What are you detailing today?

[Big Dave]

I washed my Mum's Nissan Qashqai today, I think you call it a Rogue Sport over there, and Jeremy Clarkson calls them the Nissan Kumquat. It was coated with NV Lustre and Jet about 6 months ago, so it's an easy vehicle to wash. I foamed it, tested out a new foam, a cheap auto store brand foam, it foamed well, and rinsed easy. I then gave it a 2B wash with Reset, I needed it really clean as I wanted to put something extra on it afterwards.

I decided to add an extra layer of protection, like I did for my FJ last weekend, but I wanted some enhancement, so I went with Dodo Juice Blue Velvet. It really enhances blue paint. I've had the Blue Velvet for 15+ years, and it still goes on and removes easy.

 

[Mike Phillips]

I did this on Saturday for new video content. Washed and coated using the Dr. Beasley's products that come with this car when you buy it new.

WAY TOO MUCH BLACK PIANO PLASTIC ON THE EXTERIOR.

This car will be here for a Matte Detailing Class on Saturday, November 23rd.



Mike

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Wow, I had to look that up, I had no idea Hyundai was supplying matte finish care products with their vehicles.

 

[Mike Phillips]

Wow, I had to look that up, I had no idea Hyundai was supplying matte finish care products with their vehicles.

Dr. Beasly's supplies end-user matte care products to,

• Hyundai
• Genesis
• KIA

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Matte Paint Prescription

Yancy and I shot a video using the products that were in the bucket that came with the Hyundai Santa Fe from the dealership. Should be through editing sometime next week.


Mike

 

[Big Dave]

I washed my FJ Cruiser today, it was mainly dusty, so I foamed and pressure washed it. At the last wash I wanted to put something extra on top, I chose Turtle Wax Graphene Infused Wax, I bought it on clearance for $10, thinking I'd probably use it on wheels, or my brother's car. It was finicky on the white (single stage) roof, but fine on the clear coated silver. Well after washing it today, and it washed very easily, I thought I'd dry using Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Wet Wax as a drying aid. It dried very easily, and seemed to bring some really nice gloss, it definitely added more than I saw from the Graphene Infused stuff. I even dried the powder coated wheels with it.

 

[Fech]

Wash and spray coat

 

[Mike Phillips]

Wash and spray coat

Looks good!


Mike

 

[Fech]

Looks good!


Mike

Thank you!

 

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the project I started last Saturday, so much work.

AeroVault Car Hauler Trailer

I've been sharing some short video clips on my FB and IG pages

Mike Phillips Facebook

Mike Phillips Instagram


Learn more story behind AeroVault Trailers and the designer, world famous Peter Brock

AeroVault History


THE DESIGNS OF PETER BROCK
The AeroVault joins a distinguished collection of Peter Brock Designs

GM Styling
It started when in 1957, 20-year-old GM Designer, Peter Brock, sketched what would first become the ’59 Stingray Racer (seen to the right) and would later become the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.


Shelby American
By the time ’63 rolled around, Brock was long gone from GM, joining Carroll Shelby in Southern California in 1961. At Shelby’s, Brock not only designed several cars, he created the Shelby brand look and image, first with the Cobra Roadsters through to the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustangs. In ’63 Brock designed what he is mostly known for, the FIA World Championship Daytona Cobra Coupe (seen to the right). It was the first World Championship for Shelby and America. Other cars of his design that followed were the Nethercutt Mirage, the Lang Cooper, the Daytona Cobra Type 65 and the stunning De Tomaso P70.


Brock Racing Enterprises
At the end of the ’65 season, the Cobra program was disbanded in favor of Ford’s GT40 racers. Brock left and founded Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE), designing another set of historic, groundbreaking beauties such as the Hino Samurai, the Toyota JP6 and the Triumph TR-250K. Getting the attention of Japanese manufacturers, Nissan Japan made BRE the factory Datsun race team for the Western half of the U.S. BRE is credited for the acceptance of Japanese cars in the U.S. by winning 4 National Championships from 1969-72 with two Championships each with the BRE Datsun 240Zs and BRE Datsun 510s over the likes of Alfa, BMW, Triumph and Porsche.


UP
In 1973 Brock turned his attention to the new sport of hang gliding. He founded Ultralight Products (UP), becoming the largest hang gliding company in the world, designing the best and safest hang gliders in the possible. Brock became known for his innovation and industry leading safety standards.


Instructor / Photojournalist
By the late ’80s, Brock walked away from flight and returned to his first love: cars. Brock became an instructor at Art Center College in Pasadena, CA teaching the history of automotive design and aerodynamics. Brock soon became a highly respected author. Brock’s wife Gayle was an award-winning manager in the computer industry (e.g. Apple, Microsoft) and left her corporate executive position in 2005 to join Brock fulltime as photojournalists for the automotive industry.

Mike

 

[Setec Astronomy]

That thing looks like a spaceship or something, Mike!

