What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[BudgetPlan1]

I get the sense that CC could be seen as a one step

When I was in my forced rotation phase, CC & a B & S Urofiber pad was a nice 1-step.

Hated those mushroom-top bottles though…always made a mess of things applying to pad.


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[chilly]

When I was in my forced rotation phase, CC & a B & S Urofiber pad was a nice 1-step.

Hated those mushroom-top bottles though…always made a mess of things applying to pad.


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This gets back to the eternal "butter the fresh pad or not" question and Griot's seem to be huge proponents of really covering a fresh pad with product and they feel that dome top is the cats meow for doing that

I admit I never tried the B&S Urofiber pads back when teaming them up with 3D One was a big thing

I read too many posts about that combo not working really well on softer paints

 

[chilly]

I know all the house windows need doing as well, but I keep finding other things to do first.

You saw right through my little ploy, didn't you

One of these days the boss is going to listen to me and stop hosing the house windows off with the garden hose

Can you say "water spots"?

 

[BudgetPlan1]

This gets back to the eternal "butter the fresh pad or not" question and Griot's seem to be huge proponents of really covering a fresh pad with product and they feel that dome top is the cats meow for doing that

I admit I never tried the B&S Urofiber pads back when teaming them up with 3D One was a big thing

I read too many posts about that combo not working really well on softer paints

That combo did well on the acres of Ford Race Red paint that adorned my fleet of 20-24 rolling ‘test panels’. Actually better than 3D One/Urofiber which I found to be too oily; the 3D did have a neat pop-up cap with 3 little holes that dispensed nicely (the weird things I remember about certain products )

I was far past the pad priming habit at that point so the Griots caps were just bothersome.


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[72Malibu]

After much searching on here, I began looking for the vaious shampoo/soap that was highly recommended. I really prefer to buy locally vs online if at all possible.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Harbor Freight carried, and had in stock, Hyperwash. Stopped and got some today, and gave the Queens Acura a quick wash tonight when she got home.

It really is a huge difference over everything else I've ever used. Thank you all for the information to make an informed decision. Reset was another I was searching for, but have not found a local source.

Thank you

 

[chilly]

That combo did well on the acres of Ford Race Red paint that adorned my fleet of 20-24 rolling ‘test panels’. Actually better than 3D One/Urofiber which I found to be too oily; the 3D did have a neat pop-up cap with 3 little holes that dispensed nicely (the weird things I remember about certain products )

I was far past the pad priming habit at that point so the Griots caps were just bothersome.


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I know what you meant about the Speed and One caps, better than most

 

[MisterSnoop]

After much searching on here, I began looking for the vaious shampoo/soap that was highly recommended. I really prefer to buy locally vs online if at all possible.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Harbor Freight carried, and had in stock, Hyperwash. Stopped and got some today, and gave the Queens Acura a quick wash tonight when she got home.

It really is a huge difference over everything else I've ever used. Thank you all for the information to make an informed decision. Reset was another I was searching for, but have not found a local source.

Thank you

Not that you'll finish the gallon any time soon, but you can use their coupons on that to knock the price down

 

[72Malibu]

I'll have to search for coupons. Thanks for that info as well.

 

[Eldorado2k]

I'll have to search for coupons. Thanks for that info as well.

Same here. I was on their site just the other day and didn’t see the 20% coupon readily available like it was in years past. I only saw a coupon for certain things on a list, but not that good coupon for any purchase like before.

 

[chilly]

I got the 4Runner in last night after knocking most of the snow off and plugging in the block heater for several hours since it was 9 degrees


First off, don't judge me, it is 16 years old and has lived that entire time, minus 3 months, outdoors 247/365. It gets tunnel washes and at least one thorough maintenance wash and some protection each summer, and the paint hasn't been corrected in a decade


I decided this section of the hood would be my test spot so I did a rinseless with N-914 and then wiped it down with IPA


I got my stuff for what I was trying to accomplish, although I actually decided against the 5" machine and stuck with 3" to make my test spots all fit in that one hood section



Part of today's time was for testing the new Autofiber Holey Clay Towel against my TRC Clay Scrubber, Griot's Synthetic Clay, and traditional fine clay. I broke the towel in on the glass with both ONR and N-914 at WW dilution. I tried both because the towel wasn't putting off the fine white foam I have seen before when breaking in the TRC, Griot's, and the Nanoskin synthetics I have used in the past. I just kept going with each section of the quartered towel and then the entire towel unfolded until my past experience told me it should be broken in.

I tried the Autofiber, the TRC, and the Griot's and then followed each section with yellow clay, and the section with the Holey towel left more stuff for the clay to pick up, the TRC was next, and the Griot's left almost nothing for the clay. My past experience was that the Griot's takes off more than the TRC. The 3 pictures are Holey towel, TRC, then Griot's




It was next to impossible to determine if any of the synthetics caused any marring just because the paint is already so bad. As far as the Holey towel goes, It is obviously a pretty gentle cleaner and I think I will reserve it for wash, clay, seal jobs which is what I bought it for.

