What did you do detailing wise today?

[Nizmo]

Decided the GTI needed a little love today. And here you thought all I was here was for posting in the Hot Tub or something.

Removed the front and rear tag to get at everything better. Surprised at all the much on the front tag!

Because the internet goes crazy over foam shots for some reason...

Next was decon. I`ve used clay for years, but decided to use something different. Bought a Nanoskin fine grade AutoScrub sponge. Holy cow where has this thing been all my life!? I cut my clay time by over half! Fired up the compressor and blew out all the nooks and crannies before doing some taping.

Got out the old GG6 and a CCS Gray pad using Poorboy`s Pro Polish. Was I after perfection? Oh Hell no, there`s some waterspots in the hood that are so deep only a wetsand would knock them out. I was after a little gloss enhancement. It`s a daily driver-ish that will see some abuse.

That metallic flake though... (hah, my yellow tape and the red accent strip, along with the black grilled is the German flag, on a German car. Thank you, I`ll be here all night!)

So the camera on my phone is uh, not as good as I`d like, but you get the picture (Heh, get it?)

Topped with Poorboy`s EX-P. I remembered that I had a pad for applying waxes and glazes, so for the first time ever I used the GG6 to apply the sealant. Why in the heck didn`t I do that before!? Not only was it faster, it was completely even coating no matter how much I applied to the pad.

Only picture I could get. The sun refused to come out...

I wanted to make a separate thread, but the camera refused to co-operate with me.

 

[Civicclutch]

Had to pull out the beast today

Edit:I ended up not using rotary cause it didn`t do that much of a difference so ended up using bf src compound v1 on euro fiber by b&s and it worked the best
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[TheMeanGreen]

In the middle of quite an intensive detail on a 160k+ mile S-Class. Normal decon, one day for the interior, and have been on the exterior since late Tuesday. Entire car was cut with FCC on Meg`s MF CD, one pass at a time as the ambient temperature was consistently around 86F in the shop. This is the cars first ever correction, so there is CC to play with. After playing around with many combo`s of products and techniques to finish at this level, I decided to utilize the BOSS Yellow pad, four passes, clean pad, apply more product to pad and finish with two more passes at speed 6 w/ G15. Not perfection, but it will suffice.

BTW, the car is Mercedes 040 Black.

 

[Mary B]

Washed the week old dust off my car.

Ran my newly modified Ryobi cordless buffer. Sure did run smooth and quiet. So proud !

And after waxing, of course it began to rain.

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[TheMeanGreen]

After she had open heart surgery, it was time to clean her up. Not too bad for 62k miles, performed a one step with Menzerna 3 in 1, and brought the interior up to a level 8.

The Aston is next.










And for those wondering, that is a Silver Cloud II in the background.

 

[pgp]

I finally got around to washing and waxing the car, so much rain this spring. I used Wolfgang Uber to wash and I used BF paint protect.

 

[pdqgp]

Cleaned her up on a beautiful summer like day.

 

[SWETM]

Did some testing with polishing headlights. They do see worse in real life than in the picture. First I polished with a metall polish to fast getting the oxidized gunk off. Then used an AIO with aluminum oxide abrasive and carnuaba wax in it. Was pleased with the results I got. Since I thought I would have to wet sanding them. They are not perfect but acceptable.

Shinemate EX603 mini polisher. Metall Polish and Scholl white spiderpad. AIO and a medium cut polish pad.

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[Older]

Nothing yet. I am about to spray on a quick coat of Megs UQW.

After I finish my coffee.

 

[Mary B]

Been out shopping... For detail equipment of course.
Swapped out my old smaller red cart for a nice taller black one,
that has a drawer.
Assembly and no instructions, wasn`t too difficult. Only the first piece
went on upside down, and I caught that almost right away.

About 4" s taller w/ the handle being almost 6" s
more my height . I`m 5` 7"

 

[BudgetPlan1]

AngelWax Redemption is a pretty nice finishing polish. Not quite as easy to remove as Scholl S40 but still very easy and finish between the 2 is indistinguishable to these old eyes.

BOSS21, GG Correcting Cream on BOSS microfiber, Redemption on BOSS yellow foam.

It`s really a great to use the BOSS21, that 21mm throw w 6" pad really moves things along nicely.

Kamikaze door prop is a handy item as well.

 

[PA DETAILER]

Call me nuts, but something healing about a 5:30 AM Sat. morning wash. Quiet/no sun/no rush. Very therapeutic after a crap week. Normal wash on the Xterra. 10 MIN Paint sealant is the bomb. As is the rinse free wash and wax for the drying aid. Cleaned the tires and applied a fresh coat of #253. All is good. Since I had the stuff out, gave the mower a much needed cleaning.

 

[Bill D]

My mother got new front tires on the CLK so I removed the old wheel weight adhesive residue from the barrels of the wheels. A plastic razor blade and some Goo Gone works wonders ! I`ll be doing four more since my dad is getting new tires installed next week.

 

[jatleson]

Call me nuts, but something healing about a 5:30 AM Sat. morning wash. Quiet/no sun/no rush. Very therapeutic after a crap week. Normal wash on the Xterra. 10 MIN Paint sealant is the bomb. As is the rinse free wash and wax for the drying aid. Cleaned the tires and applied a fresh coat of #253. All is good. Since I had the stuff out, gave the mower a much needed cleaning.

I hear that. Need to get a nicer, quieter pressure washer. My little electric Ryobi does a great job, but it is loud. It will wake up the neighbors

 

[512detail]

Morning world...
Showing my new table`s seats some love.
The dog is excited about all the extra floor space the ac vent hits now.

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[RaydiantDetail]

My dad drove down from Toronto to visit the grandkids in his 09 BMW 135i. Its about a 1000mile drive. He has had the car since it first came out in 2009. Yesterday we gave it a full wash and decomtamination. I did a few test spots to see how we would start the day. Clear is on the harder side but looks like megs MF and The Last Cut cleaned up everything nicely. It will get finished with PA invisible primer and PA cosmic v2/ spritz.

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[PA DETAILER]

I hear that. Need to get a nicer, quieter pressure washer. My little electric Ryobi does a great job, but it is loud. It will wake up the neighbors

That is the ONE reason I don`t have a powered dryer. Figured it would wake the dead up.

 

[pgp]

I finished waxing all the panels, I somehow forgot to do the roof last week. I did the trim the other day. I forgot how slick WG Uber is on freshly coated Blackfire paint. I hope to do a coat of Mid Sun this week as a topper.

 

[TroyScherer]

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[hot_h2o]

Weekly wash and quick wax