Easy details...323, 750, IS350, M45, Santa Fe

[Scottwax]

Did several maintenance details this past week. Customers were mainly interested in additional gloss and protection and we did every one of them in the full sun on the hottest week of the year (highs were 102-107 all week).



Same process for all 5. The 323 definitely needs more polishing but it sits outside 24/7 and is pretty much the owner's beater so he isn't interested in going all out. The IS350 also needs a really hard correction but there are issues like bird bomb etching in the roof and numerous rock chips in the front end that will require repainting to properly address. The Santa Fe was brand new, must say I've been very impressed with the finish on the new Hyundais, and the dealer prep is surprisingly good-wash induced marring and swirls haven't been an issue on the ones I've detailed lately. The owner was still stunned at the improvement that claying, polishing and Opti-Seal made on his Santa Fe because he thought it already looked great.



ONR wash

Clay Magic blue clay

Optimum Hyper Polish using an Optimum microfiber cutting pad (polishing pad on the IS 350 at speed 5 due to insanely soft paint) on speed 6

Optimum Opti-Seal

Optimum Metal Polish on exhaust tips (not on the 323 though, they were an unpolished metal)

Armor All on tires/fenderwells



2002 BMW 323 and 750

2006 Lexus IS350 and 2007 Infiniti M45

2012 Hyundai Santa Fe

 

[DeanSweet]

very nice...

The thought of washing a black car i n full sun at 107 degrees makes me cringe?!

Do you use portable shade/tents at all?



-Dean

 

[maxepr1]

Scott, nice work as usual! I unlike you still hate this weather!! With 7 last week and 5 corrections this week, I cant wait until the cold weather comes!! You guys are making it look easy!

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

As always, great work! With that kind of heat, I would think doing so many silver cars vs. black was a relief in a way. I don't know how you do it in that heat.

 

[kakeuter]

Nice work Scott. This heat is pretty brutal, I did 8 cars in the last 3 days and I was feeling weak on the last 2 today.



-Kody-

 

[Scottwax]

very nice...

The thought of washing a black car i n full sun at 107 degrees makes me cringe?!

Do you use portable shade/tents at all?



-Dean

They really won't fit in my car and it is so windy here I'd need 100 lbs of weight to hold it down so it won't blow away. ONR makes it pretty easy to wash even in the sun.

Scott, nice work as usual! I unlike you still hate this weather!! With 7 last week and 5 corrections this week, I cant wait until the cold weather comes!! You guys are making it look easy!

Had a beastly correction today that rustled my jimmies but he had a nice carport to work under!

As always, great work! With that kind of heat, I would think doing so many silver cars vs. black was a relief in a way. I don't know how you do it in that heat.

I grew up in Phoenix and like in the desert, when we get over 100 here the humidity is generally on the low side so it isn't too bad. But you are right, a silver car is easier than black when we don't have shade, we can ONR larger sections at a time.

Nice work Scott. This heat is pretty brutal, I did 8 cars in the last 3 days and I was feeling weak on the last 2 today.



-Kody-

I only rode 70 miles this past week, not really because the heat bothers me (which it really doesn't anyway) but our workload has been so big this summer, its up something like 70% over last summer. Hard to get out to ride when I don't get home until 6 pm. By the time I get home, relax a bit, chug a 32 oz bottle or two of Powerade Zero, its pushing 7 pm already.