What did you do today, in regards to detailing?

[Uncbrs]

What's going on with the pictures lately?

Is this AGO trying to tell everyone to leave and find a new place... we're taking too much bandwidth?!

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[Klasse Act]

Yeah I've seen that from time to time as well

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[Lance Mark]

doing a '14 Triumph Rocket for my nephew, this is the first time i've done a free job for someone and had them come and help, i was glad for the hand, but he actually just kinda slowed me down, I enjoyed the visit though and I think he may have gotten the detailing bug

he really enjoyed the process and I had him polish his side panels, taught him the right technique, showed him how to do it first, then had him repeat the steps on the parts he was working on....we spent some time talking machines, pads, abrasives, etc

was really enjoyable introducing someone to the basics

[DanaDetailingPros]

This is the initial water behavior. 3 parts
DIY 8 YEAR CERAMIC NON CONTACT/NO CHEMS WASH/WATER BEHAVIOR - YouTube

[SNP209]

This is the initial water behavior. 3 parts
DIY 8 YEAR CERAMIC NON CONTACT/NO CHEMS WASH/WATER BEHAVIOR - YouTube

Initial water behavior looks good

[Gridlink]

While my Dad is away on vacation in Fiji for two weeks I'm going to do a full wash, decon, polish, and apply Gyeon Mohs EVO to his 2015 Merc C300 as a Father's Day surprise.

The paint is in really rough shape. Some damage left by a hack job of a body shop/detailer who repaired the front passenger front fender after a wheelbarrow hung on the wall above the car in the garage fell onto it. They left a combination of unfinished sanding, truly awful rotary polisher holograms over large sections of the car, and burn through on some edges. Likely the majority of the damage though has been caused by a rough bristle broom being used a snow brush for a couple of years until I implored him to use a Snow Joe snow broom instead. He did buy the car lightly used before I got into detailing so I have no idea what the condition of the car was when he bought it.

Tonight after work I did a thorough wash, but ran out of sunlight to go any further. Tomorrow I'll be doing the chemical decontamination and clay towel and/or clay bar if the towel isn't enough.

I have two weeks to get this done so once the washing and decontamination is done I'll be polishing a panel or two each evening. Plan is to do a one step with Buff and Shine Uro-Fiber Microfiber Pads and Scholl S20 Black. I'm not looking for perfection but to get rid of near 75% of the swirls, scratches, and holograms. At this point any improvement is going to make a massive difference in how the car looks. I also have Rupes Yellow pads and Sonax Perfect Finish and NV Finesse, but I thought I'd need something a bit stronger than either of those.

My new Harbor Freight Hercules Forced Rotation polisher will finally see some use, so I'll also be able to give my impressions of it in the thread about it. Though my only point of comparison is my Rupes Duetto.

[Big Dave]

I'm cleaning the roof of the FJ today, unlike the rest of the paint, the white roof is single stage. I'm using Carpro Essence with my Shinemate RO and their yellow diamond pads and a white foam puck for the tighter areas. It was coated with 303 Graphene Nano Spray Coating quite a while back, and that brought a darkness to the paint which the Essence is removing, also probably a layer of contamination, but it was still very glossy. You can see it in the first pic, right side done, left side is next.

The question is what to put on top to protect it, I'm partial to the Collinite 845 as that's what's on the rest of the car already, but I'm open to opinions, what I have available is in the last pic, the Dodo Juice pot on the right is Light Fantastic, it's a soft wax. The Iron Gloss I doubt I'd use, I don't want to put something dark on it again.

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[DanaDetailingPros]

Sandro tests Jet and Lustre and Jet performed about as good. But no cigar. I guess I would just pay the extra $8

[Coatingsarecrack]

Sandro tests Jet and Lustre and Jet performed about as good. But no cigar. I guess I would just pay the extra $8

Compared to Lustre?


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[DanaDetailingPros]

YES LUSTERE JUST BEAT IT SLIGHTLY BUT ENOUGH TO ME TO JUSTIFY THE ADDITIONAL COSTS.