- What's up?
(mimics explosion) Wazzup!
What's going on?
How you doin', huh?
How's it going?
What's up guys?
I'm Jason, I'm one of the newer members
of The Chemical Guys family.
For those of you that have been here
for a long time and following us, we appreciate you,
Y'all are detailing wizards!
Casting clean spells with your Red Rockets.
Cleangardium waxiosa!
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Well, I'm embarrassed to say
I'm a complete noob at detailing,
I know nothing about it.
So, if you're like me and you don't know
what the heck you're doing,
you're brand new to detailing, this series is for you.
We're gonna be going step-by-step
through every part of the detailing process.
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- What's up guys?
I absolutely love my car
and I love to make it shine.
I just don't know how to do it.
First things first, let's head over to the Detail Garage,
talk to some of these really knowledgeable guys
and find out what we need to get started.
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I don't know what I'm doing with this car.
Nick is probably one of the best detailers I've ever met.
- So, you usually want to start with the wheels
because, as we mentioned in some other videos
or in all our videos basically,
the wheels are gonna be the dirtiest area.
So, now we're gonna get the tires
and the rims looking their best.
- We're gonna work on the tires today.
So Nick, what is the first thing
that I should do to my tires?
- First thing?
- [Jason] Yeah.
- You wanna rinse them down--
- [Jason] Okay.
- Because you see that there's that layer of brake dust
or, there's dirt on there obviously
because it's been driving around.
So, by rinsing it you're gonna knock down the heavier stuff.
And then you wanna use your favorite wheel cleaner
and that's gonna help absorb the abrasive particles
or the stuff that's kind of baked on.
And then you wanna gently scrub it and then rinse that away.
And then we can go on to the drying process
so that we don't create water spots.
- In terms of what I need
and what every newbie at home needs,
what would you recommend we grab from the store right now?
- You need at least one wheel cleaner.
I would recommend using a bucket and a dirt trap
just so we can kinda keep some of the dirt from coming back.
- Okay.
- And my favorite, it works on any kind of finish,
but my favorite is Diablo.
It works on everything. - But this car,
I feel like I would name this car The Diablo
just because of how it looks.
So, I think we're gonna go with that wheel cleaner.
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- [Jason] What do we got here, we got a Red Rocket brush--
Actually, Nick, can you tell me what all this stuff is?
Because I really have no idea, except for that one,
which I use as a magic wand half the time.
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- En garde.
So we have the Red Rocket brush, as you mentioned,
which we're gonna use to get all the way through the barrel
and all through the spokes here,
because even though it's not really dirty,
you can still see that there's a layer of brake dust
and possibly some kind of road debris
that builds up inside of the barrel.
So, this kind of design helps
to get all the way to the back.
This way you're not missing any areas.
And then we use the green flagged tip brush,
which is really soft and this will
clean off the face of the wheel
because that's where a lot of
the brake dust stuff will land.
And then for the intricate areas,
we're gonna use one of the almond detail brushes.
This is the medium of the three set.
And this is good for your lug nuts or detailing your caliper
or basically the hard to reach areas.
A lug nut?
(laughs)
You're a wing nut not a lug nut.
And then lastly we have the Nifty brush,
which we use to clean off the old dressings from the tires
and this is just a great way to reveal that natural look.
Because old dressings and as well as anything that
can trap itself on the surface such as grease
will give you this browning effect.
And also that's what the tire's natural,
you know, look would be, would be a browning.
So you want to clean all that off
before you put any kind of dressings on there.
This way it looks its best.
- [Jason] Okay, awesome!
So the brushes scrub all the previous stuff
and the dirt off.
- [Nick] Yeah.
- [Jason] And then these other brushes will kind of give you
access to the hard-to-reach places the inside the wheel.
- And then we're gonna set up our Ducky Foam sprayer.
We're using Diablo wheel gel.
And we're gonna put this three-to-one,
which means there is...
plenty of soap for cleaning power and lubrication.
We'll attach the top and as you said,
it looks like a duck.
(duck quacks)
As you spray, this helps to aerate the product,
giving that foamy effect.
Just like with the foam cannons, I do it this way.
