bob m
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Thank you! I will check that out.
What did you do detailing wise today?
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Thank you! I will check that out.
I had a little free time today before heading up to Maine for some white water rafting, sooooooooo I hit it with Gyeon foam via MTM Cannon, followed by 2 bucket wash with Gyeon Bathe along with the softest sponge I have ever felt. I used the GG hand blower as well as the Big Boi Mini and GG large PFM for drying and topped my A4 with some GG Best of Show Detailer. Interior was with SONAX Leather Cleaner and Foam on seats, GG Rubber and Trim Protector on doors and dash and Herrenfahrt Dashboard Detailer - yeah that`s right - Herrenfahrt, on the MMI screens, plasticized wood trim.
A few thoughts.
Setting up PW and disconnecting and the back and forth ain`t fun, nor was my decision to by another 25` hose as an extension w/o realizing how inflexible that extension hose was/is. I can see myself using my Gilor Foam Gun a bit more often.
I think at this time I prefer the snub nose gun to the lance - just find it easier to maneuver.
I am waiting on a trolley for the BB Blower as it`s a little unwieldy holding the machine in one hand and the very very flexible hose in the other. The BB was more powerful than the GG hand unit but not by a whole world of difference, but was noticeably quieter.
That Sonax Foam leather care item is easy to apply and leaves an oh so very slight deeper look to the leather/vinyl seats.
Herrenfahrt Detailer - boutique item though it is works quite well, well enough for me to have bought another bottle.
Griot Garage PFM`s are about the best MF`s available. Actually GG makes an awful lot of superb products and they have the best customer service around. I could be happy with using their products exclusively - except for that Foam Gun, not the Cannon, the Gun.
It`s way easier when you have all items ready to go beforehand rather than scrounging around in the middle of detailing.
Have Herrenfarth come to the US or is it gotten over the sea?
I can highly recommend you the Herrenfarth Sprühglanz. It`s like a topper with great longevity and gloss from it. I have only used the special editions the reseller in Sweden got made for them so more of the gloss and protection part in it. But those that have used the original have been very satisfied with it. And mostly it`s a breeze to work with and goes a long way with the Flairosol spray bottle and just a little product is necessary for coverage. But yeah it is like Polish Angel in price point so no cheap products. Think that products that useally can go a long way can be a more sense to try if wanted. And something like a glass cleaner or wheel cleaner don`t makes much sense to pay up a premium price. Also their Autobathe car soap has gotten great reviews here in Sweden.
I`m gotten so used to setting up the PW since I use it on every wash and don`t do WW or RW. But yeah when I had it in the basement and lifting up the stairs when used was no fun. Now when it`s better setup in the garage to bring out and be connected it don`t take long to do. The hose on my Kärcher K7 PW is quite good actually but the Flex part in the name of it is a more flexible hose on this version. 10 meters I think is 29` and it`s just enough to get around when I wash and how I have it setup. But a longer hose would be great to have. Try to setup the PW so it`s easy accessed when setting it up for the wash. And try to get a hose that works for you where you wash. Or if it`s possible with a longer hose to have a more fixed place for the PW unit it can be worth it too.
bob m
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Yes, Herren is available in the USA. What my plan is in the next few weeks or so is to polish off my older coating (Nanolex) and apply the Kamikaze coatings Miyabi and Zipang and use Overcoat as a topper/detailer. This time around, I am gonna follow the the Kamikaze dealer`s recommendation and not add a bunch of different detailers and toppings for maintenance as I always have been doing. Makes sense to me and will see how that goes!
I`m going to check out the hose recommended to me as I mentioned the extension I`m using is way too inflexible.
Mary B
New member
I have the Flexzilla
Seemed to need breaking in at first, wanted to get kinky.
I have the 50` PW hose as well, that is even nicer.
After breaking in and training them some, they are very nice hoses.
minerigger
New member
Hope my flexzilla works on my sunjoe. The threads match up but the hose end is loosey goosey in the outlet of washer and inlet of gun. Haven’t had a chance to try yet.
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Civicclutch
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A few interiors I`ve done over the last week or so. I`m so excited to be doing the coating job on the 2019 Sierra I`m doing on Tuesday even tho it is black.
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Mary B
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Some test spots on rear passenger door interior trim.
Hopefully a coating, but a good sealant will do.
The dash is where I would want a matte finish, the rest of the trim could be gloss, hopefully darkening.
Perl straight up, on right.
Britemax Rubbermax on left.
Britemax on right.
GTech C6 Mattedash on left.
C6 Mattedash on right.
PA Snowcake on left.
The Mattedash reacted, streaking the plastic and softer vinyl. I figured out my interior cleaner was leaving a residue.
I’ll be ordering up some new interior products, until I’ve found what works for me.
Didn’t like the greasy feel of Perl. (will check in 24hrs)
Probably not for me.
Britemax was very easy to spread into crevices. Good solid look, Nice protectant for a freebie. Deserves another try.
