A couple of Detailing Video's I enjoyed

This guy's name is Marc Harris from Auto Lavish, he is a good detailer and a genuinely funny guy. Based out of SE Michigan, Marc was awarded this year's "The who's who of detailers" in the DuPont Registry


https://youtu.be/oVtnRoiIRRI

https://youtu.be/Bt9xLeL8OaE

i like the first one. Gives a list of all the stuff one needs. Very useful when i get my whip.

Thanks for the post

2nd one is the bee's knees, i got inspired n did a mini detail to mine this morning

car doesn't have to be the best on the road for a man to take pride in it

^ True, very true

Awesome! I am looking forward to these videos! I love knowing more about how to make my car cleaner.

Might be realted to detailing but do you guys know how to clean up fluid reservoirs? No matter what I try my windshield washer and brake reservoirs look so grungy :( I've scrubbed with soap and water, and with degreaser. I've removed them and let em soak then scrubbed some more etc but I'm never close to happy with how they look :( I can't imagine I'll ever find new ones to replace them so I gotta find some way to make them look nice and clean at least.

What type of degreaser are you using? I usually do a citrus based degreaser for up to 5 minutes dwell time, then I use a thick brush to agitate dwell again for 1 minute and then pressure off with at least 1800 psi. I'll try to help in the upcoming meets.

when i did my engine scrub the year before last i used wd40 as the main degreaser, let that dwell for a few minutes, agitated with a toothbrush and then used the coin wash soap spray before i rinsed it down, then used tireshine on the hoses. budget ftw ... i have to do it again this year tho, my bay is gritty.

but to answer your question i never used a degreaser for the paint, what kind do you recommend?

so my engine bay is made nasty because of the rust proofing job, is there anything i can do about it?

grafxx wrote:when i did my engine scrub the year before last i used wd40 as the main degreaser, let that dwell for a few minutes, agitated with a toothbrush and then used the coin wash soap spray before i rinsed it down, then used tireshine on the hoses. budget ftw ... i have to do it again this year tho, my bay is gritty.

but to answer your question i never used a degreaser for the paint, what kind do you recommend?

Try zep citrus 4:1, get it from home depot. Do a test before though if you've had your car repainted or have a single stage then don't go this route

koi wrote:so my engine bay is made nasty because of the rust proofing job, is there anything i can do about it?

Try to leave anything that needs to be there and regular car soap will take care of the rest

thanks for sharing your expertise, hope to meet you at a meet

koi wrote:thanks for sharing your expertise, hope to meet you at a meet

No problem at all, also use a old sock for cleaning up the rust proofing oils. If you get it on your mitt, that mitt is done or demoted to wheel and tire duty or something else horrible.

Some nice links. Definitely motivational.

some great tips for sure. ive always try to take care f my car. and do atleast 2 engine bay cleans a yr.Swissvax and Meguiars are the only products i use on my car. never been threw a gas station car wash before with any of my cars.


heres another link i use when detailing my car. this guy is nuts, 70+ hrs or work into this ferrari.

http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/show-shine/29533-ferrari-360-spider-detailed-tcs.htm

Nice, Yeah tommy is a good detailer and he doesn't even do it for a living. He's actually a truck driver.

Here is a video of a lamborghini that polished for 110 hours. It's pretty inspirational

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnGzJdQUnSc

^ thats crazy i just stubbled apon his thread once, figured thats what he did for a living. hes amazing at his hobbie thats for sure!