What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

The Qashqai had school pick up duty today, and it came back in very wet, I didn't want it to dry overnight in the garage as it's very prone to water spots, so I blew it off with the bigboi. While I was at it I went over the glass with Carpro Clarify Phobic, and as we've worked out, less is more than enough with this stuff.

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[Klasse Act]

The Qashqai had school pick up duty today, and it came back in very wet, I didn't want it to dry overnight in the garage as it's very prone to water spots, so I blew it off with the bigboi. While I was at it I went over the glass with Carpro Clarify Phobic, and as we've worked out, less is more than enough with this stuff.

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That 2nd pic

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[chilly]

Any outside detailing is shut down for a while

The cottonwood is seeding out and it’s blizzard conditions for the fluff

It gathers in drifts and gets in everything, especially when the wind blows even a little

I don’t even try and fight it until it’s over with

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[Optimus Grime]

This truck came to me for the first time in April of 23. It was a wash, clay and CanCoat job, he got a free CanCoat upgrade for his bday, and it hasn’t been washed since then. It is a garage queen and I wanted to see how the coating was holding up being almost 15 months later and I’m beyond impressed. The water is beading as if I coated it yesterday. It’s an 06 Tundra with the original paint and it’s holding up better than most cars only 2 years old.

 

[Tasmania]

Any outside detailing is shut down for a while

The cottonwood is seeding out and it’s blizzard conditions for the fluff

It gathers in drifts and gets in everything, especially when the wind blows even a little

I don’t even try and fight it until it’s over with

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Set it on fire and watch.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

Any outside detailing is shut down for a while

The cottonwood is seeding out and it’s blizzard conditions for the fluff

It gathers in drifts and gets in everything, especially when the wind blows even a little

I don’t even try and fight it until it’s over with

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You ever set it on fire?


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[chilly]

Set it on fire and watch.

You ever set it on fire?


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I have used the fallen catkins (seed pods) for fire starter and yeah, they burn REALLY well

They take a spark from a ferro rod really well

Kids will toss a lit match into drifts like that and it's almost like watching a trail of black powder burn

 

[Bunky]

I was trying to get some residue off a new windshield and was trying various products. Regular glass cleaner was not cutting it. I had an old bottle of Auto Finesse Top Coat Prep so tried to see what it would do. It seemed to clean well and left windshield slick. I came behind with CarPro Eraser and removed much of the slickness. It was grabbier. So AF left something behind after all. The windshield is not that old (2000 miles of use) but cannot already tell it is seeing some road impacts. There is a section below hood that is quite smooth.

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Yeah I know, we only hit 57f today, but the feels like temp was 50 with rain on and off all day. We're only as far south of the equator as San Diego is north, but they say we're getting one of those polar blasts at the moment.

San Diego (at least at one time) had the most temperate climate in the US, I believe the average temp there was 72F. I bring that up because using that as an example while complaining about your temps isn't likely to engender much sympathy.

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

San Diego (at least at one time) had the most temperate climate in the US, I believe the average temp there was 72F. I bring that up because using that as an example while complaining about your temps isn't likely to engender much sympathy.

I could also have used Phoenix or Dallas, both being at a similar latitude to San Diego, but neither are coastal, I'm only about 19km or 12 miles from the coast, so we're usually a bit more temperate as well.

I was just reading some interesting stuff on the difference between weather in the southern and northern hemispheres. The earth's orbit is slightly elliptical, being furthest from the sun in the middle of the northern summer and southern winter, and it's closer to the sun during the northern winter and southern summer, but more landmass in the north means colder winters for you, basically. It also explains Australia being the melanoma capital of the world, our summer sun is more intense, that and the fact that some people still refuse to be sun smart, no hats, sunscreen, or sunglasses because they don't want to be called a pansy. The amount of old guys around missing bits of ear, nose and scalp make it pretty obvious you have to protect yourself. Oops, rant over.

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[Setec Astronomy]

I could also have used Phoenix or Dallas, both being at a similar latitude to San Diego, but neither are coastal, I'm only about 19km or 12 miles from the coast, so we're usually a bit more temperate as well.

I'm not sure how temperate it is 12 miles inland from San Diego, certainly not too much farther than that and you're in the California desert with scorching temps. San Diego is a little coastal oasis. Oops, this was easy to google: "As you head inland (during the summer), temperatures will heat up and air flow will be a little less, but you'll have more sun in the mornings. It's common for the temperature to be 10-20 degrees hotter just 10-15 miles from the coast during the summer." (from Globella--San Diego weather tips)

It also explains Australia being the melanoma capital of the world, our summer sun is more intense

Isn't a lot of this still that the ozone is thin, compared to back when some of us, ahem, were younger? The ozone layer has recovered, but IIRC we're still 25 years from it being back to the way it was, say, in the middle of the last century. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, maybe it's just worse than when all those "old guys" started working on their skin cancer, not that it was "safe" back then.

