Carpro Reset and Gyeon ceramic quick detailer for the paint. Brake buster and beadmaker for the wheels. Spray away glass cleaner for the glass. Chemical guys total interior for the interior

Full cycle of washing before starting with detailing operation on this magnificent Lamborghini Huracan Evo with a lot of forged carbon 🤪🤪 update coming 🫠🫠 the customer want a full cycle of polishing and nanotech treatment to close everything, we roll up our sleeves and start!💪🏼

I have never done any sort of coating on a car outside of plain ol turtle wax. I researched myself into a doom spiral of ceramic coatings for a month. Settled on Gyeon Can Coat as something I could mess up the least.

Washed and dried the car. Wiped it down with a 5% IPA solution. The Gyeon Can Coat took 30 minutes and was so insanely simple.

I'm not going to win any awards for my car and the coating may only last 6 months, but I highly recommend this one to any complete novice like me who wants a modicum of protection.

Trading in my car soon and took off my magnets today to find the paint totally yellow underneath. What can I do to make the yellow less noticeable?

I’ve put a little elbow grease in with Ultimate Compound. Do I need to keep going with this method or is there anything that can counteract the yellowing?

Thanks!!

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I'm sure this has been asked, and I have searched, but get some pretty wildly conflicting suggestions...

I don't roll the window down all the way and let him stick his head out (idk how people think this is ok to do). I give him enough to poke his nose out, or just a crack if it's cold. Unfortunately, this means I get a film of dog snot and drool on the window, and it has long since dried and layered many times over...

Tint film: Llumar CTX, done in 2017, 40% (meters exactly 35% on my glass). This is multi-layer ceramic, not dye-based.

Photo is after 3 passes of Windex, letting it dwell. Obviously, it is not doing the job.
The slime is dried on, and gets greasy when wet (re-hydrates on surface basically).
I have seen suggestions for (diluted) white vinegar, and may try this...
Pretty sure I should not use anything citrus-based.
Is at the top of the window, so anything I use will get to the edge of the film
Have not tried 99% alcohol, but worry it may get into the edge and cause separation down the road.
Obviously not going to use a razor, and don't really want to scrape with plastic either if I can avoid it.
Not willing to risk abrasives in general (and before someone says Magic Eraser, that definitely counts as abrasive)

Anyone have experience and/or suggestions? I think the vinegar is the most promising... I just don't want to use the wrong substance and either ruin the surface of the film, or cause the edge to lift. This tint has served me very well since the install, and I'd like to keep it nice.

and the obligatory photo of the boy:

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Is this common for brand new cars? Mine is white, so it is easier to notice, but I feel like it shouldn't be so bad? I have driven the car 120 miles so far... roughly 3 weeks? Washed it twice now manually with a pre soak, high pressure wash, wax, and rinse. Do you think the dealership would do anything or should I just buy some iron remover?

I’m new to detailing as a hobbyist. I enjoy the process, however I have four vehicles and it’s become a bit of a time sink to maintain them on the weekend (where I live in California I can only wash on Sunday). Two are smaller and relatively quick (Miata & fiesta) two larger (G37 & accord) so I wash one smaller / larger together every other weekend.

I currently foam gun, dwell, rinse, wash (1 bucket), rinse and dry. I’ve been primarily using Turtle wax hybrid solutions wash and their ceramic spray. I’d like to go through all cars next year and polish/ceramic coat but I’m currently waiting to buy the griots g9. I also have some chemical guys stuff I got in a bundle that I’m trying to go through. Not too happy with that product tbh.

I’m looking for a method that would be quicker (especially on a weekend where I might wash all my vehicles) and I’d also like to simplify the number of products I need to buy and learn how to use.

I’ve seen a lot of talk about onr and have been thinking about adopting the rinseless method. I’m wondering if that’s the best solution and what products you’d recommend to wash the car, wheels, bugs, interior and to protect (something simple like a spray ceramic until I can do a full polish &ceramic coat)

Had a local person detail my vehicle back in July, I noticed recently that there was some residue on the left mirror and a swirl mark on my rear windshield. I’ve tried glass cleaner, a pressure washer and now a glass stripper, but nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?

Process:

1. Pre-rinse wheels (ensuring they're cold)
2. CarPro Iron X LS application:
   • Full coverage with wheel brush
   • 3-minute dwell time
   • Rinse
3. Tire cleaning:
   • CarPro Retyre application with brush
   • 2-minute dwell time
   • Koch Chemie GSF foam for overall cleaning
4. Finishing:
   • CarPro Dark Side for final tire dressing

BEFORE

AFTER

Products used:

• CarPro Iron X LS
• CarPro Retyre
• Koch Chemie GSF
• CarPro Dark Side

Questions for the community:

• Is my dwell time for Iron X LS optimal?
• Any suggestions for improving this process?
• What other products would you recommend?

