Polished and waxed the SI today, many pics.....
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Polished and waxed the SI today, many pics.....
Figured this would be the last chance I got to do so in a while so I did a nice polish and wax on the SI. It wasn't in bad shape at all but figured I would get it all nice for the summer.
Before:
Dirty, before wash.
Still before wash.
And before I could wash it rains. Wonderful Oregon weather. Not bad for over 2 months on a coat of S100.
Washed, dried, and taped up for polishing.
After wash, wash with Dawn, Meg's swirl free polish #82, Vanilla Moose hand glaze, and Meg's NXT.
And of course it started raining while I was taking the after pics.
Before:
Dirty, before wash.
Still before wash.
And before I could wash it rains. Wonderful Oregon weather. Not bad for over 2 months on a coat of S100.
Washed, dried, and taped up for polishing.
After wash, wash with Dawn, Meg's swirl free polish #82, Vanilla Moose hand glaze, and Meg's NXT.
And of course it started raining while I was taking the after pics.
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Re: Polished and waxed the SI today, many pics..... (Groove_D)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Groove_D »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice.
how much time did you spend?</TD></TR></TABLE>
A couple few hours but I took a few breaks and didn't work real hard at it cause I had the time. If I was in a hurry I could probably do it in just under 2 hours.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hulkhb »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pretty nice. looks like you live on a Tree farm or somthing</TD></TR></TABLE>
Something like that. This piece of property is only 17 acres but my parents have a house on it and my wife and I have one next to it. We used to raise purebred cattle but my dad retired again and sold off the heard. Now most the land is Xmas trees, just planted another 8000 of them or so a couple weeks ago.
how much time did you spend?</TD></TR></TABLE>
A couple few hours but I took a few breaks and didn't work real hard at it cause I had the time. If I was in a hurry I could probably do it in just under 2 hours.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hulkhb »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">pretty nice. looks like you live on a Tree farm or somthing</TD></TR></TABLE>
Something like that. This piece of property is only 17 acres but my parents have a house on it and my wife and I have one next to it. We used to raise purebred cattle but my dad retired again and sold off the heard. Now most the land is Xmas trees, just planted another 8000 of them or so a couple weeks ago.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Spence »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dawn???? Please explain</TD></TR></TABLE>
Dawn dishwashing soap. You know, the one people say not to use cause it strips your wax and such. I use it before a polish/wax cause it strips all the old wax off and makes it a little easier to polish.
Dawn dishwashing soap. You know, the one people say not to use cause it strips your wax and such. I use it before a polish/wax cause it strips all the old wax off and makes it a little easier to polish.
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Re: Polished and waxed the SI today, many pics..... (JDmEGmaniac)
looks like the lil house on the praire..hehe j/k..looks very good it makes me jealous.. 
but you should gloss your tires while you are at it
but you should gloss your tires while you are at it
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Re: Polished and waxed the SI today, many pics..... (TwistedSI)
So can you explain your process when using the Dawn?
Also, it's safe for the paint and only strips the wax?
I plan on doing this soon
And what were your thoughts of the NXT?
Also, it's safe for the paint and only strips the wax?
I plan on doing this soon
And what were your thoughts of the NXT?
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Re: Polished and waxed the SI today, many pics..... (B2FiNiTY)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B2FiNiTY »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks very nice but raining so much sucks! 
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that sucks it rained right after u finished. looks good though
</TD></TR></TABLE>that sucks it rained right after u finished. looks good though
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Haha you should know better and not wash and wax your car....see what happens in oregon RAIN. Looks good, I need to wax my car sometime....its been neglected. You want to do mine next???
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Nice process! looks real nice. although do you have a hard time staying on the paint when detailing your car? Just curious because you taped it up, if it works more power to you! I dunno, maybe its becaue i have been detailing cars since i was like 12. Either way it looks great, i am considering trying Dawn the next time i plan on detailing my truck!
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Takes 10 minutes to tape up the car. Takes an hour at least to clean wax/compound off all the rubber. No matter how hard I try I always bump the rubber so I just make it easy by taping it. If it was a simple once over wax job by hand it probably wouldn't be as much of a problem but 3 steps with a PC, you will hit the rubber.