As expected the paint is hammered but honestly, it could be worse after 16 years and minimal care


First up was the Fast Correcting Cream on a Shinemate Yellow light cutting pad and 4 row passes at speed 5 with medium pressure






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[chilly]

Here it is after a second 4 row pass


Pretty darned impressive

Next is Correcting Cream on a Shinemate Orange Heavy Polishing pad, speed 5, medium pressure, 4 row passes, 50/50


Again pretty impressive

Last was Perfecting Cream on a Shinemate Red Polishing Pad, 3 row passes, speed 3 1/2, light pressure with more arm speed



There are rock chips, deep RIDS, and etching that didn't come out but I wasn't going after those

All in all I have to say these are very pleasant to use and produce some really nice results

I kept playing around with other combinations and did some comparisons with my NV compound and polish, Megs Ultimate Compound, and even tried finessing the paint with Griot's Ceramic AIO and it actually muddied up the best finish I could get with the Perfecting Cream

The FCC is really thin and could have easily had a sling problem if I hadn't dabbed it out really well, the CC is thicker and played well, and as you can see the Perfecting Cream comes out like toothpaste and when wiped into the pad is obviously lumpy and took some effort to get dabbed out evenly

HOWEVER

It worked and I think it worked well

I spread all 3 products on speed 1 until evenly distributed and the PC was definitely the hardest to get spread evenly, both on the pad and the paint

All 3 Griot's creams have long cycle times, zero dust, are easy to 'see through" as you are cycling, and wipe off as easy as anything else I have ever tried

They are definitely worth investing more time into and hopefully mastering in time

I want to try the Holey Towel some more as well but for now I think it would be fine as a very light decon tool for paint that's not hammered

 

[BLM]

They have a foundation in next door, they actually did about half a dozen in this development before winter set in and they said they will probably start framing on this one after New Years

I bet 75% of the houses here have their cars in the driveway and use their garages for toys and storage

Damn I wouldn’t want to be framing houses in January here in Pennsylvania let alone up in Alaska.

Lots of people even near me don’t use their garages for their cars. Most have a bunch of junk in the garage while their $50K vehicle sits outside and all the houses in our area have basements. I could see needing a garage for storage if one didn’t have a basement but I would just put up a shed for storage and definitely use my garage for vehicles.

So what do you speculate the cost of those houses will be ?

 

[chilly]

Damn I wouldn’t want to be framing houses in January here in Pennsylvania let alone up in Alaska.

Lots of people even near me don’t use their garages for their cars. Most have a bunch of junk in the garage while their $50K vehicle sits outside and all the houses in our area have basements. I could see needing a garage for storage if one didn’t have a basement but I would just put up a shed for storage and definitely use my garage for vehicles.

So what do you speculate the cost of those houses will be ?

The first one is a stock rendering of the house that will be next door, although I see the square footage is about 200 larger so they must have stretched the length, just as we did when we designed ours from one of their stock models

The second is the completed house across the street that is for sale

 

[BLM]

Well those prices are in line with what a similar house would cost here.

We had our house built in 1987. Was in a community that was considered somewhat rural. Now that same community is all the rage and houses are all over this area.

As one can imagine we paid considerably less back in the late 80s. People pay more for their lots today than we paid for the entire thing in 87. Probably one of the best moves I’ve made. Wouldn’t want to have to pay the going price today.

 

[chilly]

Well those prices are in line with what a similar house would cost here.

We had our house built in 1987. Was in a community that was considered somewhat rural. Now that same community is all the rage and houses are all over this area.

As one can imagine we paid considerably less back in the late 80s. People pay more for their lots today than we paid for the entire thing in 87. Probably one of the best moves I’ve made. Wouldn’t want to have to pay the going price today.

The interest rates are ridiculous

 

[BLM]

The interest rates are ridiculous

Back when we built the interest rate was 10.5%. We lived there a couple years and refinanced for 8% and thought we got a good deal.

My first house the rate was 12.75%.

 

[chilly]

Back when we built the interest rate was 10.5%. We lived there a couple years and refinanced for 8% and thought we got a good deal.

My first house the rate was 12.75%.

The house we sold in Hawaii in 2020 was 2 something percent, VA financing

The best we could do on this house in March of 2023 was 5.75%, VA financing and that was after buying the maximum points, and I keep watching for a substantially lower rate so we can refinance

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Man, I take half a day off the forums and Chilly has a whole clay/pad/polish comparison post, plus some real estate home-study.

 

[Klasse Act]

Snow yesterday, messy...today, dry and upper 40's, knocked it out

Trying to finish up my remaining "not made anymore" Griot's Garage Brillant Shine rinseless wash and it did it's usual GREAT job, hopefully this new Griot's Garage RW coming out is good

I'm glad I got to clean the EN because it's going in for an oil change at my dealership tomorrow, I just don't like going in with a dirty car

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[Eldorado2k]

What does EN stand for?