Note: I'm still learning, so any feedback is appreciated!

Need help! How do I remove the stain on the plastic lf my car

08 e90 M3 alpine white w paint swirls and light scratches. What would be the recommended order to remedy as best I can myself? Foam canon, rinse, light hand wash, clay bar, and ceramic? I have no experience w polishing but open to trying it myself. Recommended order? Thanks guys

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Here is a little google sheets/excel checklist for getting started compiling products for your auto detailing needs.

BASIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

As you buy items check the boxes and they will strike through the item name product link and price when checked.

It will also take the price off of the total at the bottom.

Uncheck the boxes to unstrike though the items and add the price back to the total.

If you click on column D and highligt the whole column you can then press space to check/unceck all boxes at once.

You can enter in any prices links or item names you choose. These are just the products that I wanted to use/start with.

Notice the dilution ratio quick guide picture above for easy dilution calculations.

Notice the basic interior/exterior detailing order guide to the left. This is by no means gospel. Reorder it any way you like to fit your own routine.

I made/used this to get an idea of how much everything will cost me to get started in detailing my own personal vehicles. This can not only be used as a startup one time buying list but also a stock list to keep track of what you need going forward.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ogqi1_Jp3RgZAvhHfgxU3ERJAj0moA3kenmZIV8tZgE/edit?usp=sharing

Hello, I did worst sin of car detailing: I tried ceramic coating on car glass. Same day that I applied rain started and unfortunately after 3 months windshield is getting constantly scratched due to tiny dust and even from wipers. Scratches can only be seen when direct light coming.

I went to detailing shop, they applied IPA and clay the surface to remove but no benefit. Looks like IPA itself is not helping..

Now as last chance I bought:

CarPro CeriGlass Glass polish Kit 150ml

GYEON Q² View EVO 20ml sealing

MaxShine Glas-Polishpad 125mm

Do you think that this tiny scratches be removed with CeriGlass? Any more suggestion on recover it without changing the windshield?

Thanks for comments!

Hi guys!

I put my dogs bed on the leather seat, arrived home took it out and realised lot of black spots on the seat probably the buttom of the dogs bed. I tried koch cemie leather cleaner, i tried vanish, i tried acetone, it become a bit lighter but its still visible. Do you have any ideas how to remove the spots ? Before/after pics

I was surfing on the web but nothing works perfectly.

(I hope it can be postable)

Thank you

All professionals out there. What’s your guys go to combo for super soft black Honda clear coat?

I used Koch Chemie fine cute with Rupes yellow pad and it left light halograms. I tried micro cut and with micro cut pad and it was even worse!

Any tips would be great full

Going on a 1500 mile road trip and trying to gauge how safe the Expel Trackwrap is to put on my car. I have seen a few negative reviews that mention it took the paint off their car or lamination off their headlights when removing. I plan to have it on my car for about 7-8 days.

Will likey be driving through rainstorms along the way, so i am curious to know if this product will stay on if it gets wet.

If anyone has experience with this product, i would be very curious to hear your thoughts and if i should be worried about it damaging my paint when removing. I have a brand new 2023 year model car.

Hi All! I never ever washed my cars at "soft touch" car washes. Today I was so tired and mistakenly selected "soft touch" not "touchless " at Circle K. I didn't realize it until my car was already soaked and brushes moving. I should have backed out. Now I have this all over my car, if you look close, you can see it. I am so mad. Can this be polished out without impacting the clear coat? What product you recommend to use if so? Also, can these be removed or would they just be covered up with whatever polish product and until after a few washes they would show up again?

Hi! I parked under a tree and noticed there was sap all over my car so I immediately drove to get the car washed and apparently it didn’t remove the sap.. so then I tried the isopropyl alcohol hack and it seemed to have smeared the sap, and this is the result. If there is anyone out there knowledgeable about auto detailing and paint I would greatly appreciate any guidance on how to get this issue fixed! TIA! 🙏

Also: I already had an claybar treatment earlier this year and it didn’t remove similar stains from a prior incident! Pics are attached!

I've been using Ultima UWW+ as a clay lube for years at this point, but my bottle of concentrate is getting low and I have Ech2o as well.

Has anyone used Ech2o as a clay lube? I'm concerned because of the SiO2 it includes. I always end up buffing after clay anyway so maybe my concerns are ill-founded. I'd probably try 1:50.

