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JasonC8301

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Hello Autopian's

Today was a great day for automotive detailing. It was cool and calm at 65 degrees. The sun was setting.

The product I used was Auto International C shampoo used in the neutralization system. The website for more info about this product is www.autoint.com

Many Thanks to wolfsburg for sending a generous sample in a very nice rubbermaid bottle! :)

The test car(s) was a 99 dark blue corolla that has not been washed in 3 to 4 months and a 95 green corolla (paint really stinks!) that has not been washed in a month. The 99 corolla was previous treated with Klasse AIO/SG/Blitz about 4 or 5 months ago. The 95 corolla was treated with Klasse AIO 2 months ago.

Now to the test,

I used a terry towel as a wash mitt with the one bucket method. Yeah, yeah, I forgot my bucket at home with the wash pad. I could of used two bucket method with a chenille wash pad. Anyhow, I walked on the edge and used one bucket and a terry towel, something I would not recommend.

I put about an ounce and a half to two ounces in the bucket, I know I know, should of been more accurate, but then again I do not really measure out the shampoo just an estimate. I do know its a five gallon bucket though. I filled it up to the three and a half gallon mark and wow talk about suds. It suds up pretty well. I felt it, and it feels pretty slippery, not as slippery as Pinnacle BS but good enough for me. The towel just glided across the dirty surface, I know I know invite for scratches and swirls, but I'm doing this for a good cause, switching this car to Zaino next spring. Well the suds held up very well, still had suds after washing the lower panels.

Ok, so I finished washing the car and dried it with a Ca water blade followed up with a terry towel. The car looks pretty good, shiny, deep, but just did not have that just detailed look right after the Klasse/Blitz treatment.

I followed up with an application of Blitz and pulled it into the garage to dry (Blitz). I closed the garage door and moved the 95 corolla up into the car washing spot.

I emptied the bucket and then put the same amount from before into the bucket and filled it up with the same amount of water. I then proceeded to wash the car and it came out clean. All the loose dirt and mudd was off. Dried it and it was on its way. The car is outside 24/7 and she just wants it clean.

My opinions,
Very good shampoo. It suds up well and cleans well with good lubrication. This shampoo is a no frills, get clean, get out type of shampoo. No nice tropical smell, no gimmicks, just a good shampoo. A good thing I liked about it was the color, a nice lime green color. Kinda looked like freak juice in that rubbermaid bottle. I think it is roughly $16 a gallon shipped.

Rating out of 10, a strong 8.5

I like the tropical smell to a shampoo and spending time washing a car, but in a busy day with get cars in, make them as perfect as can be and get them out, this is the shampoo.

So in closing, I'll stick to my gallon of gold class, sorta a mix between inexpensive and still luxery, like a detailed mid priced Acura or a BMW 3 series. But if you want get clean and get out, get this shampoo, more along the lines of a clean Kia or Toyota. If you want pmapering and luxery and smell, get the Pinnacle BS shampoo, a BMW 7 series or MB S class.

Hope I included everything,
Jason

PS, Senior Members, Please don't take me to that dark room, PLEASE!!!!! NO, I have sinned but please don't punish me!!!

LOL!!!! J/K!!!
 
My question: Can the average guy just call them up and make a $16 purchase??



I had the impression that they are a large scale (wholesale) type of operation.



Did Ron have to pull strings to make this happen?



tia.
 
To answer your question, wolfsburg has to comment. He has the gallon of the shampoo and sent me a sample.

I just checked the website and it looks like you can place an order for porducts they have. The shampoo in their neutralization system (I think the shampoo I used) is selling for $16.79.

Heres a link to the catalog page http://www.autoint.com/catalog.htm

Just click on the top banner to enter the store then you can browse around and place items in your cart. Then click checkout and enter the necessary info.

So I think you or anyother person that gets a hold of this website can order from them.


Hope this answered your questions,
Jason

PS, Wanted to get one of their aprons, but I'll just get some custom made at the local screen printing shop along with some t-shirts (Jason's Auto Detailing Driveway) or something similar.
 
Yeah, props to wolfburg for sending me a generous 11oz sample of the AutoInt. It works pretty well in my opinion, better than my mothers. Good report Jason, id have to agree with just about everything you said.
 
I was a lucky recipient of this Shampoo from Wolfburg myself...

On my first try I reported very little suds due to a combination of hard water and too little product.



On my second try the suds were very good, I left them in the car for a couple of minutes and then rinsed.... Very clean.



I agree with Jason, no frills, gets the job done right, looks very cool.:up
 
Good comments guys! You pretty much cover my thoughts as well.. good bang for the buck product.



You can go on the website Jason linked to and order online or just call them up and order. They used to have free shipping (which was good for out of staters when combined with no sales tax) but I'm not sure if thats still going on. I have ordered a few things from them online even though they are located 10 miles from me (yeah I'm lazy) and have had no problems.



