Rasky's Auto Detailing - High-End Auto Detailing and Premier Coating Installer, Minnesota Metro Area

[RaysWay]

I can`t stop looking at that red Caddy. Beautiful work. Have any of your customers fainted when they come to pickup their cars?

[RaskyR1]

That Cadillac is awesome.

Great work. I see you use a lot of the same products on many of your details lately. While skill and experience is certainly vitally important, this is a perfect example of how you don`t need TONS of new-fangled, "state of the art" products to produce incredible work. My moto has always been "Find something you like and stick w it". Probably why I have stuck with Jack Daniels for the past 20 years.

Interesting that you are using more Griots products lately. To be honest, I have been impressed w everything I bought from them. I dont think they get enough press on the fourms here.

Thank you!

I`ve definitely cut back on the trying everything new that comes out lately. I have a handful of products I like that deliver the results I want and most of them generate very little dust, which is huge for me. Groit`s has definitely stepped up their game in the last couple years and in the past I think they were simply looked at as pricey boutique products that catered to the DIY enthusiast crowd, much like Adams and Zaino. With the addition of Jeff Brown to the team and now Rod Kraft, I think Griot`s is definitely on their way up and I believe more and more detailers will stat giving them a chance.

[RaskyR1]

I can`t stop looking at that red Caddy. Beautiful work. Have any of your customers fainted when they come to pickup their cars?

LOL! No, not yet! I`m sure a few have been a little light headed from coating fumes though.

[JustJesus]

... I think they were simply looked at as pricey boutique products that catered to the DIY enthusiast crowd, much like Adams and Zaino. With the addition of Jeff Brown to the team and now Rod Kraft, I think Griot`s is definitely on their way up and I believe more and more detailers will stat giving them a chance.

Yes....and yes.

Tried the Correction Cream recently (Sample from fellow Autopian) and liked it. With a GG3, no less! When I first started looking at them, I thought exactly that, "pricey"

[Stokdgs]

Awesome work, attention to Detail, absolutely perfect, Chad !
And amazing that you can still fit these incredible jobs in between work, home, and building out your perfect Detailing Studio...

So happy for you and yours and hope that you get good sleep on some My Pillows, which I believe are made in your town somewhere..
Thanks again, you absolutely Killed It !!!
Dan F

[RaskyR1]

Awesome work, attention to Detail, absolutely perfect, Chad !
And amazing that you can still fit these incredible jobs in between work, home, and building out your perfect Detailing Studio...

So happy for you and yours and hope that you get good sleep on some My Pillows, which I believe are made in your town somewhere..
Thanks again, you absolutely Killed It !!!
Dan F

Thanks Dan!

To be honest, I`m totally spent after the last few weeks and really need a break! The last few jobs have required far too many hours with many very late nights. I was working until 4:00am Monday morning on that ATS-V and then I had to be up for work at 8:00. I assume most people can`t just switch off their train of thought after being on a car all day. I need time to unwind before I go to bed or I just toss and turn for an hour or so thinking about the job. Then I worked on the garage until 10 Monday night and then I had to push to get everything ready for drywall last night as they came this morning at 8:00. This involved taking down my current 14 LED fixtures and rewiring it up for all 26 fixtures so that the wires hang down exactly where they need to come out through the drywall. I strung duct tape across the trusses and cut a hole in the tape for the wires to fish through. Unfortunately I ran out of wire around mid-night and still had 3 lights to go, which meant I had to get up at 6:00 to run to the store and get more. I finally got to bed at 3:00 am last night and had 2 hours this morning to finish the 3 lights and get my vapor barrier up, which was something I`ve never done before. Lets just say hanging 2 sheets of 26` x 20` 6mil poly isn`t a one man job...its sucked, especially when running on no sleep. I offered to pay the drywal guys to do it but they politely declied and instead got their things ready and figured out how they were going to tackle the hip roof and all the wires I had hanging down for them, lol. I got it all done at 11:00 and thankfully didn`t hold them up too much!

