What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

Received (another) order today containing something I have been chasing for quite some time.







Now granted, a version of these are available for you guys in the US for about $25.00, with shipping it would have cost me $125.00. I wanted one, but I didn't want one that much! With a small tweak, it fits over a Gamma Seal lid too.

I wash wheels while seated, scooting from wheel to wheel with my bucket and tools following me as I go. I also use my foam cannon to apply soap to each wheel, now it can come along for the ride rather than being awkwardly carried in my lap.

 
Well, it was 95 degrees and humid where I am. :(

It was the Ranger that got attention today though. With two weeks worth of grass, sticks and leaves through the cabin and tray so it was overdue.................by my standards anyway.

Not before attaching this pressure washer gun mount to my rolling cart.





In the foam cannon today was P&S Pearl. This is a soap that, even with an absurd amount, foams in a more liquid fashion than my usual favorites. As it was coming out of the cannon, I was initially thinking, no, this is not good. Having said that, it still seems to cling to the paint much better than I thought and actually rinses from the car with extreme ease. I was ready to write it off, but the ease of rinsing really won me. It's not a game changer but it does seem have it's own particular attributes.





And yes, the bucket mount works as expected.



I feel much better now.........

 
So this one might fit more in the non-detailing category but I used about 20 feet of the 50 foot hose from my Vacumaid Garage Vac Pro 50 so my detailing vacuum. Anyway, I bought a cheap paint brush and had some copper electrical wire that I used to create a “brush” with the drill that helped me scrub the pipe. I duct taped it to my vacuum hose and it worked fantastically. The first shot of the brush fit great but I had to hack it up with scissors to allow the lint to get vacuumed through the brush.

This one shows the brush I made with a drill. And also shows how dirty the siding was behind the cover.


And this is the view after I hacked up the brush some so the lint could get through to be vacuumed. And it is now taped to the vacuum hose.


Before, well you can tell the dryer vent pipe desperately needed cleaning.


After. You can actually see a little piece of a 2x4 that I ended up getting with another pass after I took this picture. No clue how that got there.
 
Gave the Qashqai an ONR wash today, only 28C outside, but the sun was really bright and intense, so I worked inside. It wasn't dirty, just lots dust and greasy fingerprints. Dried using Bowden's After Glow. Didn't touch the wheels or tyres

Happy Australia Day

Dave
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Lucky you @Big Dave with 28 degrees, was a horribly humid 37 here today. I ended up doing two cars today, the Wildtrack and Mustang. I think I used more towels wiping sweat than I did on the cars! :(

Had some fun trying new products today, CarPro InnerQD and Glass Mitt.











My little foam cannon bucket bracket was exactly what I had envisioned.







 
After finishing lunch today, I thought the leather on my steering wheel needed some attention, I remembered I had something on hand that would do the job. Meg's Motorcycle Leather Cleaner Conditioner, applied by bare hand, then wipe the excess off with an MF.
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Tried out 3d super soap in the foam canon today. Quite frothy lol
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I wish I could foam up my Jeep like that right about now. It’s BAD. How does super soap compare to 3D pink?
 
JDGolden said:
How does super soap compare to 3D pink?
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Honestly, id say maybe a touch thicker foam. Its good in a bucket wash too.

Keep in mind that i only used .5 oz to 1 oz tops of product in the 35 oz foam canon bottle. And you only need .5 oz of product per 5 gallons in a bucket wash.

Yes it costs a little more than 3D pink, but its more cost effective for me personally for as much as i use regularly

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18 days since the last wash on the ES, today is THEE day! In a couple hrs when it nears 30 degrees I'm grabbing my IK Foam 9 that's loaded with distilled water and Bilt-Hamber Touchless and the remaining amount of TWHS Hyper Foam Tire and Wheel cleaner and heading to the quarter wash. This will be yet another test for Bilt-Hamber Touchless but this time I've got an actual power washer to rinse everything away properly

Pics coming later, can't wait to do this as I'll feel much better

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I started restoring my headlight a month ago…

This is what it looked like before.

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I started sanding with 500 grit, then 800.

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…But then I got lazy and didn’t get back to it. [I literally drove around with that tape on for 2 days] lol.

But yesterday I decided to finish it. 1000 grit, followed by 3000, buffed it out with Griots FCC, and it looks brand new again. Sprayed it with Meguiars Headlight Coating.

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Looks great Ric! After it dried did you do a light polish to knock down the "orange peel" from the spray or did it finish out pretty smooth

I did the headlights on ex's Mazda 6 years ago and when you got close up to it it wasn't perfect BUT you sure as hell could see at night AND it looked 1000% better and I do mean 1000%! This was the Griot's Garage headlight kit before they upgraded to the 2 kits they have now. At the 2 year point it was holding up VERY well

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Klasse Act said:
Looks great Ric! After it dried did you do a light polish to knock down the "orange peel" from the spray or did it finish out pretty smooth

I did the headlights on ex's Mazda 6 years ago and when you got close up to it it wasn't perfect BUT you sure as hell could see at night AND it looked 1000% better and I do mean 1000%! This was the Griot's Garage headlight kit before they upgraded to the 2 kits they have now. At the 2 year point it was holding up VERY well

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TBO I didn’t even think about orangepeel. When you spray this your main concern is runs, and when I got done there was maybe 1 little place where I could see slight teeny bit of the beginnings of a run but unless you were to fully inspect it you would never look at it and notice it.

As far as orangepeel, I think it’d be a bad idea to attempt to polish orangepeel out after spraying this on. Luckily the thought of any orangepeel never even crossed my mind, meaning there was no obvious sight of it at least as far as I was concerned.

Like you experienced in your case, I’m just happy it looks 100% better than it did before. I’m going to make a note of the date and try to remember to re spray the coating on again in 6 months. The label claims 1yr. protection but IME that’s extremely optimistic and will have begun degrading at the 1yr. mark.

It will last 6 months looking good. My plan is to maintain and re apply before it begins de grading.
 
The way you maintain your Caddy Ric it could last longer Like I mentioned, 2 yrs after being applied the Griot's Garage kit was going strong, keep in mind our weather too

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Klasse Act said:
The way you maintain your Caddy Ric it could last longer Like I mentioned, 2 yrs after being applied the Griot's Garage kit was going strong, keep in mind our weather too

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When I think of Chicago my 1st thought is snow & wind. Lol.⛄️

Out here it’s non stop sunUV rays. Plus my car lives outside.
 
Hand washed the damn salt off the daily and gave it a quick polish with BlackFire AIO.

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