What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[spazzz]

The VMR 710s turned out pretty good for wheels that used to be matte.
Didn't stop Firestone from cranking on one of them when installing tires.

Now I need to do a wash.

 

[TTQ B4U]

Yesterday was a great Friday. Mid 60's, with clouds but not rain clouds and enough sunlight at night to wash both my Red Sport and the Jeep in prep for taking it down to Cars and Coffee this morning. Hopefully will get up some pics of her around some friends and perhaps other Jeeps later today.

 

[MadMerc]

Just washed the Wife's Focus.
And, I finally got around to applying Meguiars spray ceramic wax to it. For this application, I followed the instructions on the bottle, and applied it directly to the car and then rinsed off with my pressure washer.
Later today I'm going to apply it to my Fusion using the applicator method that I saw on YouTube, and see which method is best for me.
At this point, I'll bet that the applicator method will win.

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[UncleDavy]

I couldn’t stand the scratches on the A, B and C pillars any longer. They got polished with HD Polish+ and 3” white foam pad with the PC 7424XP. Then they got ceramic coated with CQuartz DLUX. Here is before and after. I am happy with the results.

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[TTQ B4U]

Cleaned up the wife's car today so now all three are done and clean! OCD is now in check.

Son's Jeep I cleaned up yesterday and took to cars and coffee today

 

[Klasse Act]

So I decided to do the engine bay dressing this afternoon. I started by using Tri-Nova Plastic and Trim restorer on the engine bay, fuse box, battery and these access covers on each side of the engine bay. I then used 303 Protectant on all the hoses and other plastic bits in the engine bay, including the intake manifold. Now its properly dressed.

I then turned my attention to the interior where once again I reached for the 303 Protectant and applied to all interior panels. I then sprayed CG's Black Frost into the carpeted mats and trunk area. I finished by using 303 Rubber seal protectant on all the seals, fresh, clean and protected.

While I had the 303 Protectant in my hand I sprayed the wheelwells down to give the car a little finishing touch. I also applied a 2nd coat of 303 Tire Balm too and if all the planets line up, I'll be attending my first big cars and coffee of the year tomorrow morning, fingers crossed

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[TTQ B4U]

Had to sneak in another pic of mine as they are all three cleaned this weekend.

 

[minerigger]

I was so mad at the amount of scratches and dents on the bed of my work truck. No clue where they all come from but none were by me. Truck only has 6500 miles wth. Guess I should expect it, it is an oilfield truck.


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[Misterpaul]

My mother’s Toyota Corolla was supposed to be treated to the Supreme Package @ Mr. Paul’s AutoSpa, but instead due to the extreme cluster fu** that was my day I only had time for wash, light clay and seal. Wheels and tires were cleaned with Meguiar’s D143 then rinsed and treated with CarPro Hydro. Tires got two coats of McKee’s SiO2 Tire Shine. For the paint I foamed it with Griot’s Garage Foaming Surface Prep. WOW! Rinsing revealed a near completely clean car. Many MF pads in the wash bucket with Dr Beasley’s Premium Body Wash made for quick work of a small car. Rinsed again then used fine clay towel with wash soap for lube. Rinsed yet again then sealed with Dr Beasley’s Formula 1201 Paint Coating. Windshield scoured with Meguiar’s Water Spot Remover then coated with McKee’s Glass Coating. Finally I did try the Bead Maker as an LSP. Sure smells good! Left the finish super slick.

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[minerigger]

Washed the work truck. Paint is bad. Frustrating bad. Pressure wash rinsed. Foamed with griots foam surface wash. 2bm with foam surface wash. Wheels and tires D143. Dry with pfm. Tires 2 coats McKees sio2 tire shine. Wheels Meg’s UFF. Paint Meg’s UFF. Trim got WETS. Vacuumed interior and wiped down with 303 aerospace protectant. Floor mats with D101 and dried. Then threw some Meg’s UPW on over the uff. Had to toss wax as wind blew as I was finishing and got sand in the can. Didn’t want to risk it. Least I’d used half the tin. Should be good for a few months. View attachment 66262View attachment 66263View attachment 66264


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[UncleDavy]

Today’s forecast.......foam.

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[SWETM]

Washed the work truck. Paint is bad. Frustrating bad. Pressure wash rinsed. Foamed with griots foam surface wash. 2bm with foam surface wash. Wheels and tires D143. Dry with pfm. Tires 2 coats McKees sio2 tire shine. Wheels Meg’s UFF. Paint Meg’s UFF. Trim got WETS. Vacuumed interior and wiped down with 303 aerospace protectant. Floor mats with D101 and dried. Then threw some Meg’s UPW on over the uff. Had to toss wax as wind blew as I was finishing and got sand in the can. Didn’t want to risk it. Least I’d used half the tin. Should be good for a few months. View attachment 66262View attachment 66263View attachment 66264


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Have they a description of use the foaming surface wash as a car soap? IIRC when someone from GG did a video about it they said you would not use it as a car soap. If needed to be washed after the foaming surface wash they said you would be useing a regualar car soap. Just wondering as it's more of a dedicated prewash foam and could be without the lubrication a car soap has and needs. Some dedicated prewash foam you can use as a regualar car soap too. It's just an if it's not recommended to use as a bucket wash.

