"EL_ULY" (uly)
03/04/2016 at 17:44 • Filed to: Car wash
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"EL_ULY" (uly)
03/04/2016 at 17:44 • Filed to: Car wash | 3
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It’s pollen season! My wash techniques still suck despite promising OPPO wash pros to do better :’(
I just use our wash bays at work. It’s a huge tub of soapy water, wheel cleaner, glove sponge thing, and a water hose. I do have a pretty good shammy tho. I need to commit to learning how to properly wash a car instead of saying I will.
Look at all that yellow tree jizz.
Welp, way better than before. Sorry for my 3 year old potato pic at night. I will wash EL_Zapatito tomorrow after work.
Chariotoflove
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 17:51 |
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Yeah, but it’s still gray tho.
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EL_ULY
> Chariotoflove
03/04/2016 at 17:55 |
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the most chingon grey ever!!!!!! Titanium Grey Pearl to be exact
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Chariotoflove
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 18:02 |
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Haha! I had to look up “chignon”. Now that you mention it, it does look better than Silver Smoke Metallic or Pregnant Thundercloud Gunmetal ever could.
CRider
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 18:04 |
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EL_ULY
> Chariotoflove
03/04/2016 at 18:08 |
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lol I want to impregnate a Thundercloud!
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EL_ULY
> CRider
03/04/2016 at 18:10 |
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Chariotoflove
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 18:11 |
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I’ll see if I can find one of these on Craigslist for you:
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EL_ULY
> Chariotoflove
03/04/2016 at 18:12 |
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LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
Svend
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 18:54 |
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As long as your happy with your effort and the results, that’s all that really matters.
One of these days your going to have to e-mail me so I can send out a sample pack of products for you.
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EL_ULY
> Svend
03/04/2016 at 18:57 |
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Lol I am buddy :] Congrats again on your Skoda!!! It is sooo radness!
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 19:13 |
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Well... At least you washed it. I can’t say I’ve been very good about it.
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Svend
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 19:14 |
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Cheers fella. I’ve not even had chance to clean her yet as I’ve been busy doing other peoples cars. Hopefully I will spend a little time with her tomorrow.
AM3R shamefully returns
> Svend
03/04/2016 at 19:43 |
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Svend, just picked up a Griots Garage DA 6" polisher, white pad, and some optimum poli seal. Gonna do a one step correction on all my cars. Got any tips for me? I’m just very nervous I’ll mess something up.
I don't have a garage, would it be stupid of me to do it outside? Should I just go to my friends place?
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Svend
> AM3R shamefully returns
03/04/2016 at 20:18 |
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The DA’S 6 is a fantastic starter (it’s a common DA renamed under several different brand names). DA’s are very forgiving. I would reconsider a one step correction.
Prior to starting make sure the car is as clean as you can make it. Use tar remover, fallout remover and/or clay to remove as much contamination as possible. Then tape (3M blue low tack water resistant tape ‘3434' (199x50m will do perfectly)) off plastics and rubbers (they are a real pain to remove polish residue from), also tape door handles, etc...
First off I’d start with a medium polish with a soft pad and work up (different paints react differently from soft easily damaged and fixed paint up to very hard paint). Think ‘first do no harm’, don’t go all out balls to the wall but start with the gentlest method and work up.
Once you’ve got the correction you want you will then need to refine it (again using a medium polish this time on a soft pad).
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AM3R shamefully returns
> Svend
03/04/2016 at 20:29 |
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Any particular reason I shouldn't do the one step polish? None of my cars have very bad swirls. I've seen some good results with the poli seal on forums.
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Svend
> AM3R shamefully returns
03/04/2016 at 20:48 |
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The thing is with cars paint it can be like a persons skin. If the paint is soft and you go in with a too aggressive combination you will take off more than if you used the same combination on hard paint or not at all.
Polish and pad combinations are important. Doing a test patch will give you an idea as to what your playing with. The rest of the paint will be in a same fashion (careful around ‘smart’ repairs of where a respray has been carried out as the paint will behave differently.
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EL_ULY
> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
03/04/2016 at 21:01 |
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I just can’t find time ever
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> EL_ULY
03/04/2016 at 21:06 |
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I haven’t washed mine in months
Alex B
> EL_ULY
03/05/2016 at 09:13 |
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Neat! :) How do you like the XC90?
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EL_ULY
> Alex B
03/05/2016 at 09:27 |
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does everything very good :] I enjoy pretty much everything about it
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Alex B
> EL_ULY
03/05/2016 at 09:49 |
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How's the interior quality? I've heard that there's a lot of minor squeaks and rattles and weak trim pieces. Is this true for your car?
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EL_ULY
> Alex B
03/05/2016 at 09:53 |
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I work for Volvo and have seen thousands of XC90. Most are fine, some are beat up but usually because they have kids and they destroy the interiors. Mine was a 1 owner car and it seems like nobody ever rally sat in the back seats. The leather is clean and everything is nice and clean. I never really checked for and noises since I’m always listening to my THRASH \m/ but I don’t thing there is anything out of the normal. Gutting out the interior and making it into a Rally Moose would be rad though :]
Howdy Harrell
> EL_ULY
03/05/2016 at 16:59 |
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Aha! we had the same car!
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EL_ULY
> Howdy Harrell
03/05/2016 at 18:30 |
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Ballers!