I seriously need a beer and a bed!

[Stokdgs]

Chad !
Holy Cow - Wow !!!
You are seriously burning the candle at both ends to the max !!!
Thank goodness you have great genes and an incredible family that gave you them and much more...

And even more thankful for a Sweetheart that is your life support system and keeps everything in balance..

Normal people just cannot do all the work you just described in a week...

You have designed and built for sure, the ultimate Detailing-Design-Studio in the whole State and surrounding states, my friend !
I/we are all so proud of you !

And then, you covered all the Floors with Construction Paper !!! Ay-yay-yay !!!
Dan F

[JustJesus]

Geez man. That`s insane, Rasky.

In the end, you`re going to have one killer garage/shop set-up, making many Autopians drool in envy. The fruits of your labor will be enjoyed. Then, you can have a FEW cold ones.

Keep up the hustle and the great work!

[dschribs]

Just READING your last post tired me out. Never mind actually doing all of it. You`re an animal...

Quick question. I see you use Griot’s Fast Surface Prep Mitt and Glide as lube on lots of your details? Who makes Glide?? Is it from Griots??

[RaysWay]

Just READING your last post tired me out. Never mind actually doing all of it. You`re an animal...

Quick question. I see you use Griot’s Fast Surface Prep Mitt and Glide as lube on lots of your details? Who makes Glide?? Is it from Griots??

Nanoskin Glide Instant Detail Spray Lubricant Concentrate 16 oz.

[RaskyR1]

Nanoskin Glide Instant Detail Spray Lubricant Concentrate 16 oz.

Thank you! I totally missed his question when I read his post...total space cadet yesterday!

I`ve never had any marring issues using the any of the prep towels as long as I use Glide as lube. While I know a lot of people use ONR as it`s super cost effective, IMO it doesn`t pair well with the prep towels.

[RaskyR1]

2007 Porsche 911 turbo in a beautiful sample to order blue.

Repeat client of mine recently traded in his 2012 Turbo S with a PDK for this low mileage Turbo, equipped with a proper manual trans (how they should all come). This vehicle was in for my 2-step exterior correction, long term ceramic coating application, wheels off cleaning and coating, and a light interior cleaning.

Process:

Wash – Meguiar’s Hyper Wash and natural lambs wool mitt
Wheels – Sonax FE+ Wheel Cleaner & various brushes.
Tires - Cleaned with Megs D143 and Tuf-Shine brush. Dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing 3:1
Paint Prep – Griot’s Fast Surface Prep Mitt and Glide as lube
Paint Correction – Griot`s Fast Correct Cream on the G15 with BOSS MF pads followed by Optimum Hyper Polish on the G15 with yellow BOSS pads. Tight areas were done with the Flex PE14, Megs G110v2 and the Rupes Nano.
Glass – Megs D120 and Griot’s PFM glass towels
Coating Prep – ONR wipe-down followed by Opti-Prep
Coating – Optimum Gloss-Coat


Before pics




There was a lot of wax in the cracks and other various areas from previous detailing



















Moderate swirls, which were hard to capture on this color






Wheels and calipers cleaned, lightly polished and coated.

Pusheen approves!




After pics



































Thanks for looking,
Rasky

[JustJesus]

2007 Porsche 911 turbo in a beautiful sample to order blue.

There was a lot of wax in the cracks and other various areas from previous detailing












Moderate swirls, which were hard to capture on this color





Thanks for looking,
Rasky

That color reminds me of Honda`s Championship Blue, like my practice/test panel I`ve been working on. I totally know what you mean about being hard to capture swirls and such!

How did you get into those tight areas?!?! And what did you use to remove that dried wax?

And that last pic I included...WOW. I didn`t think one could get this color to pop like you did. GREAT work, Rasky!

Thanks for sharing!

[Ronkh]

Beautiful !

One or two coats of opti?

[RaskyR1]

Beautiful !

One or two coats of opti?

Thanks! Just one