alban61
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- Aug 20, 2006
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I'm really slow!
It doesn't help when I can't use a hose. It's DP 4-in-1 wash for me. It took me the longest yesterday........4 hours. And I didn't use a PC either! It was a wash/wax, and exterior detail. My body was aching at the end, but I was enjoying myself because the Explorer looked great. The worse part was cleaning up and putting everything away! It kinda went like this.......................
Filled 2 buckets in the bathroom tub. Carry it to the SUV. Back in the house for products/supplies. Greased Lightning 1:1, Nevr Dull polish to scrub, clean, and shine up the exhaust tip. Then to each wheel...... GL 1:1 spray tire, and wheel well. Scrub. Then rinse/wash with MF mitt.
Back in the house again to refill buckets. DP 4-in-1, and just water in the other.
Up the stepladder to wash the roof. Back down, move the step ladder and wash another section. It's a lot of up/down that ladder to rinse the Shmitt, back up with the Guzzler. Then back down again, move the ladder, and up again with the Shmitt!! Now half the roof is done, so it's time to drag everything to the other side of the SUV! And start again!! It's easier on the other panels because there is no stepladder involved.
Then it's time to dress the bumpers, trim, and tires. I use DG 321 for the trim/bumpers. Yesterday, I decided to try it on the tires. (DG#321-Non Silicone Dressing) I usually use Armor-All tire foam. Decided to try #321. Applied 2 coats with a sponge, and buffed with MF.
Then up/down the ladder to wax the roof with Collinite 845. Used 845 on the whole SUV. Then with a MF, I went around to all the trim, and bumpers and buffed where I had applied DG 321.
Sorry so long. But it took me that long!!
After all this, wife and I drove 30 mins to her sister, brother-in-laws place. 4 bugs splattered on my windshield on the drive over! Got to their place and I pulled out the MF and QD and started to clean the windshield. Brother-in-law yelled out, "That's going too far, Al." But it got better........he and I had to run to the store. Parked and started to head in, but he wasn't behind me. He was still at the SUV, checking it out. So I went back to him. He was impressed and told me that it really shined, and couldn't see any of the swirls that I had shown him on his truck! I showed him where there were some swirls on the hood! He said that he needed to polish his truck too, instead of just wash/wax. Was that a hint??!! 
P.S. I was going to post this in Paradog's thread http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-university/5689-how-do-you-do.html
but decided against it, because it really didn't answer his questions. I guess that's called, "hijacking?". Anyway, it was just to show that if you think you're slow....I'm probably worse!!
It doesn't help when I can't use a hose. It's DP 4-in-1 wash for me. It took me the longest yesterday........4 hours. And I didn't use a PC either! It was a wash/wax, and exterior detail. My body was aching at the end, but I was enjoying myself because the Explorer looked great. The worse part was cleaning up and putting everything away! It kinda went like this.......................Filled 2 buckets in the bathroom tub. Carry it to the SUV. Back in the house for products/supplies. Greased Lightning 1:1, Nevr Dull polish to scrub, clean, and shine up the exhaust tip. Then to each wheel...... GL 1:1 spray tire, and wheel well. Scrub. Then rinse/wash with MF mitt.
Back in the house again to refill buckets. DP 4-in-1, and just water in the other.
Up the stepladder to wash the roof. Back down, move the step ladder and wash another section. It's a lot of up/down that ladder to rinse the Shmitt, back up with the Guzzler. Then back down again, move the ladder, and up again with the Shmitt!! Now half the roof is done, so it's time to drag everything to the other side of the SUV! And start again!! It's easier on the other panels because there is no stepladder involved.
Then it's time to dress the bumpers, trim, and tires. I use DG 321 for the trim/bumpers. Yesterday, I decided to try it on the tires. (DG#321-Non Silicone Dressing) I usually use Armor-All tire foam. Decided to try #321. Applied 2 coats with a sponge, and buffed with MF.
Then up/down the ladder to wax the roof with Collinite 845. Used 845 on the whole SUV. Then with a MF, I went around to all the trim, and bumpers and buffed where I had applied DG 321.
Sorry so long. But it took me that long!!
After all this, wife and I drove 30 mins to her sister, brother-in-laws place. 4 bugs splattered on my windshield on the drive over! Got to their place and I pulled out the MF and QD and started to clean the windshield. Brother-in-law yelled out, "That's going too far, Al." But it got better........he and I had to run to the store. Parked and started to head in, but he wasn't behind me. He was still at the SUV, checking it out. So I went back to him. He was impressed and told me that it really shined, and couldn't see any of the swirls that I had shown him on his truck! I showed him where there were some swirls on the hood! He said that he needed to polish his truck too, instead of just wash/wax. Was that a hint??!! P.S. I was going to post this in Paradog's thread http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-university/5689-how-do-you-do.html
but decided against it, because it really didn't answer his questions. I guess that's called, "hijacking?". Anyway, it was just to show that if you think you're slow....I'm probably worse!!
