What did you do detailing wise today?

What I am working on tonight.

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Wet sanded for the first time today on a 2015 Toyota Corolla. I really enjoyed it too (cuz I didn't mess up). I also did a write up...
 
1999 Cobra with 39k miles. Unfortunately my camera battery died so I had to use my cell phone. I've never seen so much compound residue baked into every crack and crevice on a car before. It turned hard too. Writeup coming soon.

Before:

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After:

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Had to come into work on Saturday so I took a minute to try out this old jar (this jar is huge, probably 20 oz. or more) of Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax and Wax my BMW...

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Well my mini version that I keep at my desk. Made a pretty big difference, although now I have realized how much orange peel this OEM paint has, may try to wet-sand it out on the roof.
This old jar of Natty's is still in great shape (other than the faded label) and I'm looking forward to using it on a full sized car soon.
 
Had to come into work on Saturday so I took a minute to try out this old jar (this jar is huge, probably 20 oz. or more) of Poorboy's Natty's Paste Wax and Wax my BMW...

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Well my mini version that I keep at my desk.
This old jar of Natty's is still in great shape (other than the faded label) and I'm looking forward to using it on a full sized car soon.

Just used it on 66 vette as well :D
 
I did my everyday driver today as it was looking a bit neglected,shes an E 270 cdi merc 2004 in the most beautiful green, its a very irredesent colour she looks black at night,so she got the full treatment and I decided to go with a tin of simonize wax hard to apply but bullet proof,i ran out of light as I started her to late in the afternoon so shes getting detailed in the morning,hopefully my arm will be up for task after the workout with the simonize.
 
detailed a friend's his and hers vehicles prior to them moving to nc next week. gave each a bath outside with very hard water in the baking sun and quickly moved them into the garage to cool the paint down and get to work. gave his audi a good coat of bfms and her murano a good coat of collinite 845. didn't have the energy to move them back outside for pics when I was done, man it was hot today.




 
put my car on the ramp to have a closer look at the damage after I got hit by a stray wheel that came off a trailer and smashed into the front of the car yesterday,looks prity bad,the wheel went straight trough the front bumper just under the passenger side head light and demolished everything in its way, all the way back to the track control arm,inner arch,fog light,engine tray,water hose, temp sensor,parking sensors,head light,and it cut straight trough the bumper,i was trying to put up some photos I had taken on my I-phone but cant seem to manage,if anyone knows how to put them up I would be gratefulView attachment 28879if you click this attachment you should get a photo of the damage guys
 
put my car on the ramp to have a closer look at the damage after I got hit by a stray wheel that came off a trailer and smashed into the front of the car yesterday,looks prity bad,the wheel went straight trough the front bumper just under the passenger side head light and demolished everything in its way, all the way back to the track control arm,inner arch,fog light,engine tray,water hose, temp sensor,parking sensors,head light,and it cut straight trough the bumper,i was trying to put up some photos I had taken on my I-phone but cant seem to manage,if anyone knows how to put them up I would be grateful

Sorry to hear about the bad luck, jerry. Hopefully you've got good insurance.

Can't really help with the picture problem, I haven't taken the time to figure it out. I just email them to myself and post them from the PC.
 
knocked out a couple more details for my neighbors. a 2003 Volvo c70 and a 2004 Toyota highlander limited. I wish I had taken a before pic of the hood on the highlander, it looked terrible, badly scratched and faded. I thought for sure it was in clear coat failure and warned the owner not to expect much, but a two step compound/polish brought it back and I was honestly shocked how well it turned out. topped it off with some bfwd and bfcs. hopefully the oxidation will be in check now.





 
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