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Not the best at trying to get paint condition photos but here goes…

About to use CarPro Essence Extreme* on my new Maverick. It’s the first time to use this product and first time polishing this paint. Tried to see if there was a consensus on the hardness of the Rapid Red Trimetallic that’s on it. Saw a lot of soft to medium but also a couple of hard. Most of...

November 8, 2022 - YouTube finally got to try the new setup I ordered from Obsessed Garage

Here’s the wheels for Mav, Navigator, and MINI respectively…

The three vehicles… 1. 2022 First Edition Ford Maverick - brands new black and silver wheels 2. 2014 Lincoln Navigator - these wheels have had little attention pains to them even though we’ve owned it since new 3. 2008 Last of Supercharged MINI Cooper convertible - my baby and definitely want to...

Paint looks to be in good shape, just some very light straight line marring. Should be able to do a one step light polish I expect.

Did a quick ONR rinseless to take off the travel grime from train etc. Was surprised it wasn’t dirtier.

Picked up our Rapid Red First Edition Maverick last night. They were really good about not doing anything to it at the dealership. Here’s the before from the garage last night: it takes me a while to get through any detail because of my disability. I bought some CQUK3 and DLux for it. I’ll use...

Have a First Edition Maverick on order. Looks to be coming early ‘22 with the news that came out today. Already instructed dealer no prep/detailing. My question is about what to do with the decals that come on this model… should I use the coating I’m using for the rest of the vehicle...

More learning curve for my first coating. For those scoring at home, the first part of May I put a couple of layers of CQuartz lite on my wife’s tuxedo black Lincoln Navigator. I didn’t put a topper on it and as close as I’ve come is maintenance with Ech2o.* I noticed the last couple of times...

The YouTuber ScottHD dropped his ‘final’* video of his Ceramic Coating video today. I’m not sure what to make of it. The hood that sits out back of his shop has reached 2 years and he tested the hydrophobicity (ie rinsed it) and then decon and clayed. Was really surprised that some of the...

After coating my wife’s Navigator with CQuartz Lite, I bought some Ech2o to clean it. Put it in a spray bottle at about 1:15 to use as waterless first. Worked surprisingly well. Think the combo of the product and the coating made it clean easily. Only bummer was that I had to go back and buff it...

Put off emailing about how hot my Griots G9 gets because it was suggested maybes I was holding it in such a way to block the vents. After making sure to try different ways, finally emailed about it. Got an answer really quick — “​You should not be using it to the extent of being untouchably...