What did you do detailing wise today?

[MattPersman]

Did some testing with a new wax for me that I bought a while ago.

It has no claim of longevity but what I have read about as fk1000p and collonite 476s.
This is the day after application of it. Since this is my sisters car with a blown motor she have let me to play around with it lol. And I`m going to compound and polish soon to test out different products and my new Shinemate EX603 mini polisher will be tested. So I did it simple for me since winter weather in Sweden is still hanging on
The panel wipe came out and was the only prep work. And the temps was around 38f I let it evaporate after wipe off for 20 minutes. Then I used a cheap foam applicator and very little wax on it and spread it out as thin as possible. Waited for 2 minutes as in normal temps it`s wipe on and put away the applicator and fold the mf towel and wipe it off. It was very easy to apply and wipe off. They recommend to use a damp foam applicator but this worked good also to apply. I thought it would be good for it to be taken the after pictures the day after. So of cause it snowed a little during the night and then raining in the morning. So 1 hour after it`s stopped raining I took this picture.

The biggest reason I bought this synthetic wax was it ability to fill out marring. They recommend to apply heavy when doing this which I did not. As the picture above you see to the cars right over the headlight where I applyied it on. The sheeting was a suprise and the other part of the hood is untreated.

Now to the filling ability. Picture to the left is before any prep work and the picture to the right is the day after application of Bilt Hamber Auto-Balm. I`m impressed with it what do you think?

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I like it a lot I was going to try the double speed wax from them looks brilliant


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[MattPersman]

Brought a new car car home today. Told the dealer to leave the plastic on it. Pulled the plastic off when I got home, heading out again in a bit to get a wipe down and a coat of wax on it and get that interior dressed. Been eyeing one of these for a while now. Wanted red but getting one with the red interior is impossible. And the more I look at it, this car looks REALLY sharp in blue.

Aspec ? That’s the only way you can get that color correct. I saw one a month ago and was obsessed just not due for another car for 2.5 more years


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[jrock645]

Aspec ? That’s the only way you can get that color correct. I saw one a month ago and was obsessed just not due for another car for 2.5 more years


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Yeah both that shade of blue and the red interior are only available on the ASpec. Started looking at the TLX a year ago and liked the espresso brown color- just didn’t want the usual black or beige interior this time around. But when the new model came out with the ASpec package newly available, I knew that’s what I had to have.

 

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[Britsdaddy]

Got a rinseless wash in on the truck, first one in a couple weeks. It really needs to stop snowing soon. I also took advantage of the St Pats sale and placed an order here for some supplies

 

[glen e]

Picked up a new mini suv this week and did its first detail today:
poorboys natural look on interior and ext trim
Dawn wash
polish with carpro essence/griots cordless orbital/microfiber pad
LSP with Carpro Reload
wheels - cquartzUK and reload
tires - TAC tire coat
windshield with flyby30

 

[GearHead_1]

Nice blue. Pretty.

 

[SWETM]

I like it a lot I was going to try the double speed wax from them looks brilliant


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There finis wax seems also to be an awesome carnuaba wax if you like that. The double speed I think has the longest longevity of their waxes

 

[Ancient_1]

Well I gave my test car it`s 1st bath after coating. Everything above the pin stripe is new (test area) and below is all CSL/Exo from last spring. I will incluse a little bit of a video I did that shows foaming the hood then rinsing it and the results were quite surprising to me.

https://youtu.be/jnV-JszKP24

And a link to a video drying it.

https://youtu.be/ogvAHq3TN4s

 

[jrock645]

Gave me the new ride a proper rinseless wash, not a WW wipedown like I did the other day. Ech2O as a drying aid. Also put a coat of wax on- blue velvet pro. Seemed to make sense for a blue car.

 

[Jaddie]

Glen, your HR-V looks beyond awesome!

 

[Jaddie]

I washed my wife`s Escape this afternoon. Today is the last time I`m foaming it as a presoak. Due to its coating (CQuartz) it just won`t hold the foam. I used Reset with about an ounce of BLACKFIRE Foam Booster, an Incredipole, and sprayed the tires with BLACKFIRE Tire Gel using Optimum`s pneumatic sprayer.

 

[SgtMajUSMC]

Two bucket wash with Reset, Full Effect on wheels followed by Hydro2 Light, OPC for tires, Ech2o/ Reload mix as drying aid, WETS on tires and interior with Cockpit Premium. Switched all chrome emblems to Carbon Flash to match rest of trim and side skirts.

 

[SWETM]

I washed my wife`s Escape this afternoon. Today is the last time I`m foaming it as a presoak. Due to its coating (CQuartz) it just won`t hold the foam. I used Reset with about an ounce of BLACKFIRE Foam Booster, an Incredipole, and sprayed the tires with BLACKFIRE Tire Gel using Optimum`s pneumatic sprayer.

If you are useing a foam gun look up McKees 37 xtreme foam as it was made for that. And are you useing a PW and foamcannon I would test Gyeon Foam as a prewash foam. Car soaps are not made for clinging to the paint but the opposite. Since it`s coated you get a a better clinging ability with this but not perfect. But about a 5 minutes in outside environment with low wind. The makes alot of difference for me with the foamcannon as the loose it`s bubbles faster you more windy it is. And with a dedicated prewash foam you get a better cleaning when you only letting it dwell and PW clean rinsing it off. When prewash I start from the bottom and work my way up and take advantage of the foam chemicals all the up. It`s not much dirt left when I do this and in the summertime it`s the only needed and blow dry the water of or just drive it dry. If it`s not to dirty.

 

[trashmanssd]

Clay toweled my Camaro today, hoping to polish it tomorrow and coat it next week.

 

[PA DETAILER]

Looked at my filthy Nissan. That is as far as it got.

The next rain will clean my vehicle.

 

[TheMeanGreen]

McKee’s Hydro Blue’d the neighbors car, also cleaned tidied up the interior, but these wheels though.... They turned out great. The tires where super dry, they are shown with two coats of Opti-Bond.

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[TheMeanGreen]

Here’s my car, background info: In earlier December, I got in a fender bender, my fault, got the front bumper, passenger fender, headlight, and other under the skin parts replaced. Bumper and fender were replaced and painted, hood and passenger top half of door were blended. The usual body shop buffer trails are everywhere, but it happens and Sewell has to do their job 100% and did quite a good job with the actual repair and painting. They aren’t in the detailing business and that’s okay.

Two different exposures, should look great when all panels are cut and finished.

P.S.- There’s no makeup in these shots.

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[PA DETAILER]

Got warm enough for a normal wash. Tires got Gtechniq tire. Finished with TW wax as you dry. Zymol wheel coat on the wheels. DONE.

 

[jrock645]

Do a bit of polishing today. Essence on Uro-fiber. 4 passes on speed 4. Pretty grey and overcast out today, would be nice to see the car in the sun to get an idea of gloss.

Before:

After:

Certainly a but of improvement, but it is a brand new car so no miracle before and after shot. Debating on whether to do another polishing step with M205 or to go straight to jeweling with the rotary, black/gold pads and WG finishing glaze. Will coat when done.