What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

Polished and then applied Gyeon Q2 Wax to the XR8 today.







 
Polished and then applied Gyeon Q2 Wax to the XR8 today.







 
So the ES was a little dusty the past couple days so I decided to get after it this morning, it's 50 degrees and clear, beautiful out

I looked at my current pre-wash soaps and decided to use my Griot's Garage foaming surface wash because the bottle was almost empty. I also added some Auto-Fanatic Snow Foam to get it up to the line, added some warm water and got out there

I started by foaming each tire/wheel/well and used my Speed Master and Mother's wheel brush. I then used the remainder solution on the ES, it rained overnight and there were lots of beads. Because it was cool out I let the pre-wash dwell a little longer and went inside to get some drying towels. I grabbed my biggest Big Blue drying towel (remember these OG's) and a Dry me a River for clean up duty. Because it was cool out I knew it wasn't going to dry completely but that's ok, it will in a bit. I used the Dry me a River for smaller areas, door jams and just the wheels, different towel to dry the tires. After rinsing it off using the free flowing water was very important with the cool temps, waaaaay less beads.

I wanted to use a drying aid and saw my bottle of Beadmaker was almost empty to I grabbed it during the drying process. I had enough to do all the painted areas except the very rear, for that I used Adam's CS3 (regular formula)

I now have a clean car and 2 less bottles on the shelf, progress When I take my daughter to her appointment in a couple hours I'm going to apply a coat of Dream Maker, not much time left to use it

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After cleaning and coating the wheels on the Buick last week, the wife took the car out on Wednesday night after a day of rain. I saw the results when she got home. I was able to do a waterless wash on the paint with Griots Best of Show Detailer but I wanted to try something different with the wheels. I tried my Griots Pump Foamer for the first time. I like foam.
I mixed 2 ounces of Megs D101 with 50 ounces of water and it produced a thick clingy foam that started working on the wheels before I used the wheel woolie. Next I would like to try it with car soap.

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After the PDR guy performed his magic on my roof dent this afternoon I inspected the area. He did say he was using hot glue and I'm sure assorted tools to get it out but I noticed some "blemishes". I grabbed Griot's Garage Complete Compound and a mf applicator and after 3 attempts by hand I got it out. I applied Adam's spray graphene to the area to restore protection.

I didn't watch the guy work on my car because I'm not like that but he was out there well over an hour and had lamps and all types of toolboxes, pretty interesting work

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This weekend's detail was a small one. Just ceramic refresh to get them through to next fall. This particular one came in after the owner used some improperly REALLY High pH products to clean it thus etching into the coating a bit. It still performed okay but not up to the higher hydrophobic levels it should even given its age.
Anyway, she's washed, decontaminated and revitalized, and ready to take on the elements.

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Was planning to give it a foam wash with the last of my Bowden's Snow Job, then a one bucket wash with Gyeon Bathe+ I've had for a while, can't remember using it on the FJ before. Perfect conditions, overcast and cool. I got as far as the foam wash and it's started to rain. So I just rinsed the foam off, may still do the Bathe+ wash later, or tomorrow. View attachment 74421

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Was supposed to clean up my car but ended up working on my son's Prius. Cleaned with Reset and then decided to polish the gloss black painted integrated spoiler and then the B-pillars and windows trim. I bought the 2014 Toyota Prius used and the spoiler was beat up with all sorts of spots and scratches. Didn't get everything out but at least it is gloss black and reflective now. Used all sorts of pads and polishes to figure out what would work but the Rupes Blue Coarse Wool pad with Rupes Coarse Polish worked the best using the Flex Pixie. Used the same on the B-pillar and windows trim.

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Rear B-Pillar is polished.
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Both done.
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So the ES was days dusty and since I'm on vacation this week and today is the day before my daughter and I head down to the Dragon (doing The Lost Sea Adventure and Zoo Knoxville on Thursday) I decided to do some prep to the ES.

I started with the usual Brake Buster tire/wheel cleaning and then moved to the carwash. This time I decided to do an Ech2o RW (1.5 oz/3.5 gallons of water) I used the GD method and pre-treated each panel. I was inspired to use Ech2o based on the current thread about RW. This product is just incredibleYes I've used it before but everytime I use Ech2o I wonder why I'm not using it more and with the colder weather coming sooner than later RW's and WW's will be more of a thing

Once done I decided to apply an extra coat of protection and this time I chose something I hadn't used in a bit...Griot's Garage 3 in 1 spray ceramic. This product is so easy to use but having so many choices some products have to wait their turn

Next up was an exterior glass cleaning and because I'm going on the road I wanted something "a little extra". Once again a not used enough product was called into duty...Duragloss Rain Repell.

Next I swiped down the tires with 303 Tire Cleaner and haven't decided if I'm adding anything but the Feynlab Black Velvet is streaking away some. I'll probably add something, just not sure what will be called into service...maybe something I haven't reached for in a while, or ever on my tires...VRT, that's the choice

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Part Duex:

Vac'd out the interior and treated the seats, steering wheel, shiftknob and door panel inserts with Gyeon Leather. Then sprayed the interior with CG's Black Frost.

I took some pics because I applied VRT to the tires for the first time and really like how the Griot's Garage Ceramic 3 in 1 Wax looks, it's a beautiful day to boot
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BTW this is my 3rd trip to the Dragon in the ES but this time better, fresher and wider tires! That said, I do have my special co-driver so no exploiting their limits

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