What did you do detailing wise today?

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detailed a friend`s 2007 harley police electra glide. lsp with poorboys white natty`s paste wax. takes me forever to detail a bike.
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Bikes take as long as Suburban’s.

Can’t see the pic Steve.
 
I just finished washing my wife`s Escape in preparation for CarPro`s new Gliss. I put two coats of CQuartz on it when we bought it in May of 2016 and the coating performs extremely well (better than CarPro`s videos show, in my opinion). I just want to see what Gliss will do.

I have to wipe it down with Tar-X and Iron-X tomorrow, wash again with Reset, and then it should be ready for Gliss.

When I made up the soap for the foamer, I used two ounces of BLACKFIRE Foam Booster and four ounces of Reset. What this created in a measuring cup large enough for me to properly mix those two ingredients is why I`m writing this now.

It created a substance so thick that it wouldn`t budge from the measuring cup. It was almost as thick as frosting for a cake. I wish I`d had my phone nearby so I could have taken a picture, but the sun was beginning to set and I was in a hurry, so I don`t have a picture to share.

It was crazy. The foam booster is very thick, but it`ll pour just fine. Reset is much thinner than the foam booster, so you`d think those two things would create something with a viscosity between them. Nope. I had to spoon the concoction out of the measuring cup and put it in a small mixing bowl and add four ounces of Optimum Power Clean to make it pourable. I certainly had fantastic foam!
 
Jaddie said:
I just finished washing my wife`s Escape in preparation for CarPro`s new Gliss. I put two coats of CQuartz on it when we bought it in May of 2016 and the coating performs extremely well (better than CarPro`s videos show, in my opinion). I just want to see what Gliss will do.

I have to wipe it down with Tar-X and Iron-X tomorrow, wash again with Reset, and then it should be ready for Gliss.

When I made up the soap for the foamer, I used two ounces of BLACKFIRE Foam Booster and four ounces of Reset. What this created in a measuring cup large enough for me to properly mix those two ingredients is why I`m writing this now.

It created a substance so thick that it wouldn`t budge from the measuring cup. It was almost as thick as frosting for a cake. I wish I`d had my phone nearby so I could have taken a picture, but the sun was beginning to set and I was in a hurry, so I don`t have a picture to share.

It was crazy. The foam booster is very thick, but it`ll pour just fine. Reset is much thinner than the foam booster, so you`d think those two things would create something with a viscosity between them. Nope. I had to spoon the concoction out of the measuring cup and put it in a small mixing bowl and add four ounces of Optimum Power Clean to make it pourable. I certainly had fantastic foam!
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Hehe you got some chemistry working there when mixed them. The foam booster did get activated. Maybe pour it in the foam bottle seperated next time lol.

Impresive that the carpro coating still is working great. Which of them is it you have? And what is your maintance method? You have done great to make it last. One more question how many miles has been driven with your wifes car?
 
Busy day
✓ Gym
✓ Mobile maintenance wash (I love washing and maintaining coated cars)

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✓ Food
✓ Move and setup new trailer for wash and wrap prep

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Remove and coat wheels on project Trackhawk

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Food

Wash and decon Tundra (coating job that needs to be done by Monday)

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Food

#Dadlife

Shower

Food

Catchup on the Masters

Food

Best part of detailing all day is I can pretty much eat what I want and burn it up lol.
 
Awesome, Detailed, Work, Ray !!!!
You are really killing it !!!!!
Thank you for all that hard work, all the awesome pics and editing, and then all the extra time you give to all of us !!
We are so thankful and blessed !
Dan F
 
13SRT Charger that customer picked up used, swirl city. They just wanted 1 step as it`s wifes daily an travel car misc. Wash, decon, clay, polish, sealant, wheels tires cleaned an dressed, trim dressed.

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tropicsteve said:
been using google photo, probably need to change up.
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Google photos is tricky...it all depends on your privacy settings. I use Google Photos to automatically back-up all of my photos to their cloud on wifi but keep that account private. Then I upload photos to Imgur to share. Let me know if you need any help
 
Finished the Stage 1 Trackhawk including a last minute request to add-on the wheels and calipers. I haven`t been this jealous to see someone launch-control away in a long time.

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Tried out some spray products and sprayers

PA Presto Detailer :
Nice med. thick spray, adds slickness and gloss
to wax or sealant LSPs, mild cleaning abilities.

PA Carnauba Arts Red Opal :
Great stand alone, but I bought it to top off my
Vic`s Red, which Red Opal excelled at, and will be a favored spray wax !

PA Sprayduster :
This reminded me of Carpro Eraser, and not something to be used to remove dust from a vehicle. My paint felt dry, and squeaky, no slickness. It did clean if I hit the area twice.

GGs 22oz. Spray bottle & small Sprayer :
Liked this set up, the Sprayer has a wide mist that you control by how short or long of a trigger pull. Great compression sprayer !
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PA Presto is color charged
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This..
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over this. Great combo !
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this..
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streaked a mess on 1st wipe down, had to redo. luckily I put it on one side of car, then went over it with Presto Detail.
Pinnacle WW on the other side, got the same results on the 1st wipe down.
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GG`s bottles
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Fantastic Opus compression sprayers
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Washed the Buick today. I was planning on putting a new layer of fusso coat, because yesterday while it was still beading. It just wasn`t shedding like it had been. This layer has been on the car since the beginning of October. Well when I rinsed the car with the hose before washing. It shed most of the dirt, and was shedding the water very well. The only exception was the back of the car wasn`t shedding as well as the rest of the car. So I decided to not put a new layer on yet.
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Mary B said:
PA Sprayduster :
This reminded me of Carpro Eraser, and not something to be used to remove dust from a vehicle. My paint felt dry, and squeaky, no slickness. It did clean if I hit the area twice.

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streaked a mess on 1st wipe down, had to redo. luckily I put it on one side of car, then went over it with Presto Detail.
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I find the only decent use for sprayduster is as a drying aid after wash but presto is still easier/longer lasting for that purpose.

Sprayduster is pretty finicky and I have both versions. It is the only PA product I really have not liked much at all. It seems to work much better on top of cosmic v2 than anything else, but I`d still never buy it again personally.

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