Can I Get Some Quick Guidance With My New CarPro Products?

PaulMys said:
Yes sir.

These warm weather states have paid the price for their unwise decisions.
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Tell me about it. So tired of people down here in South Florida being idiots. Over on the west coast of FL- Naples, Ft. Myers, etc.-- no one wears a mask. Literally no one.
 
Dreichler said:
Tell me about it. So tired of people down here in South Florida being idiots. Over on the west coast of FL- Naples, Ft. Myers, etc.-- no one wears a mask. Literally no one.
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In PA there’s a mandate that everyone must wear a mask when not at home. Many people refuse. Some say Covid-19 was made up by Democrats to make Trump lose the election. Yes, people are that stupid. They don’t realize the entire world is screwed with this and think it’s some plot by democrats. The amount of people not social distancing or wearing a mask at NJ/DE beaches is ridiculous, won’t be long before the northeast is a hotspot again.
 
Dreichler said:
Tell me about it. So tired of people down here in South Florida being idiots. Over on the west coast of FL- Naples, Ft. Myers, etc.-- no one wears a mask. Literally no one.
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There will be another huge nationwide resurgence until a vaccine is developed.

My analogy has always been:

COVID is plugged sink with the water running full blast. China (with their draconian government) was able to effectively "turn off the faucet" by beating people back indoors if they ventured out.

Free world countries like the United States just turned the faucet from full blast down to a about half way.

Slows the flow, yes. But the water (virus in this analogy) will eventually flow over and spill all everywhere.
 
Mike Phillips said:
Would you be willing to bring your car to AutoGeek for a redo?

I’ll help you - we’ll redo it. Start fresh.

I’ll suggest we use what I use but leave that up to you.

I’m thinking Tuesday - we’ll use this as one of our LIVE detailing classes.


https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/live-detailing-classes-videos/


I will have to get approval first. I’m out of the office and still on vacation until next week.


:)
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OP. Jump on this. For a master like Mike Phillips to offer to help you is like Michael Jordan teaching me how to play basketball.

Mike, super cool of you to make that offer to him. You are a stand up guy in my book.


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ntwillie1 said:
OP. Jump on this. For a master like Mike Phillips to offer to help you is like Michael Jordon teaching me how to play basketball.

Mike, super cool of you to make that offer to him. You are a stand up guy in my book.


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Really hoping I can get the experience to do this!
 
Dreichler said:
To share my results, it did not go well.

Here was my process:
1) Washed my car with Reset
2) Dried with leaf blower
3) Sprayed IronX generously to cover each panel
4) Let it sit for about 2 min
5) Agitate/smear with damp microfiber mitt very lightly
6) Hose off
7) Wash again with Reset
8) Detail with ECH2O

It seems as if parts of my coating that were beading water fine before doing this, are now performing worse. And for the parts that were not beading water before, they remained unchanged, if not worse.

I guess you can say that the paint/coating feels a little smoother as if there were actually contaminants lifted from the surface, but it did not fix my beading problem. I am not sure what else to do.

I can tell some contaminants were removed because prior to this, if I lightly ran my fingernail(s) along the paint, I can feel the contaminants- very tiny and raised from the surface. Whereas now, they are still there, but not as much/many/significant.

On the bright side, the paint looks great. I think lifting the contaminants really brought out the black color, gloss, depth, and shininess... I just wish it would have brought back the coatings properties.

At this point, I am very disappointed with myself. I feel like I applied the coating wrong from the start and just made matters worse. I almost want to just remove it and use Meg's Hybrid Ceramic Wax as I have that on 4 other vehicles and it is giving better results than my ceramic coating.
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In this thread you mentioned you did not prep wipe the surface. It would not surprise me if this is coming back to haunt you.

https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...-happened-my-ceramic-coating.html#post1680366

Mike Phillips said:
Would you be willing to bring your car to AutoGeek for a redo?

I’ll help you - we’ll redo it. Start fresh.

I’ll suggest we use what I use but leave that up to you.

I’m thinking Tuesday - we’ll use this as one of our LIVE detailing classes.


https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/live-detailing-classes-videos/


I will have to get approval first. I’m out of the office and still on vacation until next week.


:)
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Nice. Take Mike up his offer. Does not happen that often. Plus you will learn some things.
 
BSoares said:
In PA there’s a mandate that everyone must wear a mask when not at home. Many people refuse. Some say Covid-19 was made up by Democrats to make Trump lose the election. Yes, people are that stupid. They don’t realize the entire world is screwed with this and think it’s some plot by democrats. The amount of people not social distancing or wearing a mask at NJ/DE beaches is ridiculous, won’t be long before the northeast is a hotspot again.
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NJ is one of the few states where the numbers are trending in the right direction. Whats odd is that we've had shore towns open, as far as the beaches and boardwalk, since Memorial Day, and have not seen a resurgence. In all other public places, we're required to wear a mask, which probably helps explain that. I track the numbers every day in spreadsheets, and we're experiencing very small increases, especially when you consider we had two days in April where we had 4000 new cases on each of those days. This is one of those rare occurrences where I wish other states would do what we're doing....with the exception of the beaches, of course
 
this past pandemic i have gotten bit by the car cleaning bug...i must have spent $500 on products.

car pro products have been great so far.

the only issue i see is that they seem to be pricier than other products.

i like their spray sealant the hyrdo2 lite
 
Dreichler said:
I was ignorantly unaware that removing the oils was such a crucial step
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I have a boat load of articles on ceramic coatings, here's the link,


And the one thing that I'm always typing and saying is that most people don't have the skill nor the volume of CLEAN - UNCONTAMINATED microfiber towels to properly and safely chemically strip thier car's paint without marring it.

It IS the crucial step before installing the coating.


This is why, anytime you see me share a write-up where I've detailed a car, be it with a wax, a sealant or a coating - I always take pictures showing HOW MANY TOWELS I went through. I do this for buffing pads too.


I just bumped this review and how-to article, it's LOADED with infomation, not just a review about a panel wipe, and true to form, I shared pictures of all the pads and towels I used to CORRECTLY install a ceramic coating to a BLACK Porsche.


Review: 3D Wipe Panel Wipe for Ceramic Coatings - 2009 Porsche Carrera S 997.2




Microfiber Towels

Most people don't have enough HIGH QUALITY microfiber towels to do the paint correction step and then install the ceramic coating. Besides behind high quality - they also must NOT be contaminated. If there's just ONE tiny abrasive particle lodged into the weave of just one of your towels and you wipe the paint with it - you will undo all your hard work by putting swirls and scratches back into the paint.

I used a combination of the

For the rinseless wash, claying, wiping off compounds and polishes I used the Cobra Forrest Green Edgeless towels.

For chemically stripping the paint and then giving the paint a final buff to spread the coating and remove any high spots, I used the Cobra Storm Gray Edgeless towels.

These are the same type of towel, just different colors.



How many towels?

I took these pictures after washing and drying the towels.

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I took this picture after inspecting and folding the towels to get a towel count.

51 Forrest Green Edgeless towels and 12 Storm Gray Towels

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Look at all the pads I used,


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I don't know of anyone else in the car detailing world that actually "writes" write-ups like I do, at least not fully photo-documented like I do. And I do this to HELP people. And this is becasue most people don't have enough pads or enough towels to do the kind of work they are doing.

So... a picture, or multiple pictures, (see above), tells a thousand words.


And here's the old 2-door European job after all the hard work was over.

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Doesn't everyone say,

Black is the hardest color to work on?



Good results are not only determined by the abrasive technology use for the paint correction step but also how many pads and towels you have to get the job done.



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