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I still can't wash the car for almost 5 days (Sunday), but i was curious about the hydrophobics, so I "let" it get caught in the rain. After curing around 24 hours 72 hour Cure, hydrophobics

What do you all think?

I`ve been detailing at one level or another since I was 16 (almost 58 now). My 1st "Mentor" was stuck and rigid on processes and techniques for SINGLE STAGE paint, apparently oblivious that BC/CC paint needs to be handled entirely different. Needless to say, I picked up a lot of bad habits that...

After discovering DIY Detail on YouTube, I watched several videos of Yvan Lacroix demonstrating using a rotary to enhance and FINISH a vehicle, so I gathered my courage and gave it a shot ...

Many moons ago, I bought a cheap Harbor Freight rotary because, well, I wanted a rotary. No real experience using one, and over all that time, I used it ONCE a year ago when my black Camaro had SEVERE fallout damage on the top surfaces. Even then, All I knew was high speed, tilt the polisher...

Most products say to use caution or not to use in direct sun on a hot surface. HOWEVER ... One of the things Anthony O sent me in the Nexzen `goodie bag` was a bottle of Ceramic Xpress, their spray topper for the 365 Pro 1 year coating and suggested I use it after washing to help maintain the...

I finally got around to using the final product sent to me by Anthony Orosco - their Leather/Vinyl/Rubber protectant. It`s a very thin, white liquid that self-dries, and leaves exactly the type of finish they advertise - a "Factory Finish." I really like it, because it leaves the type of...

This time, it`s my wife`s car getting a Spring Cleaning exterior detail

NXTZEN Water Behavior / Plus Using Ceramic Express Topper - YouTube

I had nicknamed my black Camaro `Darth,` because when I first saw the picture on the dealer`s website, it reminded me of Darth Vader - an all-black car in a white room. I was washing the new one a few days ago, wondering if I would have a nickname for it, when Loony Tunes suddenly popped into my...

Prepping the Paint for a Ceramic Coating Application/Removal and thoughts on NEXGEN 365 PRO

Last month, on the 18th, a distracted (being nice) driver totaled my black 2013 Camaro, and I was found "at fault" for swerving to keep him from t-boning me. I still get MAGOR POed even thinking about it. Fast-forward, and my wife (bless her), who found the black one as a Christmas present to...

Phil Miranda (from Miranda Detailing - YouTube) put out a video on GTECHNIQ C1 ceramic coating. His demonstration made the process look so insanely easy, that it convinced me I need to try. Of course it is January and snowing + no heat in the garage, so I figure I have until April to deeply...

This book (the 1st Edition) came out in 1988 - JUST BEFORE I started working at a shop and the detailing bug really took hold. I was "cleaning and waxing" car before then, but you couldn`t call it `Detailing.` The 2nd Edition (pictured here), came out in 1995, long after the shop and 3 years...

So, for Christmas, my well-meaning nephew bought me an RO polisher ... It is one of those so-called "wax spreader" polishers available at Walmart. With a 10" pad from *AutoSpa. It comes with 1 foam bonnet for wax application and 1 microfiber bonnet for polish application/product removal. I plan...

I am on a few detailing pages on FarceBook and I was explaining to someone the 3-step process I recently used on my Camaro and the wife`s Escape that have yielded good results and was advised by someone else that by doing this it will "clog" the pores of the paint and CAUSE/trigger oxidation (at...

This car belongs to a close friend. He is my polar opposite when it comes to car-care - he doesn`t do it at ALL! This is a black, 2013 Challenger, that`s SUPPOSED to be black, but unfortunately is more of a grey-ish and LOADED with scratches and swirls

For the "Old Schoolers" who prefer the original blue bowtie, I did this today with cheap vinyl tape to see how it looks. What do you think?

I did this a few years ago with RUSTOLEUM "Peel Coat" and it lasted quite a while before the "paint" started wearing off and peeling. This time I used FLEX Tape (yes, the stuff you see on TV). I had bought a small roll to fix a leak in my shower, and when I was looking up vinyl sheets to redo...