Pictures: SONAX PNS + Pinnacle Jeweling Wax - Ford vs Chevy

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Pictures: SONAX PNS + Pinnacle Jeweling Wax - Ford vs Chevy


Yesterday we held a free car detailing class here at Autogeek. We started at 4:00pm and were finished at 6:45pm. That's 2 hours and 45 minutes to,

  1. Clean 8 wheels and tires
  2. Chemically decontaminate the paint on both cars with SONAX Fallout Remover
  3. Foam Gun Wash with BLACKFIRE Foam Soap
  4. Rinse both cars well
  5. Mechanically decontaminate with BLACKFIRE Foam Soap and Clay Mitts
  6. Rinse well
  7. Dry with Guzzler Microfiber Waffle Weave Drying Towels and the Master Blaster
  8. Tape-off with 3M Green Painter's tape and Autogeek Cover-up towels.
  9. Machine polish with Pinnacle Jeweling Wax and foam "polishing" pads
  10. Hand apply SONAX Polymer Net Shield - wipe off with RUPES microfiber towels.
  11. Take the beauty shots and the group shots
  12. Stick a fork in both cars and kick them out the door



Pictures

The wheels and tires were very dirty. If you've never tired it before, check out SONAX Wheel Cleaner. It works great and it's SAFE.

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Below you'll find the pictures showing the holograms in the paint when I took pictures OUTSIDE using bright overhead sunlight. You can also see them in this picture using the SCANGRIP Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light. The holograms are the wispy lines running vertical intermixed in the circular swirl scratches.

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The paint on the Chevy Spark was in fairly good shape and the swirls buffed out quick and easy with the Pinnacle Jeweling Wax.

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Here's Robert DiTerlizzi of Impressions Detailing - using the Griot's BOSS 15

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Frank - using the FLEX 3401

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Rob the Harley Detailer using the Griot's BOSS 15

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Antti K Arro of 561 Car Detailing using the FLEX 3401

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Dan aka Danno on this forum using the FLEX XFE15

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Liz - Brian's Wife using the Griot's 6" Random Orbital Polisher

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Craig using the Griot's 3" Mini Polisher

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John using the Makita PO5000C

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After applying and removing the Pinnacle Jeweling Wax, next up we hand applied the SONAX Polymer Net Shield

This is Brian and his wife Liz. Brian works in Customer Care, many of you reading this have probably spoken with Brian over the phone.

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Dan applying SONAX PNS to the Spark

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Frank applying PNS to the Spark

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After applying the SONAX Polymer Net Shield or PNS, you wait about a minute and then softly wipe-off the excess.

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Next up... the after shots...



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Here's the team that worked their magic!

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From left to right...


Robert, John, Rob , Dan, Craig, Antti, Frank, Liz and Brian

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Here's the product we used....

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Here's the beauty shots....

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I took this picture after taking the group shots and the after pictures. We actually were finished at 6:45pm, that means starting at 4:00pm it took us 2 hours and 45 minutes to detail both cars from start to finish.

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On Autogeek.com

Pinnacle Souveran Jeweling Wax - $45.99

Pinnacle Souveran Jeweling Wax 32 ounce - $54.99

SONAX Polymer Net Shield 75 ml. - $9.99

SONAX Polymer Net Shield 340 ml. $29.99


All the tools and pads shown in this write-up are available at Autogeek.com - simply call any of our friendly and also very knowledgeable customer care staff and they will help you get exactly what you need for your car detailing project.


1-800-869-3011



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Continued....


Here's how the Mustang started out....


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Holograms in the hood and the paint is so dull and covered in water spots it's hard to see the tree growing out of the hood?

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When I see water spots like this it makes me never want to drink the water.... what is in the water?

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Huge Random Isolated Deeper Scratch on the roof i.e. RIDS

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The tires are the same color as the brake dust on the wheels!

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Man... that's ugly, I'm pretty confident we have some wheel cleaners and tire cleaners that will make everything look brand new again...

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Continued....


And for those of you that may have missed this recent article I wrote about PNS, here's the link and the article...


SONAX Polymer Net Shield - Closest thing to a coating without being a coating

Anyone that's used this product knows what I'm talking about. It's about durability and how this product creates a hydrophobic surface that sheds water easily. And this is primarily what we like about ceramic paint coatings, that is they last a long time and create a hydrophobic surface that sheds water. The water shedding, that is high surface tension which cause water beading also makes the surface self-cleaning because as the water leaves the surface it takes anything else on the surface off with it, thus self-cleaning.

The thing about SONAX Polymer Net Shield is it's a lot easier to apply than most coatings and you can apply it to dang near any surface material, at least most car surface materials and by this I mean the primary surface materials found on the outside of a car, i.e. paint, glass and plastic.

It's NOT for a dirty, contaminated surface, so treat this product like a "finishing wax" or a "finishing sealant", that is the paint must first be clean and smooth to the touch, basically after you have done at least one machine polishing step after washing and claying. The apply to a small section at a time, wait about a minute and then wipe that section before moving onto a new section.

