What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[Andrew LB]

Today got everything ready for a full detailing which i'll be starting in the morning early. I'm planning on giving my Audi a thorough washing, compounding\polishing with M105 and M205, and an IPA wipe down. Before sealing things up, i was going to get out my fine line tool and touch up a few rock chips and while that sets up, shampoo the carpets and clean the leather. Then finally when i'm about to keel over, apply some sealant or i may go buy something new like Meguiars M27. Unsure yet.

 

[Silly Rabbit]

Today got everything ready for a full detailing which i'll be starting in the morning early. I'm planning on giving my Audi a thorough washing, compounding\polishing with M105 and M205, and an IPA wipe down. Before sealing things up, i was going to get out my fine line tool and touch up a few rock chips and while that sets up, shampoo the carpets and clean the leather. Then finally when i'm about to keel over, apply some sealant or i may go buy something new like Meguiars M27. Unsure yet.

I know there are alot of newer top products like Cancoat Evo getting love, but I have been really enjoying M27 myself.

 

[dgage]

I felt left out so I looked up the secret decoder ring to figure out what M27 was. I’m working on memorizing them but I’m doing poorly. I have M27 down now along with M39 and M40. Apparently I have homework to do but I’m feeling too old for that.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

About a 1/3 can...I did the roof and hood with 2 coats.....I went a little heavy on the whole thing...probly would have saved on a bit if I didnt have 7 cans...lol

Only 1 can for me. Will probably use on the Rav4 end of summer


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[chilly]

I felt left out so I looked up the secret decoder ring to figure out what M27 was. I’m working on memorizing them but I’m doing poorly. I have M27 down now along with M39 and M40. Apparently I have homework to do but I’m feeling too old for that.

I had to look it up as well

I heard through the grapevine there will be a pop quiz tomorrow so you better study up

I liked seeing it has some viscosity to it so I could check coverage as I apply

And no hurry to wipe off

I wish they had a smaller bottle to try

 

[Tasmania]

Which Pan debacle are we talking about here

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Pan got caught out asking for $10,000 US dollars for a review, That is the legal amount of money you can bring into Canada before paying tax on it.

 

[Epilogts]

I felt left out so I looked up the secret decoder ring to figure out what M27 was. I’m working on memorizing them but I’m doing poorly. I have M27 down now along with M39 and M40. Apparently I have homework to do but I’m feeling too old for that.

The Meguiar’s is only a practice test for the real Detailer’s Final Exam… The Duragloss Name and Product Number match with extra credit for identifying the descriptive name of #703 or showing off a picture of your freestanding floor display (all product included).

 

[dgage]

The Meguiar’s is only a practice test for the real Detailer’s Final Exam… The Duragloss Name and Product Number match with extra credit for identifying the descriptive name of #703 or showing off a picture of your freestanding floor display (all product included).

Lol. I’m a little further along with Duragloss. Let’s see, 101, 501, 601, 901, 903, 931, 253, 951. Dang it, I had to look up 951 since I refer to it as AquaWax. . And I can’t remember the number of the wheel cleaner, which I sometimes use, ahh, 821. And I use quite a few others too. A pretty spectacular line at a great price.

 

[SWETM]

Rinseless Wash On Black Porsche! Black Versus Red Sponge! ONR, ADG, Wolfgang Uber! - YouTube

This is obsurd️

I'm not blaming Brian but fir whatever reason everyone seems to think this Ivan guy walks on water, I don't get it one bit. He's very smug and tries to be funny, not a fan one bit...let's discuss this video

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Brian sounds to ease up the things Ivan says. I meen the whole thing Brian preach about is saving clearcoat. That don't Ivan do at all. I heard this is how we do it in my shops. Okay that's take me to he want more work coming in. He comes from a business approach of everything. I could show him how it's done and it takes a little time and is dirt cheap. Would I do this on my personal vehical. No way to that LOL. I mean we rave on bad how dealership washers or detailers does. This is just another way of the same thing. I have tested to use high end brushes on paint with Carpro Reset for an example and a thoroughly prewashed paint. The agitations needed on a dirty paint is going to scratch the paint. You may not see the first 2-10 washes but they will come. And that's not something like ONR will get you out from either. 1 wash sure maybe not so much noticeble scratches. And this 911 was not dirty either. It would be interesting to a newly polished car and get it dirty and then doing this wash to it. And inspect it thoroughly where the dirt build up is heavier. Just to prove a point. In thinking of a swirl-o-matic could just use ONR as their chemichals only. It would not scratch your car in his way of thinking. Here in Sweden the swirl-o-matic says that your car get polished. Now when they have switched to foam bristles instead. Yeah sure it will. With P1000 sanding grit paper LOL. I'm not kidding with that they claim it to get polished and don't induce any swirls.

