Chris@GlimmerGlass

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If I have time, I want to post up a similar post to the leatherique one, only for exterior, but I dont know if I'll have the time for it to be beneficial to everyone this year.

Anyway, in short, my personal routine is something like this:

For wheels, I do a very thorough cleaning and apply 2 coats of poorboys wheel sealant. Helps to keep the salty road grime off, or at least rinse off easier anyway when the time comes. Optimum Tire Gel on the tires.
For paint, I; clay, poliseal (or polish w/ sealant), then do collinite 845 on the truck and 476 on the M3. The 476s will actually be a little more durable since its in paste form, but I just love 845 on the truck. Collinite is definitely the go-to product on the exterior for mine and all details I do in the cold months.
Other little stuff I do is, Trim Restorer on exterior trims, and add about an ounce or two of Poorboys Bug Squash to the windshield fluid reservoir to give the washer fluid a boost. (dont use a lot though.. its only meant as a booster, not a replacement).

BounceNY

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Cool, thanks for the input!

UpstateLex

For real Chris thank you, going to be my first winter with a nice vehicle so I was in desperate need of some help. I hope you get to that write up if you get the time if not than thats okay !

Are the products you mentioned located on your website?

kloh7

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Curious about Klasse Sealant Glaze, since it has the word "glaze" in it. Does it mean its a real glaze? I hear it actually might amplify minor scratches in paint. I washed, clayed, washed again, polished the car and was going to use the sealant and then some wax for the paint to "pop" but now was thinking for some minor scratches I still have, should I put a glaze on and then seal and wax? Please help. Thanks in advance.

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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Yes, they are

For wheels:

Premium Blue:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/prblwhrimcl.html
APC for tires:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com...dable-apc.html
Wheel Sealant:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/wheelsealant1.html
OptiBond Tire Gel (apply w/ foam applicator)
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/optigel.html
Bare Bones for wheel wells:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/babounsp.html

If you dont plan to remove the wheels to clean the back sides, I'd recommend grabbing an ez detail brush to reach back there.
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/ezdetailbrush.html

For paint:
Clay:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com...ubricants.html
The elastic or gray 200g clay is what is most common to use. If your paint is in very good condition, you can go w/ the extra light cut bar though. LUBER or Spray n Wipe for clay lube.
PoliSeal or Polish w/ Sealant. Both very good. PoliSeal is a larger bottle, if that matters:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/oppo.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/powise.html

Collinite 845 or 476s for wax:
845 is very thick initially. Warm it up and it becomes watery and much, MUCH, easier to apply. Do this by letting it sit out in the sun, put it under some hot water, etc.
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/coaupr.html

Recommended towels: (6 of one of the following should do)
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/16x16elite.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/flmito.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/16x16eliteii.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/mega-plush-1.html

Glass:
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/glasscleaner.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/miglto.html
mix in a little bit of bug squash to wash fluid res.
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/bug-squash.html

Trim Restorer (use w/ microfiber applicator)
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/trim-restorer.html

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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Although I dont personally use the klasse products, its my understanding that KSG is not really a glaze in the traditional sense that it is oil/filler heavy enough to hide imperfections, and more so a sealant. Someone with more personal experience w/ the product may be able to give a more accurate representation of its abilities to help hide some defects.
If you want to glaze first to help hide some imperfections, consider chemical guys ez creme glaze, which is an acrylic glaze, then you're finishing products.
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/exshezglwshi.html

ItsChris

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hey chris, thanks for being kind enough to answer questions for us on this board, im new to the board, so I'd like to ask you a question please

I bought a gs400 and I guess the previous owner left it by sprinklers, or something. Pretty much the whole rear passenger window's and some of the passenger window, have these really nasty Water spots, i guess from the hard water.

I Tried already:

1) Fine, medium, and ruff wire metal pads - very little change with the Ruff wire pad, but was still their
2) Rubbing Compound ( Red and white) - Didn't work
3) Invisible Glass, tried like 10 coats (from other people on the forums)- didn't work
4) i tried to polish them out - didnt work

I dont know much I can do, please help me !!

thanks in advance !

eyezack87

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I think its time for this thread to be bumped. My PM box is filling up quite rapidly because of detailing PMs haha. Not that I do not mind, its just that I don't want to go back later and delete all the unimportant ones when it gets full thats all

Post away people

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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SC34M3

how can i remove water marks that been on for yrs i believe....i have used vinegar and that ain't cutting it.

Vincent123

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I used vinegar and clay bar and it took off waterspots that have been on my car for quite some time. Try the clay bar if you havent already

GS300Rich

Got any suggestions to clean a stained/faded black plastic bumper of a ford sport trac? It appears that it is either faded by sun or some sort of chemical. The neighbor who owns it was in an accident about a month ago and the bodyshop had to repaint part of the bed of the truck, and now there are parts of the bumper that have a white/gray haze. Anyway to restore it back to black to match the sideskirts? I tried cleaning with 303 aerospace protectant to see if that would do anything but it was minimal

eyezack87

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As long as it is textured plastic I would recommend Black Wow to get rid of the haze and restore it back to normal black. If you are at the price for the bottle consider this, I've done over 30 cars with it and I barely touched 1oz. A little truly goes a long way because once the included applicator is saturated, I did not have to add anymore

GS300Rich

where can I get black wow at? If it works good it will pay for itself Thank you for the help

Chris@GlimmerGlass

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If a vinegar solution alone didnt work, my next suggestion would be to try going through a full detail process. Claying, polishing, etc. See what improvements that makes on the surface.

You should be able to get it through them directly. Fwiw though, heres a fender I did on a Jeep. Obviously this isnt a permanent solution, but nothing will be if the plastic is faded this bad from uv exposure. It did last a few weeks though. And like black wow, Poorboys Trim Restorer takes very little product to achieve these results and will easily last the same amount of time.

Poorboys Trim Restorer
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/trim-restorer.html

W/ a quick swipe to show the difference.


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