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09-24-2023, 08:00 PM
#11031
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
I knocked the dust off my 2 "toys" and gave them a bath. I cleaned the Vette and then my son wanted to help me wash my bike. Hopefully he continues the family illness of being obsessed with cleaning cars.
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09-25-2023, 04:29 AM
#11032
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Originally Posted by Big Dave
So the Qashqai was heavily dusted, but not dirty, it hasn't rained on, nothing that requires agitation to remove, you can see it in the first pic from a couple of days ago, just settled dust.
What do you guys do in this situation? Is it RW time, or full 2B wash, how about leaving it till it actually gets dirty. I could also use the duster, but it seemed too heavily dusted for that. There's also just rinsing with the hose and drying it with the Bigboi so no contact is made. I went with a QD with Ech2o at 15:1, sprayed evenly and multiple MFs turned frequently, using almost no pressure. I did discover a bird bomb on the back bumper, I sprayed and soaked that at the end, disappeared with a single wipe.
I'm just curious really, we all know what works with our paint, and what won't.
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Personally i would first hit it with pw and foam cannon to get the heavy off, then right into a rinseless wash.
I have in the past just done a pw/foam cannon, then blow dried with leaf blower and skipped the rinseless. But for the amount of time the rinseless takes, i just do it instead of leaf blow because my end result is better.
Now if its going to rain in a couple days, then ill just hit the local self spray coin op to get the heavy off and let it dry while driving home.
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09-25-2023, 05:50 PM
#11033
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Just the usual touch-free wash after work today, I mean....the EN DID get rained on today
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09-27-2023, 03:07 PM
#11034
Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Customer wanted a full interior with carpet shampoo and a hand wash. 2019 Honda CRX metallic pearl.
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No one has detailed more Camaros.
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09-27-2023, 03:46 PM
#11035
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Decided to try something different with my bday gift to myself. Rinseless washing is cool but I’m a foam guy yet I don’t always feel like pulling out the pressure washer. I attached my Ryobi tire inflator since I don’t want to pay for the IK compressor and I think it’s my new way of washing my car.
The main reason I bought the foamer was to use my pre-washes more efficiently. With one gallon of water and 5.5 ounces of Auto Foam (4% PIR), which is almost a third of what it takes in a foam cannon, I was able to get around my car twice with plenty of foam. After 1.5 bottles of Auto Foam or Touchless the foamer will pay for itself. I just have to find a way to quickly attach and detach the inflator and I’ll be good to go. The end result was knocking about 15 minutes off my wash and still getting the same result.
On a side note I wasn’t a fan of Carpro Blackout because I thought it would give me more gloss but I now see that it gives me that OEM tire look after a few washes but it’s been holding steady for a few months.
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09-27-2023, 09:07 PM
#11036
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Originally Posted by Optimus Grime
Decided to try something different with my bday gift to myself. Rinseless washing is cool but I’m a foam guy yet I don’t always feel like pulling out the pressure washer. I attached my Ryobi tire inflator since I don’t want to pay for the IK compressor and I think it’s my new way of washing my car.
The main reason I bought the foamer was to use my pre-washes more efficiently. With one gallon of water and 5.5 ounces of Auto Foam (4% PIR), which is almost a third of what it takes in a foam cannon, I was able to get around my car twice with plenty of foam. After 1.5 bottles of Auto Foam or Touchless the foamer will pay for itself. I just have to find a way to quickly attach and detach the inflator and I’ll be good to go. The end result was knocking about 15 minutes off my wash and still getting the same result.
On a side note I wasn’t a fan of Carpro Blackout because I thought it would give me more gloss but I now see that it gives me that OEM tire look after a few washes but it’s been holding steady for a few months.
So are you foaming, letting dwell then jumping right into your rinseless without hosing off first?
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09-27-2023, 09:28 PM
#11037
Super Member
Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Originally Posted by opie
So are you foaming, letting dwell then jumping right into your rinseless without hosing off first?
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I'm using this instead of a rinseless when i don't feel like pulling out the pressure washer. I foam with Auto Foam, let it dwell and then rinse with my hose. Then I did a contact wash with Reset, rinsed and dried. Take into consideration I'm only doing this with my vehicles and not customers. My cars are both coated and well maintained so there's never a ton of dirt to remove.
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09-28-2023, 02:58 PM
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09-28-2023, 05:04 PM
#11039
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Re: What did you do today, in regards to detailing?
Originally Posted by Dirty Harry
Customer requested a basic wash and wax. After settling on a payment of 25 goldfish, I used a one bucket method with Gold Class and used 845 as my LSP. Sorry, no before pictures. Knew I had my work cut out for me.
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Is this some kind of secret Alabama currency?
Because if "goldfish" means dollars, you're gonna go broke........
It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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09-28-2023, 05:13 PM
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