Under hood/ Engine

Ronkh

Ronkh

Wax Waster
I'm not real big on doing engine/engine compartment cleaning and detailing. Only do it maybe once a year. Then it's normally clean with PB APC, then dress with CD-2.

Well I'm getting the itch to do the vette..........

Any suggestions? How about the underside of the hood, which is flat, and has the hood insulation pad
 
Ronkh said:
I'm not real big on doing engine/engine compartment cleaning and detailing. Only do it maybe once a year. Then it's normally clean with PB APC, then dress with CD-2.

Well I'm getting the itch to do the vette..........

Any suggestions? How about the underside of the hood, which is flat, and has the hood insulation pad
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Most all new motors are covered in plastics so cleaning is way easy...I wet the areas down gently spray on the APC let dwell then use some brushes and rinse...the hood I clean around the painted parts with APC and MFT by hand the padded part I use my shop vac with a brush attachment..any stains I use APC on a MFT and wipe the areas up. Blow out with forced water and apply dressing...let that sit until dry and wipe down area that need it
 
Ronkh said:
I'm not real big on doing engine/engine compartment cleaning and detailing. Only do it maybe once a year. Then it's normally clean with PB APC, then dress with CD-2.

Well I'm getting the itch to do the vette..........

Any suggestions? How about the underside of the hood, which is flat, and has the hood insulation pad
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I've detailed thousands of engines and compartments and have never had one leave here on a wrecker. I don't cover anything

The only cars that will give you problems are the ones that don't use a rubber stop on the spark plug wires (Volvos) They are inverted into the valve cover much like a hemi

Use as little water as possible when rinsing. Never use a pressure washer
 
Ronkh said:
Any suggestions? How about the underside of the hood, which is flat, and has the hood insulation pad
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I clean the painted area with apc and a brush. The pad all I do is rinse thoroughly. I wouldn't apply a cleaner for fear it would deteriorate

I've heard of some ppl applying Armor All Tire Foam to the pad. IMO that will look like crap once it gets dusty
 
Still Detailing engines using a 2.5gpm pressure washer carefully.

Using either Meguiars APC+ or Degreaser depending on how dirty and greasy, spray the underhood metal areas and NOT the insulation (with soap). and rinse it all clean with the pressure washer..

Blow it all dry with Master Blaster, leave hood up as long as possible to get the water to come out of the hood insulation,

Start the car for a few minutes to help dry it further, and its good to go for the next stage..

Leave the hood up that day and night as much as possible to help drain water off the underside of it, and improve drying in the compartment..

Next day, apply the appropriate plastic conditioner, etc., and they look fabulous !!!

And never had one not start up and run perfectly - ever -...

Note - would not recommend this process on Ferrari and other exotics that have lots of connectors that are not as waterproof as you would like..
Dan F
 
Do you have any hyper dressing? If you do, expect a stunning engine. Clean as usuall with a good apc. You do not have to let it dry. Spray it down with HD at 4:1 4 water/1 HD. Walk away! Do not touch! It will set up to a perfect engine.....
 
I like Hyper Dressing too..

Trouble with it for me, is that it doesnt last very long at all..

Have had great success with C/Guys Black on Black Spray... You spray it everywhere including all the places you cant reach, let it set up to almost dry, and wipe it down with an old microfiber, to set up the degree of gloss you want..

It dries hard and is not greasy and dirt/dust attracting...

Clients love it ! They never knew their engines could be so clean and look so new again..
Dan F
 
Stokdgs said:
Still Detailing engines using a 2.5gpm pressure washer carefully.

Using either Meguiars APC+ or Degreaser depending on how dirty and greasy, spray the underhood metal areas and NOT the insulation (with soap). and rinse it all clean with the pressure washer..

Blow it all dry with Master Blaster, leave hood up as long as possible to get the water to come out of the hood insulation,

Start the car for a few minutes to help dry it further, and its good to go for the next stage..

Leave the hood up that day and night as much as possible to help drain water off the underside of it, and improve drying in the compartment..

Next day, apply the appropriate plastic conditioner, etc., and they look fabulous !!!

And never had one not start up and run perfectly - ever -...

Note - would not recommend this process on Ferrari and other exotics that have lots of connectors that are not as waterproof as you would like..
Dan F
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no pressure washer
no master blaster. not sure wiring will handle it

PA DETAILER said:
Do you have any hyper dressing? If you do, expect a stunning engine. Clean as usuall with a good apc. You do not have to let it dry. Spray it down with HD at 4:1 4 water/1 HD. Walk away! Do not touch! It will set up to a perfect engine.....
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heard hd is nice, so it'll be that or the sonus
 
Ronny, I did the C4 Trim restorer on the panels under the hood. I do the paint with APC and a coating 1x on the paint under hood for the life of the car. After that ONR wipedowns.
 
I am no expert but I will be doing an apc spray down, letting it dwell for a minute, then agitating with a boars hair brush, then spraying down with the pw on fan, then drying with my sidekick, then dressing with PERL at 3:1.
 
JSFM35X said:
Ronny, I did the C4 Trim restorer on the panels under the hood. I do the paint with APC and a coating 1x on the paint under hood for the life of the car. After that ONR wipedowns.
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c4 += G tech?

Thanks Jeff. was thinking about the coating too
actually was partly wondering about doing it to plenum cover too
 
Plastic = trim restorer and paint = coating to me.

have heard good things about deluxe but never used it. G4 look good, lasts. You will only need to do it once over the life of the car. Last forever.

Ronkh said:
c4 += G tech?

Thanks Jeff. was thinking about the coating too
actually was partly wondering about doing it to plenum cover too
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JSFM35X said:
Plastic = trim restorer and paint = coating to me.

have heard good things about deluxe but never used it. G4 look good, lasts. You will only need to do it once over the life of the car. Last forever.
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Interesting

Thanks
 
This is a very good plan and I did something similar to this myself for many years. The issue is the pearly will look good for a week or 3, then get dusty and when you wipe the dust, it makes a mess. If you PW the Pearl or similar under the hood, your belts will squeak (slip) and that bothers me. Probably not to bad for the car, but I don't like squeeks. :)

Also, once the surfaces are coated, they are so easy to clean is not even funny.

Coatings have changed the amount of time I spend keeping my cars looking the way I want.

I am not willing to sacrifice looks for time, but I am always looks to spend less time cleaning, polishing and wiping the cars so that I can do other fun things and drive them!

At the end of the day I measure every product on:
1. Performance / Looks
2. durability
3. $$$$$$$$$

EVOlved said:
I am no expert but I will be doing an apc spray down, letting it dwell for a minute, then agitating with a boars hair brush, then spraying down with the pw on fan, then drying with my sidekick, then dressing with PERL at 3:1.
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