Jngrbrdman
06-01-2004, 09:24 AM
I just have to toot the horn for this product. It is the true secret weapon for anyone who wants to knock the socks off of either customers or judges. This is the kit I`m talking about:
http://www.midwayautosupply.com/images/cd2/4516_3X.jpg
If you can`t find it locally, then just go to www.froogle.com and search for `CD2 Engine` and I`m sure you will find it. I find mine locally at K-Mart, but that may not be the case everywhere. I`ve also seen it in Target and WalMart occasionaly. I used to be able to get it at PepBoys, but I haven`t seen it there for awhile.
This stuff is absolutely amazing. It does something for the hoses and plastics and even paint that can`t be achieved any faster with any other product. This engine is from a 1994 Ford Escort. I detailed this engine in less than 10 minutes. Its not perfect, but its a 10 minute job, so I don`t expect many `wows`. The lady wasn`t paying me to detail the engine. I popped the hood and figured it would be a good photo opportunity, so I took it. She was very impressed.
BEFORE:
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Jngrbrdman/139-3979_IMG.jpg
I used a foaming engine degreaser and then hosed off the painted surfaces. I try not to go nuts with the hose under the hood, but there are some areas that just don`t matter if they get wet. I avoid certian areas, but I don`t usually take the time to cover them unless I feel that it is unavoidable that I will get water on it and I really don`t want to. On valve covers with the spark plug wires on top I usually cover them. I`ll cover any exposed filters as well. On this engine I didn`t cover anything. I basically just sprayed down the painted surfaces and the air box. I dried it with an Absorber. I love using an Absorber to dry engines because they are super durable and very absorbant. They are great for engines. Since converting to the marvelous world of Waffle Weave towels a couple years ago, I`ve used my 7 year old Absorber on engines.
After it was dry I took out the CD2 and sprayed the painted surfaces, the hoses, the air box, the valve cover... everything. I could have spent a little more time on the valve cover and got out the brushes, but like I said, I was just doing it to show off the CD2. Anyway, I sprayed down everything really well. I took a shop towel and wiped down everything down. That went really fast. I gave the hoses another shot of CD2 as well as the air box and wiped those down again. Here you have the results:
AFTER:
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Jngrbrdman/139-3984_IMG.jpg
Now, mind you that this is a 10 minute detail job. That is quite a difference for not really putting any work into it. If this product can make this car look this good with that little effort, then imagine the impact it could have on your perfectly detailed engine at a car show. I judged a car at a show last year that had the best looking hoses and plastics I had ever seen. When I asked the guy what he used he said it was this obscure product that was really hard to find called `CD2 Engine Detailer`. It really surprised me because I`ve been using that product for a long time and I never got my hoses to look that good. He said he just soaked them with it and didn`t buff it off. That gives the high gloss effect. (he won the show, by the way) This stuff is just unbelievable. You have to try it.
Oh, and it doesn`t smell bad either. ;) And its not going to turn your engine bay into a dust magnet. The reason I wipe it down is to avoid that. If spray it on your hoses and don`t wipe it down then it will be a high gloss that makes you hoses look like a wet rubber glove. Very cool.
http://www.midwayautosupply.com/images/cd2/4516_3X.jpg
If you can`t find it locally, then just go to www.froogle.com and search for `CD2 Engine` and I`m sure you will find it. I find mine locally at K-Mart, but that may not be the case everywhere. I`ve also seen it in Target and WalMart occasionaly. I used to be able to get it at PepBoys, but I haven`t seen it there for awhile.
This stuff is absolutely amazing. It does something for the hoses and plastics and even paint that can`t be achieved any faster with any other product. This engine is from a 1994 Ford Escort. I detailed this engine in less than 10 minutes. Its not perfect, but its a 10 minute job, so I don`t expect many `wows`. The lady wasn`t paying me to detail the engine. I popped the hood and figured it would be a good photo opportunity, so I took it. She was very impressed.
BEFORE:
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Jngrbrdman/139-3979_IMG.jpg
I used a foaming engine degreaser and then hosed off the painted surfaces. I try not to go nuts with the hose under the hood, but there are some areas that just don`t matter if they get wet. I avoid certian areas, but I don`t usually take the time to cover them unless I feel that it is unavoidable that I will get water on it and I really don`t want to. On valve covers with the spark plug wires on top I usually cover them. I`ll cover any exposed filters as well. On this engine I didn`t cover anything. I basically just sprayed down the painted surfaces and the air box. I dried it with an Absorber. I love using an Absorber to dry engines because they are super durable and very absorbant. They are great for engines. Since converting to the marvelous world of Waffle Weave towels a couple years ago, I`ve used my 7 year old Absorber on engines.
After it was dry I took out the CD2 and sprayed the painted surfaces, the hoses, the air box, the valve cover... everything. I could have spent a little more time on the valve cover and got out the brushes, but like I said, I was just doing it to show off the CD2. Anyway, I sprayed down everything really well. I took a shop towel and wiped down everything down. That went really fast. I gave the hoses another shot of CD2 as well as the air box and wiped those down again. Here you have the results:
AFTER:
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/Jngrbrdman/139-3984_IMG.jpg
Now, mind you that this is a 10 minute detail job. That is quite a difference for not really putting any work into it. If this product can make this car look this good with that little effort, then imagine the impact it could have on your perfectly detailed engine at a car show. I judged a car at a show last year that had the best looking hoses and plastics I had ever seen. When I asked the guy what he used he said it was this obscure product that was really hard to find called `CD2 Engine Detailer`. It really surprised me because I`ve been using that product for a long time and I never got my hoses to look that good. He said he just soaked them with it and didn`t buff it off. That gives the high gloss effect. (he won the show, by the way) This stuff is just unbelievable. You have to try it.
Oh, and it doesn`t smell bad either. ;) And its not going to turn your engine bay into a dust magnet. The reason I wipe it down is to avoid that. If spray it on your hoses and don`t wipe it down then it will be a high gloss that makes you hoses look like a wet rubber glove. Very cool.