What did you do detailing wise today?

[acuRAS82]

I put a coat of PA high gloss wax on my car.

Your HG Paste looks so liquidy. When did it start getting so wet looking?

 

[acuRAS82]

Borrowing a page out of The Guz`s playbook:

Perhaps more interesting is some CanCoat that didn`t quite feel right when I picked it up:

Edit: It`s kinda the consistency of lumpy Jello, wobbles about when moved/poked.

So did you still apply it to the door jambs? I literally did the same last week but my bottle is still good. But trying to use it wherever possible, expecting it to jelly up by winter time. Too bad my neighbors all suck.

 

[BudgetPlan1]

So did you still apply it to the door jambs? I literally did the same last week but my bottle is still good. But trying to use it wherever possible, expecting it to jelly up by winter time. Too bad my neighbors all suck.

I had another good bottle (The Neighbor Bottle) that I used on the door jambs.

 

[John U]

Since I don`t have kids, I ordered up a cordless Finisher for Fathers Day. No way to justify it..... a what the heck moment! I`ll think of my father and the cars of his I polished over the years. I`m looking at one of his favorites on my bulletin board now. I ordered chrome wheels for it and this was the day he had them mounted with new tires. He lived in Michigan, 13 hours from me so I`d only see him twice a year and we`d do a "fix" of some sort on his Benz.

I cannot find the photo of him standing next to it on my computer..... here`s a winter picture with him in it going for what would be one of his last rides in it.

 

[mumps]

Made the car shiny...

Chris


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[Coatings=crack]

Sprayed down with BH autofoam and washed wheels then ran through the spray and pray. Spot cleaned with N-914.

Cleaned and coated tires with McKee’s tire coating

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[mc2hill]

I finished up a detail of Infinity QX60 - I had done the interior already (for Mom) and today I returned for the polishing (for Dad). There were some school/team magnets that had `glued` themselves to the surface. I was able to remove those with 3M Adhesive Remover and plastic razor blades. I polished with Rupes yellow medium wool and Rupes Keramik combo, and was blown away at how quickly I could remove swirls without a compound. I was even able to remove hazing on the headlights! Thanks to Jason Rose for talking me into trying this at MTE.

 

[John U]

Polished my friends blue hulled boat while standing in the water with my new "Finisher".... we left our phones at the cabin so no photographic proof!

 

[John U]

For 50+ years I’ve detailed my Godmothers car. It’s been a year and the car wash scratches were in need of a polishing out. The “Finisher” with a yellow Uro-Tec pad & Meguiar Ultimate Compound found at a local store took care of those..... yes, my Beast, would have been much faster but the minivan was quite full for the two week road trip.
Zaino AIO with a Z5 topper finished off the event. Kudos to my new Scangrip multi light!

 

[BudgetPlan1]

I washed 3 of our 4 cars yesterday and for 2 of them I just washed, dried and put away. No Overcoat, no PA Cosmic, no High Gloss...nuthin`.

The first step towards beating your addiction is admitting you have a problem; only then can you take steps to address it.

Naked Cars

Just hadda do it...baby steps dontcha know

 

[BudgetPlan1]

Off with the old, on with the new...

Edit: Temperature outside just hit 96 degrees F, portable garage A/C is losing ground. Nap time, I guess.

 

[Coatings=crack]

Off with the old, on with the new...

Edit: Temperature outside just hit 96 degrees F, portable garage A/C is losing ground. Nap time, I guess.

What was on it? What are you applying?


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[Coatings=crack]

Off with the old, on with the new...

Edit: Temperature outside just hit 96 degrees F, portable garage A/C is losing ground. Nap time, I guess.

I’ve come to believe myself that topping a coating isn’t helping protection.

If my coating is clogged up and i top with OC or cosmic it improves somewhat. Wash with Mckee’s coating prep and boom! Near new performance.

If performance your only need don’t bother topping. I like the prettyness it adds


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[BudgetPlan1]

What was on it? What are you applying?


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SPS Graphene was on it for last 13 months, 14k miles. Putting Kami Miyabi + ISM 2.0 on it.

I’ve come to believe myself that topping a coating isn’t helping protection.

If my coating is clogged up and i top with OC or cosmic it improves somewhat. Wash with Mckee’s coating prep and boom! Near new performance.

If performance your only need don’t bother topping. I like the prettyness it adds


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It`s certainly a topic that has no universal answer, eh?

I `think` that toppers/maint products provide some `bling` and any extra protection may be a by-product of that. Lotsa topcoats have things in `em that enhance the visual experience gloss in dry weather, water behavior in rain, maybe slickness.

Perhaps maint products do that to a lesser degree. Mohs and CSL are kinda boring to me both visually and in the wet but put some Cosmic or similar on them and the appearance will change and they generally stay a bit cleaner after rain.

These days I kinda look at it like using a foam cannon:

1. It can`t hurt.
2. It`s sensationally entertaining to me.

Well, it can kinda hurt the `ol wallet so it`s not totally without its downside

 

[Coatings=crack]

SPS Graphene was on it for last 13 months, 14k miles. Putting Kami Miyabi + ISM 2.0 on it.It`s certainly a topic that has no universal answer, eh?

I `think` that toppers/maint products provide some `bling` and any extra protection may be a by-product of that. Lotsa topcoats have things in `em that enhance the visual experience gloss in dry weather, water behavior in rain, maybe slickness.

Perhaps maint products do that to a lesser degree. Mohs and CSL are kinda boring to me both visually and in the wet but put some Cosmic or similar on them and the appearance will change and they generally stay a bit cleaner after rain.

These days I kinda look at it like using a foam cannon:

1. It can`t hurt.
2. It`s sensationally entertaining to me.

Well, it can kinda hurt the `ol wallet so it`s not totally without its downside

Even at your extreme “ hobbie”. Cheaper than golf!


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[BudgetPlan1]

Even at your extreme “ hobbie”. Cheaper than golf!


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In my head, I always use that one just before clicking `Complete Purchase`

 

[Civicclutch]

got to do a 57 bel air yesterday and today

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[Nizmo]

Did some piddling around yesterday on the GTI. Ever since owning it there was some seriously tough looking water spots that I figured wouldn`t come out after trying a couple different products over the years, they just remained. Shrugged it off as I`ll have to live with it. It recently had some more water spots pop up in a spot so I figured what the heck. After a pass of Griot`s Complete Compound on a microfiber pad the new and old water spots were gone. Huh, imagine that. Decided to do the whole hood. Looked good in the garage, so I pulled it out of the garage to see what "mess" it left as far as any holograming or something else. Again, to my amazement it finished off absolutely perfect... Don`t know what happened to the sun pic, but here`s a couple.

Letting the Collinite 845 set up:

After wiping off the 845:

I`ll have to get a sun picture today, it looks pretty good for the first time in 3.5 years.

 

[Civicclutch]

heres some outside pics of the belair

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[BudgetPlan1]

Finally got the daily driver done. 4th coating in 3 years...that`ll be about enough for this one. After 60k miles, front end and hood of this car is a rolling advertisement for PPF, totally battered.

Oh well, chips deserve to be shiny too.