What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[WaxMaster1]

Washed and waxed the parent's RAV4. HD Speed followed up with HD Poxy. I hadn't cleaned the interior glass yet.

Nexzett Colortec on wheels followed up with CarPro Hydro2 and Chemical Guys VRP undiluted on tires.

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[Finick]

Spent a lot (maybe the last two weeks, 1/3 of my car at a time) of time prepping and applying CQUK 3.0 to my car since my new job has me crazy busy.

Finally had the first rain recently and the beads were pretty wild, like you’d expect

Drove home from work on Friday (this is when the pics above were taken) and the rain was just flying off the car, it was pretty awesome. Woke up the next day to it still raining lightly, but the beads were now irregular and oblong. I don’t have a picture, but I was honestly surprised to see this. I figured a 20 minute drive in the rain wouldn’t clog up the coating like it (apparently) has, but I’m still waiting for my final verdict until I wash it with either hyper wash or ech2o that’s getting here on Tuesday.

I can’t imagine the coating would bead up nicely after I parked at home and then somehow get clogged up overnight, but who knows.

In the off chance something went wrong, that will make a second coating that seemingly immediately failed.

I’ll check out if there’s still water on my car when I get home later to get some pictures, but it’s pretty weak.


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[Eldorado2k]

A Nor'easter canceled any plans to do any outside detailing, so the wife's Buick got the attention today. It got a Wolfgang Uber rinseless wash and the windows were finished up with the new Griots glass towels. I really like the way the towels finish up the glass.

You’ve got that engine compartment looking better than brand new.

Washed and waxed the parent's RAV4. HD Speed followed up with HD Poxy. I hadn't cleaned the interior glass yet.

Nexzett Colortec on wheels followed up with CarPro Hydro2 and Chemical Guys VRP undiluted on tires.

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Looks good my friend, do you ever put anything on that plastic trim that runs along the bottom of that vehicle? Or just leave it clean.

Spent a lot (maybe the last two weeks, 1/3 of my car at a time) of time prepping and applying CQUK 3.0 to my car since my new job has me crazy busy.

Finally had the first rain recently and the beads were pretty wild, like you’d expect

Drove home from work on Friday (this is when the pics above were taken) and the rain was just flying off the car, it was pretty awesome. Woke up the next day to it still raining lightly, but the beads were now irregular and oblong. I don’t have a picture, but I was honestly surprised to see this. I figured a 20 minute drive in the rain wouldn’t clog up the coating like it (apparently) has, but I’m still waiting for my final verdict until I wash it with either hyper wash or ech2o that’s getting here on Tuesday.

I can’t imagine the coating would bead up nicely after I parked at home and then somehow get clogged up overnight, but who knows.

In the off chance something went wrong, that will make a second coating that seemingly immediately failed.

I’ll check out if there’s still water on my car when I get home later to get some pictures, but it’s pretty weak.


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Wash it with Hyper Wash 1st that way you’ll have a true indication of how it’s doing all on its own. 1st beads looked good in your pics. Interested to hear the update.

 

[Finick]

Wash it with Hyper Wash 1st that way you’ll have a true indication of how it’s doing all on its own. 1st beads looked good in your pics. Interested to hear the update.

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking as well, I may do that tomorrow before work and see what’s up.

Part of me thinks maybe I was overestimating how well it would bead after sitting outside and being dirty before it even rained, it just seems odd the beads would be that tight AFTER I drove 15ish miles in the rain, and then be weak the next morning.

We’ll see though!



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[Finick]

Found some beads on my car when I got home.

Pretty different from how they looked on Friday, that’s for sure.


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[WaxMaster1]

Looks good my friend, do you ever put anything on that plastic trim that runs along the bottom of that vehicle? Or just leave it clean.

Thanks E2K, I hadn't gotten around to the trim or glass yet. I ended up putting some Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant on it.

 

[spazzz]

Wow, these things are huge.

old TW on left, new Chem Guys on right.
Needless to say I cut them down to the TW width.

 

[PaulMys]

Wow, these things are huge.

old TW on left, new Chem Guys on right.
Needless to say I cut them down to the TW width.

Yeah, I like the size of them. They make quick work of my tires, bed cap, bumper cap, and step bar treads. :xyxthumbs:

 

[Eldorado2k]

Wow, these things are huge.

old TW on left, new Chem Guys on right.
Needless to say I cut them down to the TW width.

IMO the large size is perfect. I can now coat the tire in 1 smooth swipe starting from the outside then angling inwards with precision because you know how careful you have to be to avoid getting the Endura on the lip of your wheels. I swear if it gets on there for just 3-5 sec. you’re in for a battle to get that stuff off! It’s crazy.

 

[ClearVue18]

. I think I can make anything bling lol now mama bear can go out and flex on them on bingo night lol

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[ClearVue18]

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[SWETM]

Did 2 winter wheels ready today for winter. They are in bad shape and has clearcoat failure where some baked on brake dust I didn't get off. So the plan was to get them as clean as I could and some protection on them.

