Chemical Contamination Removal
Chemical Contamination Removal
The blog entries recently have been focusing on surface contamination on vehicle paint. This refers to all the stuff that won’t come off with normal washing. For example, that gritty, rough feeling that the paint may have after a com...
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Surface Contamination Removal!
Surface Contamination Removal!
In the blog entry entitled “Surface Contamination!”, we identified the common phenomenon of a rough-feeling paint surface even after fully washing a car. This is a result of “environmental fallout”, which is all of the solid particles...
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Surface Contamination!
Surface Contamination!
Ever take the time to fully wash and dry a car, only to notice that the clean dry paint surface feels rough??? Sometimes you can actually hear the roughness as you slide your hand back and forth across the paint surface. What is that stuff a...
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Washing Without Water
Washing Without Water
Gone are the days of the driveway carwash with the free-running hose. According to a study years ago by one of the larger car wash trade associations, the vintage-style do-it-yourself car wash used, on average, 120 gallons of water. The typic...
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Post-wash Dress-up
Post-wash Dress-up
In the last few blog entries, we have gone over the basics of bucket washing and the bucket washing process. We left off with the car being fully washed and dried using a do-it-yourself version of a professional “bucket wash”. The vehicle is now...
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Wash Like a Pro: Bucket Wash Process
In the blog entry “Wash Like a Pro: Bucket Wash Set-up”, we outlined how to get ready to perform a complete bucket wash on your vehicle. There are several “ingredients” to the bucket wash, including:
The garden hose with a shut-off trigger nozzle
Step stool (as n...
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Wash Like a Pro: Overview
For many vehicle care enthusiasts, the weekly Saturday morning car wash is a therapeutic activity that allows the owner to take pride each week in creating a clean and shiny ride. For some, it is also the only proper alternative to the real or perceived dangers of ...
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Consumer Guide to Ceramic Coating Maintenance
In the blog entry “Ceramic Coating Primer for the DIYer”, we discussed how ceramic coatings work, the three categories of ceramic coating products, and consumer cautions when shopping for or being offered ceramic coating options in the car care industry. The consum...
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Ceramic Coating Application for the DIYer
In the blog entry “Ceramic Coating Primer for the DIYer”, we discussed how ceramic coatings work, the three categories of ceramic coating products that are available, and consumer cautions when shopping for or being offered ceramic coating options in the car care in...
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Ceramic Coating Primer for the Consumer or DIYer
More and more consumers are becoming aware of the dramatic vehicle paint protection benefits that ceramic coatings can offer. Although widely used in industrial applications for decades, ceramic coating technology has only been available for about 20 years in formu...
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