Stir it up rather than shake it up,
because it'll start creating the foam
inside of the product--
inside of the bottle,
and then rather than aerating it's just gonna
kinda throw a mixture of soapy product,
but if you shake it gently, it'll give you that foam
instead of being like a nasty mess.
So we'll add a little bit of the Diablo to the bucket.
- [Jason] Okay.
- And that's gonna give us some more cleaning power
as well as lubrication, because the main idea is
to have plenty of lubrication so we don't scratch the wheel,
unless you want us to.
- [Jason] I'm okay with not scratching the wheel.
- I thought you'd be.
Now, rinse it down and then we'll go
into the scrubbing process and all the fun stuff.
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- We added some Diablo gel to the bucket,
we foamed it up, we got it ready to go.
The wheel is rinsed off and now--
I'm not gonna eat that because that is contaminated.
(laughs)
But, it looks delicious.
I think we're gonna start with the scrub.
- Yeah.
I think you should be doing this.
- [Jason] I don't think I--
- So, let me get this.
- All right, so, I'm supposed to grab this guy right?
- [Nick] Yeah.
Well first you want to spray the wheel with the Diablo.
- I'm gonna spray the wheel with the Diablo.
Any part of the wheel or what?
- [Nick] Yeah, I would start at the top.
That way, gravity kinda pulls down.
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- I'm gonna grab this guy.
I think this is next.
This looks like I should probably
be able to use this, right?
- [Nick] This is the guy!
So, you want to start at the top.
- Start at the top?
- [Nick] Yeah.
- And the reason being because--
I mean, you see how much splatter it makes
and there's a method to the madness on this.
- Okay. - [Nick] So starting--
- Maybe you should show the method.
- [Nick] No, I like how you're doing it, you know?.
- Yeah, but all these these noobs like me
need to know the right way to do it.
I'm just showing them the wrong way at this point.
- [Nick] No, you're doing great.
- Okay.
What's the method?
Nice and slow, controlled?
- [Nick] You could.
I mean basically, all you're trying to do is
work from the top to the bottom
so that you're not bringing brake dust
and dirt into areas you've already cleaned,
but also the scrubbing motion helps
to loosen up the stubborn stuff.
Because brake dust, if you don't know, is very corrosive
and it's also really stubborn when it bakes on.
So, the scrubbing helps to loosen it
and agitate and gets it all, you know,
nice and carried out the surface.
- I see a lot of the dirt coming off here.
It's very brown and gross.
- [Nick] Yeah.
- Let me dip this in here and then you're gonna continue.
(mutters)
- So now that you've gotten most of the stuff done
you saw that the Red Rocket brush goes
all the way to the back of the barrel.
We'll get back here, between the caliper.
This is an area that's kinda hard to get to,
especially without moving the car.
You just want to work it all the way around,
And what I do is I'll kind of give it
a little bit of a rocking motion
just to get the back of the spoke.
Even though it's an area that you can't really see,
I know it's there and you know it's there.
What's also great is this brush is flexible.
So, let's say you do want to bend it, you can also kink it
and make it like a J or an L and then we can get
all the way to the back, you get the back of the spoke.
- [Jason] I am seeing a lot dirt...
debris on the brush itself.
- Yeah, so that's why you have your bucket there.
So, you can rinse it off.
And you want to try your best to get it
against the dirt trap.
This way you can get it into the filtration system
rather than having it in the ambient water there.
Let's clean the face of it using
the green flagged tip brush.
Again, it's really soft so this won't
scratch the surface of your wheel.
And that's safe for any kind of wheel too,
so it's painted, OEM, polished, or chrome.
In the same process, you can start at the top.
You're just cleaning the bulk of the mess off.
So, now you see why you want to do the wheels first,
because you're flinging, you know,
product and dirt all over the car
and if you have washed the car,
you know, you'd have to come back and either dry it
or wash it again because it makes a big mess.
- [Jason] Green flagged tip brush.
- I know there's a third brush in here, there it is.
The intricate stuff like the lug nuts
and also if you have really dirty calipers,
you can also use this to detail that as well.
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Shazam!
- I hope you guys enjoyed that slow-motion montage
of buttery wheel cleaning.
What's next, Nick?
- So the last step, we're going to clean the tire.