Started with a cold degreaser that we call them. It's mostly to desolve tar but has some other chemicals in it too. Sprayed it on both the tire and rim. Let it dwell and then brushed and rinsed off with the PW. This is to get the iron remover more effective which was the next step. Also use the leafblower to blow off the water after the PW rinse. This is also to get the products to be more effective and not being diluted. Then sprayed on an acid wheel cleaner. This is to remove the yellowing that you get on neglected winter wheels. And then Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus to get off the imbedded iron particals. They where sitting strong on this wheels so added the new Sonax Rust Remover over it for a longer dwell time and a more strength in the bleeding iron remover. The brake dust build up on the inside spokes is bad. And think it's the clearcoat there that has failed and makes it almost impossible to remove. Where doing several application on one wheel to make it to desolve and used a very strong tar remover to desolve any tar and rubber that could sit in the brake dust. The work was to much and since they are in such bad condition I decided to only do one round of the different chemicals and let it be. Was thinking of protect them with Polish Angel Supersport Wheel Coating. But I save that for the summer wheels when the winter is over. So why not test Sonax Spray and Seal which I have not used yet. Have used Gyeon Wet Coat on the wheels for a year now. And has been satisfied with it. But the Sonax Spray and Seal looks very good when applyied. And for know it's only based on the water behavior. Seems to sheet the water off better than the Wet Coat. Did not take pictures of all steps as it's messy and did not want to get on my mobile phone. It had be a lot of nitrile gloves used if I had done that LOL. Will do the other 2 winter wheels tomorrow and will see if I can take more pictures Here are some pictures.

Degreaser sprayed on and dwelling.

Brushed and PW rinsed.

The other wheel before anything done to it. And I spray the cold degreaser on them without prerinse them.

After dwelling I brush them. Really like the Tuf Shine tire brush to clean the tires with. Before rinsing the cold degreaser off.

Sonax Spray and Seal applied and dried with the leafblower.

/Tony

 

[DasTurboWagen]

No pictures but I was able to get some swirls out of the corner of the hood on my car. I usually have an issue correcting on my paint since it's so hard but I used Meguiars D166 and a GG 6.5" orange foam pad and my HF DA on speed 5 and got great results after 2 quick passes. I think I like D166 better than HD Speed. It finishes so clean and is ridiculously easy for wipe off.

 

[ClearVue18]

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[WaxMaster1]

My Harley fairing was covered in bugs and I had just received a shipment from Autogeek which contained some CarPro Essence Xtreme Gloss Enhancer. I just used some Poorboy's Bug Squash and followed up with some McKee's 37 N-914 final wipe. Then I proceeded to use my 3" Rupes Mini with a Rupes Yellow pad with the CarPro Essence followed up by a spritz of CarPro Reload.

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[minerigger]

Did a light interior cleanup on this 16 tundra. Then spot buffed with D300 on orange lc pads the bad scratches. Then hdspeed with boss 21 and swirl killer mini. Left the hd on as I went around. Wiped down and then hit everything with megs UFF. I didn't make near enough for what I did and this thing is rough for 2yr old truck. But always gotta help out friends.View attachment 65234View attachment 65235View attachment 65236View attachment 65237View attachment 65238

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[DasTurboWagen]

Actually yesterday, but did a Blackfire waterless wash on my car and applied some UFF on my wheels and the painted surfaces under the hood to see how that works out for the winter. Also included a night shot of my hood since I did some correction with D166 the other day due to some random light swirls.

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[bfielder32087]

Mckees 37 N914 with Beadmaker as a drying aid.

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[osiapstndp]

I worked on my first Viper about a week ago. It was a one-step and EXO. Last weekend I put EXO on my detailing wok van's roof and hood just for fun. Next I'll put GTechniq's glass coating on the windshield. I'm still working on designing the exterior wrap for the van.

 

[JKDesign]

Finally had a moment to wash my car- it has been 3 months since the last time I had been able to do so! Just wish it was under better circumstances! Long story short: my exhaust broke off and under further investigation was not reusable- so I had to fabricate a new one out of various bent exhausts we had replaced at the bodyshop I manage- so since I had it in the shop I washed it when I was done! It also gave me chance to give the protection a boost before winter arrives!

-Presoaked with Stoner's Visible Shine Coating Wash with an Autogeek Foam Gun
-Rinsed
-washed with McKee's 37 Si02 Autowash and McKee's Microfiber Wash Mitts
-Rinsed
-McKee's 37 Hydro Blue
-dried with Cobra Guzzler Waffle Weave Drying Towel and Optimum Car Wax as a drying aid/LSP

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Notes: The steel wheels are my winter wheels- they are painted BBS Gold. The exhaust I fabricated is comprised of bits from Audi Q5's and Q7's (very common for the exhausts to bend in a rear end hit on these vehicles)- all stainless steel components!, and the tips are off of a 2013 Porsche Cayenne GTS- they are the optional black anodized tips.