No I'm not buying his approach to detailing cars. In the longrun IMO it will not work. Sure it's good enough for some and not for others. Waterless and Rinseless washes has their places for many people. And also the bucket washes as well. But if you don't do them right with the right equipment and technique and there are many that works. You will have a swirled up paint and may even be needing to compounding it every year. Or if you take care of it right and nothing happens from the outside of your maintance. You can do a finishing polish and start over every 2 years.

I do a lot of testing for me personally. And just find a way that you think is the way. After a year or half of a year. Inspect your paint and see how it looks. If there are swirls again. Try to change 1 thing in your method that you think can creat the swirls. Say you find this after a half year after you have polished it. Switch 1 thing that can be at fault. Look after the full year if you stopped creating more swirls. Either polishing it again or let it be. And switch out another method that you think it can be or an equipment that creats it. See if the creating is stopping the amount of swirls you are getting if you get them that is. And after 2 years polish it again and see a half year after that if you have reduced the creating of swirls. Switching between methods and many equipment it can be hard to pinpoint what's creating what. Or if you are satisfied with it and can live with it. And do a finishing polish every year. Just do it. It's no wrong in that. And we have all different standards that we live after and are satisfied and acceptable. But doing what Ivan does on this 911 weekly for a full year 52 washes. Come on if he's actually honest it will be scratch and swirl free I don't think so. I could get it to not be scratched. Just don't wash it or drive it and store it in the garage. Pull it out and do a ONR rinseless wash and drive it to Brian. Look no scratches or swirls. But as a DD and washed 10-20 times a year. Depending on how you wash it. You will have some light wash marring to almost nothing if you do it right. Or it's more bad so a finishing polish don't fix and you will get to an aggressive combo to make it right. That's fine to depending how long you plan to have the vehical. But a veteran vehical or something like this 911 that you plan on to have for most of your lifetime. Take care of it gently and enjoy it.

Now I stop ranting on this video. But I think I heard even Brian cringed from some methods LOL. For an example I don't take the wheel brush to the afterwards. Or you don't need to be useing a brush on the paint. And you can prewash it with the PW. I think he know what things could get at him if he stands right up with Ivans methods. Cause that seems long from what he have shared and developed during many years know.

And that's why Pan's videos is so gently now days. And not overly preaching LOL. I remember when he did a snowfoam comparison some years ago. It where before you where getting BH more easly. And I was talking about the cleaning ability on a prewash. That's important to get at least for me. And I told what BH could be doing. I was laughed at basicly. Think that I will see if I can find my coment on that or if he deleted it. Know that we do what we have access to. And live in different climates. But the Canada climate is a lot like here in Sweden. And even England is less harsh but is huge into prewash cleaning. I don't say I do all things right as I still make mistakes. Use a lot of unecessary chemichals when I don't need to. As here this is the way we go. Many uses cold degreaser and iron remover and alkaline prewash either in foamcannon or pumpsprayer at every wash during the winter months. Even some that does this the other months as well. I think we have a swedish Youtuber that does some videos in english. Could be fun to see what you guys and gals think of them. Will see if I find any good english video that show how to do it in Sweden LOL

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[Klasse Act]

I'm so glad your back^^^^^^

See you get a nice guy and pours alot time onto his thoughts about this fraud for hire. I know this, if he's teaching a detailing business about how to make more $$$$, well, I would wanna know so I can skip going to THAT shop.

I'm no professional to say the least but I know this, when doing a RW or WW I practice SAFE methods, not some "fast food, drive-thru" approach to washing a car and certainly use the CORRECT tools for the job, my God ️

Where will this fraud show up next, he's been on Mckee's, Pan's and now Apex...look out Jon, Mr. Spinning bow tie is looking for his passport, you too Car Craft Auto Detailing, Sandro and the tall, skinny guy with all the tats (sorry can't think of your name right now)...have brush...will travel, for a fee ofcoarse

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[DFB]

Had the Mustang in for service today, something I always dread. I wish I had the confidence to do the work myself, then I wouldn't have to deal with anxiety of handing my car over to someone at the dealership.

