"Svend" (svend)
06/05/2018 at 13:44 • Filed to: None
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"Svend" (svend)
06/05/2018 at 13:44 • Filed to: None | 9
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This Chemical Guys video on cleaning door shuts.
He’s got a car inside, clean and dry.
Then he says.
“we’re on the final step of the detail for this car for our customer and they requested that we clean and detail the door jambs”.
He’s doing the door shuts but as you can clearly see, the underside of the sills are filthy.
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No mate.
You do that much earlier in the wash stage.
Order of detail. Engine bay if your going to dry detail the engine, spray with 303 Aerospace to dress and close the bonnet.
Wheels, the wheels get done early so any brake dust and contamination doesn’t get splashed back onto the cleaned vehicle.
Now the car exterior itself,
Degreaser along lower edges front end (where the bugs are) and up the tailgate, and door shuts, agitate the door shuts with the brush,
Pressure rinse,
Snow foam and use a small detailing brush and degreaser/all purpose cleaner, spray product onto brush and go around all the nooks and crannies (panel gaps, grille, door handles, window surrounds and rubbers, etc...),
Pressure rinse,
Then go onto the two bucket method, pressure rinse then either decon the vehicle and rewash or dry with a towel or drying aid.
Doing the door shuts after washing and drying the exterior leads to over spray of product when spraying the shuts, runs of product down onto the cleaned sills, you’ve now got a mass of dirt and grease that could of been removed way more easily much earlier in the wash cycle.
He then goes onto the engine bay later on, WHAT!!!
He starts wiping down the engine bay then says “I’ve got all kinds of like leaves and stuff in here”, ye’, because you should of removed those earlier, if necessary by using a vacuum cleaner to get to the bits you can’t reach with your fingers.
These are supposed to be professionals.
Grrrrr.
random001
> Svend
06/05/2018 at 14:28 |
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I’m just glad you said wheels before body, because that’s how I’ve always done it, for the same reasons, but I get so many arguments that you do wheels last. Argh!
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Svend
> random001
06/05/2018 at 14:41 |
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Ye’, the car itself gets the dirtiest, but the wheels gets the most contamination from sharp particles such as brake dust.
It’s why you use a third bucket for the wheels too.
That’s not to say the body itself isn’t prone to heavy contamination.
Dissolving brake dust from the vehicle paint.
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random001
> Svend
06/05/2018 at 14:42 |
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I wash the wheels before I even start. Like, they have their own everything.
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Svend
> random001
06/05/2018 at 14:47 |
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Yep. Best to be safe.
RPM esq.
> Svend
06/05/2018 at 15:21 |
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Doors have jambs. Toast has jams. Luther Vandross made jamz.
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Svend
> RPM esq.
06/05/2018 at 15:29 |
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Here we call them ‘shuts’.
I will amend it.
pitstop_pitowski
> Svend
06/05/2018 at 16:18 |
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Pardon me for asking, but where do you get your wheel brushes? Thanks!
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Svend
> pitstop_pitowski
06/05/2018 at 16:41 |
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They are an American brand, Wheel Woolies.
If you Google Wheel Woolies it should offer you some places to get them.
I’m in the U.K. and while they are available in the U.K. and distribute to Europe, I don’t know about North American stockists. Sorry.
They are a chemical resistant fibre that behave like wool. They were £50 a set of three but they last, I’ve had mine for six years and they are still like new. They get used a hell of a lot and are great for in between the spokes and getting behind the spokes. The largest is great for scrubbing wheel arches. And a regular detailing brush for doing the wheel nuts and doing the wheel facings.
CaptDale - is secretly British
> Svend
06/06/2018 at 17:02 |
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Can you come clean my car? XD
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Svend
> CaptDale - is secretly British
06/06/2018 at 17:15 |
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Lol. Well I need to get a new passport and may take some time to get through customs with all the liquids.
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> Svend
06/06/2018 at 17:32 |
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Well my friend said getting a passport there is atrocious. After he explained the process i agree with him.
Well I could have the fluids here.
Or ship the Goat over there....
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Svend
> CaptDale - is secretly British
06/06/2018 at 17:39 |
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No getting a passport is simple really.
If you’ve not had one for a while you may have an interview to prove who you are.
If you want to visit America you can fast track entry by having an interview at the U.S. Embassy in London.
But generally it’s get a couple of pictures signed by an authority figure such as a neighbourhood police officer, etc... who knows you, fill out a form, get it proof read at a Post Office so it doesn’t come back because a column has been missed, enclose payment and that’s it.
If it’s an emergency you can go down to a passport office and wait in line and get one the same day.
‘ship the Goat over there....’?
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CaptDale - is secretly British
> Svend
06/06/2018 at 20:15 |
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Oh, that doesn’t sound bad at all really
Yeah ship it to the UK and terrorize it with Aussie American power