C6 Mattedash was definitely matte, it would work on the dash. I was hoping for some darkening. Another try.
PA Snowcake just stole the show, like a mixture of Britemax and C6 . Too shiny for dash ?? ( checking in 24hrs)
Not ready to decide so I tried out the
RC Blackdiamond window towel
I do like them, need to use more. PB’s dried too fast to really tell.
For this vehicle, will probably be searching to upgrade all my interior and exterior products.
Any input welcome !??
Will be throwing in a few orders
Hopefully a coating, but a good sealant will do.
The dash is where I would want a matte finish, the rest of the trim could be gloss, hopefully darkening.
Perl straight up, on right.
Britemax Rubbermax on left.
Britemax on right.
GTech C6 Mattedash on left.
C6 Mattedash on right.
PA Snowcake on left.
The Mattedash reacted, streaking the plastic and softer vinyl. I figured out my interior cleaner was leaving a residue.
I’ll be ordering up some new interior products, until I’ve found what works for me.
Didn’t like the greasy feel of Perl. (will check in 24hrs)
Probably not for me.
Britemax was very easy to spread into crevices. Good solid look, Nice protectant for a freebie. Deserves another try.
C6 Mattedash was definitely matte, it would work on the dash. I was hoping for some darkening. Another try.
PA Snowcake just stole the show, like a mixture of Britemax and C6 . Too shiny for dash ?? ( checking in 24hrs)
Not ready to decide so I tried out the
RC Blackdiamond window towel
I do like them, need to use more. PB’s dried too fast to really tell.
For this vehicle, will probably be searching to upgrade all my interior and exterior products.
Any input welcome !??
Will be throwing in a few orders
Mr. Slick
New member
Another ceramic coating! I’m selling more ceramic jobs without advertising and trying to push a sale vs when I was new I tried telling people all about them.
Now I just say “It makes the car easier to clean, it’s shiny like there’s glass on the paint, and stuff like sap won’t stick as easy, but hard water from sprinklers will probably still ruin it”
SOLD!
CarPro Qcuartz 3.0
The front was wrapped in clear film. Not hard to polish with one step, even the rest of the paint finished out easier than most
All loaded out to do the job. And yes, I even put a GoPro on my head. I’ve been working on making a YouTube channel because it would be fun to share the process.
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Now I just say “It makes the car easier to clean, it’s shiny like there’s glass on the paint, and stuff like sap won’t stick as easy, but hard water from sprinklers will probably still ruin it”
SOLD!
CarPro Qcuartz 3.0
The front was wrapped in clear film. Not hard to polish with one step, even the rest of the paint finished out easier than most
All loaded out to do the job. And yes, I even put a GoPro on my head. I’ve been working on making a YouTube channel because it would be fun to share the process.
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BudgetPlan1
Active member
3 days of predicted nice weather, no obligations, a stack of new towels and a whole lotta Kamikaze.
PA DETAILER
DETAILED TODAY?
Good wash/detail. Another coat of BF spray sealant. And added the GM bug deflector.
GearHead_1
Long Time Member
Ohhh man... gulp... Sorry, just a personal taste thing.
Coatings=crack
Active member
3 days of predicted nice weather, no obligations, a stack of new towels and a whole lotta Kamikaze.
What you gonna use on? Also, that overcoat v3?
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BudgetPlan1
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Using on wife`s winter car, an Aegean Blue Metallic 2016 Honda Civic.
This car was originally coated in 10/2016 w Miyabi & ISM. Although it sat outside 24/7 since then, it has only driven about 17k miles in that time.
I figure the coating was still around 85% of `new` performance, probably coulda got another 2 years outta it.
Flex 3401 w B & S Uro Fiber and GG Correcting Cream followed by Scholl S40 w LC Crimson Hydrotech with Rupes 15 Mk2 is the combo that seems to be working well.
As for version 3, I `think` it is...was listed as V3 on Ultimate Finish UK website and when I talked to Mr. Kamikaze last week at Open House he said if it has the `3` in the circle on the label, it`s V3. The shampoo is 1, water spot remover is 2 and Overcoat is 3 in what seems to be a new labeling schema. He can be a bit hard to understand at times.
Finally got to wash my Kia cee`d SW. My injuries and I don`t have good standing with each other LOL. Last wash was little over 3 months ago. Crap it`s a long time and when washed the road salt was very much present on the roads and takes a time for it to be cleaned up from them. Don`t remember if I applyied Carpro Hydro2 lite at the last wash or the wash before that. Either way the car has have a great self cleaning ability from the Hydro2 lite. But now the road film was very much visible when looked at it and the dirt on the trim showed those streaking dirt from them.
A picture from the morning yesterday and the silver metallic paint is great to hide how dirty it is LOL. The summer wheels was put on a week ago. So they where preped and sealed before putting them on. Tire coating and one wheel sealant on the barrels and Polish Angel Supersport Wheel Coating on the wheel faces.