I'm getting ready to do a friends beetle with Autoint's OEM one step product and their finishing wax product in a comparison with the Klasse twins. I'll be posting the results here...



Steve
 
Wow, check out the logged in list just after 10AM on Sunday:

Auto Concierge
CamoZ71
doctordon
gmblack3
Kevin Brown
kichigai
Mikejl
nbk13nw
Nick Chapman
Street Dreams
th0001
TLMitchell
TOGWT

All at the same time!

I am not worthy... :notworthy: :notworthy:

Regards,
GEWB
 
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gewb said:
Wow, check out the logged in list just after 10AM on Sunday:

Auto Concierge
CamoZ71
doctordon
gmblack3
Kevin Brown
kichigai
Mikejl
nbk13nw
Nick Chapman
Street Drems
th0001
TLMitchell
TOGWT

All at the same time!

I am not worthy...

Regards,
GEWB
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About the only thing I have in common with that august and distinguished group is I happened to have been logged on at the same time in between hair-pulling bouts out in the Garage Mahal. GF's black Hyundai is the victim.... it not only hasn't had much care but it was a dealer demo for 18 months. :eek: Water spot etching, RIDS, swirls, paint chips, solvent pop...... :cursing:

The last few days has made me reconsider what my detailing goals and priorities are. My vehicles are kept in nice shape, rarely need much in the way of correction. A multi-day full correction detail is kicking my butt! Frankly, I don't see how some of these guys can do it day after day. I'm exhausted and hurt in places I didn't know *could* hurt!

After this enduro is over I feel a long post coming on. And maybe a supply firesale. It's becoming apparent that my tools and supplies exceed my will and some downsizing may be in order.

TL
 
Man, I missed it. I was out this morning washing 2 SUV's and a F-250 for folks. Just got back and got one heck of a headache!
 
Looks like I'll save up my real questions for the next power hour 0930 to 1030 next sunday!

On second thought, pick anytime and any hour on this forum and you get solid answers/opinions/perspectives 24/7! That is an impressive collection of talent last Sunday morning, though.
 
TLMitchell said:
:cursing:

About the only thing I have in common with that august and distinguished group is I happened to have been logged on at the same time in between hair-pulling bouts out in the Garage Mahal. GF's black Hyundai is the victim.... it not only hasn't had much care but it was a dealer demo for 18 months. :eek: Water spot etching, RIDS, swirls, paint chips, solvent pop...... :cursing:

The last few days has made me reconsider what my detailing goals and priorities are. My vehicles are kept in nice shape, rarely need much in the way of correction. A multi-day full correction detail is kicking my butt! Frankly, I don't see how some of these guys can do it day after day. I'm exhausted and hurt in places I didn't know *could* hurt!

After this enduro is over I feel a long post coming on. And maybe a supply firesale. It's becoming apparent that my tools and supplies exceed my will and some downsizing may be in order.

TL
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August group?? This is November!! :cornut: :cornut:

What year Hyundai? If within the past 5 or 6 years, I feel your pain. My '07 Sonata clear coat is pretty hard but the white color hides the minor flaws. On the other hand, my wife's moonlight blue Elantra (almost black in color) shows every flaw. It too was a dealer "demo" - we bought it with 1,500 miles on it - swirls, RIDs, chips but a DEAL we couldn't pass up.

Her car is a garage queen...new the summer of '04 with 1,500 miles and it just turned 12,000 this month.

I did a full correction last summer - it took two days but looks better than the day we brought it home. It took days for my old body to recover...


Regards,
GEWB
 
gewb said:
What year Hyundai? If within the past 5 or 6 years, I feel your pain.
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2006

gewb said:
My '07 Sonata clear coat is pretty hard but the white color hides the minor flaws. On the other hand, my wife's moonlight blue Elantra (almost black in color) shows every flaw.
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Yep, it's hard as a rock. Couldn't tell by the peppered front end though. I thought perhaps the hood had been painted because it's got tiny, tiny pinholes that appear in the base color but the top coating is smooth as glass. From what I've been reading it appears to be solvent pop. I wouldn't think you'd see this on OEM paint but it's apparent in enough different places I'm thinking it came out of the box that way.

gewb said:
It too was a dealer "demo" - we bought it with 1,500 miles on it - swirls, RIDs, chips but a DEAL we couldn't pass up.
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This was more than a demo, the dealer had it based at numerous stores he owns for 18 months/38,000 miles! The F&I girl had been driving it when my GF walked in answering their prayers. She made up her mind she was buying a car that day, hadn't shopped, no homework.... just knew she wanted something black with heated leather seats, sunroof and AWD. She saw another similar model on the lot when she drove by without the options she wanted. When they found out they had *exactly* what she wanted I'm guessing they were tripping over each other slapping a quickie glaze and a couple of pounds of greasy tire shine on it. She might as well have walked in with a sign on her forehead that said "Sell Me The Sizzle".

