What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[Setec Astronomy]

Thanks, one of the things Mike G noted about the Dr. Beasley's was that they don't stain trim--did you have any experience with that in regard to the Gyeon primer?

 

[opie2]

Thanks, one of the things Mike G noted about the Dr. Beasley's was that they don't stain trim--did you have any experience with that in regard to the Gyeon primer?

I had most of the trim masked off. So not that i noticed, but i will check later.

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[Coatingsarecrack]

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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My JDM fever is caught when I was young has me buying a K&N Cabin filter for all my cars. Pretty sure I gained 5HP


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[Coatingsarecrack]

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.

I felt Mohs and pure Evo bead better. When fresh anyways. I had Pure on my car… friend had Evo and he knew some guy who supposedly had CSL with Exo5 and while all were very impressive I would say the Exo v5 came in 3rd.

Prolly just due to whatever difference the rain here the NW has. The Prince of beading here….


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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Time to coat the FJ again, but first a bit of a tidy up. Cleaned the wheels with Bowden's Wheely Clean, used my Ryobi pressure washer to rinse the wheels, then got inside the arches. I didn't bother foaming it up, just hit the whole thing with the pressure washer.

Then gave it a wash with Reset. Dried with my favourite old synthetic chamois, I didn't want to use a drying aid. I was going to use a clay cloth on it, but it felt very smooth while washing, so I did the bag test and decided it didn't need it. So I gave it a wipe over with Eraser, and went straight into polish and prep.

I broke out my Ryobi RO and went over everything with Carpro Essence, used the Ryobi yellow pad on the white roof, and two Shine Mate Black Diamond red pads for the silver everywhere else. I'd heard the Ryobi pads fell apart very easily, but this one held up fine.

Later tonight I'll put a layer of NV Lustre on it, then a layer of NV Jet tomorrow, making sure everything cures properly before moving it back outside. I might put something on the tyres tomorrow as well, the pressure washer stripped everything off them.

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[DanaDetailingPros]

Hey Dave,
Looks pretty shinny there! Also plastic looks great! I was thinking to get some Jet or Lustre and I know the Lustre has the edge over Jet. But I see you do both. I have also heard that done before and never asked why. Can you help a mate out?

 

[DFB]

Time to coat the FJ again, but first a bit of a tidy up. Cleaned the wheels with Bowden's Wheely Clean, used my Ryobi pressure washer to rinse the wheels, then got inside the arches. I didn't bother foaming it up, just hit the whole thing with the pressure washer.

Then gave it a wash with Reset. Dried with my favourite old synthetic chamois, I didn't want to use a drying aid. I was going to use a clay cloth on it, but it felt very smooth while washing, so I did the bag test and decided it didn't need it. So I gave it a wipe over with Eraser, and went straight into polish and prep.

I broke out my Ryobi RO and went over everything with Carpro Essence, used the Ryobi yellow pad on the white roof, and two Shine Mate Black Diamond red pads for the silver everywhere else. I'd heard the Ryobi pads fell apart very easily, but this one held up fine.

Later tonight I'll put a layer of NV Lustre on it, then a layer of NV Jet tomorrow, making sure everything cures properly before moving it back outside. I might put something on the tyres tomorrow as well, the pressure washer stripped everything off them.

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You've been busy!!

Do you find yourself using the handle on the Ryobi? Reason I ask is that you can get a better hold of the machine without that loop handle in the way, making it easier to "steer". I used the handle on my old corded polisher but wished I had removed it from the beginning, my technique improved when I started using the battery ShineMate's which don't come with the handle.

 

[Klasse Act]

My JDM fever is caught when I was young has me buying a K&N Cabin filter for all my cars. Pretty sure I gained 5HP


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I wish they had one fir my car or I would buy it

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Hey Dave,
Looks pretty shinny there! Also plastic looks great! I was thinking to get some Jet or Lustre and I know the Lustre has the edge over Jet. But I see you do both. I have also heard that done before and never asked why. Can you help a mate out?

