Detailing chat

MetzgerMeister

Badges will dig into pads and tear them up fairly quickly.

Noccy_Mondy

MetzgerMeister wrote:

Badges will dig into pads and tear them up fairly quickly.

But if you leave an area untouched around them, will that not show up?

MetzgerMeister

It will which is why you should mask them off well (most use the blue 3M masking tape) and use a spot pad to polish around them.

Noccy_Mondy

MetzgerMeister wrote:

It will which is why you should mask them off well (most use the blue 3M masking tape) and use a spot pad to polish around them.

Alright, is that a small pad for the DA?

What else do you tape off, side trim, door handles, headlights, side repeaters etc? Ie, bits that you don't want to come into contact with?

MetzgerMeister

Anything you don't want polished basically!

Curran

OSI wrote: »

Goddammit. Can the snow foam lance bottle be bought separately?

As said, there are many bottles that will fit the thread....a mineral bottle, or you might even have an empty bottle of product that will work - gave my bottle away to someone who broke theirs and Ive been using a 500ml 50Cal bottle....which is the perfect amount for me to foam my car -vs- the 1l bottle!

Ron Burgundy II

I've seen Jack Daniel bottles used . Seems that you're better off with a 500ml bottle as the weight in the larger bottles will crack the thread on the bottle.

Noccy_Mondy

MetzgerMeister wrote:

Anything you don't want polished basically!

Got it done last year, fella taped nothing I'd say, few scuff marks on the rubber at the bottom of the windows.

As well as that, I specifically asked him if it was going to be a half arsed job with fillers to hide the scrapes etc. I said don't bother doing it and have me wasting money on it if he wasn't going to do it right.

He assured me it would be done perfect blah blah so I left it to him. Turned out perfect, but after 2/3 months a lot of marks had returned. Dirt.

I wouldn't have minded paying more if it meant it was done right, but I was told it would turn out fine whit what i had chosen to do...

Noccy_Mondy

Another one, how long do them hex logic pads last for? Is it a one car throw away job?

Curran

Ron Burgundy II wrote: »

I've seen Jack Daniel bottles used . Seems that you're better off with a 500ml bottle as the weight in the larger bottles will crack the thread on the bottle.

Some of the lances are provided with a heavier duty bottle, than some of the others. The thread can also be a bit of a weak point on the lighter duty ones, and one or two cross-threading when screwing in the bottle can be enough to ruin it. The heavier duty bottles are much more rigid and have a stronger thread too.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Another one, how long do them hex logic pads last for? Is it a one car throw away job?

Very much depends on the user, and how aggressively its used, etc. But you should be seeing a few uses out of them. That said, if you had a medium cut pad and were using it on a car that really needed a heavy cut pad, and you had to do multiple sets to achieve the desire correction, you may use on pad on a car. But they are fairly durable.

vectra

I used to get a long time out of pads.
Even though I did a good bit with them, I never dogged them.

edburg

My cutting pads could do with change right now, hex one done about about 5 uses with 6", small 3" only 2 but was my fault as caught vinyl edge.

3m lasted very well to be fair few years Use.

Rest are all good but only get light work.

MetzgerMeister

I'm trying to get myself psyched up to do a proper correction so that I can apply ceramic coatings. Need to get the time and the will to do it soon

I've stocked up with loads of hexlogic pads, yellow, orange, green, white and black along with menzerna wool and a few microfibres all of different sizes. Basically I have everything except the "give a fvck" aspect hah

E39MSport

Not today, a good few months ago, and not me, Brian at Spirit (top job).
Rubbish pics, but one gets the gist. Some dust on there since wash yesterday. Otherwise, faultless. Wheels need doing.

Was thinking a darker colour for the wheels...

4.0 V8 bi-turbo, nom nom

MetzgerMeister

Great to see you back

Sweet motor!

E39MSport

Thank you !! Good to be back.

One word.


... Twins !!

(edit) two words, Twin Boys

Hal1

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MetzgerMeister

E39MSport wrote: »

Thank you !! Good to be back.

One word.


... Twins !!

(edit) two words, Twin Boys

Yeah yeah, twin turbos....we know :pac:

MetzgerMeister

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

so that I can apply ceramic coatings.

What are these ceramic coatings everyone's mentioning lately?!

Hal1

I think it's a final stage to protect your top coat of wax. Or maybe it does that job in itself, either way it lasts a long time, a lot longer then regular wax from what I understand.

Foxhole Norman

Hal1 wrote: »

I think it's a final stage to protect your top coat of wax. Or maybe it does that job in itself, either way it lasts a long time, a lot longer then regular wax from what I understand.

A ceramic coating is a final stage product alright, applied after the paintwork has been fully decontaminated, polished and wiped down. You should have no need for a wax for as long as the coating lasts. They offer much higher scratch resistance compared to other coatings too. Mine claims 3-5 years durability, think others are the same.

edburg

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

they offer much higher scratch resistance compared to other coatings too. Mine claims 3-5 years durability, think others are the same.

Which one you using? Carpro?

Another name/similar product would be a nano sealant. As said final stage with much better longevity.

Foxhole Norman

edburg wrote: »

Which one you using? Carpro?

Another name/similar product would be a nano sealant. As said final stage with much better longevity.

I'm using Gtechniq's Crystal Serum Light with EXO applied on top of that

And what form does a ceramic coating appear in? Is it just like a wax (wax on, wax off application)? I presume it's megabucks?

One of the things I like about waxing the motor is the glossy finish. Ceramic coating provide the same look? (I presume so, or they wouldn't be at all popular?)

Foxhole Norman

Deleted User wrote: »

And what form does a ceramic coating appear in? Is it just like a wax (wax on, wax off application)? I presume it's megabucks?

One of the things I like about waxing the motor is the glossy finish. Ceramic coating provide the same look? (I presume so, or they wouldn't be at all popular?)

It's a liquid, usually with a dropper to apply to a small applicator pad, a few drops will normally do a small panel or a 2' x 2' part of a larger panel. When applying mine I applied it in up/down, left/right motions, waited until it kind of "hazed" or more "raised" in my case and buffed it off.

My coating cost me about €130 for the coating, the top EXO coat and the Panel Wipe.

They usually are very glossy, my top coat of EXO gives a massive gloss:

I am ceramic-less, but I did take a spin into DetailingShed earlier on. Nothing makes you feel like a high-flyer quite like parking next to a couple of souped up Porsches when going to get your bits and bobs!* haha.

Anyway, grabbed a few small bits:




Got some tar and iron X from Carpro (are CarPro and Orchard Autocare the same thing?), an incredimitt, dry me crazy, MF polishing pad and a grit guard (they only had one left, so I'll need to get another guard at some point in future).

Am i the only one who thinks the Microfibre Madness character on the packages looks eerily similar to Twisted Metal's Sweet Tooth?



*I actually have no interest in Porsches

h3000

Deleted User wrote: »

*I actually have no interest in Porsches

:eek::eek: tut tut

TheBigGreen

Is it ok to put Autoglym Bodywork Shampoo Conditioner into a snow foam lance?

I've run out of snow foam shampoo!

punisher5112

TheBigGreen wrote: »

Is it ok to put Autoglym Bodywork Shampoo Conditioner into a snow foam lance?

I've run out of snow foam shampoo!

Yes but as usual run clean water through after use.

Curran

Cant see a problem, but cant see it being overly great as a foam either; both in terms of thickness and cleaning ability.....will get you out of a hole, and better than nothing!

Do let us know how you get / got on!