What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[TTQ B4U]

completed a clean and prep for sale or trade offering tonight

Part of my offerings includes a Clean and Prep for Sale Package.

With this package I target vehicles that are in need of a strong exterior and/or interior clean up prior to selling or trading the vehicle where the current owner does not want to invest in a machine polish yet does want to maximize the appearance and offer a freshly cleaned/sealed vehicle. The result of all this will be a glass-like smooth feel to the paint finish and trim that accents the entire look of the vehicle. To help maintain the finish it also includes a season long sealant that will enable much easier cleanings or wipe downs if needed and exhibit a very nice water beading characteristic.

Interior wise, I will Vacuum Floor mats, carpets, seats and trunk or hatch area. Wipe down of the dashboard, center console, door surfaces, vents, cup holders, storage compartments and cleaning of all windows and mirrors.

Quick and Easy Money that I can knock out in just a few hours in the evenings when and where needed. Completed a 2013 Chevy Volt tonight. Should have taken before pics but did not. Owner is leaving the car with me through Friday when the day should be perfect thus making for great pics which are part of my package since I also run a photography studio....although one would not know it based on my pics here

since I am usually in a hurry and use mostly my Samsung phone for AutoGeek Related pics. Lastly, I also print off a customized $100 voucher for the seller to provide to the NEW owner good towards one of my three correction packages if brought to me within 30 days of the sale. Makes sense as the vehicle is all set for me to begin polishing on since all the prep is done

Here she is after four hours of work. Finishing touches go on Friday before pics. This one is actually a really nice car. Never looked into Volts before but it has leather, navi, all the toys and the color is Silver Topaz Metallic [Silver] which has a greenish hue to it. 67k on the clock of a 6yr old car that has but a few minor cosmetic issues is a pretty strong deal. Not going to lie.....I'm personally interested in this one.

 

[IH8SPM]

The volt can make for an affordable work vehicle and if you can get it cheap it makes for great a conversation starter.

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[bfielder32087]

Did a traditional soap/shampoo and water wash today for the first time in I don't know, has to be over a year. Reminded me of why I haven't done one in so long. Used Carpro Reset for the first time also. It's as good as everyone has said. Very slick, cleaned great and rinsed really cleanly and easily.

Also almost forgot to add. Used the Worx Hydroshit for the first time in this capacity. Did a pretty good job of rinsing the soap off.

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[SWETM]

Finally preped the summer wheels done today. Just 1 more layer of the tire coating I use. It was applyied I think in around this time last year. With a deep cleaning of the tires with a rubber cleaner and 1 layer of it. Then just a thorough cleaning in late september and 1 layer. Switched to the winter wheels in the late november and stored. When I decon washed the wheels some days ago I noticed that some of the protection from the tire coating was still left. And when sprayed on the Tuf Shine Tire Cleaner it was trying to fight it off. With the aggitations with the Tuf Shine Tire Brush it was done after the first cleaning round. But I'm pretty impressed with the durability of this tire coating and mostly the matte and new tire look it gives me.

This time I have been more thorough with the Tuf Shine prep 3 times to get mostly a white foam from the tires. Then 2 layers of the tire coating and a little more sheen to it but still not glossy. I like the most natuaral look from the tires. Don't actually use tire dressing or tire coatings before. As a well cleaned tire I think looks good. But this tire coating is just perfect for me looks wise.

Noticed something when I was PW the Tuf Shine Tire Cleaner off. Whent to the other tire and back to the first. And it still looked like residue off the TS Tire Cleaner was coming off. Believe me I rinsed a lot and did 2 tires at the same time. And when I had rinsed one and came back to the other. It still was that little foam that rinsed off. I also have a high water pressure from the PW 2300psi is it from the nozzle and 2.6gpm. I did maybe go back and forth between the tires about 10 times at least. And every time I just came back it was like a car soap that was rinsed off. In that you clearly saw that it was some residue that came off. Even did the forbidden but lowered the water pressure from the PW very much and switched to the turbo nozzle. And still this foam up in the beginning of the rinse. So stopped without being really satisfied with it. And did a panel prep wipe down on the tires just for haveing it around me.
Have anyone experienced that you have a lot of residue behind the Tuf Shine Tire Cleaner? Or is it something that can come out of the tire that foams up a little?