 

[Uncbrs]

Isn't a lot of this still that the ozone is thin, compared to back when some of us, ahem, were younger? The ozone layer has recovered, but IIRC we're still 25 years from it being back to the way it was, say, in the middle of the last century. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, maybe it's just worse than when all those "old guys" started working on their skin cancer, not that it was "safe" back then.

I don't know about the ozone thinning part but it sounds reasonable.

The intensity of the sun is always a hot topic (bad pun intended) here as more and more move to Colorado thinking there will be snow in Denver all year long.

Middle of the article starts talking about what really creates our heat intensity:

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EDIT - link does work but here it is:

When you go up in elevation, there is less atmosphere above you. The atmosphere is what filters out much of the UV rays that come from the sun. The more atmosphere they travel through, the more UV rays are filtered out.


It's been an unusually hot year this year. I'm hoping people are smart with fireworks tonight. Happy 4th of July!

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I'm not sure how temperate it is 12 miles inland from San Diego, certainly not too much farther than that and you're in the California desert with scorching temps. San Diego is a little coastal oasis. Oops, this was easy to google: "As you head inland (during the summer), temperatures will heat up and air flow will be a little less, but you'll have more sun in the mornings. It's common for the temperature to be 10-20 degrees hotter just 10-15 miles from the coast during the summer." (from Globella--San Diego weather tips)



Isn't a lot of this still that the ozone is thin, compared to back when some of us, ahem, were younger? The ozone layer has recovered, but IIRC we're still 25 years from it being back to the way it was, say, in the middle of the last century. Maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way, maybe it's just worse than when all those "old guys" started working on their skin cancer, not that it was "safe" back then.

We live next to farmland and a floodplain, so it's not as bad as it could be. You have to go many hundreds of miles to find the nearest dessert to me, I have been there, but I went in winter.

I don't know if the ozone hole even reaches us, but according to google the UV intensity in the southern hemisphere is 6-7% higher in our summer, combined with sun ignorance equals melanoma. I put sunscreen on everyday in summer, unless it's going to rain all day.

And to keep on topic, I had to wipe the Qashqai over today, it got wet today, and it dried while it was out, so it had water spots all over it, I went over it with Ech2o. On the plus side the plastic trim has been wet twice, and the Carpro Perl hasn't shown any signs of streaking, it seems to be holding up fine.

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[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, apropos of all that, I remember talking to a guy who's company moved from San Diego to Denver, and when I said something like "that must have been a shock" he said "we have 300 days of sunshine in Denver", which was one way to look at it...

There hasn't been a lot of ozone discussion really in the last 30 years, but going back to the 80's it was a pretty hot topic for a while and caused a lot of consumer and industry changes. Apparently the size of the hole in the ozone over Antarctica peaked in 2006, and the peak thinning of the layer was the period between 1980 and 1990. Expected to recover by mid-century. Looking at some graphs it doesn't really look like it's gotten any thicker since 1990, but it hasn't gotten any thinner, either. The mid-century recovery may have to do with the life of the compounds in the atmosphere.

For my fellow wonks, emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals are now 1% of what they were 35 years ago, because back then when people could still agree on things, everyone agreed (with some complaints) that it was a problem and they would stop using/producing those chemicals. Ozone Layer - Our World in Data

 

[Setec Astronomy]

On the plus side the plastic trim has been wet twice, and the Carpro Perl hasn't shown any signs of streaking, it seems to be holding up fine.

I have a little sample bottle of Perl, I'm going to have to try it one of these years. I just turned the bottle over to look if it had an expiration date on the bottom (it didn't ) and the Perl didn't move, so I shook it, and it did, is it supposed to be a thick gel like that? I might have had this bottle for 10 years.

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I have a little sample bottle of Perl, I'm going to have to try it one of these years. I just turned the bottle over to look if it had an expiration date on the bottom (it didn't ) and the Perl didn't move, so I shook it, and it did, is it supposed to be a thick gel like that? I might have had this bottle for 10 years.

Yeah, mine was a bit gel like, DFB kindly posted this dilution info when he saw my unpacking post. I diluted mine at 3:1 for exterior plastics. I've got to get some more spray bottles so I can mix some for tyres and interior use. It did take a few shakes to get it mixed as well.

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[JDGolden]

Cracked open Hyper Wash for the first time in a super long time, first time in my foam cannon. Super impressed once again.

Then used Tec582. First time using that also, I enjoyed it.

Hitting the tires with Adam’s Graphene here in a bit.

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[opie2]

Applying megs #7 today. First time using the product. Going to let soak for 24hrs. Then go from there.

End goal is a Polish after for a little paint cleanup

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[Klasse Act]

Applying megs #7 today. First time using the product. Going to let soak for 24hrs. Then go from there.

End goal is a Polish after for a little paint cleanup

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That 67' is R E D

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[John U]

Visiting my sister. Her car was due for a buff with 3D One using a CBeast and a ceramic coating. I won an Adams Multi Surface Ceramic Kit at their retail location's cars & coffee.... it was time to try it. Humid day at the lake but no issues in application.

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