What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[DFB]

The EN needed a wash, off & on spotty rain on Sat & Sun, time to get after it

Today's RW choice was Labocosmetica Idrosave RW, yet ANOTHER quality, hyped up products this year and damn there's been a wave of GREAT RW's this year (Labocosmetica Idrosave, Gyeon ECO wash & ADS Hero)️

Like the other products menthioned, it's a great experience using Labocosmetica Idrosave to wash your car! It's slick and glossy, smells great and I enjoy using it

So the world tour of RW's continue, come on Deyon and Big Dave, let's get Nv to produce one for 2025, Nv is an incredible brand representing

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A rinse-less wash would be a very unlikely addition to the NV lineup.

The only fellow Australian I have come across using rinse-less would be Big Dave from here. Conveying with Aussies across several American and Australian based forums, every time the term "rinse-less washing" is mentioned, the daggers come out! It's a completely foreign concept, almost always misunderstood.

I will never use a rinseless wash, I get why they exist but if you have a place where you can rinse car with a hose or even bucket why would you ever use it. Would have to be my last and only choice to contemplate using it ever . I have too much paint sympathy

I just don't understand people using it when they don't have to. I wash my car with rainwater and the foam production is excellent compared to when I use hard Brisbane tap water, not to mention massively reduced water spotting. I can now give my car a quick wash occasionally when it's just dusty and go for a drive to dry it off with next to zero spotting. Good luck with the rain collection

If you pre rinse it aint rinseless. All Im getting from this is if your car is basically clean a rinseless wash is fine. If my car is basically clean I'm doing a touchless wash as I've described above. If/when circumstances change i will consider rinseless . but until then this vid changes nothing for me, its not for me atm

I could go on, but you get the gist. And so, if most of the buying public, including those into car detailing, can't see why rinse-less has merit, then investing money into developing an Aussie made rinse-less wash would be a financially poor move.

Bowden's Own did take a punt on one, which is called Dry Spell and has a surfactant-based formulation. I have tried it, very similar in feel to McKee's N-914 and DIY Detail Rinse-less. However, I don't think I have seen anyone using it across all of my forum and social media consumption. Good luck finding it for sale in the USA though.





Personally, I would like NV to invest in a tire cleaner or an alkaline wheel and tire cleaner to compliment Onyx. An interior quick detailer or cleaner is also missing from their lineup.

 

[chilly]

Dirty

Ready

Foamy

Clean

Dried and dressed with Perl 3:1

Did I mention it was 40 degrees here and the water is COLD




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[Klasse Act]

Dirty

Ready

Foamy

Clean

Dried and dressed with Perl 3:1

Did I mention it was 40 degrees here and the water is COLD




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40

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[chilly]

40

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Yup

The leaves are starting to turn as well

Just our cycle of seasons playing out

I need to finalize any detailing liquids orders before the end of September because we can get some serious freezes in October

 

[Setec Astronomy]

The leaves are starting to turn as well

Just our cycle of seasons playing out

Yeah, but look at the bright side, at least you've got long winters!

 

[Klasse Act]

Yup

The leaves are starting to turn as well

Just our cycle of seasons playing out

I need to finalize any detailing liquids orders before the end of September because we can get some serious freezes in October

Whoa!

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[MisterSnoop]

I took the TX in for headlight and foglight PPF and I am so happy with it I made an appointment to take the UX in next Monday for the same treatment

The headlights look like they don't even have lenses anymore

They were in pristine shape anyway but they look amazing now

Any issue with having this done on a car that isn't brand new due to having small chips, etc in the headlight? I know the TX is new but the UX isn't.

 

[chilly]

Any issue with having this done on a car that isn't brand new due to having small chips, etc in the headlight? I know the TX is new but the UX isn't.

They have a sign off sheet that you acknowledge that it won’t fill or hide or cover up scratches, etc

I am sure that some cars that are almost 4 years old wouldn’t be a good candidate for the process but mine was barely driven in the winter and the lenses actually look amazing

If they were bad I would polish them since the PPF essentially replaces the factory UV coating plus the extra thickness and cushioning from impacts

Edited to add that I hadn’t considered the fact that PPF won’t stick to ceramic coated parts

I told the tech that the car was coated and he did a test on the headlights to test the adhesion

Luckily the lights weren’t coated or I would have had to go home and polish off the coating

It makes sense that it wouldn’t stick but like I said, I just hadn’t thought about that

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[chilly]

Yeah, but look at the bright side, at least you've got long winters!

We actually have four seasons

Early winter

Mid winter

Late winter

Next winter


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[Setec Astronomy]

LOL, Chilly!

 

[MisterSnoop]

They have a sign off sheet that you acknowledge that it won’t fill or hide or cover up scratches, etc

I am sure that some cars that are almost 4 years old wouldn’t be a good candidate for the process but mine was barely driven in the winter and the lenses actually look amazing

If they were bad I would polish them since the PPF essentially replaces the factory UV coating plus the extra thickness and cushioning from impacts

My car has seen enough highway miles that it would need work to get them smooth again. At this point, I think I'll wait to do anything and keep the factory UV. Maybe in the future, I'll get PPF. Definitely something to consider on the next new car.

