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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    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 :




    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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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Painted my brake calipers the same color as the car and white decals. G2 custom kit matches paint code. Came out better than I expected.





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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Quote Originally Posted by SgtMajUSMC View Post
    Painted my brake calipers the same color as the car and white decals. G2 custom kit matches paint code. Came out better than I expected.





    Cool !!!!
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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Washed another week of salt/grime off.
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    Looked at all the pollen on the cars.....
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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    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.



    Making progress on my Corolla paint prep:




    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
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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Quote Originally Posted by SgtMajUSMC View Post
    Painted my brake calipers the same color as the car and white decals. G2 custom kit matches paint code. Came out better than I expected.





    They look great. The G2 kit is the way to go. It`s my favorite kit.
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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Due for a full detail, but gave her a quick rinseless today 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.























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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Quote Originally Posted by House of Wax View Post
    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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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    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.



    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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    Griots Garage PFM Review incoming.

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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    Wrapped up a detail on this regal Lady Saturday. Just a few teaser pictures until I get the full write up completed.


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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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    Re: What did you do detailing wise today?

    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.


    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.


    Finally got my "maintenence wash" station set up so everything is close by since I wash in the garage.


    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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