 

[Klasse Act]

The car needed a legit wash as it rained here recently, big surprise

I started off with P&S Brake Buster in the 1.5 IK on the rims and 1 tire, I ran out of Super Clean aerosol, LOL. I pre-treated the wells with Alien Kleen and scrubbed the rims with the Speed Master and Mother's wheel brush for the tires, rinsed with the Worx hydroshot, that big, new battery is awesome!

For the wash I used up the remainder of the WGU RW I had in the bucket, towels soaking and I added 2 to give me 5 for the wash. I'm really glad I used this because I forgot how awesome it REALLY is, plus the extra boost in Shine, a win win Dried the entire car with a Sucker Jr. I finished up with a single coat of 303 Tire Balm, probably going to add another coat when I get to work tomorrow.

Now if we could just get a dry weekend with nothing going on so my buddy Hectour can hang my JUN BL exhaust on my car for phase I of the performance upgrades

Bed time...GOOD NIGHT NOW

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[Finick]

The car needed a legit wash as it rained here recently, big surprise

I started off with P&S Brake Buster in the 1.5 IK on the rims and 1 tire, I ran out of Super Clean aerosol, LOL. I pre-treated the wells with Alien Kleen and scrubbed the rims with the Speed Master and Mother's wheel brush for the tires, rinsed with the Worx hydroshot, that big, new battery is awesome!

For the wash I used up the remainder of the WGU RW I had in the bucket, towels soaking and I added 2 to give me 5 for the wash. I'm really glad I used this because I forgot how awesome it REALLY is, plus the extra boost in Shine, a win win Dried the entire car with a Sucker Jr. I finished up with a single coat of 303 Tire Balm, probably going to add another coat when I get to work tomorrow.

Now if we could just get a dry weekend with nothing going on so my buddy Hectour can hang my JUN BL exhaust on my car for phase I of the performance upgrades

Bed time...GOOD NIGHT NOW

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How do you like brake buster? I got an ik 1.5 foamer recently and I’ve been using power clean in it at 10:1 and it’s really neat.

I saw somewhere that brake buster has some rust inhibiting chemical in it so that your rotors don’t get gross after the wash so I was kind of curious if you like it. Do you use it to scrub tires too?


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[Klasse Act]

How do you like brake buster? I got an ik 1.5 foamer recently and I’ve been using power clean in it at 10:1 and it’s really neat.

I saw somewhere that brake buster has some rust inhibiting chemical in it so that your rotors don’t get gross after the wash so I was kind of curious if you like it. Do you use it to scrub tires too?


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I LOVE IT!

I've used it 2 ways, straight out of the sprayer provided and in the IK 1.5. When sprayed out of bottle provided it sticks very well, thus giving you dwell time and cleans great! Using it in the IK 1.5 @5:1 is incredible, clinging action is even better due to the foam, even on my wheels that are coated with Sonax rim shield and various spray on, hose off toppers. That said, it does start to run off quicker but still a fair enough amount of dwell time.

As far as the rust inhibitors it WORKS! Does it keep them rust free, no but the amount of rust on your rotors is noticeably reduced, combine all of the above and its price, it's a no brainer and should be your go to wheel cleaner. I plan on trying other ratios, can't hurt right, its inexpensive and should be considered for AutoGeek Product of the Year, if such an award existed but there's another product from that company that might have something to say about POTY!

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[Finick]

I LOVE IT!

