What did you do detailing wise today?

[minerigger]

Random? What`s the shelf life of Synchro, mohs, cquk 3.0, cq tio2, gtech c4? Also is 45-50 to low for any of these to work and adhere worth a crap?

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[RaydiantDetail]

More fun today on the Lexus. I think this would be day 5 but I took family breaks here and there and wasnt able to work on the car for long the first few days. Anyway, more like full Day 3.

Today I finished up any little polishing I had left from yesterday. Mainly the passenger doors and front bumper. That just took a few hours.

The bigger task was the interior. Holy cow what a nightmare. The leatherique treatment stage 2 of cleaning was today. I think I spent close to 6 hours just cleaning the leather. Just the leather.
And I`m not sure but I think because it was not that hot and I dont have a heated garage the rejuvenator oil was still very heavy in many places . It looked like it didnt soak through except the bolsters. After cleaning the leather did feel and look dramatically better though. I`d say a huge difference. My towels were black and brown picking up all the nastiness. I`m not sure how people sit that long on leather when you can visibly see the grimyness. I digress.

I tackled the rest of the interior after the leather cleaning. Sand and dog hair was pretty much everywhere and dirt/dust in every crack and crevice. This car hadn`t had a solid clean in a while. I pulled out the steamer and tornador to help assist. I even removed door sil trim and interior trim where i could to help clean them better. Nextzet plastic cleaner is pretty darn amazing. Tackled all the plastic and vinyl with it and it helped really lift up all the dirt along with my trusty vinyl brush. That little thing is amazing. I used it on everything. Anyway after 12 hours today of which about 8 were on the interior, every thing is looking milhouse.

Sorry for the long post!

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[The Guz]

Random? What`s the shelf life of Synchro, mohs, cquk 3.0, cq tio2, gtech c4? Also is 45-50 to low for any of these to work and adhere worth a crap?

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My Gyeon Syncro is a little over a year old and it is still fine after using it. The remaining has shown no sighs of hardening/crystallizing.

If they are not open then you should have a good shelf life.

Here is the working temp for CQUK

Recommended working temperatures: 40F to 100F

TiO2

• Recommended working temperatures: 50F to 100F
• If environmental temperatures are below 60F consider CQuartz UK.

 

[minerigger]

I`m in Wyoming. Its unseasonably warm at 40. Usually down in 20s this time of year. I can heat the garage but it becomes harder to sustain the colder it gets. The 7 day cure is what worries me...wife wont park it for a week.

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[Coatings=crack]

Emailed car pros and they told me sealed about 6 mo from date on bottom of bottle opened. One year sealed.


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[The Guz]

Polished these wheels that had 1 year old Gyeon Rim. FYI Gyeon Rim has held up well in the year it was on these wheels. Started to show signs of wear.

They were recoated with 22ple VM1 Metal and Wheel Coat.

 

[MattPersman]

Looks hella clean Guz !


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[BudgetPlan1]

Saw ya got to the wheels, did you make it thru 2nd coat of paint and give Finitura a go?

Fist coat laid down

 

[PA DETAILER]

Warm enough to do a wash and I had a itch to try some of my new to me products. Been doing the interior with McKess interior detailer till I can do a full interior come spring. Did do a engine detail today. Sonax engine cleaner followed with Sonus motor kote. The new to me...

Pinnacle glass cleaner with rain repel. Nice product. Did all exterior glass with it. No streaks or smears. Will see how strong the repel side of is.

McKess headlamp protectant spray. Hit the lamps with it. Used a MF. No issues or drama. Left them looking great.

Ultima screen protectant. Got this for the touch screen. Nice MF included. This product really shined. Left the screen very clean and smudge free.

Griots aerosol satin shine. Interesting tire shine product. It does indeed have a nice sprayer. And the product did not run or streak. Appeared to dry after some time. Sling? Don`t know yet. Finish is nice looking. Great alt. for off road tires. This product was given to me to try out by fly07sti. Thanks again.

