What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[bofh]

I worked on my truck's wheels last night and discovered two interesting things.

First, I haven't done a chemical decon in a long time, wow:

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That the worst Bleeding Wheels I've ever had.

Second, I'm realizing a new way that "surface prep is everything." A month ago, on a whim, I took a drill brush and tire cleaner to these same truck tires. I really let them have it, mostly to see what kind of a difference it would make. After rinsing the sloppy mess off (spoiler: that $*** gets everywhere), I really didn't see anything remarkable but was happy with my effort nonetheless. I dressed them with Perl as usual and moved on.

Well these tires see a lot of dirt (in fact I clean them on a dirt driveway, so they start dirty). A month later I am completely stunned with how well the dressing is performing. I can't believe how well it sheds water. If I get a week of protection on a normal maintenance wash, I'm pretty happy. Seeing this behavior a month later is downright shocking to me.

 

[SWETM]

I worked on my truck's wheels last night and discovered two interesting things.

First, I haven't done a chemical decon in a long time, wow:

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That the worst Bleeding Wheels I've ever had.

Second, I'm realizing a new way that "surface prep is everything." A month ago, on a whim, I took a drill brush and tire cleaner to these same truck tires. I really let them have it, mostly to see what kind of a difference it would make. After rinsing the sloppy mess off (spoiler: that $*** gets everywhere), I really didn't see anything remarkable but was happy with my effort nonetheless. I dressed them with Perl as usual and moved on.

Well these tires see a lot of dirt (in fact I clean them on a dirt driveway, so they start dirty). A month later I am completely stunned with how well the dressing is performing. I can't believe how well it sheds water. If I get a week of protection on a normal maintenance wash, I'm pretty happy. Seeing this behavior a month later is downright shocking to me.

That's awesome from PERL! And that can be such a different results from deep cleaned tires. Have done it to my summer wheels with a tire coating as protection. But will look out for a brush that would suits on the drill.

Which dilution did you use PERL at?
If you don't run a durability test. I would apply another coat with PERL now while it has gone a little time. To have it topped up. Maybe at a weaker solution just for maintance maybe.

Thanks for shareing your experience with it!

/ Tony

 

[SANTA3013]

I received my order from Autogeek so I wanted to try the C6 Matte Dash on my recently purchased 2006 MX5. I read the directions so I shook it up and applied the first coat. I could see an improvement in appearance and it is also supposed to provide protection as well. I will wait 24 hours and apply 2nd coat as suggested in the directions. Then again in 6 months.

 

[bfielder32087]

Did a quick WW with N 914 and then topped up my IGL Premier with IGL Enhancer. Didn't pull the car out because it's cloudy anyways.

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[bofh]

Even though I washed my wife's daily driver two days ago with McKees 37 SiO2 Auto Wash I noticed it's pretty dusty already today.

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I had on hand a non-AG brand waterless wash and.... don't laugh... Jay Leno's Quick Detailer so I did the liftgate 50/50 with each. Terrible conditions for doing this today but I'm channeling my inner minerigger.

To my surprise, the Jay Leno Quick Detailer is actually kind of awesome. It gobbled up the dust arguably better than the Waterless Wash and dealt with the full sun / hot paint better than the WW. It left a layer of slickness that I like; the WW isn't supposed to do that anyway. I don't see this QD in the AG store right but there are other Jay Leno products so I assume this post is allowed. I would totally use this as a drying agent if I was out of Bead Maker or I needed an actual QD which Bead Maker isn't.

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[SANTA3013]

This is the first time I have used this product and I’m pleased so far. Directions say to apply every 6 months. We’ll see how it does.

 

[DetailKitty]

Saturday finally washed my RS, washed the husband's Alfa and cleaned the interior of his Escape.
All way overdue... finally had some time and decent weather to do them. Still need to wash the Escape and clean up my father-in-laws Hylander.

 

[Bruno Soares]

Saturday finally washed my RS, washed the husband's Alfa and cleaned the interior of his Escape.
All way overdue... finally had some time and decent weather to do them. Still need to wash the Escape and clean up my father-in-laws Hylander.

Didn't last long, today has been a crappy weather day. I was happy to finish coating my wife's car last Monday and it stayed dry for a whole week, today is the first time it's seeing some rain. Beading is great

 

[DetailKitty]

Didn't last long, today has been a crappy weather day. I was happy to finish coating my wife's car last Monday and it stayed dry for a whole week, today is the first time it's seeing some rain. Beading is great

Nice!
Well I actually drove the father-in-laws car and cheated. So the RS is still clean in the garage Im the MAN
Weather looks good tomorrow to drive.