 

[Mike Phillips]

That thing looks like a spaceship or something, Mike!

This thing is a behemoth! I normally don't like to do these types of projects, but this is for a gentleman that has me detail a lot of classic Ferraris, so one thing I've learned in life is take care of your great customers.

I'm working on a fresh article as I type, it's very exhaustive in that it will show how to work by,

• Hand
• Foam buff ball
• Cloth buff ball
• Orbital polisher
• Rotary polisher
• Gear-driven orbital

So lots of pictures and lots of typing. I have some video to go with it too.

Plus, tackling projects like this and then creating, hopefully a helpful how-to article to show others how to do this type of work is the other reason I take on projects like this.


I'm looking forward to it leaving the shop


Mike

 

[Setec Astronomy]

This thing is a behemoth!

I'm looking forward to it leaving the shop

LOL!

 

[Big Dave]

So Mike, what's the best way of protecting something like that AeroVault trailer, would something like a spray and rinse sealant work, thinking that way as something hand applied would be time consuming, not to mention physically demanding, as I'm sure you know.

Also, is it a similar surface and finish to an Airstream Caravan, I've not seen either in person.

 

[Mike Phillips]

So Mike, what's the best way of protecting something like that AeroVault trailer, would something like a spray and rinse sealant work, thinking that way as something hand applied would be time consuming, not to mention physically demanding, as I'm sure you know.

Also, is it a similar surface and finish to an Airstream Caravan, I've not seen either in person.

First - I have a full how-to article with some video for how I tackled this aluminum.

Second - For this project I used White Diamond Metal Polish and on the front label it states this polish has a built-in sealant.


In my article, I will show how to use the Dr. Beasley's Metal Coat. But in order to use this, I have to chemically strip all the aluminum after polishing to remove the sealant.

The thing about polishing aluminum is that the nicer the finish you create, the more work and more difficult it will be to maintain at this level. In a perfect world, you would ever spray an automotive type clearcoat over the aluminum to seal in the shine and lock out oxidation, kind of how Airstream does this. Besides that, frequent polishing always works.


Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

Knocking out the top cap

Mike[/img]

 

[Mak]

Here's the project I started last Saturday, so much work.

AeroVault Car Hauler Trailer

I've been sharing some short video clips on my FB and IG pages

Mike Phillips Facebook

Mike Phillips Instagram


Learn more story behind AeroVault Trailers and the designer, world famous Peter Brock

AeroVault History


THE DESIGNS OF PETER BROCK
The AeroVault joins a distinguished collection of Peter Brock Designs

GM Styling
It started when in 1957, 20-year-old GM Designer, Peter Brock, sketched what would first become the ’59 Stingray Racer (seen to the right) and would later become the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.


Shelby American
By the time ’63 rolled around, Brock was long gone from GM, joining Carroll Shelby in Southern California in 1961. At Shelby’s, Brock not only designed several cars, he created the Shelby brand look and image, first with the Cobra Roadsters through to the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustangs. In ’63 Brock designed what he is mostly known for, the FIA World Championship Daytona Cobra Coupe (seen to the right). It was the first World Championship for Shelby and America. Other cars of his design that followed were the Nethercutt Mirage, the Lang Cooper, the Daytona Cobra Type 65 and the stunning De Tomaso P70.


Brock Racing Enterprises
At the end of the ’65 season, the Cobra program was disbanded in favor of Ford’s GT40 racers. Brock left and founded Brock Racing Enterprises (BRE), designing another set of historic, groundbreaking beauties such as the Hino Samurai, the Toyota JP6 and the Triumph TR-250K. Getting the attention of Japanese manufacturers, Nissan Japan made BRE the factory Datsun race team for the Western half of the U.S. BRE is credited for the acceptance of Japanese cars in the U.S. by winning 4 National Championships from 1969-72 with two Championships each with the BRE Datsun 240Zs and BRE Datsun 510s over the likes of Alfa, BMW, Triumph and Porsche.


UP
In 1973 Brock turned his attention to the new sport of hang gliding. He founded Ultralight Products (UP), becoming the largest hang gliding company in the world, designing the best and safest hang gliders in the possible. Brock became known for his innovation and industry leading safety standards.


Instructor / Photojournalist
By the late ’80s, Brock walked away from flight and returned to his first love: cars. Brock became an instructor at Art Center College in Pasadena, CA teaching the history of automotive design and aerodynamics. Brock soon became a highly respected author. Brock’s wife Gayle was an award-winning manager in the computer industry (e.g. Apple, Microsoft) and left her corporate executive position in 2005 to join Brock fulltime as photojournalists for the automotive industry.

Mike

I’ll be watching this with great interest since I have yet to perfect the process on what works best to get rid of scratches, swirls and pigtails to get that perfect mirror finish on my Panoz. I can’t wait to try the cornstarch trick. After the bugging/polishing stage, removal of that residue is alway one of the most frustrating and lengthy processes…