gewb said:
Her car is a garage queen...new the summer of '04 with 1,500 miles and it just turned 12,000 this month.
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Nice find... this one gets mucho miles to complement the ton that was already on it, about 25k/yr. It'll probably have 150k by the time it's paid for, if it lasts that long. Not only does she buy the sizzle, she financed long at a high rate. :banghead:

gewb said:
I did a full correction last summer - it took two days but looks better than the day we brought it home. It took days for my old body to recover...
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I expect it'll take all of that for me. I started Friday afternoon after climbing out of the rack following a midnight shift. Washed, clayed and did a few test spots. Sat ayem I started taping... and taping..... and taping! Man, these things have a ton of black trim! I wasn't worried so much about cleaning compound off but I really didn't want to "Apollo" any trim (of Canada!, not Hungary!) :biggrin:

Got started with M105 and LC orange and ended up switching to PFW. The hood turned out as well as one can expect with peppered front end and tons of chips and numerous touch-up blobs. It ain't exactly a turd but I doubt if even Barry the Turdmeister could do much more with this outside of a respray and wet sand. By the time I was done with the hood and a front fender I was just about up to my knees in compound dust and questioning my motivations and expectations. On one hand it was a test of how good I could get this thing. I mean,last time I detailed one of her cars she was so pleased she wanted to show someone. So she took it up a dirt road after two days of rain to show it off :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I ended up succumbing to reality and spotted the worst areas with 105 and did the rest of the thing with D151 and topped with BFWD. This vehicle is going to get abused and neglected, there's no sense beating my brains out and then suffering frustration because I have to see it every day. It's one thing if you're a pro and a customer's neglect keeps putting coin in your pocket. Quite another to do a multi-day freebie that won't be appreciated enough to take care of it. :cursing:

Anyway, just took a break to check some scores and recharge. I was at the point where I just wished this drudgery was OVER and find some Forum browsing reinvigorates my desire. Time to head out and wipe of the BF and finish up. After this entire weekend of fun I can't wait to get back to work tomorrow so I can unwind behind a nice, relaxing radar scope :w00t:

I've got no clue how anyone can do pics and document processes with the time claimed to do some of the details I've seen. "I washed, clayed, wet sanded the entire car by hand, compounded, polished 2 steps and jeweled with Ultrafina. Then I dressed the tire treads and polished the exhaust system and shock absorbers. Whole thing took about 6 hours" Sheesh....

I might just post a pic when I'm done because I'm sure this will be a perfect "10"....... looks great from 10 feet away in the shade :biggrin:

TL
 
You should have no problem going over 200k miles if you keep up with the scheduled maintenance. Note about that - much of the "intermediate" type stuff you can do but pay attention to having a shop do the big stuff like changing tranny fluid (if it's automatic). I don't recall if that model year used timing belt or timing chain. If belt, be sure to replace it per the schedule and no more than 95k miles! If it's a chain, don't worry about it!

My '03 Elantra is now over 200k miles (I sold it at 188,600 to a co-worker) and going strong. My '07 Sonata has 103k miles and it too is doing great.

As to those tiny pinholes, that was caused by sand and gravel, specially from highway driving. Both of my highway cars developed those (I used to drive 1,000 highway miles a week for 6 years). I haven't even tried to polish those out as that would remove almost all of the clear coat!

Regards,
GEWB
 
gewb said:
As to those tiny pinholes, that was caused by sand and gravel, specially from highway driving. Both of my highway cars developed those (I used to drive 1,000 highway miles a week for 6 years). I haven't even tried to polish those out as that would remove almost all of the clear coat!
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If it were mainly on the front and the hood I'd agree. But it's also on the rear pillars and the roof as well as other isolated places. Absolutely smooth to the touch with no hint of indentations. I haven't heard of any sand storms in NE Ohio lately...

TL
 
TLMitchell said:
If it were mainly on the front and the hood I'd agree. But it's also on the rear pillars and the roof as well as other isolated places. Absolutely smooth to the touch with no hint of indentations. I haven't heard of any sand storms in NE Ohio lately...

TL
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Hmm, no hint of indentation would rule out sand pitting.

As to sand storms in NE Ohio, I grew up there and visit almost every year - as I recall the snow crews used a sand/salt mix and it's that stuff that pits the paint at highway speeds.

Here in Colorado we use sand on the roads in many places (mag-cloride too - I hate that stuff). My cars also get pitted on the roof and B/C pillars from the sand and gravel.

Regards,
GEWB
 
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