What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

My 86 yr old neighbor is recovering from a new knee installation. His HHR was looking pretty dirty in the Scottsdale 90 degree sun.

The paint is looks great with no sign of fading or flaking-clearcoat failure. This car sits outside 24-7-365.

3D One was applied with a Cbeast. I had intended to try some Adams Ceramic I won at their monthly retail store open house. I was feeling tired so I shifted to 3D Poxy.

The neighborhood looks much better with a shiny car in view!


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John U said:
My 86 yr old neighbor is recovering from a new knee installation. His HHR was looking pretty dirty in the Scottsdale 90 degree sun.

The paint is looks great with no sign of fading or flaking-clearcoat failure. This car sits outside 24-7-365.

3D One was applied with a Cbeast. I had intended to try some Adams Ceramic I won at their monthly retail store open house. I was feeling tired so I shifted to 3D Poxy.

The neighborhood looks much better with a shiny car in view!


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That was very nice of you John, REALLY nice

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Klasse Act said:
That was very nice of you John, REALLY nice
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Thanks!

I've been a detail obsessed guy for 55 years. I like polishing neighbors cars for "driveway therapy" as well as a change of pace from the 4 cars I have that are already "perfected".

The happiness it brings my car guy friends who are all thumbs is priceless. Not everybody can do what we take for granted doing! I have 3 Corvette pals, who's cars I've perfected, have taken 1st place finishes. I tired of showing my Corvette in the early 90's when I won my class 4 years straight. It's hard to sit still all day in the heat!
 
I hooked up this Chevy Truck today.

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John U said:
Thanks!

I've been a detail obsessed guy for 55 years. I like polishing neighbors cars for "driveway therapy" as well as a change of pace from the 4 cars I have that are already "perfected".

The happiness it brings my car guy friends who are all thumbs is priceless. Not everybody can do what we take for granted doing! I have 3 Corvette pals, who's cars I've perfected, have taken 1st place finishes. I tired of showing my Corvette in the early 90's when I won my class 4 years straight. It's hard to sit still all day in the heat!
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That’s the spirit of detailing! I’m getting to where you are in terms of accomplishments.
 
I did some rinseless wash experimentation on the big Lexus today

I used N-914 at 128:1 and pre-sprayed 1 door at a time and used N-914 at 256:1 with multiple plush MF towels for cleaning

I really felt like this was just about as smooth and safe feeling rinseless wash as I have ever felt, owing in part to the ceramic, but the N-914 just felt like it wouldn't let anything harm the paint

I followed up washing each door by trying a different drying aid/topper and I feel like the Griots Ceramic Speed Shine and Megs Hybrid Ceramic Detailer gave me the safest wipe down and the smoothest feel on the panel, with maybe a slight edge to the Megs in overall ease of use and slickness feel after a pause for some coffee

I tried 3D Bead it Up and it was quite grabby and hard to keep from streaking, even just spritzing it on the drying towel instead of directly on the panel

OCW was it's usual well behaved self but just didn't feel as smooth over the ceramic coating

I did figure out its going to take more than 10 towels to safely wash this monster, that's what I put in the bucket, and I was using 2 towels per door, but I was also being super cautious

After my trip this weekend I will repeat the experiment using the newest version of ONR on 2 of the doors and N-914 on the other 2, and see what feels the best and cleans the best
 
Wipedown of glass on the hoe with bead it up since its supposed to rain today.
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Its been a few months since ive been in this machine so it needed some cleaning...as pretty much every machine i get in gets some level of detail. Mostly just clean glass in/out and interior wipedown with glass cleaner and a rag.

I pulled the floor mats out the other day, gave a deep clean. Today gave a wipedown of interior with 3d bead it up since i had it with me today.
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chilly said:
I tried 3D Bead it Up and it was quite grabby and hard to keep from streaking, even just spritzing it on the drying towel instead of directly on the panel
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I add a 1/4 bottle of distilled water to cut it.
 
John U said:
I add a 1/4 bottle of distilled water to cut it.
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I will try that, thanks

While Bead it Up seems to leave a nice layer of protection I have had the same issues and user experience with it that I had with TWCWW, just doesn't seem to play well with Lexus paint in my circumstances
 
John U said:
I add a 1/4 bottle of distilled water to cut it.
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Ill try that too. I have half a gallon left and quit using it on vehicles cuz it streaked on black paint.

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After a couple days of rain and nesting all over the EN the FNW was MUCH needed tonight, plus I got to try 2 new products, let's go️

For the pre-wash I tried P&S Frostbite in my IK Foam Pro 12 (4 oz to 1 gallon) and got after it. The directions say 1:10, so you'd think I'd use 12 oz to 128 oz, I knew better, says it's "high foaming", plus it's a higher pH, so I started with 1/3 of that and I'm glad I did, this layered the EN in a clingy Foam! Because the sun was setting and about 55 degrees I let it dwell but it was already breaking down the staining from the nesting and twigs (the sight of this was killing me). I then rinsed the EN down and moved to the 2BM.

Now for the 2BM I used another new P&S product, Inspiration Radiance coating maintence wash. I will say I've only used it as a pre-wash previously, this was the first time in the 2BM wash. I actually used 2 oz to about 3 gallons and it doesn't suds up but it's not really going to but I'll say next time I'm going 4 ounces. This product is pretty slick, even at that ratio but my pre-wash did such a great job that I got away with going light on the soap

I had a great experience with this "dynamic duo" from P&S, wonder how many YouTubers have tried this combo together

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Random 6in snowstorm and 30 degrees to kick off the weekend.

But I couldn't resist some of the AGO weekend sale items. BOGO, discounts and some coupon codes. Not a half bad push by them after a long time of no interest. I grabbed the DP coating and some PBL items - never hurts to have stuff to play with when the snow finally stops!

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Those kinds of exercises are very rare down here! I think I’m the only one for miles around who does both of those
 
Bill D said:
Those kinds of exercises are very rare down here! I think I’m the only one for miles around who does both of those
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Yep. Even the weekends are repetitive. LOL. That is why I wish we had a 3-day weekend.
 
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