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Nice, i really want to try a PE8 out.
Did an aggressive wash today on my corolla to put it in the garage and start doing paint prep work on it then sending it to Maaco( i know,cheap, but key is on the prep work and i only need a handful of yrs of durability until i get a dedicated vehicle). I`m removing all badges/emblems/trim and hitting it with some wet 600 discs on my PC with foam interface pad, then going over everything with a red scuff pad and soapy water . I put Collinite 845 on it back in Oct. 2015, and about a month ago i re-did the roof and trunk with FK1000P , both areas were still acting hydrophobic after the wash which consisted of :
-a foam bath with Gold Class Soap and Megs APC
-scrubbed all paint with a bug sponge
-Rinsed off
-Optimum Ferrex on the whole car
-scrubbed again with bug sponge while ferrex was on there
-rinse off with the rest of foaming mixture then plain water and it was STILL beading.
FK1000P on trunk after aggressive wash, notice no water on side of 1/4 panel, it just rolled off :
http://www.autopia.org/forums/attach...id=30004&stc=1
And on my way out i noticed my other car`s hood which has Fk1000P and 845, had more pollen on the 845 side (upper portion of picture from your view, passenger side of hood), i should have taken a closer pic since it`s not too noticeable from this picture distance. :
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Cool !!!!
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Washed another week of salt/grime off.
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Looked at all the pollen on the cars..... :(
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Weekly rinseless on the GF`s Sentra. Decided to try my new Rag Company Creature Edgeless towels , nice and plush but heavy and draggy ,making it a bit uncomfortable to control during a wet wipe. I`ll stick to the previous towels i was using and use these for wiping off during machine work.
Got a gallon of Meg`s Synthetic Spray wax and i am in love, this stuff saves me so much time : sprayed all over vehicle including glass and trim and everything buffed out so nicely. LSP Boost & Slickness added,glass cleaned & protected, trim protected , all with one product and towel.
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Making progress on my Corolla paint prep:
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http://www.autopia.org/forums/attach...id=30027&stc=1
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Trunk was the biggest pain due to all the flaky SS paint, but that`s done now and everything else should be smooth sailing .
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Quick interior cleanups
Vac
Megs QID.
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SgtMajUSMC
They look great. The G2 kit is the way to go. It`s my favorite kit.
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and threw a coat of Chemical Guys 5050 on. I don`t use carnaubas a whole lot these days, but I was in the mood today and that wax is a treat to use
I agree. Did the same on Saturday
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Sort of detailing related.
Let`s try to keep this simple...
I can`t buy a house, crap credit due to some... "bad financial decisions" the wife made during a deployment so I`ve been stuck in apartments, etc. for the last couple of years. Well, my parents bought a new house and want to renovate the old one before selling, they`re planning on owning it for a couple more years. The place needs work, it`s livable, but man is it outdated and ugly. So, the wife and I moved in, I get to do "some work" (probably most of the renovations because they`re too cheap to pay someone and, well, if he does the work this place would never sell). I finally have a garage. It`s small, I`d only be able to park a compact in it if I chose to but I don`t own one. I`d never be able to detail in it but, I have a garage! They used it as a storage unit so, after cleaning it up I moved my previous detailing cabinet in and a "new" acquisition, then I decided to paint the bare drywall with some primer (for now) that I found laying around in the junk they left. It`s not the greatest, and it`s a work in progress, but man does it feel nice to have my own space - however small it may be.
http://www.autopia.org/forums/attach...id=30032&stc=1
Picture is from before painting it, and the junk on the right is theirs. The little red cabinet needs refinished. :( My grandpa made that for me when I was.... I don`t know, little. Want to hold onto it to give to my kid if I ever have one and they messed it up pretty bad.
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Wrapped up a detail on this regal Lady Saturday. Just a few teaser pictures until I get the full write up completed.
Rear Diff
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The view from the owners seat
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detailed a friend`s Isuzu rodeo. the paint was pretty beat up but megs d151 on an orange pad/ griot`s 6" da brought it back to life again.
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I was going to hold off a few more weeks before moving my products to the garage, but it looks like we won`t have to worry about lows below 30 anymore (plus the garage stays well insulated being attached to the house). It also gave me a chance to see how the Blackfire Professional bag looks loaded up with my polishers.
Here`s the bag I`m referring to.
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Inside the bag with my Rupes 15 Mark 2, GG6 with 5" bp and another GG6 with 3" bp, along with two 32 oz Menzerna bottles. I figured I can fill the rest of the inside up with towels and pads since it was pretty heavy, but I was impressed with the room.
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Finally got my "maintenence wash" station set up so everything is close by since I wash in the garage.
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Products where they finally belong. I need to find someone local interested in getting into detailing so I can give away some of the stuff I don`t use to make room for more stuff I don`t need ha.
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