And of course it just had to rain today. Luckily the job card for my cars is noted as "DO NOT WASH", although I did have a moment of panic when I spotted a worker foaming down a car in their wash bay. :laughing: Interestingly, the guy was using a MTM PF22 foam cannon which I though was rather promising.

Now this will sound very precious, but I don't drive the 'special' cars in the rain, mainly due to the extra work it requires. With the effort I put into the paint last week, I didn't want just put the car away wet. Nor did I have time for a full wash. So I foamed the car down heavily, including the undercarriage, allowed to dwell then rinsed thoroughly.



I then blew the car down and left it at that.



I also needed to attend to some oily residue on the console lid and steering wheel, no doubt left by the technician.





Circling back to the Ranger Wildtrack, I got a bit more thorough with the leather cleaning.









Cue the obligatory tape test, top section yet to be cleaned, bottom section cleaned ..........



Conditioning.........









Gear selector also done..........







Finished result is not as shiny as the pics make out. The seats certainly feel clean and soft.

 

[oneheadlite]

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I also needed to attend to some oily residue on the console lid and steering wheel, no doubt left by the technician.



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As a technician, this drives me nuts.

I really try to pound it in to my guys here that when we're done, it should look like we were never there - it's just less broken. Or after fixing oil leaks, should look like it never happened.

But, it's apparent that most don't think about cars how we do. Still seems like most guys don't understand why relying on a fender cover is principally a bad idea...

 

[Epilogts]

I’m way more confused by what appears to be a combination cup-holder/ ashtray?

 

[Klasse Act]

I’m way more confused by what appears to be a combination cup-holder/ ashtray?

I think an ashtray goes in there, shaped like a cup, my EN came with one...took it out and put it on the shelf

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[ShaneK]

“It doesn’t need much, it’s been painted” says the owner. When am I going to learn? Took a while but turned out nice. I love the color.



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[ShaneK]

Sorry for the jacked up post. Not sure what happened when adding pics.

 

[Epilogts]

Sorry for the jacked up post. Not sure what happened when adding pics.

I feel you, I struggled with adding pictures for a while. The Tapatalk phone app is a decent way to go until you get the hang of it.

There’s also an edit post link at the bottom of your post.

 

[opie2]

Finished product with can coat evo on the red truck, and gyeon pure evo on the denali.

First time with pure evo. Very nice product. Long working time. I found it to be easier to wipe off if i waited a good 5 minutes or more after application. Within 30 seconds or so it would flash...at tgat point if i tried to wipe off, it would be oily or hazy looking and not buff away very easily. Maybe climate was a factor.

Took me about half the truck to really figure out to wait atleast 5 minutes or more. It was easy peasy from then on.

Has darkening effect.

Interesting info...18 hours after application had it out in overcast sky checkin for high spots, and i found one high spot on the roof, and a spot under the mirror that was not fully buffed off. Used gyeon cure and a microfiber...and i was able to buff it away with some elbow power.

Sometimes good lighting can hinder wipe off...epecially with metal flake in paint.

Used flex machines, lc force pads, 3d 510, 3d 502

Disreguard not yet polished dirty wheels lol

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[dgage]

Disreguard not yet polished dirty wheels lol

Dammit. Why did you have to go pointing that out as I couldn’t see anything else but those dirty wheels. Kidding. Great work in those big trucks. Look great. And thanks for sharing your feedback with the Gyeon products. I’ll likely be applying a coat of CanCoat Evo sometime soon to my dad’s truck…if work would stop getting in the way.

 

[DFB]

As a technician, this drives me nuts.

I really try to pound it in to my guys here that when we're done, it should look like we were never there - it's just less broken. Or after fixing oil leaks, should look like it never happened.

But, it's apparent that most don't think about cars how we do. Still seems like most guys don't understand why relying on a fender cover is principally a bad idea...

Can you come and work for me? I wish everyone took their job as serious as you.

As for the oily interior residue, I can deal with that pretty easily.

Another annoyance with these S550 Mustang's is the location of the oil filter is above a cross member, meaning that when the filter is removed it dumps oil all over the the place. You would think Ford or the dealer would invest in an appropriate devise to prevent this and save me having a panic attack when I see a few drips of oil on my garage floor the next day.

The dealership service model is not especially suited to enthusiasts who see a car as more than an A to B conveyance. I don't expect to be treated like royalty, but when a owner presents a car to the service department that is clearly more than a tool to get places, the appropriate care and attention to detail should be shown. I'm not dealer or service tech bashing here, I have dealt with some brilliant ones over the years, usually in smaller establishments where reputation is king.