r/Detailing

Guuuuuys. How do you not die using this stuff?

I took my wheels to the self serve car wash because I don’t have a pressure washer. The moment I sprayed this stuff on my wheel, I thought I was gonna die. The fumes cannot be good. People in the bay over can even smell it and I felt so bad I just rinsed it off and went home and tried again.

I did it in my driveway, with just a garden hose. It worked, it got rid of all the caked on brake dust and rust that won’t come off with soap. But I had to do it with a respirator.

Before I can move on to the 2nd wheel, the neighbor came and complained because it’s that strong that they can smell it in their bedroom.

Even if I can tolerate it with a respirator, where can you even use this stuff? You’re basically poisoning everyone within 30 feet of you. How come all the YouTube videos shows people just casually using it with no respirator and they’re breathing hella close to the car?

I can feel my lungs cry 😭

Can anyone share experience with the shower head style rinse tips? I'm using an Active 2.3 and waa thinking with the added gph this style tip might be birth adding. I'm thinking it would be nice for rinsing out door jambs Etc.

Mr pink soap

1800 psi

1mm orifice

Astro ai cannon

This video is with soap only. When i add hot water it's even worst. Any tips?

Hello!

Since I’m working mobile, a compressor unfortunately isn’t an option, so I’ve been looking into alternatives like handheld blowers.

I’m trying to find an efficient way to clean product out of small cracks and tight areas when cleaning interiors. Right now I usually spray product onto a microfiber and wipe to avoid excess foaming, but I’ve found that foaming with a brush is much more effective overall.

Has anyone dealt with a similar issue, and how do you handle product getting stuck in tight areas without compressed air?

Thanks.

I know I know… I might get better prices somewhere else and Crappy Tire and what not… but let’s not get into the pricing. :)

It’s foamed up really nice left the car car nice and slick

So as an early birthday gift my fiancée got me this Giraffe tools wall mounted shop vac. I knew they had wall mounted pressure washers as well and decided to take the plunge and buy the Grandfalls Plus. Today I used both to give my fiancées CX-5 a good inside and outside detail and I must say I absolutely love both! I know there are better performing pressure washers out there for the same price, but for the home hobbyist I think these are great options and I love the all in one package it comes with. The hose is nice and pliable and also 100 fucking feet long (not joking lol), I swapped out the stock nozzles for 3.0 orifice ones to get some more GPM (heard 3.0 makes 1000psi @ 1.65gpm on these so not terrible), and I used my favorite swivel gun the Zebra Clean SG28 (literally an MTM SGS28 rip off but for cheaper yet just as nice imo). It made cleaning the car so much faster as I didn’t have to lug everything out and lug everything back when I was done. I’m quite pleased with both!

I got this stain/discoloration on my Camaros seat that pisses me off so much I have scrubbed and scrubbed ive tried very concentrated ONR and none of it comes off.

I have no idea what this is its been here since i bought the car. Lowkey looks like a certain something but I don't understand how that would be that high up on the seat 😭 also im sure that would come off easier.

Either way its killing me for the most part my interior is spotless and I just cant get rid of this.

I have some Koch Chemie Green Star I haven't tried yet as worried about it being to strong. Ideally I could do something with household stuff as I don't wanna buy chems ill never use again. For the most part my interior is spotless so it would go to waste. But if I must i will.

im a noob when it comes to detailing. Hopefully someone can help

I need to paint correct this trailer and everything I have tried that usually does the trick doesn’t work. I need to have it done soon and am running out of ideas!!!

VW t roc under 4 years old with less than 30k on the clock. Cleaned usually with bilt hamber products, touchless, autowash, autowheel, the odd time with infinity wax liquid fire but not regularly

I'm just trying to figure out what could cause this type of damage and how to prevent it on my next car, I haven't been hammering acidic wheel cleaners or anything like that, alloys aren't coated just standard r line ones which might be diamond cut or something?

Just wondering if it's stone chips and I've been unlucky, if so then ceramic coating the wheels on my next car probably won't prevent that sort of damage!

Thanks

https://imgur.com/a/tWjdqAj

I've had my year 2000 Mazda MX-5 NB for over a year now, and originally I wanted to ask for advice on some nasty water spots she developed. We had an unusually harsh winter, which she spent in a deep level parking garage, naive me thinking that my car will be adequately protected there from the elements. Of course the garage ceiling developed leaks, one of them directly above my parking spot. By the time I noticed it after returning from the Christmas festivities at my parents', water was dripping down for weeks and essentially growing what I reckon to be baby stalagmites on the hood of my car. I wiped off what I could and washed the car and after it dried (and I removed the new drippings too) I covered the whole car up. Unfortunately the damage was done and now I have these hard white splashes that just refuse to come off and are quite an eyesore. Tbh I only tried vinegar on it so far, I read a lot about different water spot remover products, clay barring, and I even tried to get comfortable with the idea of doing my first polishing job, but I did not reach any conclusion on how best to proceed.

I have to say at this point that I am an absolute dummy to detailing, and I did not care so far for the many inherited damage that came with my long-lived Miata, including paint cracks from gravel, clumsily overpainted scratches from an exterior luggage rack, paint marks from other surfaces, chippings on the edge of the door and a particularly nasty carving on one of the mirrors (see photos). Oh and the bonus white markings on the soft top that look just as if sunscreen made them, they are only really visible in bright sunlight but then really hurt the eye. I figure that this level of damage would call for a complete repaint, but I am not intending to spend that kind of money on her, she is an affordable weekend fun plaything after all. But, I do want to care for my first sweetheart, and while I am okay with her looking like the experienced lady she is, I feel like I could still improve the present condition. So I am here to learn about what can be achieved cost-effectively and mainly with household methods to give her a more organized look. The water spots really should go first, but I am also curious about what else could be achieved with polishing or correction of chipped paint (even though I am rather afraid to do stuff like that to her myself). So please, if you have fatherly advice on treating any of these damages, it will be very welcome!

Footnote: I am well aware that the car was involved in an accident or two, we checked paint thickness at purchase and it was 200-500 microns around the sides and up to 1000 microns around the wheel arches and sills. Don't know how much that counts here though.

Alreadv tried magic eraser with rubbing alcohol and microfiber towel with glass cleaner. Happened when i got my car back from collision repair (back bumper damage).

So I just got a job with a family friend. He has a detailing business. He showed me this brown runny liquid that literally made any scratch on the car disappear and not come back. I don’t know much about scratches but what could this be? He said it’s hard to get and expensive, is it some sort of glaze or filler? I looked all across the internet and nothing matches the color and consistency of this. He also won’t tell me what it is so that doesn’t help, I just want it for my own car.

DIY guy looking for some help

First time poster, but been following for some time. Looking for some help with my new to me 2007 Porsche Cayman. I’m just a DIY guy more familiar with boats than cars at this point. I can’t seem to get the swirls out. Am I expecting too much for DIY on a 20 year old car?

Equipment- 5” forced rotation random orbital

Here is what I have done and used so far

Prewash/wash

Iron Decon (p&s)

Clay bar

1st attempt- 3d Detailing “one” hybrid compound, blue foam pad.

2nd attempt- 3d detailing “500”. First try microfiber (Oreo pad). Did so so. Second try blue foam pad. Ironically seemed to do better.

Regardless it looks 100 times better than when I started, but I feel like I can do better.

Any thoughts? Again just an amateur, doing my best. Am I at the end of a recommended DIY path? Time for a professional?

Hard time getting photos, thanks in advance!