Started with the stronger Bilt Hamber Surfex HD as a prewash foam and PW clean rinsing it off. The protection showed some failure on some surfaces and needed to be refreshed as I thought it would be. And the biggest difference is that I didn`t have the useally build up of tar spots that I useally have. Hmm impresive and also a positive experience.
A bucket wash with Reset and multible mf wash mitts and pads. Blowed off most of the water with the leafblower and dried with a PFM style drying towel.
Then after a while I was trying a more concentrated and more protection in it of my favorite topper the Herrenfarth Sprühglanz SPR Limited Edition. Ohh man did you feel it was a more heavy amount of the Si+ technology in it. The application was very dragging and hard to get worked in. But the last buff up to get any high spots wipe off was as slick as useally. May not be on for so long as I look for being able to polish and protect in the near future. Will be interesting to see how the next wash goes.
The finished results.
When I have just taken out and set up for the wash. A very good friend of mine came by. And she was very kind to help out with the wash and the final buff off of the LSP. It goes much faster when you are 2 to wash. And as a thank you I refilled the foamcannon and she gave her DD a foam bath. Just a quick touchless wash as it was in need of a decon wash badly. And the time was not there to do a whole decon wash. But she was offered to have any products I have and use on her DD when we can do the whole car.
My good friend in action with the foamcannon and the BBV Prewash Foam. Around 1:4 in the foamcannon bottle and then the 3 setting on the chemical mix setting on the foamcannon where 1 is the least and 10 the max chemical output setting. Pretty awesome foam and she had a blast foaming and clean rinse it off with the PW LOL. She liked how it works even in the sun with foaming and the longer dwell time you get from it.
/ Tony
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A picture from the morning yesterday and the silver metallic paint is great to hide how dirty it is LOL. The summer wheels was put on a week ago. So they where preped and sealed before putting them on. Tire coating and one wheel sealant on the barrels and Polish Angel Supersport Wheel Coating on the wheel faces.
Started with the stronger Bilt Hamber Surfex HD as a prewash foam and PW clean rinsing it off. The protection showed some failure on some surfaces and needed to be refreshed as I thought it would be. And the biggest difference is that I didn`t have the useally build up of tar spots that I useally have. Hmm impresive and also a positive experience.
A bucket wash with Reset and multible mf wash mitts and pads. Blowed off most of the water with the leafblower and dried with a PFM style drying towel.
Then after a while I was trying a more concentrated and more protection in it of my favorite topper the Herrenfarth Sprühglanz SPR Limited Edition. Ohh man did you feel it was a more heavy amount of the Si+ technology in it. The application was very dragging and hard to get worked in. But the last buff up to get any high spots wipe off was as slick as useally. May not be on for so long as I look for being able to polish and protect in the near future. Will be interesting to see how the next wash goes.
The finished results.
When I have just taken out and set up for the wash. A very good friend of mine came by. And she was very kind to help out with the wash and the final buff off of the LSP. It goes much faster when you are 2 to wash. And as a thank you I refilled the foamcannon and she gave her DD a foam bath. Just a quick touchless wash as it was in need of a decon wash badly. And the time was not there to do a whole decon wash. But she was offered to have any products I have and use on her DD when we can do the whole car.
My good friend in action with the foamcannon and the BBV Prewash Foam. Around 1:4 in the foamcannon bottle and then the 3 setting on the chemical mix setting on the foamcannon where 1 is the least and 10 the max chemical output setting. Pretty awesome foam and she had a blast foaming and clean rinse it off with the PW LOL. She liked how it works even in the sun with foaming and the longer dwell time you get from it.
/ Tony
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Mary B
New member
Trying out the Foam 9 and Ryobi battery blower, at a
pay to play.
Had to pump the Foam 9 maybe 4 different times to foam my garage Queen.
pay to play.
Had to pump the Foam 9 maybe 4 different times to foam my garage Queen.
Coatings=crack
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Tried black fire wax remover...... meh...
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Repolished and recoated rear quarters due to high spots. Front quarter next
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Mary B
New member
SACRILEGE !!
Pulled her apart, my 21mm. cleaned and replaced the grease.
I promptly dropped this piece on my bare foot.
15 is next.
Pulled her apart, my 21mm. cleaned and replaced the grease.
I promptly dropped this piece on my bare foot.
15 is next.
Coatings=crack
Active member
SACRILEGE !!
Pulled her apart, my 21mm. cleaned and replaced the grease.
I promptly dropped this piece on my bare foot.
15 is next.
I read opening up and changing the grease voids warranty. This was not from griots butca forum post. Have you read any different?
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Mary B
New member
I thought about the warranty, and opened it either way. I`m glad I did the gear wasn`t touching grease, barely had to clean it. The front grip was difficult to get off, had to marr the body to pry it off. There went the warranty ;}
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