY mean PM last spring from a fairly new member who went off on me for...

1) hogging the "what did you do today regarding non-detailing" thread (as if that's possible)

2) showing off and bragging about my new house in the above mentioned thread

3) saying something negative about Mike Phillips

I was absolutely floored to be attacked like that by someone I don't know and had never even had harsh words with

I wasn't going to dignify the idiot with a response and I simply deleted the PM and chalked it up to experience

But

It came at a time when there was also a LOT of political rancor on the forum and both together just caused me to take a self imposed time out

I enjoy the forum 99% of the time and normally have a pretty thick skin but it was just too much

I really appreciated Opie reaching out to me and I appreciate you asking about the house

I am trying to ease back in to the forum but I am still a bit gun shy

Wow. Sorry I took so long to get back to this; I read on the forum all the time but do most of my replying during my lunch break so I can use a keyboard.

Did I say wow? Wow.

I'm glad respected others chimed in with great input and thoughts that match my own. I never took any of your house posts as boastful; if I was in your position I'd be sharing with the gang as well!

Glad to see you're back posting - come hang out with your friends and we'll all ignore the noise together. :dblthumb2:

I liked the posts on your new house, how often does someone get to do what you were doing. You're allowed to be excited about something like that. And it's not like you were posting about how perfect everything was going.

Being jealous can be embarrassing, why it was done in private I suppose.

Hard not to see it as a jealousy thing. I'm sorry, if you can't accept that other people are in different positions than you in life, that's on you (meaning the PM'ing member). We have customers at work I'm friends with that can and will go out and spend cubic yards of dollars on racing/car stuff in a way that I literally can't comprehend.

One time I was conversing with a coworker in the back area of the shop once because I was going back and forth on snow tire options for my daily driver (which sees probably 12k miles a year on snow tires), going back and forth if it was worth the $200-$300 more to go with the fancy ones again vs the budget snows I ended up going with (knowing my time with the car was wrapping up).
It then occurred to me, I was leaning on a stack of race wheels and tires worth probably $2500+, and those tires would only be used for a couple weekends. I realized what was happening, mentioned that to my coworker. Pointed to my name tag on my uni and said "Yup, Peasant". :laughing: :laughing:

But here's the thing. I'm friends with the guy because he's the nicest guy, is never boastful about anything, and always looks forward to sharing whatever he can. He's also earned his place through hard work and sacrifices of his own.

I bring all this up not to be like "Woe is me!", but just that you've gotta accept folks are in different situations. Let the record show it's not like I'm out on the street selling diluted interior cleaner samples just trying to pay my bills; things are just fine, I just happen to be... thrifty. (I don't like cheap, it sounds so... cheap. :laughing: )

 

[chilly]

Wow. Sorry I took so long to get back to this; I read on the forum all the time but do most of my replying during my lunch break so I can use a keyboard.

Did I say wow? Wow.

I'm glad respected others chimed in with great input and thoughts that match my own. I never took any of your house posts as boastful; if I was in your position I'd be sharing with the gang as well!

Glad to see you're back posting - come hang out with your friends and we'll all ignore the noise together. :dblthumb2:



Hard not to see it as a jealousy thing. I'm sorry, if you can't accept that other people are in different positions than you in life, that's on you (meaning the PM'ing member). We have customers at work I'm friends with that can and will go out and spend cubic yards of dollars on racing/car stuff in a way that I literally can't comprehend.

One time I was conversing with a coworker in the back area of the shop once because I was going back and forth on snow tire options for my daily driver (which sees probably 12k miles a year on snow tires), going back and forth if it was worth the $200-$300 more to go with the fancy ones again vs the budget snows I ended up going with (knowing my time with the car was wrapping up).
It then occurred to me, I was leaning on a stack of race wheels and tires worth probably $2500+, and those tires would only be used for a couple weekends. I realized what was happening, mentioned that to my coworker. Pointed to my name tag on my uni and said "Yup, Peasant". :laughing: :laughing:

But here's the thing. I'm friends with the guy because he's the nicest guy, is never boastful about anything, and always looks forward to sharing whatever he can. He's also earned his place through hard work and sacrifices of his own.

I bring all this up not to be like "Woe is me!", but just that you've gotta accept folks are in different situations. Let the record show it's not like I'm out on the street selling diluted interior cleaner samples just trying to pay my bills; things are just fine, I just happen to be... thrifty. (I don't like cheap, it sounds so... cheap. :laughing: )

Thanks

All the good vibes from the core group have meant a lot

I’m trying to get caught up on what’s new

It’s amazing how much stuff can change in a short amount of time


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[Klasse Act]

After days of rain it was time for the FNW once again, it's been a while and after back to back 11 hr days, it was MY time

Started out with a pre-wash from the IK Foam Pro 12 w/3 oz of Nv Snow and 1 oz of DIY Detail Incredible Suds (love this combo) and because of it being "legit" dirty, it needed it️

Dried it off, wiped down the engine bay and vac'd the d/s footwell REAL good, love my Worx mini vac

Now it's time to head home...the longer way though, it's beautiful out right now

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I've got a bottle of Gyeon Bathe+ that's been sitting on the shelf for a few years, still more than half full, so I've been waiting for an overcast day, as per instructions, to try it out and see if it's still any good. The FJ wasn't very dirty, we'd had some very light rain a couple of nights ago, so most of what was there was gone with the initial rinse.

All the surfaces are very well coated so I wiped the silver bumper knobs with Carpro Eraser, to see if I could observe any change to the water behaviour after washing. Interestingly, beading wasn't very prominent on the knobs after washing and rinsing, but water sheeting behaviour was improved. As a wash, the lubricity is nowhere near Reset levels, maybe due to age, but I can't remember what it was like before.

I did a section at a time, washing ability seemed fine, I did have a couple of bird bombs to remove, and no effort was required to remove them. I didn't notice any streaking left behind after rinsing or while drying. I used my big Gyeon Silk Drying towel, no drying aid.

Came up nice and glossy, which it was before, but I really liked how it looked on the black wheels, nice gloss, no streaks. I have seen some cloudiness after using some dedicated wheel cleaners before. Worst case, I'll keep it to use on my wheels.

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[Klasse Act]

Today was my g/f's Cruze's turn for a wash. I decided to use DIY Detail RW and damn does this stuff clean! This is what the rinse bucket looked like after just washing the Cruize, once I did the tires and wheels it was BLACK️

I'm about to go out there to dress the tires and spray something on the paint before she goes to work

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[Klasse Act]

Soooo...I went back out there and applied Pure:est tire dressing (one of the BEST new products for 2023) to her Continental DWS06's and them applied a coat of DG Aquawax. Kinda funny here, one product I've been using since joining AG back in Feb 2012 and another since attending Car Supplies Warehouse content creator day back from April of 2023, it's all about balance

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[PA DETAILER]

Due to the disturbance in SOUTH CARALIONA, nothing. 2 days of rain and the grass needs cut! LOL. :doh:

 

[DanaDetailingPros]

Soooo...I went back out there and applied Pure:est tire dressing (one of the BEST new products for 2023) to her Continental DWS06's and them applied a coat of DG Aquawax. Kinda funny here, one product I've been using since joining AG back in Feb 2012 and another since attending Car Supplies Warehouse content creator day back from April of 2023, it's all about balance

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Aqua wax Is my staple "does all!" I use it when I've even finished with LSP's to do glass and smudges hear and there. The stuff is like liquid gold!