I tend to apply this to the hood, roof and trunk lid over any cleaner/wax I'm using when detailing a customer car. It's the horizontal surfaces that take the most beating from Mother Nature and also it's these surfaces that most people focus on when "looking" at a car. It's fast, only requires a small amount of product and it dramatically extends the water beading and protection of any cleaner/wax.

Here's the good news.... it's now available in a pocket-size aerosol container. This is a great way to test this product out and if you end up liking it or like many others including me, loving it, then next time you place an order with Autogeek bump up to the full size can.

SONAX Polymer Net Shield
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Get them both here,

SONAX Polymer Net Shield 75 ml. - $9.99

SONAX Polymer Net Shield 340 ml. $29.99


SONAX Polymer Net Shield = good stuff....



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It looks like the Pinnacle Jewelling Wax must have more cut than I assumed it had. It really cleaned up that black Mustang well.
 
It looks like the Pinnacle Jewelling Wax must have more cut than I assumed it had.

It really cleaned up that black Mustang well.

WE found the paint on the Mustang to be of the soft side of "medium". Definitely wasn't hard.

Everyone was using "polishing" pads for the Jeweling Wax. No cutting pads. Dan did switch over to both a black foam finishing pad and a white and red super soft finishing and waxing pads to try to avoid micro-marring in the paint.


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I wish I had that team of awesome people to cut my detailing time down to under 3 hours!!

Great thread.
 
wow,,that Mustang looks awesome!,,,like a totally different car but I may be partial because I love Mustangs in general
 
I wish I had that team of awesome people to cut my detailing time down to under 3 hours!!

Great thread.

More people, with focused attention makes quick work of detailing a car.

We should set up a time-lapse video for the Friday and Saturday portion of our 3-day class here when we detail 12 cars, (usually incredibly cool cars). The garage sounds like a Hornet's Nest when you get anywhere from 15 to 20 polishers all buzzing at the same time.

Same thing for my 2-day roadshow classes. For example this last one in Wisconsin we detailed 12 cars in 2 days. Requires focused attention and direction and that's my job. No mistakes.


wow,,that Mustang looks awesome!,,,like a totally different car but I may be partial because I love Mustangs in general


In person, the Mustang looks just as good as you see in the pictures. The Jeweling Wax works great and ANYBODY using it can turn a diamond in the rough into a glistening gemstone.

The SONAX Polymer Net Shield creates a high shine glassy look (on both cars or any paint color), and most people get 6 months of protection and durability from a single application. Plus washing and drying goes faster as it creates a water shedding effect.


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Owner took this shot the next day....

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Here's before, note the tires are the same color as the brake dust on the wheels!

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Man... that's ugly, I'm pretty confident we have some wheel cleaners and tire cleaners that will make everything look brand new again...

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Here's what we used....

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wow, excellent job and what a fantastic team effort! also, great choice of polishers used to complete the task as well! :dblthumb2:
 
mike, how's the PJW/PNS combo holding up on both these cars?
 
mike, how's the PJW/PNS combo holding up on both these cars?


I just washed the Chevy Spark yesterday, the water beading was still amazing!

Review: BLACKFIRE Car Dryer


Mike Phillips said:
I don't do mock-up reviews, articles or details for that matter. If it's important enough to write about and educate people then it's important enough to do the job right the first time and that means doing the real-deal. So to test out the BLACKFIRE Car Dryer I needed a car to wash and rinse so there would be real-world water on a real-world car for me to blow-off.

A few weeks ago I taught a class here at Autogeek showing how to use SONAX Polymer Net Shield on a co-workers Chevy Spark. Here's the write-up from that car detailing class.

Pictures: SONAX PNS + Pinnacle Jeweling Wax - Ford vs Chevy


One of the unique characteristics about the SONAX Polymer Net Shield or PNS as we call it for short, is how it creates amazing surface tension and forces water to bead-up. Because it's only been about 6 weeks since we applied the SONAX PNS to the Chevy Spark, I knew this would be the proper and correct condition paint to use with a car dryer. So I offered my co-worker a FREE CAR WASH if I could use her car again and she is so nice... of course she said "yes".


Here's pictures of the Chevy Spark that I washed yesterday....

Look at the water trying to get away from the paint as I spray the paint..... that's SONAX PNS!

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I coined this term for great water beading about 20 years ago...

Tight, Tall and Small

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mike, how's the PJW/PNS combo holding up on both these cars?


Don't know about the Mustang? It belongs to Brian who works in the front lobby. Maybe he can bring it down here and wash it and then take some pictures and add to this thread?


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mike, are you still using the jeweling wax and PNS combo? also, how many months of real world durability are you seeing from it?
 
"BUMP +1"

I would like to know if putting PNS over top something like a jeweling wax loses any of it's durability? This seems like a great method.
 
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