What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

Oh, Klasse, the courage it took to leave that goopy mess to dry on the tire!
 
I guess it was Wheel and Tire week for everyone! I have been running low on my favorite Tire & Rubber (and plastic) cleaner made by my friend Adam in Colorado (but I cannot mention the non-AG brand, sorry). I decided to buy small quantities of everything else I could find and see if I've been hitched to the right train. I tried 5 different products that specifically claim to clean tires. I forgot that P&S BB claims tires so I didn't try that, will next time. Results for me is that my favorite brand remains awesome, Tuf Shine is really great too, 303 T&R cleaner is fine and the funky purple color is fun, 3M Tire & Wheel is a terrible tire cleaner and a really great wheel cleaner, and 3D Yellow Degreaser, marketed as a tire cleaner, is terrible with my tires (had to re-do them with another brand). I tried scrubbing with a brush and also deep cleaning with a drill brush with all of these.

Obviously your results would vary considerably with your own situation so I'm not recommending anything at all, just pointing out my Fun with Chemicals experiment.
 
bofh said:
Oh, Klasse, the courage it took to leave that goopy mess to dry on the tire!
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Yeah, tell me about it! If you look closely it has a bluish/purple tint, I think they used some of the what makes up their tire "coating" when making this

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bofh said:
Oh, Klasse, the courage it took to leave that goopy mess to dry on the tire!
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It’s not really a big deal... That’s how Hyper Dressing looks when you spray it directly onto a tire and leave it to self level. I can understand why the manufacturer said not to touch it and leave it be.. That’s how Hyper Dressing looks it’s best too, which is 1 of the reasons I quit trying to apply it with an applicator a long time ago.
 
bofh said:
Is that a thing people do, mix up rinseless wash and keep it around for days? It doesn't go flat like regular soap?
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I don’t mix up gallons at a time, but if I mix up something as a waterless wash i just use a gallon of distilled water and keep that around.

Never had any problems with it being less effective or anything. If I presoak before my rinseless I’ll also (usually) mix up 2-4 gallons, and dunk my pump sprayer in to fill it up.

I go around presoaking the whole car if I’m not in the sun, and that’ll usually empty it. I’ll dunk it again to have it full for next time, and I’ve never had that go bad either.


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Greetings All,
After taking Mike's 2 day training, I have started into detailing my cars. Today, I washed, polished and ceramic coated my 2007 Saturn Sky convertible. Got it looking really good.

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Having a great time detailing. Starting on my 69 Corvette next....:xyxthumbs:
 
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Greetings All,
After taking Mike's 2 day training, I have started into detailing my cars. Today, I washed, polished and ceramic coated my 2007 Saturn Sky convertible. Got it looking really good.

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Having a great time detailing. Starting on my 69 Corvette next....:xyxthumbs:
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Hope we see the pics of the Corvette next

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Finally used Kenotek to see what the hype is all about! It is pretty darn good. Brought out the metallic flake and added some gloss!
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Washed both cars to prep for our roadtrip to Wisconsin tomorrow.

Washed the Wife's Focus first. I did a pre soak with Griots Surface Cleaning Foam and then a two bucket wash with Griots Brilliant Shine car wash. It was still beading from the Meguiars Hybrid Ceramic Wax that I applied over two months ago. Impressive. I quickly applied another layer of Meguiars, dried it off and moved on to the Fusion.
Using the same methods as above, plus using Seal and Shine as a drying aid this time.
Time for some lunch and water. It's already 87° and it's not even noon.

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bofh said:
Is that a thing people do, mix up rinseless wash and keep it around for days? It doesn't go flat like regular soap?
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I've never had any issues doing this. As I said,I'll use the old stuff on my beater HHR or maybe dirty wheels and wheel wells of my other vehicles. I paid 10k new for my HHR and it is a work and rainy weather car. I ain't worried about scratching it.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong,but I never use up all of my solution in one wash. I make 3.5 to 4 gallons most every time,and I wind up with a little leftover When I use it,I have less of Ech2o leftover than any other product I use. I had washed two vehicles with the McKees so I had nearly a full bucket of solution. I'm not throwing that much out.
 
You havnt heard about it!? You are slacking!😜😜😜

Supposed to be repel pollen and dust while producing an amazing shine. Time will tell. The Soul is currently protected by Moonlight and Quartz max and it still added some gloss.

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Started on buddies 02 chevy 2500. Has the lb7 duramax. Interior vacuum and wipe down, engine bay wipe down, rinseless and then clay, polish and gonna use PNS. Doesn’t want engine bay crazy. Just wipe down and dress. He is also helping so I left that to him. Having him do the door jambs as well. Going to rinseless the wheels. He doesn’t want to break out the hose.

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bofh said:
Is that a thing people do, mix up rinseless wash and keep it around for days? It doesn't go flat like regular soap?
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I do it with n-914 and has been fine. I have a gamma seal lid on it and give it a few good shakes and let it settle while cleaning wheels (45 min to hour) and works fine. Usually make new batch after 3 weeks.


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***New tire product update***

So the product has been on the tires for about 5 hrs now and this is how they look now. Remember I sprayed it directly onto the tires to let it dry:
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Btw, AG will surely carry this as the brand IS sold here Also...enhanced, for your pleasure, just the auto setting however it is, I'm not smart enough to adjust it past this or don't feel the NEED too.

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To you guys who mix rinseless well in advance, are you using tap water or distilled? If I’m making a detail spray or waterless wash I mix with distilled water and never have issues. If I mix rinseless in say a 5 gallon with gamma lid and use tap water, it seems to “spoil” on me within a week. This is with most any rinseless I’ve tried including ONR and N914.

It may be the water hardness at my place and wonder if this happens to others or not based on that?
 
After cleaning the leather in my wife’s car earlier this week I started the conditioning process.

 
So buddy Hectour offered to install my enclosed intake on my car today, it was 91 according to Doppler ES, so as I always do, he wrenches on my car and I get to soapin' and rinsin'. This is his wife's ride, a 2018 Toyota CH-R and they just got back yesterday from a round trip to Gatlinburg/Tail of the Dragon trip, so about 1200 miles total. The car didn't look too bad, besides the bugs. I did a Meg's HCW @5:1 right before the trip and then a TAC system Water Glass application ontop of that and that double coat made the wash go VERY easy!

For pre-wash I used a Chemical Guys foam gun and 2 ounces of Honeydew, used the entire tank of solution too and rinsed. For the 2 bucket wash i used CarPro Essence, just a rock solid performer always. My buddy has a nice base of products here, I didn't have to bring anything but I did use P&S Brake Buster on those gloss black wheel inserts and barrels. As you can see in the pic, I need to wipe the tires, I see brown but then again I didn't scrub them, I assumed they'd come clean by spray and wipe....NOPE!

Oh wait....my intake is now installed, BREAKING NEWS
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Well, I have finished the paint work on the 1969 Corvette. I've made a 1st pass at the chrome wheels and bumpers, but I need to hit them again since it has been neglected for a while. I have had this Corvette for about 22 years.

I am pleased with the detail. I used Omni waterless wash and prepped the paint with Black Fire Paint Prep. Since it is just a driver, I applied Black Fire One Step using a URO-Tech white pad and followed up with Black Fire SI02 Sealant about 3 hours later. Buffer is a cordless Flex "Finisher".

Looks fine to me. A definite improvement:
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Tomorrow, I'll finish the chrome wheels and clean up/polish the luggage rack and hardware and get that back installed.

Cheers! Rick
 
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