 

[PA DETAILER]

Finally getting somewhat decent here in PA. Normal wash on the ZR2. Got to use my normal products on the interior. And treated all the door weather stripping. Cleaned and dressed the engine. Moved all my products to the garage. Non related, freed a stuck hatch on her 12 Escape. Going to need a new actuator in the future. For now, sprayed the unit and connectors with silicon. Working for now. Really dumb design. Should have made it keyed entry.

 

[minerigger]

Have they a description of use the foaming surface wash as a car soap? IIRC when someone from GG did a video about it they said you would not use it as a car soap. If needed to be washed after the foaming surface wash they said you would be useing a regualar car soap. Just wondering as it's more of a dedicated prewash foam and could be without the lubrication a car soap has and needs. Some dedicated prewash foam you can use as a regualar car soap too. It's just an if it's not recommended to use as a bucket wash.

Felt pretty slick to me. I even foam it in and pressure rinsed and it just doesn’t clean like they say it does. Hence why I wanted the surface prep. I got Polly gloss but it surface wash doesn’t clean a dirty surface then I don’t see it working well unless it’s super clean. Hence the surface prep, surface wash, poly gloss.


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[UncleDavy]

When the sun hits it just right, I can see scratches and streaks from the hack job the body shop did a year ago. I tried to correct it a few times but I guess my technique, products and pads were not the right combination. This time I used LC yellow pads with HD Cut on my Griots GG6. The scratches are gone and now I have to move on to the rest of the truck.

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[PA DETAILER]

Yet another nice day, so hit the exterior trim with McKess trim restorer. A job no one likes, and I was not looking forward to it. But it went ok. Trying to break this down over days so last thing I have to do is pick a LSP and coat the wheels. Time to do the trim is when it is new!

 

[Klasse Act]

Finally got around to some coating today...not the paint but rather the exterior glass and rims. I started with a single coat of Sonax Rim Shield, big fan of this product! I then cleaned my windows and grabbed the TAC system Rain Coat. This product is said to last 6-9 monthes and I believe on my car I should be able to get a SOLID 6 monthes due to keeping it clean and garaged. I've used this kit in the past on the Abarth with great success so I expect the same here. We've got some heavy storms coming in later this week so I thought this would be a good time to get after it. To finish up I applied a 2nd coat of Sonax Rim Shield and now the car sits till tomorrow, thanks for looking.

Oh btw, here's the engine bay cleaned and dressed from yesterday too!

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[TTQ B4U]

Rim shield is okay. Helps wheels clean up a bit easier but it lacks a true coatings ability to keep them clean.

Try a true coating. You'll love it.

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[Finick]

Did an ONR wash today and then went around the car applying D156 just for fun while I listened to a podcast. I also tried out a new to me product, 303 tire and rubber cleaner.

Didn’t get any pictures of the product working, but it did a good job. Left the tires looking pretty good. Much better than d143, super clean, or power clean ever leaves them. Could be placebo, but I also think they look better than they normally do after applying VRP 1:1 with a flagged tip wheel brush.

When I eventually thin down my products I may invest in a gallon of dedicated rubber cleaner from someone, since 303 doesn’t offer theirs in a gallon that I know of. I don’t know that I’d want to leave them undressed, like I thought I might want to after using a product like this. It’s a toss up, really. If I can get a tire coating in working order, probably not. But if I decide to give up that pursuit, I may be okay with leaving them naked .

Some random thoughts I’ve had recently while washing/driving the vehicle less since I’ve gotten a company vehicle I daily drive: I want to tint my windows, replace the steering wheel with a new one, and I’d kind of like to get matte black vinyl put over the chrome garbage around the windows (it’s ugly, dawg.)

What I wonder is if it’s worth it. I know the enjoyment I’d get out of it isn’t easily quantified, but I just wonder if it makes sense to dump whatever that would cost. It’s a 2012, just shy of 80k miles. Clearly not worth a whole lot. Maybe 6-8k, but I haven’t really looked in to how much it’s worth. That’s just a number I have in my head looking at comparable listings on random car sale websites.




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[Misterpaul]

Rim shield is okay. Helps wheels clean up a bit easier but it lacks a true coatings ability to keep them clean.

Try a true coating. You'll love it.

I’m looking forward to seeing the performance of GTechniq C5 Wheel Armor on the SS’ summer set up.