My first Trade Secret - pics

Thanks 57chevy :) I had two really good days of detailing - I'm beat. To those of you that do this for a living - my hat is off to you!!
 
kee,

I think they both look nice! :bigups You've got the "shinniest Chevy's" in Ohio! :D

Yes, the Souveran paste would be like the Trade Secret, in that it wouldn't remove very little of the previous layer.

What did you use on the tires............. that's a nice satin look!
 
Frozen - not yet - that's going to have to wait till later this week - I am just too tired tonight.

Boss - I used Meguiar's Endurance on the cavalier - two weeks ago and nothing since! On the truck I used 4* Bazooka a week ago and nothing since! They are both holding up nicely.

Can you tell any difference between the two - since the car has the combo and the truck is straight TS? I thought I could tell some difference - though my eye is not very well trained in the art yet. I think I will get the Souveran paste next spring.

I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. :(
 
kee,

Pretty hard to tell with just pics. Your truck looks a tad darker, and that makes sense, as the TS will do that with each layer.

Again, they both look great! The important thing is what "YOU" like! :bigups
 
Where can I find this Trade Secret and Liquid Souveran at? I never heard of these brands and would like to try them out and compare. Thanks.
 
Am I missing something? Does LS have cleaners in it? If so how can you tell. From what I understood, it is pure was like P21S or Souveran?
 
membim said:
Am I missing something? Does LS have cleaners in it? If so how can you tell. From what I understood, it is pure was like P21S or Souveran?
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It's not that it has cleaners in it but rather the debate is that many of the liquid waxes, like LS, have solvents in them that "may" effect what it is being laid on top off.

Anthony
 
Thanks Anthony. So your saying it's kinda like Mequiars #26 or Gold Class. It's a topper wax but because it's a liquid state it has solvents that may change the prior layers?
 
membim said:
Thanks Anthony. So your saying it's kinda like Mequiars #26 or Gold Class. It's a topper wax but because it's a liquid state it has solvents that may change the prior layers?
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Very well said....why couldn't I have said it like that???:cool

Later,
Anthony
 
Keeotee, How do you ever let that truck out of the garage after spending so much time making it so pristine? :wall
You also have a great photographer's instinct (unless that is training, but still great)...those cloud structures are a great way to show off your work.
Are you keeping a waffle weave MF in your glove box yet to deal with the odd bug or rain drop? :LOLOL
 
HiSurfTension said:
Keeotee, How do you ever let that truck out of the garage after spending so much time making it so pristine? :wall
You also have a great photographer's instinct (unless that is training, but still great)...those cloud structures are a great way to show off your work.
Are you keeping a waffle weave MF in your glove box yet to deal with the odd bug or rain drop? :LOLOL
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Well, thank you! :) Actually I have a car port and the wife's car gets to sit under and my poor truck gets exposed to all the elements.

And the truth is I've never used a camera much at all before until I got my digital - so I take a lot of pics of the truck and car!! But I am trying to capture some nice shots that are interesting. Last night I went out and took several in the dark with the flash (of the hood only) with all the beading rain drops on it. A couple were kind of interesting.

You know, it rained the next day, yesterday and again today, is supposed to rain tomorrow and the next day... so I console myself with, "well, at least it is well protected". What can you do. :)

I actually do keep a towel or two in the truck! lol
 
groebuck said:
I looooove TS as a topper - been itching to try Natty's keeote have you ever used Natty's?
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No, haven't tried the Natty's yet, but I plan to - probably next spring when I get the Souveran paste too.


I've got four coats on the truck now with only one week and one washing inbetween the 3rd and fourth coat. It does look even a little bit darker now. Well, it seems to me that it does, but sometimes we see what we want to see. :) Doesn't really matter that much to me though since I just enjoy doing it.

My pc should be here this week or Monday latest and I might get to use it the following weekend. I'm going to start all over on the truck and car. This I am really looking forward to.
 
For those that have PS and TS... Are they similar in appearance (ie. PS very liquid look)? I just ordered a jar of TS and Pizzaz to try out :)
 
kee,

Just a little more info here on the LS. Have a look at this post by Anthony. Pay special attention to the part where he was testing the cleaning abilitities of various products by attempting to remove ink from a "Sharpie" pen. You'll notice that the LS "didn't remove" the ink, where some other products that you wouldn't think had much cleaning ability............... did remove it.

http://www.detailcity.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3414
 
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