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With our recent heat wave in full swing we still managed to have a pretty full class this Saturday!
Not only were we on the tail end of a heat wave, but here in California we're in the middle of a massive drought. Water restrictions have become mandatory and fines are being levied to those who fail to comply. That moved our discussion on washing method to focus a bit more on rinseless and waterless washing. We always discuss this anyway, but it's often a bit tricky to demo just how safe it is because it's rare that we have a car that is both dirty and has defect free paint under the dirt. Let's face it, if you want to demonstrate how safe these processes are but the car is a swirled mess to start with, you can't really prove how safe this is. Well, this weekend we not only had a really dirty car (fresh from a 1200 mile road trip!) but the hood had recently been polished out at a TNOG session. We're in luck!
This Mazdaspeed3 bore the accumulated mess that a 1200 mile road trip will dump on a car. Those aren't simple water spots, they're loaded with dirt and grit.
With some D114 mixed up in a bucket of water, we dropped some folded microfiber towels into the mix, readied a Water Magnet drying towel, and got to work.
Straight line wipes with the towel, never letting the dirty edge back in contact with the paint and never putting the dirty towel back in the bucket. On a really dirty surface it's a good idea to pre treat the surface by spraying some of the D114 mixture onto the paint first, then wiping with the towel.
Voila!
Still not convinced? Let's throw a spot light on that black paint and look for swirls. See 'em? Nope, we don't see 'em either!
From the rinseless wash demo we moved on to the black Mustang that was our subject for the hands on defect removal portion of the class. This car was less about your typical swirl marks and more about really deep scratches all over the poor car. Sort of like wide spread RIDS!
As is typical, we demonstrated both traditional liquids and foam discs versus the DAMF System.
In the case of this Mustang and it's wide spread deep scratches, we opted for the DAMF System. Traditional foam and UC did an outstanding job of removing the swirls that were present, but it took several passes to remove the deeper scratches. And those deeper scratches were just everywhere. The DAMF System obliterated those deep marks quickly and easily.
With the process chose, it was time for hands on instruction. And yes, we're serious about the hands on part!
Teamwork!
Concentration!
More teamwork.
Everyone wanted in on the action!
A group portrait in the hood. Nice work, guys!!
Not only were we on the tail end of a heat wave, but here in California we're in the middle of a massive drought. Water restrictions have become mandatory and fines are being levied to those who fail to comply. That moved our discussion on washing method to focus a bit more on rinseless and waterless washing. We always discuss this anyway, but it's often a bit tricky to demo just how safe it is because it's rare that we have a car that is both dirty and has defect free paint under the dirt. Let's face it, if you want to demonstrate how safe these processes are but the car is a swirled mess to start with, you can't really prove how safe this is. Well, this weekend we not only had a really dirty car (fresh from a 1200 mile road trip!) but the hood had recently been polished out at a TNOG session. We're in luck!
This Mazdaspeed3 bore the accumulated mess that a 1200 mile road trip will dump on a car. Those aren't simple water spots, they're loaded with dirt and grit.
With some D114 mixed up in a bucket of water, we dropped some folded microfiber towels into the mix, readied a Water Magnet drying towel, and got to work.
Straight line wipes with the towel, never letting the dirty edge back in contact with the paint and never putting the dirty towel back in the bucket. On a really dirty surface it's a good idea to pre treat the surface by spraying some of the D114 mixture onto the paint first, then wiping with the towel.
Voila!
Still not convinced? Let's throw a spot light on that black paint and look for swirls. See 'em? Nope, we don't see 'em either!
From the rinseless wash demo we moved on to the black Mustang that was our subject for the hands on defect removal portion of the class. This car was less about your typical swirl marks and more about really deep scratches all over the poor car. Sort of like wide spread RIDS!
As is typical, we demonstrated both traditional liquids and foam discs versus the DAMF System.
In the case of this Mustang and it's wide spread deep scratches, we opted for the DAMF System. Traditional foam and UC did an outstanding job of removing the swirls that were present, but it took several passes to remove the deeper scratches. And those deeper scratches were just everywhere. The DAMF System obliterated those deep marks quickly and easily.
With the process chose, it was time for hands on instruction. And yes, we're serious about the hands on part!
Teamwork!
Concentration!
More teamwork.
Everyone wanted in on the action!
A group portrait in the hood. Nice work, guys!!
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