What did you do detailing wise today?

Makes you want to choke someone.
TheMeanGreen said:
From start to finish, I spent three hours on the hood this morning (5:30am-8:30am), hood rinse-less washed with N914, descaled with Optimum Mineral Deposit Remover, washed with N914 again. Then hit the hood with the rest of my Carpro Eraser, and began to set about polishing. My car is DD with 152K on the clock, I am not chasing perfection, but I am chasing *swirl* free. First polishing stage got me to swirl free, second polishing stage was Essence on a Green LC CCS, paint looked pretty good and was more vibrant than FK1000P. Not sure if I like the vibrance of Essence or the pearl/color muting of FK1000P, FK makes the paint look black in certain light, then you get close and see the sun make the paint dance green and pearl. Work parking garage gets pretty dusty, but since the hood was super clean, a good foaming and touchless wash would take care of the dust. BUT I came out to this:


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I estimate at least 8 linear feet of these drags on the paint. Someone decided that it would be okay to drag their fingers along the hood of my car, dust and all. I haven`t even touched the car since I got home, but light inspection shows micro scratches. Needless to say, I will be finding a new parking spot. Probably going to prewash the entire car tomorrow morning, wash it, and then see how well Essence+ will fill the micro scratches.
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Wash is CG maxisuds II with half ounce n-914. Use Ech2o as drying aid and then used WG Liquid gloss.

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I may have to learn how to use less hydro blue as I went thru a whole bottle on a Ford Edge and an f350. Spray sealant waster in making maybe


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Client cancelled on me today so I decided to "Detail" my garage storage room. It was a hot mess before. Old shelving from the previous owners which I ripped out and installed some shelving units I bought from Costco. The entire garage needs new paint and a lot more work but next year I plan to rip all the dry wall, install insulation, and install an AC unit.


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I cleaned up daily driver today...about 110K miles and ready for a new battery. I will do the deep clean (clay, paint clean) next month.

On the menu today...trees are coming out

Exterior
Washed paint with Ultima Paint Guard Wash
Cleaned cowling with Optimum Power Clean
Initial well / wheel cleaning with with Chem Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss
Tires cleaned with Mothers Back to Black Tire Renew
Protected paint with Mothers Carnuaba Wax (liquid)
Tires dressed and wells with Mothers Reflections Tire Care
Chrome wheels and protected by Mothers All Chrome Cleaner - like the reflection on the concrete
Glass cleaned with Sprayway and Meguiars Glass Cleaner

Interior
Seats treated with Mothers Leather Cleaner and Leather Conditioner
Interior wipedown with Meguiars Quick Interior Cleaner mixed with some Poorboy`s Cherry Scent

Low afternoon sun shots

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I now live in a white house!
 
Started detailing 15 SP Challenger in billet metallic with 11k on it not sure it`s every had a good detail, paint is in pretty good shape. Today it got rinse, Mckee`s iron x, rinse, wash, clay bar, engine bay.

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Civicclutch said:
I may have to learn how to use less hydro blue as I went thru a whole bottle on a Ford Edge and an f350. Spray sealant waster in making maybe


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Easy to use more than they claim. I am not sure how anyone uses 3 oz or whatever they say for a vehicle either. Usually around 8 oz for me I think.

I could use 3 oz but I sure wouldn`t feel like I had good coverage or enough product


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Hauled the slumbering Vette out of storage, quick Gyeon Bathe+, Gyeon Wet Coat washing...
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Maybe another month or so and goodbye WG Uber Ceramic, hello something new.
 
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