What did you do detailing wise today?

512detail said:
put exo v3 on my license plates and drilled front bumper to install the backet so i can mount the front plate and be TX law compliant
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I hate having to drill the bumper of a nice car. I know for the mustang they had a removable bracket that went under the bumper. But I live in Florida and don`t have to deal with that anymore


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donbeezy said:
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opened it a month or two ago. already got cloudy so i guess it`s bad. gtechniq website said it`s good up to 3 months when opened. oh well. in the trash it goes
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This one has been open since February. Haven`t got around to finishing my car. Could actually be longer.

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CerceS550 said:
I hate having to drill the bumper of a nice car. I know for the mustang they had a removable bracket that went under the bumper. But I live in Florida and don`t have to deal with that anymore


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it`s ok. I was only getting half the value of my custom plates w/o one in the front :)
 
Yesterday took care of a Benz C 350. I got some good before pictures but unfortunately the owner came to pick up the car about 10 minutes before I finished so I didn`t get a chance to get any afters. Interior was trashed and outside was just as bad.

Interior: Vac, OPC, WG leather conditioner and Mckee`s interior dressing
Wheels: Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus w/ many brushes
Tires: Bleche Wite w/ Tuff Shine Tire Brush
Wheel wells: LATA
Paint: TarX, Nanoskin Iron Free, CG Honeydew, Nanoskin clay mitt, Megs UC by hand for door cups and couple small blemish`s
Windows: PB World Glass Cleaner
Exhaust: D114+Steel wool follwed by Mothers Mag polish
Front grill and rear trim: Sonus Motor Kote and Trim
LSP(paint and wheels): McKee`s 37 Hydro Blue
 
Ugh I really hate dealerships. They were told not to touch this as in washing wise last year and this is what my friend and repeat client got
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but here`s the 50/50
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and finished
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Made a short video showing how nice & easy Jescar Micro Finishing Polish wipes off vs. Menzerna SF-3500:


Not the best quality, but hopefully it shows how easy Jescar wipes off vs the same amount of SF-3500 on the adjacent area of the same panel. Jescar is my new favorite finishing polish.
 
Well spent 8 out of my 11 hours at work today polishing my Tundra (results were mixed technique still needs refining but it looks perfect from 5 feet away). Good lord is that truck huge. Got home and wiped it down with Car-pro eraser then applied Geteching CSL. It will stay home in the garage tomorrow and I will drive the Camaro to work. When I get home tomorrow I will dust it off and apply Geteching EXO V2. Finally made time to try CSL EXO combo. There is no way I would got it all done at home, befits to being your own boss you can spend time on your "work truck" during work hours.
 
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Well spent 8 out of my 11 hours at work today polishing my Tundra (results were mixed technique still needs refining but it looks perfect from 5 feet away). Good lord is that truck huge. Got home and wiped it down with Car-pro eraser then applied Geteching CSL. It will stay home in the garage tomorrow and I will drive the Camaro to work. When I get home tomorrow I will dust it off and apply Geteching EXO V2. Finally made time to try CSL EXO combo. There is no way I would got it all done at home, befits to being your own boss you can spend time on your "work truck" during work hours.
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Hey! I`m not the only one using CSL + EXO V2 for the first time this week! What did you think about applying CSL? Pretty simple right? Just be careful with EXO - I`m still irritated about scratching my paint with EXO crystals. Heed The Drivers advice and carefully blow out the dropper head before you start applying it.
 
trashmanssd said:
Well spent 8 out of my 11 hours at work today polishing my Tundra (results were mixed technique still needs refining but it looks perfect from 5 feet away). Good lord is that truck huge. Got home and wiped it down with Car-pro eraser then applied Geteching CSL. It will stay home in the garage tomorrow and I will drive the Camaro to work. When I get home tomorrow I will dust it off and apply Geteching EXO V2. Finally made time to try CSL EXO combo. There is no way I would got it all done at home, befits to being your own boss you can spend time on your "work truck" during work hours.
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It`s nice to be the BOSS. ;)
 
So I did my first try at video on a new way of how I clean my pads except I can`t seem to be able to pull them up on here. But here is a pic of all the pads finally cleaned
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Angus said:
Hey! I`m not the only one using CSL + EXO V2 for the first time this week! What did you think about applying CSL? Pretty simple right? Just be careful with EXO - I`m still irritated about scratching my paint with EXO crystals. Heed The Drivers advice and carefully blow out the dropper head before you start applying it.
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It was my first time using any coating, and yes I found CSL to be a breeze to use. I used the small Gyeon block and Gyeon suede cloths to apply it and I used the larger CarPro suede cloths for leveling. Also half way through I changed out to a new applicator and leveling suede cloth just to be safe (felt like applicator was getting a little grabby like maybe some the product had started to gum up on the applicator). Also I was amazed that I seemed to only use 15-20ml of product, bottle near half full still. I hope I used it properly and put it on thick enough. Also I found easiest way to remove any high spots I found was a quick swipe over the area with applicator adding fresh product and then to level with the other suede cloth. I can not believe how slick the paint felt when I was done. I thought that it was a ton off work to prep to be able to do a coating (my truck was not in need of a polish for appearances sake its daily driver and had very minimal defects so polishing the car was more to just have a sterile surface) when I have had such great luck with sealants and they seem to get the job done just fine. But now that I have felt the slickness a coating brings and I can only imagine after EXO is applied over it how slick and how easy it should be to keep clean. If I can get a year worth of easy cleanings out it then well the work was worth it.

I shall be very careful with exo I dont need to mess thinks up at this point.
 
Well I had no problems with CSL yesterday and felt like a hero. Well to today I got to top that with EXO V2 and I fell like a zero. Dont know if its just to hot and humid right now in my garage 87 degree`s and Humid? (was the same yesterday and CSL went on like a dream) or if exo is just a lot tougher to use but I did tail gate and felt like it was leaving some high spots and I didnt let it sit long than the time it took me to place the applicator down and grab the buffing towel. but the lighting on the tailgate was poor so I went on to doing the rear quart panel and after I finished that I pulled it out side to get a better look n the sunshine and I was like
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High spots and streaks every where not real noticeable but I can see them. Well I gave up on trying EXO today and went and grabbed my C2V3 to top CSL with. I can live with that for now. What a change from day to day with my coatings confidence.
 
I applied two coats of EXOv3 30 minutes after CSL a couple weeks ago. Let it sit for a while in Florida. And it was coming off fine. It was in the 80`s that day. I have another car to do this weekend. I`ll post what happens then.


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this evening I will begin what I consider the last cut on my car (since I`ll be topping it with CSL, EXOv3 and EXOv2 I figure by the time all that wears off I`ll own another Mopar with some whiskers) :)

luckily I already did almost half of my car 4months ago so I just have the bumpers, roof, hood and passenger side to do- should only take me a week, lol

slow and steady when she lives in the garage, right?
 
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