I've had Lustre for a while, but I only got Jet last year, from a local place, but it was on the NV US site that I found the recommendation to layer them, I don't even remember if that is what prompted me to buy Jet, but I tried it out on the white roof of the FJ last year, and it held up well on a non-garaged vehicle, so I applied it to my Mum's Nissan Qashqai next, which has dark blue paint and is softer and shows dirt and water spots much worse, and it's been great on that, but it is garaged most nights. Not tonight though, the FJ is inside waiting for Jet to go on tomorrow morning.

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[Klasse Act]

Love the Nv twins

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

You've been busy!!

Do you find yourself using the handle on the Ryobi? Reason I ask is that you can get a better hold of the machine without that loop handle in the way, making it easier to "steer". I used the handle on my old corded polisher but wished I had removed it from the beginning, my technique improved when I started using the battery ShineMate's which don't come with the handle.

I don't actually use the handle that much, part of the time I was actually using it single handed, like in the pic, because I'm so staunch, lol. Actually it was because I was standing on the back tyre to get extra reach over the roof and I was hanging on with the other hand, it's a knee killer falling off those tyres. I'm going to take it off because it does make it difficult to get around protrusions like the mirrors, taillights, and snorkel, and I preferred using the top grip, but then the handle was getting in the way.

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[Coatingsarecrack]

Love the Nv twins

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[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

After yesterday's wash and polish, I applied NV Lustre late last night, then layered NV Jet on top this afternoon. The tyres were completely undressed after being power washed yesterday, so I put a very light spray of Meg's Hyper Dressing (4:1) on them, I do like a very natural rubber look.

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[Klasse Act]

After yesterday's wash and polish, I applied NV Lustre late last night, then layered NV Jet on top this afternoon. The tyres were completely undressed after being power washed yesterday, so I put a very light spray of Meg's Hyper Dressing (4:1) on them, I do like a very natural rubber look.

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G L O S S Y

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[Klasse Act]

After a stormy day Tuesday, the EN needed a wash, so after work I got after it️

I reached for DIY Detail RW, RW wash sponge, my IK sprayer, a couple drying towels, universal mf for the tires & wheels as well as a used grout sponge for the tire and wheel cleaning

I also cleaned and applied this MOBIL1 decal, OEM for older C4 Corvettes IIRC, where the cheap, peeling Shell Hyundai recommends sticker was peeling. This is a high quality piece and while I don't use 5w30, it looks amazing️

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[Klasse Act]

Opps, here's the pic that was supposed to show up here ^^^^

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[Odrapnew1]

After 10 years (and 1 day), I finally decided to polish the 'piano scratch' plastic on my 14 Explorer. This is one of the back C pillars. I did 2 steps on the 2 rear and I just hit all the other places with just polish. Even just the polish made a noticeable difference.

Pairs of pictures (hopefully the order is correct) Before, after microfiber and Megs UC and final after white pad and Megs UP. Not perfect, but way better.

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[Klasse Act]

Took my g/f's Cruze to the touch-free wash and used a mix of DIY Detail Incredible Suds and Griot's Garage foaming surface prep to pre-wash the car

Once home I noticed the lower sections still had road film, so I used my bottle of DG WW to make it right

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[Klasse Act]

So my daughter wants to go for a ride tomorrow to hear "the loud pipe", so I decided to wash the EN today

It was dirty from the all day rain we had Thursday so I reached for Griot's Garage Ceramic Rinseless Wash. It's about 44 degrees and sunny but this product works well, even though it's cool outside

Once done with the wash I cleaned the tires & wheels with the leftover solution, also wiped down the engine bay and took out the d/s WeatherTech and cleaned it, stuff works on everything ️

I then vac'd out the interior, wiped the inside windshield and let Kendall pick the scent for the interior...she chose Griot's Garage Stinky Be Gone Redline Cherry, VERY good smell

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[bill walsh]

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