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It was in the upper 50`s and sunny so perfect weather to wash.
I washed the Dakota with Auto Finesse Lather, cleaned tires with Meguiar`s APC+ and Mothers Tire and Wheel Cleaner, cleaned the glass with Sprayway, cleaned jambs with Ultima Waterless Wash, and dressed the tires with Optimum Opti-Bond.
I have some new products that I wanted to try and got the chance to do that today. My G35 needs some love so I started on it.
I washed the car with ONR wash and wax. I then used the fine grade Opti-Eraser with Meguiar`s D155 last touch detailer spray diluted 1:1 with distilled water as the lubricant. I have heard people complain about the Opti-Eraser being real "grabby" and sticking to the paint. I did not have that problem at all. In fact I found the Opti-Eraser very easy to use. Maybe it`s the Meguiar`s detailer spray as the lubricant that allowed it to work well... I`m not sure. I did need to use a medium grade clay that I had on some trouble spots. Given the Opti-Eraser is the fine grade it worked as advertised. I then went back over the panels with the ONR wash and wax. I didn`t go any further because I want to see how much protection the wash and wax left on the surface. I also want to check the car in the sunlight for any marring that might have occured during the claying process.
My next step is to try the Meguiar`s DA microfiber correction system to polish the defects out of the clear coat.
I`m looking forward to trying this system.
scott
I gave the bike a wash on Saturday, but most of these weekend was consumed by house chores and boring stuff.
I did my truck yesterday as it was getting dark. I have to redo the dressing the tires. The rubber on the Michelins are not dressing friendly. It was splotchy.
detailed a friends 09 tacoma pk on saturday with bfwd. i`m still amazed at what polishing the windshield will do for clarity and mirror reflections. griot`s glass polish on one of their glass polish pads with my gg 6 da.
Started cleaning up the interior of my mom`s car.
finally got a chance to do a proper wash/detail on the xterra this weekend. got to 65 today! topped it off with prima wax as u dry. got all that nasty winter grime off! clean for the next round of snow...
Got to play with the Black Label Surface Cleansing Polish & Black Label Diamond Paint Coating this morning on my hood and was impress with how easy it was to apply and take off. Great shine it has on it and now to see how long it protects the hood from the elements.
Worked some tonight on my new lightning. First time with a black vehicle so finding the right combo was challenging. I ended up with a cyan hydrotech pad with 105. And a black bns pad with 205. I will be opticoating the truck and it is a daily but I want the paint as perfect as I can get it.
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Nice Lightning. What year?
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L&S oil seperator, 6lb lower, NGKTR6, JLP CAI, Diablo Predator & Engine SS/Billet
JL Audio Stealthbox, JL Audio XD400/4 -doors, XD600/1 -sub, RAAMmat & Ensolite
LLoyd Lux HD logo floor mats, a long list & lovingly polished to a "Show Car" finish
I washed the wife`s car....for pics see http://www.autopiaforums.com/forums/...am-cannon.html
Products used
- Wheels and wells cleaned with Mothers Wheel and Tire Cleaner and Autowerkes All Purpose Cleaner
- Paint Presoak Chem Guys Honeydew, applied with Kranzle + Cam Spray foam cannon
- 2 bucket wash with Blackfire Car Wash using chenille mitt
- Wipe down with Poorboy`s Spray and Wipe
- Applied Wolfgang Spritz Sealant for LSP boost
- Jambs cleaned with Ultima Waterless Wash Plus
- Tires dressed with Poorboy`s Bold n Bright
For my daily driver
- Vacuumed interior with Metro Vac n Blo
- Cleaned interior with 1z Cockpit Premium
- Plastics protected with Blackfire Protectant
- Pleather (coated leather) cleaned with Mother Leather Tech cleaner and protected with Mothers Leather conditioner
- Steering wheel cleaned and protected with Mothers VLR
- Carpets cleaned with CG Nonsense (jury still out on this product)
Removed a burnt out bulb and soldered in a replacement. Once the dash was put back together I freshened up the interior with a little meg`s ultimate protectant.
Nothing detailing wise. weather to cold. Have a job on saturday but, a day after a snow storm & only going to be 30 degrees. Think i am going to cancel. I am working on my waist line. Doing a good job too
This is the first time in 2 months that it hasn`t been raining or too cold, so I did washes on the Expedition, Jetta, and Equinox (which also needed an oil change which I did...). Both the Jetta and Equinox were completely filthy, but weather hasn`t permitted washing. Also noticed at the new place I`m at now has a hot water spigot outside. Even though it was 60* out the warm water was noice...
Today the temperature was high enough that the salt would work so the state laid it down heavy.
I went to town and washed my Explorer with salt water.
My unusual wash left a unique look.
Now it is a pretty red with white streaks down the side.:crazy2:
That red...looks great too bad it`s a Chevy.
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Just a little quick touch up on the Ram. Not sure why I bothered since we are getting 5-8 inches tomorrow.
Wiped down wheels and cleaned up with some old OCW. The Black Label Diamond Coating is holding up fantastic this winter.
Trim touched up with PBTR
Glass cleaned with PB Glass Cleaner
Vac and interior wipe down with Megs QID
Tires dressed with PERL 1:1
Gotta love them palm trees!
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i want a palm tree
Couple days late but I worked on a 1955 Ferrari Europa this weekend, pics/write up coming soon! :bigups
how bout snow reflection ?
make ya happier?
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dangit. two things i dont get to see here in central tx...
well i did rinse off the challenger today and really am enjoying the sheeting/beading from the wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant 3.0
Way kewl!
Side reflection.
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I took this truck pic last week.
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Do you feel warmer now?
Monday my fiancé forced me to wash our car since I had to drop her off at a different job location.... I was wanting to wait until I could do a write up and show off some new goodies but that didn`t happen. So I went to local car wash and gave it a simple wash and decontaminate with clay. I prewashed it with some diluted APC knowing it might damage the wax. I didn`t care about the wax because Ill be polishing the car and adding more wax soon. I used the new Lake Country foam wash mitt and basically used the hi pressure sprayer from the car wash with the mitt. I Kept a steady stream of soapy water in front of the mitt and just glided across each panel. Cleaning the mitt after every panel or so. It worked like a charm. I have not washed my car since October of last year. At that time I applied some AF Passion I won on this site. After months of daily driving and a few snow storm, the car still looks pretty dang good. Shine is very nice and the water still beads good. Check out this pic I just took in the work parking garage.
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Of course the tires and black trim were coated with some AMMO MUD.
definitely in the hot category ron. thanks merlin, but i forgot what this thread was about. :love:
detailed a neighbor`s 2012 buick with blackfire tpns followed up with bfwd. sorry the late afternoon pic is a little dark.