 

[SWETM]

Just for a little fun I did a 50/50 of Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus and the new Sonax Wheel Cleaner Max Effect. The little clearcoat that is on these oem wheels is failed on the inner spokes and out on the barrel. Lets look at the pictures.

The products from left Max Effect and Plus.

This is after 45 seconds. The Max Effect is starting to bleed much faster. Applyied only seconds apart.

The Wheel Cleaner Plus did catch up some after 4 minutes.

This is after 5 minutes of dwell time and just PW clean rinsing it off. No aggitations or other products applyied. Did also blow dry the wheel so you see the true results.

Useally i start with a tar remover so it desolve the tar spots and rubber residue and the adisive that holds together the brake pads. Then on the cleaning of this kind of dirty wheels I use a strong acid based wheel cleaner. And then control with a bleeding wheel cleaner to see so the iron partical has desolved. So after this little testing I used a tar remover that got it to desolve the tar and the other gunk. Followed with the Sonax Max Effect to the whole wheel. Some iron particals was left but very little on both sides. As the bleeding showed me. The failed parts did have some more iron partical build up. After 5 minutes of dwell time I aggitated it with a brush. And washed with a prep wash soap before clean rinsing it off with the PW.

Sonax Max Effect is a little more stronger than the Wheel Cleaner Plus. But the difference was not hughe but subtile. And that rotten egg smell is higher too from Max Effect which is as expected from it. If you have a lot of brake dust and some is embedded iron particals. It can be worth to use the Max Effect. Or if you want to have a stronger wheel cleaner to do touchless wash on the wheels. But use it on a dry wheel to get the most out of it.

Tomorrow i hope to be doing the last prep with the tires for a tire coating. Then Seal the wheels with Armor All Wheel protection on the barrels and Polish Angel Supersport Wheel Coating on the wheel faces.

/ Tony

 

[TTQ B4U]

Washed up my car and the Jeep since I have some travels coming up and the weather for a couple days is supposed to be spectacular.

I also booked a couple more details. Chevy Volt, a Supercharged Calloway Sierra, a Mustang Convertible, new Tesla Model 3, a Volvo XC90, a Camry and then another Mustang. Keeping busy on the weekends and in the evenings over the next several weeks to help pay for our upcoming vacation.

 

[Klasse Act]

So on the way to that C&C yesterday where I took all the pics it had rained ahead of my arrival and the roads were "almost" dry but ofcoarse, enough to kick up a little onto the car and ofcoarse the wheelwells, so i had to get after it. I had some WGU RW left over from the RW last week, so I added some more mix to the pail, along with enough water to bring it up to 3.5 gallons, dropped in enough towels to have about 8 in there and got to it. I ended up using 5 towels and the Sucker Jr to dry the car, Griot's Garage waffle weave towel to dry the glass and jams.

Since I got my P&S Brake Buster gallon today from AG (THANK YOU!) I made up a 1/2 gallon of it @5:1 and topped off my IK 1.5L foamer with it, it's now OFFICIALLY my go to for maintenance cleanings and I can't say this enough....GET SOME The price alone makes it a "no brainer", combined with the results AND the rust inhibitor infused with it, well, you kinda HAVE TO buy it Treated the jams and tires w/Super Clean @1:1 to knock them out and once everything was dried I applied a single coat of Gyeon Tire, just love this stuff

Now it's time for bed, supposed to be even nicer tomorrow, so the ES is factory fresh, the princess will have NO complaints:

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[spazzz]

Man that Jeep!!

It doesn't even look real it looks so good.
I would wager people think it has been repainted with some outworldly paint.

 

[TTQ B4U]

Man that Jeep!!

It doesn't even look real it looks so good.
I would wager people think it has been repainted with some outworldly paint.

Thank you sir. She is purdy... It's with Mixed emotions I may put her on Bring a Trailer. She deserves a Jeep's life not a suburban 16yr olds. I want him to have it but the odds of her making it skuff free in the first couple years of his driving....meh.....I don't want to think about that. Then I go back to all that being said, a true Jeeper should have her. We'll see. I am trying to keep from keeping it for myself

I'm a pic whor3:

Reflection after her bath tonight:

 

[Eldorado2k]

Even though I washed my wife's daily driver two days ago with McKees 37 SiO2 Auto Wash I noticed it's pretty dusty already today.

View attachment 66886

I had on hand a non-AG brand waterless wash and.... don't laugh... Jay Leno's Quick Detailer so I did the liftgate 50/50 with each. Terrible conditions for doing this today but I'm channeling my inner minerigger.

To my surprise, the Jay Leno Quick Detailer is actually kind of awesome. It gobbled up the dust arguably better than the Waterless Wash and dealt with the full sun / hot paint better than the WW. It left a layer of slickness that I like; the WW isn't supposed to do that anyway. I don't see this QD in the AG store right but there are other Jay Leno products so I assume this post is allowed. I would totally use this as a drying agent if I was out of Bead Maker or I needed an actual QD which Bead Maker isn't.

