I'm off to do the deed...

Jngrbrdman

Jngrbrdman

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I just got home from work. It was a weird day. Anyway, I'm going to redo my car. Dawn, clay, ppcl, blackfire, and then possibly SG. The dull look that its had for awhile now has been getting me down. I just want to spend some quality time with the car. I'll take a pic of each stage and we'll see if you can actually see a difference on a white car. I'm sure the difference would show up better on a dark one, but we'll see. I haven't had the time to truly dedicate a few hours to really doing a good job on it. Now that detailing season is in full swing for me I guess I'd better polish up the billboard, eh? :D
 
Whew. That was a fun 4 hours. :D I'd post pictures but for some reason this board wants to censor the links so it doesn't work. I'll just post links instead.



Reflection with drips



Engine



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360 degree spin



I skiped the Dawn wash and did the ABC process instead. Then I clayed for good measure. That surface is as smooth as a baby's arse. I used PPCL on the flat surfaces that had the most swirls. I got most of them I think. It looks much better. Then I did the Blackfire twins. I thought about waiting and doing a couple more coats but I decided not to. I topped BF with 1X SG. Then I put on coat of Souveran and one coat of PPG. I really got the full combo thing going on. It looks really good I think. The reflection is really nice. By the time I was done it was getting dark so I of course it looked better than it would in the day. We'll see if anyone notices tomorrow. Its payday and that's always a good day to pick up some business.
 
Jngrbrdman said:
Whew. That was a fun 4 hours. :D I'd post pictures but for some reason this board wants to censor the links so it doesn't work. I'll just post links instead.



Reflection with drips



Engine



Large view



360 degree spin



I skiped the Dawn wash and did the ABC process instead. Then I clayed for good measure. That surface is as smooth as a baby's arse. I used PPCL on the flat surfaces that had the most swirls. I got most of them I think. It looks much better. Then I did the Blackfire twins. I thought about waiting and doing a couple more coats but I decided not to. I topped BF with 1X SG. Then I put on coat of Souveran and one coat of PPG. I really got the full combo thing going on. It looks really good I think. The reflection is really nice. By the time I was done it was getting dark so I of course it looked better than it would in the day. We'll see if anyone notices tomorrow. Its payday and that's always a good day to pick up some business.
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I didnt think PPCL did anything to swirl marks?
 
how did you get your engine so clean, so quickly? is it usually clean so you didn't have to do much, or did you have to like totally clean it up?



oh yeah; what did you use to clean your valve cover?
 
I think it would make more sense to use SG as base coat then top it with BF instead of the other way around, but of course I'm sure you have your reason and preference.



PIC looks good. I'm also working on a detailing "project" for a white car. Plan is 10 COATS of SG then top it with Souveran. Hopefully it will look just as nice as yours as well! Currently at coat#3 and I'm happy to find that SG layering truly does work like Zaino. It looks better on coat#3 than #1.
 
PPCL doesn't do much for major swirls. It works ok for very minor ones. It was probably a step I could have skipped but I wanted to see what it would do. It really cleaned up a lot of little swirls.



SG wouldn't be a good base for Blackfire because the Gloss Enhancing Polish would have cleaned it off. That stage of Blackfire is like AIO. It wasn't meant to be used by itself. It is a must as the base for the Paint Protectant though. The SG took away some of the glow of Blackfire but I figured that the Pinnacle would bring it right back again.



I try to keep up on the engine. I love cleaning it actually. It really gets attention and actually brings in business sometimes. The engine bay usually gets the most neglect because people don't pop their hoods that often. I use the CD2 Engine Detailing Kit on engines. It really works well. Its also how I get the valve cover to shine like that. It cleans up the hoses and really makes the engine bay sparkle.







I can usually only find it at K-Mart but I have found it at Target before. If you like getting oohs and ahhs when your customers pop the hood then I would suggest picking some up. The tips increase after they see under the hood. ;)
 
Acuracer said:
I'm dizzy...:bounce
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I need to do another one. I missed the rear corner angles so it looks funny. It was just a quickie. The light was pretty perfect and I couldn't resist. I love making gifs. I miss my dancing tiger..... ;)
 
WOW! I love shiny, clean white cars! Great job... the engine looks spotless and the white paint just glows!



:up :bow
 
Jngrbrdman said:
PPCL doesn't do much for major swirls. It works ok for very minor ones. It was probably a step I could have skipped but I wanted to see what it would do. It really cleaned up a lot of little swirls.



SG wouldn't be a good base for Blackfire because the Gloss Enhancing Polish would have cleaned it off. That stage of Blackfire is like AIO. It wasn't meant to be used by itself. It is a must as the base for the Paint Protectant though. The SG took away some of the glow of Blackfire but I figured that the Pinnacle would bring it right back again.



I try to keep up on the engine. I love cleaning it actually. It really gets attention and actually brings in business sometimes. The engine bay usually gets the most neglect because people don't pop their hoods that often. I use the CD2 Engine Detailing Kit on engines. It really works well. Its also how I get the valve cover to shine like that. It cleans up the hoses and really makes the engine bay sparkle.







I can usually only find it at K-Mart but I have found it at Target before. If you like getting oohs and ahhs when your customers pop the hood then I would suggest picking some up. The tips increase after they see under the hood. ;)
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I use the same detail kit. Works excellent, and its not time consuming.
 
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