 

[Stokdgs]

Raydiant Detail -------------------
Is that paint Jet Black on that Lexus ?? It turned out Beautiful !!!

I just corrected all the Jet Black paint on a 2016 Lexus LX570 - the biggest beast of them all !!!!
It was pretty scratched and very dirty..
You need a 6 foot ladder and almost all the the way to the top of it, to do the top of this big dog..

Used 12 - 5-1/2" Lake Country Hydro-Shred Tangerine`s, Optimum`s Pro Fast Finish Polish, that you get with the Pro Coating, and 14 hours...
Of course, my Makita 9227 Rotary was my go to and it really helped knock this out..

I normally average 10 hours outside and around 10 hours inside the vehicle..
This huge Bus ruined my average a bit..

Nice vehicles ! I would never be able to spend the $100k+ it takes to own one..
Why would I need anything that big anyway??

Dan F

 

[The Guz]

Ended up finishing the interior of dad’s car

Corrected the interior trim with 3D One using the Rupes Ibrid nano and a Buff & Shine euro fiber pad.

Coated with some leftover 22ple VX Pro2. Will top it with Finitura to see about this claim of improving scratch resistance on glass coatings by over 500%.

Also cleaned and recoated the leather with Cquartz leather coating

Saw ya got to the wheels, did you make it thru 2nd coat of paint and give Finitura a go?

Yeah I got a second coat on the paint and while waiting that recommended time for the 2nd coat, I prepped and coated the wheels with VM1.

What I learned is to follow the wait time on the box and not from what detailed image mentions on their site for leveling out the coatings.

I did apply Finitura to the passenger side of the roof of the car and applied VS1 to passenger side of the trunk. Finitura is definitely slicker between the two.

I also coated the front passenger side with VM1 wheel coating and topped with Finitura. The driver side wheel is just VM1wheel coating. The face of the rear passenger wheels were also coated with Finitura.

Finitura for me worked fine. I did notice that it does require a bit of effort to remove the residual product the longer it sat for me. In my conditions it was ready to be wiped within 2 mins. Anything longer than 5 mins was a pain. A low pile towel about 300 gsm was the way to go for removal.

 

[BudgetPlan1]

Man, we really need to start sending our Techs out in Mini`s or something smaller than these *&^%$ vans.

Giving 3D/HD One a try, Flex with orange Force Hybrid on room, BOSS21 w/ Rupes yellow on everything else. First thing I noticed about the HD One is the nice cap, 4 smaller holes as opposed to usual 1. Guess we`ll see how this plays out going forward when dried polish sits in `em for a bit but right now, kinda like something different. HD/3D always has (IMO) such nice, simple, functional bottles. Scholls couldn`t certainly learn something from them.

Also noticed that while I generally prefer shorter nap towels for polish removal, the 420gsm Creature towels make it nearly a 1-swipe removal. Very clean.

 

[Civicclutch]

I can`t tell which wiper arm I did any one able to help, lol.

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[PantherShark]

PA viking shield and spritz....

 

[tropicsteve]

detailed a friend`s 2016 gmc canyon. wash, clay, one step with car pro essence, and lsp with mckee` 37 paint coating

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[Old Pirate]

Nice Steve! I just wash and decon my ride today

 

[Mr. Slick]

Only the flanks aren’t covered with clear film or wrap so that’s all I got! I’ve been cleaning this one for a while.

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[tropicsteve]

detailed a friend`s 2018 Audi Q5. wash, clay, one step with car pro essence, and a lsp with pbl surface coating. forgot just how good pbl is, easy on, easy off with a very slick finish. my griot`s 6 died in the middle of this one and had to finish with my old work horse porter cable.

 

[Old Pirate]

Nice work Steve. Might have to bring mine there to you...

 

[tropicsteve]

Nice work Steve. Might have to bring mine there to you...

anytime ang. there`s always something i can pick up from your mad skills.