Porsche 911, first Carnauba Jett pics, VM/NB on white = wet!

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Scottwax

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First up. 2006 Cadillac DTS. Brand new, seemed to be pretty swirl free. Just washed with Optimum's QEW and waxed with Optimum Car Wax. As a side note, the interior is very nice, definitely more upscale than the previous DTS.



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2002 Honda Civic. Pretty decent condition, I wash one of his cars and polish/wax the other every couple of months. He got a new car a few months ago so the Civic actually hadn't been waxed since since April 7th (RMG/CMW). Still beading, some slickness. Been a pretty dry year since spring so that might have something to do with the good durability.



I polished the front door with Vanilla Moose using a green Propel lite cut pad, rear door is untouched. The difference doesn't show on film as well as in person but I think you can still see the difference.



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Now both polished with VM. The angle and lighting are a bit different in this shot but the gloss from just VM should be pretty obvious.



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I finished the car off with Poorboy's Natty's Blue.



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The full sun washes out the shine and wetness on film but you can see how very white it now looks.



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2004 Lexus SC430. Weekly wash customer, last waxed with Optimum Car Wax a couple months ago. The car is a real garage queen; I've been cleaning it for about 15 months now and they've put maybe 1500 miles on it in that time. The car is pretty much spotless all the time and the owner tips very well so I toss on whatever new wax I have for free.



It literally only took me 30 minutes to wash it with Optimum's QEW and wax with Jeff's Werkstatt Carnauba Jett.



In this shot, I have only used Carnauba Jett on the door:



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Now on both sides:



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Whole car shots:



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A quick shot of my car. I had some new stuff to try, so my car went first. :)



I got a quart of the new Optimum Hyper Compound so I figured I'd test it out. More in depth on the usage in this thread:



http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=64997



Anyway, I used both the Hyper Compound and Optimum Polish with green Propel lite cut pads, then Jeff's Werkstatt Prime with a blue Propel finishing pad and topped with JW's Carnauba Jett by hand. Last shot on the roll, not the ideal location because of the sunny background (can't figure out how to shoot black in the direct sun and not have background wash out, no matter how I set my camera????) but with the north breeze, I knew by afternoon my car would have a layer of dust on it. Besides, I wanted to take a pic in the full sun.



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2004 Porsche 911. I had detailed it when it was brand new using the Shokar twins, which turned out to be the beta version of what became Jeff's Werkstatt (aka Carlack 68 in Europe) products. He lives about 45 miles from me near my brother (he is my brother's wife's boss) and knowing how far the trip was for me, he had been taking it to the local car wash for monthly detailing. He was not happy about the way the paint looked, the oily interior dressings and the lack of attention to detail.



He called and asked if when I am at my brother's house, if I would be willing to detail his Porsche each month and his wife's Lexus GS300 (which I did about 10 days ago) every couple of months. I said that wouldn't be a problem. Besides, I am already in the area and heading out there to visit at 10 am instead of 3 pm and making money sounds good to me. :)



In addition, one of my brother's customers (my brother owns a computer service and repair company) has a very nice '06 Carrera S he wants me to take care of.



This time he got the Werkstatt twins. Prime using a blue Propel finishing pad and Acrylic Jett by hand. I'll probably just add a couple layers each time I do the monthly detail and tear it all down every 6 months or as necessary.



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Setec Astronomy said:
Wow...the wheels and tires on that Caddy...are not what I would get....
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3rd DTS in a row they got with those fugly tires and the guy's wife seems to like gaudy chrome wheels.
 
wow they all look great :eek: especially the lex...is it me or does the cadillac look like it has parking sensors on the front bumper :nixweiss im always impressed with you work. I do have one question. All the trims looks better than new, what product are you using and do you do any special prep to the trim prior to application :2thumbs:
 
jchetty...I believe those "sensors" on the front are for the radar-controlled cruise control which keeps the sleeping Deville drivers from running into the car in front of them (no, I'm not making this up).



"Maintaining your preset speed until encountering slower traffic, radar-based Adaptive Cruise Control automatically slows you down to your preselected headway distance from preceding vehicles. Once traffic clears, or you change lanes, DTS accelerates back to your preset speed"
 
jchetty said:
wow they all look great :eek: especially the lex... I do have one question. All the trims looks better than new, what product are you using and do you do any special prep to the trim prior to application :2thumbs:
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I normally use either Vanilla Moose or Armor All for trim, depending on the type. Meguiars #38 is really good too.
 
SC430 looks greattt. Now that's how I like RED.



How do you keep track of all your customers' cars?

You always seem to know how long ago you treated each car and with what.



I'm really itching for JW products with every Scottwax detail. Just wish they'd ship here or Carlack themselves would release the equivalent product.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
jchetty...I believe those "sensors" on the front are for the radar-controlled cruise control which keeps the sleeping Deville drivers from running into the car in front of them (no, I'm not making this up).



"Maintaining your preset speed until encountering slower traffic, radar-based Adaptive Cruise Control automatically slows you down to your preselected headway distance from preceding vehicles. Once traffic clears, or you change lanes, DTS accelerates back to your preset speed"
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Wow. Just wow. We're one step closer to the car that drives itself..... :soscared:



I was gonna suggest though that maybe they're similar to the "back up" sensors used so you don't hit anything behind you... but these are so you don't hit anything in front of you? That doesn't really make as much sense though. :doh
 
Scott, great work as always. How does the Optimum QEW compare to Protectal? I have been using Protectal for the past 2 years and do not know how I could do without this type of hoseless wash.
 
O4cobra said:
Very nice as usual Scott.



How do you like Carnauba Jett on black paint?
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JustinTRW said:
Het Scott,

What's your evaluation of Carnauba Jett? Very hard to tell from pictures.



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Very much so far. Noticably deepens the color like Meguiars #26 or Clearkote's CMW. At first, it seems to slighty mute the reflections but after a few minutes, it seems to clarify and the reflections are just as sharp as always.



The product itself is thicker than OCW, so it isn't QD easy to use. Spray, spread (some slight resistance) then flip the towel and remove the haze, again you will feel some light drag, more like removing a liquid carnauba haze.



Mad iX said:
How do you keep track of all your customers' cars?

You always seem to know how long ago you treated each car and with what.
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I always write down what I used on each car when I record the day's business. It helps me to know when the car was last deep polished, what I used, etc to help me evaluate my own and my product selection's performance.



Carl Anderson said:
How does the Optimum QEW compare to Protectal?
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-I think the Optimum version is better. There is a polymer in it that adds noticably slickness that you don't get with QEW. Definitely noticable when I go back and forth. Since I have a very limited supply now until Optimum's QEW hits the market, I have been going back to QEW on details since I am going to polish over whatever Optimum's leaves behind.
 
Great work Scott.



I wish that Porsche did not have the older "pancake" style headlights but I would still like to own one. :)
 
Very nice work Scott (goes without saying). I am looking forward to trying out the Werkstatt products, although I'm still not sure I'm sold on the C.Jett. I also can't wait for the Optimum QEW. There are some exciting new products coming out.... I'm especially excited for the new Poorboy's leather product.



Thanks for the continued pics/updates/evaluations. It really helps.
 
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