I've used it 2 ways, straight out of the sprayer provided and in the IK 1.5. When sprayed out of bottle provided it sticks very well, thus giving you dwell time and cleans great! Using it in the IK 1.5 @5:1 is incredible, clinging action is even better due to the foam, even on my wheels that are coated with Sonax rim shield and various spray on, hose off toppers. That said, it does start to run off quicker but still a fair enough amount of dwell time.

As far as the rust inhibitors it WORKS! Does it keep them rust free, no but the amount of rust on your rotors is noticeably reduced, combine all of the above and its price, it's a no brainer and should be your go to wheel cleaner. I plan on trying other ratios, can't hurt right, its inexpensive and should be considered for AutoGeek Product of the Year, if such an award existed but there's another product from that company that might have something to say about POTY!

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I’ll probably give that stuff a try when I thin down some of the other cleaners I’ve been going through. Gallons sure do take up a lot of space.

If you use it to give your tires a quick scrub, how does it compare to something like 303 rubber cleaner in that area? My tires sure look better after using that stuff exclusively on them for handful of scrub downs now.


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[Klasse Act]

I’ll probably give that stuff a try when I thin down some of the other cleaners I’ve been going through. Gallons sure do take up a lot of space.

If you use it to give your tires a quick scrub, how does it compare to something like 303 rubber cleaner in that area? My tires sure look better after using that stuff exclusively on them for handful of scrub downs now.


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Well, I too have been using 303 Tire and Rubber cleaner and really like it, alot and it's a coin flip if I'm honest. The nice thing with using Brake Buster is this, your already spraying it on the rims, so since your right there it's so simple to just adjust your wrist a bit and hit the tires, even better when foaming because the dwell time due to the foaming action is long, thus breaking down the grime! I can't say enough about P&S Brake Buster

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[Finick]

Well, I too have been using 303 Tire and Rubber cleaner and really like it, alot and it's a coin flip if I'm honest. The nice thing with using Brake Buster is this, your already spraying it on the rims, so since your right there it's so simple to just adjust your wrist a bit and hit the tires, even better when foaming because the dwell time due to the foaming action is long, thus breaking down the grime! I can't say enough about P&S Brake Buster

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I’ll report back when I inevitably buy a bottle. I used to use d143 for a 2in1 but I felt like it was kind of harsh and left my tires looking not the best.

Now that I’m juiced up with a pressure washer I find I don’t have to agitate my wheels really, so I’m kind of looking for something I can just either spray or foam on to the whole situation, scrub my tires real quick, and pressure rinse everything and move on. Just to simplify my life a baby bit.

Less rust on my rotors would be a nice bonus, for sure. Not like I have a performance car or anything, but it is disappointing to wash them up real clean and then drive away later and know all that gunk is comin right off on to them


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[Klasse Act]

It's funny how things happen, case in point, Derek0609 sends me a pic of his just washed, I washed mine yesterday. My wife and our daughter are visiting our nanny/friend and her family after work, so I've got some "free time". I could see the pollen on the car, even after I drove home so I did a light WW using N914, light meaning spray into The Rag Company Eagle edgeless plush mf towel, I have the orange ones and I could see faint, yellowish lines, when in the hell does this end

Since the weather is going to suck the next couple days, I mean it's the weekend, what would you expect and since it's going to ait I decided to apply something to the car (insert Derek0609 laughing right now, along with numerous others here, LOL) The product used this time around isn't sold here, let's just call it DCP and it's a spray Sio2 sealant. I used "Brand LM" plush, edgeless mf towels to apply the product, sprayed directly into the towel, wiped in and buffed to perfection. To finish things up I applied an additional coat of 303 Tire Balm to the tires, now it goes into the garage till Monday, happy Father's Day to me

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[Finick]

Gf is busy until real late tonight so I decided to knock out a few more things with the work van for fun.

Wiped it down with ONR,Clayed it, and hit the lower parts with tarx, then wiped it down again.

Decided to go over the whole thing with HD speed on a megs 5” yellow foam disc, and it pulled a ton of crap off the paint.

