What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

I used some Mother's Interior Detailer on the dash the other day, I did the doors while I was at it, when I opened the doors after some rain, I had some water drip in and run down, I noticed immediate streaking on the plastic. I know I didn't prep the doors in any way, but to get streaking straight away was pretty annoying. So today I wiped the door skins down with Eraser, the thought I'd try some Ech2o on them, I know I've used Meg's Quikwax before, and I know I've read somewhere that Ech2o could be used on interiors, but the result can be quite glossy, but I'm only using it on the doors as they do get wet every time it rains, so testing is underway. And the mark on the silver panel is annoying, let's just say hairy freckled forearms are abrasive and leave it at that.

I also used Ech2o on the taillights, they were dirty, who doesn't love big red shiny taillights that stick out.
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A day late...

I took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and spent the day giving my car a good spring cleaning. I did the normal exterior wash, due to driving the car in snow last weekend, but spent most of my time on the interior and little things on the exterior like cleaning up the exhaust pipes. The interior got a full deep clean to include the small bits of leather and the microsuede seats. At some point next month I'll be polishing it out and re-coating the exterior.

Added a pic because it seems to be the thing to do! :D
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I do have my own method for cleaning and conditioning wiper blades, but after watching Mike Gs Carpro Ech2o video the other day I decided to try it out on the FJs wiper blades. Took all three blades off, sprayed some Ech2o onto a small lint free cloth, then wiped the blades until no more contaminants were being removed. I got to test them out while driving the car to the vet, nice and quiet, and crystal clear wiping.

The cat decided to show his displeasure with the trip by crapping in his pet carrier on the way home, I was driving with both windows down at 55mph and I could still smell it, so I had to air the FJ out when I got home, all four doors open with a good cross breeze. I then wiped some TWHS Inside Job in various places to help out.
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Big Dave said:
I do have my own method for cleaning and conditioning wiper blades, but after watching Mike Gs Carpro Ech2o video the other day I decided to try it out on the FJs wiper blades. Took all three blades off, sprayed some Ech2o onto a small lint free cloth, then wiped the blades until no more contaminants were being removed. I got to test them out while driving the car to the vet, nice and quiet, and crystal clear wiping.

The cat decided to show his displeasure with the trip by crapping in his pet carrier on the way home, I was driving with both windows down at 55mph and I could still smell it, so I had to air the FJ out when I got home, all four doors open with a good cross breeze. I then wiped some TWHS Inside Job in various places to help out.
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Love how that looks opened up Dave

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Looooong over due wash on the EN after work, especially after the thunderstorms and tornados on Tuesday️

Reached for Absolut RW and this stuff flat out C L E A N S and it needed to because the EN was dirty AND water spotted from the storms

Added some DIY Detail tire dressing to tie me over till the weekend where I'll be doing a proper hand washing

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Took the g/f's Cruze to the touch-free wash and used 5 oz of BH Touchless in the IK Foam Pro 12 to get its trashed body washed but I'm sure it needs a contact wash of some type but to her, it's clean

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I finally finished my coating. I waited the obligatory 90 days for my front bumper’s paint to gas out and slapped on some Syncro. Since my wife was away on a business trip and I had the garage to myself I went ahead and fixed some other issues. I had been using CanCoat on my glass which has far exceeded expectations, going on 6 months on my windshield, but went ahead and applied Gyeon View. I also polished off my hood and recoated since I’ve been assaulted by several construction vehicles and their loose debris dancing on my super soft Honda paint.

I realized that I don’t hate Gyeon Skin as much as before. I still had half a bottle so I said what the hell and put it on top of Mohs. It does require an immediate leveling and I do mean immediate. As long as you are quick about your wipe off it’s not as tacky as it was the last time I used it. Once I put Cure on my car the following morning the slickness was back but I don’t think Syncro will be in my rotation after I finish off this bottle.
 
Spring "boost" Detail Day

So because it's so nice this weekend and warm and even warmer tomorrow, I decided to get out there and do a better/boost wash this morning!

I started by using Bilt-Hamber Karrosol iron remover for the stock, winter wheels. I mean I'm keeping them pretty clean but using this product showed me how much was INSIDE the barrels and calipers! Each wheel was equally gritty, I should've shown a better pic of the brown/red foam but you get the point

Next wash a foam/dwell/rinse of the EN (did a RW a couple days ago, not dirty, just slightly dusty) using P&S Inspiration Radiance which is a coating maintenance wash. I need to use this product a bit more to give a real review. I added 5 oz into my Griot's Garage foam gun and 32 oz of water and got after it. I let it dwell for a bit and rinsed away, no issues

Next I reached for a product I hadn't used in quite some time, CarPro Hydro2 Lite. I started with the rims and then moved to each section of the EN and it was SO easy to use! Once done I used free flowing water to wash down the beads so drying would be easier for The Gauntlet

I finished with drying the EN, very easy and got the jams and gave the engine bay a quick wipe down to keep it fresh. Later on I'll apply something to the tires but not too much, they still look pretty good

Oh yeah and here's a PSA...have you changed your cabin filter in the last year? This showed up while I was washing the EN and I'll check mine tomorrow, usually its a once a year change and fot me it's the fall but I'm checking it nonetheless
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Fresh air and another Maintenace wash on the truck. After all the rain. #253 on the tires. And wet wax as the drying aid.
 
After 4 trips to the body shop, if you live in NC avoid Caliber Collision at all cost, my wife’s car was finally in condition to recoat. I slapped on a little CSL and EXOv5 and it’s back to having that liquid glass appearance once again. I must say, nothing beads water quite like EXOv5. There are better coatings out ther but I have to crown it as the king of hydrophobicity.

 
1 Day, 2 clean-ups

Detail Season kicked off a few weeks ago when we picked up Tamie's new car, but today is when it officially began, and it kicked off with a Land Yacht. More details to come, but for now, a little scale comparison. Tamie's car would probably fit inside my friend Matts 😂
Office pics and write-up tomorrow.

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TTQ B4U said:
1 Day, 2 clean-ups

Detail Season kicked off a few weeks ago when we picked up Tamie's new car, but today is when it officially began, and it kicked off with a Land Yacht. More details to come, but for now, a little scale comparison. Tamie's car would probably fit inside my friend Matts
Office pics and write-up tomorrow.

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Looks awesome!

On a different note, i wanted to thankyou for reccomending gyeon primer. I got to try it out yesterday evening. What a dream to use imo. I ran outta time yesterday, so i will be applying cc evo today, cant wait to see how that goes, cuz that primer is slick lol

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Setec Astronomy said:
Can you elaborate? Have you used any other primer polishes?
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I tried NSP 90 and 45 last summer. I found out afterwards from mike g that i was not working them long enough(i was doing on normal 6 sections passes). They were to grippy while polishing, didnt cut enough to cleanup after cutting with rotary/wool pad. Wipe off was crap. Again this was just my limited experience with it. I was totally turned off by it, so i sent them back for a refund.

Yesterday i did 2 passes with rotary/wool pad to remove some of what looked like acid rain spots. Next i grabbed geyon primer and a white lc force pad, and in 3 sections passes the abrasives where broken down and disapeared. Rotary haze was gone and surface was slick and high gloss. There was litterly amost zero product to wipe off either...effortless. just my .02 cents

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