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Isn’t it a nice surprise when you use a Quik Detailer for its intended purpose and find out it actually works pretty amazing at doing its job?

There seems to be widespread misinformation these days about using a Quik Detailer in between washes for wiping dust off the paint and it being something that’s not recommended...

Thank you sir. She is purdy... It's with Mixed emotions I may put her on Bring a Trailer. She deserves a Jeep's life not a suburban 16yr olds. I want him to have it but the odds of her making it skuff free in the first couple years of his driving....meh.....I don't want to think about that. Then I go back to all that being said, a true Jeeper should have her. We'll see. I am trying to keep from keeping it for myself

I'm a pic whor3:

Reflection after her bath tonight:

What’s “Bring a trailer”? Are you trying to say you’re thinking about selling it? To who? A “true Jeeper”? So he can abuse it like a real Jeep and have it caked in mud the same day you sell it to him? That would be a shame.

I say Let your son keep it and don’t worry about it... You restored it back to glory and saved alot of money vs. buying some kind of newer run of the mill boring car for him to drive around in. Even if he does make a few scuffs on it, it sure beats scuffing up a newer car that comes with its own monthly car note to have to pay.

...Whatever you do don’t sell it to a “true Jeeper”. He’ll have that thing trashed in no time!

@SWEETM. Thanks for sharing the results of your experiment.

 

[DetailKitty]

Thank you sir. She is purdy... It's with Mixed emotions I may put her on Bring a Trailer. She deserves a Jeep's life not a suburban 16yr olds. I want him to have it but the odds of her making it skuff free in the first couple years of his driving....meh.....I don't want to think about that. Then I go back to all that being said, a true Jeeper should have her. We'll see. I am trying to keep from keeping it for myself

From someone who works in the Jeep industry, I can tell you I FULLY appreciate your beautiful Cherokee. No need to feel like you don't deserve it or it's not living up to it's potential.
I can appreciate all types of Jeeps... from Willys to trail rigs to the new JLs and Gladiators.
And who doesn't appreciate a well-kept vehicle???????

So keep it and enjoy! :dblthumb2:

 

[KBsToy]

Morning Spritz of BM

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[DETAILROOKIE]

From someone who works in the Jeep industry, I can tell you I FULLY appreciate your beautiful Cherokee. No need to feel like you don't deserve it or it's not living up to it's potential.
I can appreciate all types of Jeeps... from Willys to trail rigs to the new JLs and Gladiators.
And who doesn't appreciate a well-kept vehicle???????

So keep it and enjoy! :dblthumb2:

I agree!

I have a 2000 Jeep Wrangler with a 12000 lb. Wench, 6 inch lift on 35 inch tires, body armor, and a LS6.0 with 650hp and I use it to go to breweries topless and have fun with the kids. lol

Not all jeeps have to be abused, some can be pampered!

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[SWETM]

@SWEETM. Thanks for sharing the results of your experiment.

And thank you for mentioned the Armor All Shield for wheels! Will be intresting to see how it does on the inner barrels. It was easy to apply spray on and walk away is nice. It will not be a durability test as it will be maintained down the road with a spray on rinse off product. Maybe if it seems to be holding up well I just apply another coat of the PA Supersport Wheel Coating on the wheel faces and if I have enough of it left LOL.

Fun to be doing some testing when possible. Is a little low on nitrile gloves so could not be doing pictures when I controlled how much of difference there where with a control application. But the Max Effect did slightly better at desolving more embedded iron particals than the Plus. Would have been great if I also had a wheel that was in better condition LOL.

 

[ejaf]

Thank you sir. She is purdy... It's with Mixed emotions I may put her on Bring a Trailer. She deserves a Jeep's life not a suburban 16yr olds. I want him to have it but the odds of her making it skuff free in the first couple years of his driving....meh.....I don't want to think about that. Then I go back to all that being said, a true Jeeper should have her. We'll see. I am trying to keep from keeping it for myself

I'm a pic whor3:

Reflection after her bath tonight:

KEEP IT!!! PLEASE! If my dad gave me that vehicle (let alone ANY vehicle), I would be ecstatic.

Funny thing...when raising my 2 kids, my wife had a 92 Wrangler, with the straight 6, 5 speed. Beast of an engine, indestructible (except for the fact that my wife didn't know, prior to marrying me, that you had to clear out the front drain tubes from debris, or else the water would puddle on the floor boards).

Guess what car my daughter, who's now in 4th year of college, want to get?...A 2 door Jeep!

Of course, I told her that only when she learns to drive a stick can she get some help buying one .

Eric