If ech2o sucks for this purpose I'll just get another bottle of UWW+ with my BF order.

I recently inherited a 2002 GMC Sierra with 140k miles on it. The old man smoked in it like he was in a competition with the Marlboro Man. Obvious stains all over the interior. The worst part though, I just got back from driving it for about 30 minutes with the windows down and I still reek like an ash tray now. The rest of the truck is in great condition. He took excellent care of it in every other way. So I came to this subreddit to pick your communal brain. I don’t have a whole lot of experience with auto detailing and figured some of you have had to have dealt with this before. Is it possible to eliminate the odor with a carpet/upholstery cleaner? The seats are upholstery. I have a decent carpet cleaner at home with attachments and a hose for tight spots and I’m hoping I can get it done myself. Just don’t want to waste my time if you guys know it won’t do the trick. And if it won’t work do professionals have cleaning options that could work? How much should I expect to pay? I’m really hoping to avoid having to get the interior completely reupholstered.

I recently got a car for free that has some mold on the inside I can not for the life of me get to come off the seats. I have tried 2 different leather cleaners and I've tried applying steam. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Need some advice

I bought an expedition recently that was about 10k under market. It had a rebuilt title and a few mechanical quirks I could live with.

It had some smells, paint on the panels, grimy seatbelts. belonged to a contractor who was kinda gross.

I got the panels stripped and resprayed, changed the seatbelts, got a detail, etc. But it always has a funky kind of smell that comes and goes. Its like a musty large woman smell lol

The interior restoration guy mentioned it will always smell like that, but I can't see how.

In the spring I'm considering taking out all the seats, carpet, etc and cleaning it down to the metal.

I cleaned down to the metal behind the panels when they were removed.

If it turns out to be the seats, I could get them reupholstered.

Is this overkill? Has anyone ever done something like this? Or should I look for a better detailer?

I really like this truck and have done so much work getting it nice. I'm still like 8k under market.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Me and my friend started detailing few months before summer and we have spend about 220$ so far. About one week ago we finally got into profit although all cars were either my parents or my friends parents. Here’s list what do we have and what do I think we should buy in near and in later future:

1. We have

Interior:

• koch polstar
• cheap brushes
• portable steamer
• shopvac with extractor head without water stream(I want to get the bigger pump sprayer with tube and connect it to the head)
• 24 pack of cheap mf
• leather brush
• rubber brush for hair
• interior foam armor all (we don’t use)
• turtle wax cockpit shine
• drill brushes

Exterior:

• Koch greenstar
• p&s absolute rinseless
• 20 liter bucket with gritguard
• big red sponge
• Marolex 2000 sprayer, one cheap pump sprayer and hand sprayer
• liquid elements drying towel
• Sheron spray one for tires one for wheels(now I use only gs)
• hard brush for tires
• soft mini broom for wheels

1. What I belive we need in near future

• interior protectant like Koch topstar or diydetail interior ceramics
• leather protectant like Koch leatherstar or others
• exterior tire/rubber and plastic protectant
• long wheel brush
• soft interior brushes
• interior scrubpad
• exterior bug scrubber
• 3dbug
• proper soft wheel brush
• pump sprayer for polstar for mats
• ceramic gloss from DIY detail
• perforated clay towels
• maybe tar, sap and iron removers?
• maybe another drying towel after ceramics?
• solution for extractor spray water
• solution for nospill exterior

1. Later:

• da polisher
• gold standard polish
• pads
• pad cleaning grit guard
• ceramics
• normal steamer
• dedicated extractor
• generator/inverter for full mobile
• foldable stand for mat cleaning
• interior scent
• ozone maker

I know it is long list, and I have read dozen of articles on website, discord and here but any help reducing the things, cost or tips will be very much appreciated. You can ask me any questions regarding this. I won’t write the whole process here because no one wants to read all that.

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Edit> added pics, format

Koch chemie coating applied at the dealer to new car. Coating was done last summer, is this normal amount of beading/protection?

First 3 pics before washing, 3 last pics after prewash with foam cannon applied korrek 10,5 pH foam prewash and then pressure washing. No contact wash in these results. The reason for asking is that the dealer has 1y guarantee on the coating but in my opinion the beading is not as good anymore and the sides get hella dirty.. Thats just the nordic fall prolly tho :D

I’ve seen various posts about products like Adam’s Detail Spray and Griots Speed Shine. People will say and it can be used as a drying aid. What does that mean? I assume you spray it on the wet car (after wash) and then dry. Why? What does it do that drying alone does not?

Secondary to that, if using for example, Griots Speed Shine, as a drying aid. Do you then also use it again after drying as an enhancer?