What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[JDGolden]

Did a wash on my dads truck. Clay, and hd speed tomorrow. Interior work tomorrow evening or Friday morning and I’ll drive it back to him.


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[Coatingsarecrack]

Washed with foam gun and multiple MF pads with Ammo method. Wheels and tires used

Really loving Tacs Systems Mystic Bubble. Probably my favorite soap (along with AutoFoam).

Use it for everything.

Super Slick, suds well, great dilution.

Polish angel SuperSport on exhaust tips and DarkSide on tires.


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[PouncingPanzer]

Tomorrow is the first time I am detailing a vehicle for profit in a very long time. Doing an exterior detail on my neighbors 2013 GMC Acadia. It's been used and abused by automatic washes for a long time he said and the clearcoat shows it. I made sure he understood what I was going to do would not remove any of those and he understands that. He said "just do what I see you doing to yours all the time." He means my standard two-hour maintenance wash. Well, two hours on a familiar car, not on an unfamiliar SUV. I told him give me three hours and $75. He said absolutely. I feel I do a fairly thorough maintenance wash and he will be pleased. I was hoping he would let me do his wife's Mazda CX-30 but it's a lease and he said he doesn't care about that one. I wanna get up close and personal to that red chromatic paint that Mazda has, I love it. Soul Red I think it is called? Beautiful. I wanna touch it

MAZDA: Soul Red: Breathtakingly Beautiful but Gruelingly Challenging | We are Engineers

This paint ^

[Klasse Act]

After work I did "the usual" and upon getting home from grocery store I tried a new to me product on the EN...Bilt-Hamber concentrated QD. I diluted it 5:1 in an old Sonax bottle (love those German engineered bottles/sprayers. This product was a B R E E Z E to use and left my paint glossy for sure. There is a 1:1 ratio for MAX gloss and slightly higher ratios for a little less and honestly I'm leaning towards 3:1 right now, especially since I've got other products and my car is generally glossy already

I did a quick top off of the tires using ECO Touch, light coat and it really POPS

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[Uncbrs]

After work I did "the usual" and upon getting home from grocery store I tried a new to me product on the EN...Bilt-Hamber concentrated QD. I diluted it 5:1 in an old Sonax bottle (love those German engineered bottles/sprayers. This product was a B R E E Z E to use and left my paint glossy for sure. There is a 1:1 ratio for MAX gloss and slightly higher ratios for a little less and honestly I'm leaning towards 3:1 right now, especially since I've got other products and my car is generally glossy already

I did a quick top off of the tires using ECO Touch, light coat and it really POPS

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Have you also tried at 1:1? On social media I kept seeing complaints of streaking so I avoided buying it in one of the numerous sales at TCG. Now I'm wondering if I made a mistake.

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[Tasmania]

Tomorrow is the first time I am detailing a vehicle for profit in a very long time. Doing an exterior detail on my neighbors 2013 GMC Acadia. It's been used and abused by automatic washes for a long time he said and the clearcoat shows it. I made sure he understood what I was going to do would not remove any of those and he understands that. He said "just do what I see you doing to yours all the time." He means my standard two-hour maintenance wash. Well, two hours on a familiar car, not on an unfamiliar SUV. I told him give me three hours and $75. He said absolutely. I feel I do a fairly thorough maintenance wash and he will be pleased. I was hoping he would let me do his wife's Mazda CX-30 but it's a lease and he said he doesn't care about that one. I wanna get up close and personal to that red chromatic paint that Mazda has, I love it. Soul Red I think it is called? Beautiful. I wanna touch it

MAZDA: Soul Red: Breathtakingly Beautiful but Gruelingly Challenging | We are Engineers

This paint ^

Very thin paint on Mazdas but you're right that Soul Red can pop up nicely.

[Coatingsarecrack]

Added a second coat of DarkSide. Forgot who but someone said it benefits with a second coat.

No issues with sling with DarkSide. Maybe cuz I level with cosmetics brush?


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[Big Dave]

Very thin paint on Mazdas but you're right that Soul Red can pop up nicely.

It is a beautiful colour, especially through polarised sunglasses for some reason. A few years back we had a Soul Red Mazda 3 in our driveway for a week, a friend left it with us while she flew overseas. Up close it did not look good, very bad orange peel, no gloss, and like you say, thin.

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[Klasse Act]

Have you also tried at 1:1? On social media I kept seeing complaints of streaking so I avoided buying it in one of the numerous sales at TCG. Now I'm wondering if I made a mistake.

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I haven't tried it at that level yet. Did they say if it was used as a drying aid at that point

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[Tasmania]

It is a beautiful colour, especially through polarised sunglasses for some reason. A few years back we had a Soul Red Mazda 3 in our driveway for a week, a friend left it with us while she flew overseas. Up close it did not look good, very bad orange peel, no gloss, and like you say, thin.

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Someone in my area has a CX5 in that colour look's good but can never really enjoy it because the lady is doing 80 in 60 zone.

Sandro from Car Craft Auto Detailing said Mazda's all models are crazy thin he had one on his channel and said it's the thinnest paint he's seen.