Taped off the last small section of the hood to see if I could get a good 50/50 of the color change. That’s the best I could do lol. It was a lot more obvious in person.

I buzzed around the van, wiped off, then went around with HCW diluted 7:1 wiped it down with that.

I sanded down the headlights and coated them with the megs consumer coating stuff, didn’t get a before picture as I was just enjoying the process, but I had this:

Imagine a real faded headlight, like I’m sure you’ve seen. That’s how they looked. One day I’ll scrub the trim and put something on it just for fun.

After that I was all set up to be done, but then I figured since I was chugging along I may as well at least clean my driver seat up because it was honestly not great.

Misted D101 on and agitated it with a blue non scratch scuff pad, and wiped away with a damp towel. Followed up with a dry towel to dry it off some. Came out better than I thought it would for a quick and dirty clean up.

The carpet has been humiliated so there’s not a ton I can do with that. So I really just pick away at the surfaces I actively touch, which just ends up being the door panels, dash, center console, etc.


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[keylewm]

Completed a refresh on my mom's DD. Wash/decon, applied Megs#7 and waited 15 hrs to soak into the single stage paint, buffed out and topped with duragloss 105/601.

Cleaned the yellow headlights with baking soda/car wash soap and buffed with HD speed then topped with DG 105/601. Not 100% but good enough for a DD.

Buffed wheels with HD speed then topped with DG 105/601.

Tires/trim topped with Perl straight.

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[IH8SPM]

The carpet has been humiliated so there’s not a ton I can do with that. So I really just pick away at the surfaces I actively touch, which just ends up being the door panels, dash, center console, etc.


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A detailer with a humiliated floor. LOL

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[Finick]

A detailer with a humiliated floor. LOL

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Hah, to be fair the van does have 180k miles on it . I inherited it with 173k, and before I took responsibility for it I don’t think it had ever been cleaned lol.

I’m kind of thankful the carpet is destroyed. It stops me from putting way too much effort into cleaning it


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[Klasse Act]

I just loaded my trunk container that holds my mf towels with freshly washed ones, drying towels too. While I was down there I applied Griot's leather conditioner on the seats and shiftknob, sprayed CG's Signature scent on the mats too. Now its sitting all fresh and nowhere to go

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[DasTurboWagen]

Washed the car yesterday, but did a quick wipe down with the Wolfgang waterless wash to get the pollen off. Also a quick picture with my brother’s Mustang.

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[derek0609]

It's funny how things happen, case in point, Derek0609 sends me a pic of his just washed, I washed mine yesterday. My wife and our daughter are visiting our nanny/friend and her family after work, so I've got some "free time". I could see the pollen on the car, even after I drove home so I did a light WW using N914, light meaning spray into The Rag Company Eagle edgeless plush mf towel, I have the orange ones and I could see faint, yellowish lines, when in the hell does this end

Since the weather is going to suck the next couple days, I mean it's the weekend, what would you expect and since it's going to ait I decided to apply something to the car (insert Derek0609 laughing right now, along with numerous others here, LOL) The product used this time around isn't sold here, let's just call it DCP and it's a spray Sio2 sealant. I used "Brand LM" plush, edgeless mf towels to apply the product, sprayed directly into the towel, wiped in and buffed to perfection. To finish things up I applied an additional coat of 303 Tire Balm to the tires, now it goes into the garage till Monday, happy Father's Day to me

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All this free time and decent looking weather and yet, you still didn’t get the exhaust put on!?!??! Car looks great!


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[Klasse Act]

All this free time and decent looking weather and yet, you still didn’t get the exhaust put on!?!??! Car looks great!


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Yeah that was after work and as you know Hectour works afternoons and besides, an actual shop was closed...rain today too, sucks!

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[MAXBKS]

Washed my truck this morning and wiped it down with a concoction of Uber rw and Meguiars d156.

Wax underneath is collinte 845 probably done 6-12 months ago. Can't remember but it has been a while ago.

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