 

[chilly]

My car has seen enough highway miles that it would need work to get them smooth again. At this point, I think I'll wait to do anything and keep the factory UV. Maybe in the future, I'll get PPF. Definitely something to consider on the next new car.

There are days when a rock chip happens that I wish I had done the PPF package on the UX

Then I feel like tinkering with the paint and I’m glad I have a blank canvas to work with


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[Coatingsarecrack]

Picked up a flex pxe80 cordless set on sale this morning! Cant wait for it to arrive. Been wanted to snag one for a year or so now

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Check out Coatic for nice forged aluminum backing plates and adapters. The flexible adapter is a steal compared to flex’s one.

Flexible Shaft Polisher fits Flex PXE80 & fits Rupes Ibrid


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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I had to give the Qashqai a QD today, during the annual inspection they tested the windshield squirters, which left spots everywhere behind the windshield, even down on the back doors. But at least there weren't any greasy finger prints. I went with NV Boost V2.

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[chilly]

I probably had 1 too many pots of coffee and went on a rampage, tossing out sprayers and bottles that have let me down recently

Now I have to get replacements


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[Klasse Act]

I probably had 1 too many pots of coffee and went on a rampage, tossing out sprayers and bottles that have let me down recently

Now I have to get replacements


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Buy Griot's Garage products, use them, love them...save the bottles! I mean you could buy expensive, empty IK 500ml bottles (they are great) but if you buy Griot's Garage products that come in spray bottles, not only do you get the benefits of what's INSIDE the bottle, you get a great, empty bottle/sprayer when done

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[Klasse Act]

Took FULL ADVANTAGE of yet another PERFECT weather day here in Chicagoland

Today I decided on ADS Hero for my RW task, 2BM method today though as I was using a drying aid...P&S Inspiration Defender and I know I say this alot but THIS product inparticular was VERY, VERY slick...SLICK! As many RW's that I have I'm sure I've got double the sprays, so again, when a "flavor of the month" comes along you forget others, case in point here with P&S Inspiration Defender, I'm getting another bottle when I'm done, don't care, put me in a double straight jacket

The combo of Hero/Inspiration Defender was seriously amazing on the EN, dried good, glossed good and produced amazing slickness, opening my doors was very satisfying

I finished with a quick vac and sprayed Griot's Garage Redline scent inside the EN, can't wait to get in my car tomorrow morning

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[chilly]

Buy Griot's Garage products, use them, love them...save the bottles! I mean you could buy expensive, empty IK 500ml bottles (they are great) but if you buy Griot's Garage products that come in spray bottles, not only do you get the benefits of what's INSIDE the bottle, you get a great, empty bottle/sprayer when done

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Here’s the deal with Griot’s products

There are a limited number of their products available locally at AutoZone and O’Reilly’s

I have bought a few, liked some, others were duds in my book

They do have some stuff I would like to order but here is the deal

Not only do I not get the “Spend $69 and get free shipping”, they only have one choice for shipping to Alaska

I put these random items in my cart just for kicks

I can get the liquids locally and I would love to get the polish and compound but those aren’t sold locally

And this would be my cost

Kind of a deal breaker

Compare that to the Armour order I placed 2 days ago

Pretty simple choice here

The ironic thing is it’s only been the last few years that Griot’s would even ship to Alaska


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[Klasse Act]

Here’s the deal with Griot’s products

There are a limited number of their products available locally at AutoZone and O’Reilly’s

I have bought a few, liked some, others were duds in my book

They do have some stuff I would like to order but here is the deal

Not only do I not get the “Spend $69 and get free shipping”, they only have one choice for shipping to Alaska

I put these random items in my cart just for kicks

I can get the liquids locally and I would love to get the polish and compound but those aren’t sold locally

And this would be my cost

Kind of a deal breaker

Compare that to the Armour order I placed 2 days ago

Pretty simple choice here

The ironic thing is it’s only been the last few years that Griot’s would even ship to Alaska


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Your thinking makes SENSE and saves CENTS...SEVENTY EIGHT DOLLARS shipping! I didn't pay anywhere close to that when I ordered my Aussie-spec rear foglight from the land down under, the bottom of the planet

What were your duds from Griot's Garage, just curious

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[chilly]

Your thinking makes SENSE and saves CENTS...SEVENTY EIGHT DOLLARS shipping! I didn't pay anywhere close to that when I ordered my Aussie-spec rear foglight from the land down under, the bottom of the planet

What were your duds from Griot's Garage, just curious

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I didn't like their Interior Detailing spray, it made the Lexus interiors feel dried out and stripped of any finish

Not like an "OEM" finish, more like a "been sitting in the desert for 15 years" finish

I also didn't see a whole lot of positives in their Ceramic AIO after all the drama with changes in formulas, contents separating, changes in packaging, etc finally got sorted out a couple of years ago

I was hoping for correction capability equivalent to that of 3D Speed with the Ceramic protection that Griot's promised, and I was quite disappointed in the outcome

I will say I like their Ceramic Speed Shine, especially with about an ounce of their Ceramic 3 in 1 Wax mixed in

The Ceramic 3 in 1 Wax works pretty good on it's own, but the longevity is lacking

I will order their Fast Correcting Cream and Perfecting Cream someday when I am doing an order with a reseller that sells Griot's, I just haven't gotten around to it yet