We use the Nifty brush, which is going to really
scrub away the old dressings and dirt that was on there.
And a lot of people, they start with the tire
and they'll move onto the wheel first.
But I like doing the tire last just because,
in my mind, I feel like all the dirt that's
on the surface of the wheel will get stuck
on the tire and then you have to come back.
So this is like your last step.
It's kind of like working inward-out.
But that's just me, so--
- [Jason] That make sense.
I trust your professionalism.
And that is a very nifty brush, if I might say so myself.
- Pretty nifty!
- It has multiple uses.
Clean your tires, clean your carpets, brush your hair.
It's all great!
You see it kind of turns a little bit brown?
- [Jason] Yeah!
- It's the grease and the dressings that were on there
and that mixes with the cleaner and then it turns it brown.
- [Jason] How far do you try to go?
Pretty deep into that tire well?
Or just kind of the exterior?
- I mean this is where everybody's gonna see,
and as you drive away this is gonna
get dirty again no matter what.
Same thing, like with your rotors.
A lot of people ask what's the best way to clean it
or to make it look, you know, brand new or not rusted?
But basically, it only looks like this,
this brown look, because it's wet.
It's an exposed piece of metal.
But as you drive your car, you're going to press the brakes
and that's going to clamp down on the rotor
and that self cleans it, so there's no need
to really worry about that.
- [Jason] Oh, cool.
- But basically, we're just gonna worry about the face.
So, now that we've done all this, we'll rinse it,
and then we can move on to the last step
where we're gonna dry it and put some kind of dressing
on there to enhance it and make it look a little better.
- [Jason] So, now we're rinsing this guy, right?
- [Nick] Mm-hmm.
- [Jason] Getting all that stuff off.
And it's basically clean at this point right?
- Yeah, you just wanna dry it,
make sure you don't create any water spots
and at the same time you can also
kinda clean up your wheel wells.
- [Jason] It's getting windy!
- It is a little windy.
- Clean you guys off again, hang on.
(smacks lips)
Okay.
All right, so we're wiping this guy down.
Basically wiping all the dirt that we just scrubbed off.
- Mostly the water.
- [Jason] Mostly water.
- Yeah, the brush should do most
of the scrubbing for the dirt.
- [Jason] Okay.
- But now you have leftover water,
so we don't wanna create water spots.
All that over spraying, and then we're
gonna wash the car later.
I'll just dry this off first for now.
- [Jason] Let's see what we got on here, wow.
Wow!
While we were doing this Joey showed up.
- Hey.
- [Jason] How's it look, Joey?
- Looks good, looks brand-new.
Just needs some tire shine on there and it's good to go!
- Cool, is there a way to know that we did
a good job by just looking at it, or--
- Just by looking at it, you can touch it,
you know, there's no dirt, dust coming on my hand.
You touch the tire itself, you'll see
that there's nothing coming onto my finger.
Looks good.
- [Jason] Do you have any recommendations on tire dressings?
- Personally, I'm a big fan of VRP, which is right here.
(laughing)
- [Nick] Whoa!
- Like magic.
Boop!
- [Jason] Where did that come from?
- Yeah, VRP is great because you can apply this
on anything on your exterior,
such as vinyl, rubber, or plastic,
so it makes it a great option to go ahead
and apply it to your tires.
It gives it a nice, deep coat of conditioning
and gives it a nice, high shine.
So, all you guys that love that shine,
VRP is a great, you know, product to go
and apply to your tires.
- Also because it stays dry to the touch so,
I don't like that greasy look.
A lot of people like a really high shine,
but I like more of a natural look.
So, this will give it that deeper gloss
but it won't attract dust.
- Wow, that is shiny, I gotta say.
So, we cleaned the tire, we dried the tire.
Next is the dressing. - Dress the tire.
- We've gotta dress the tire.
How do we apply this bad boy?
- So, you can do it with a microfiber applicator sponge
or a foam sponge and I just wanna work it in there,
massage it into the surface and give a moment to dry
and then buff it off.
- [Jason] Cool, let me grab a sponge
and we'll get to applying.
(winces)
It hurts!
There's that Nick flex baby!
- Yeah, those size 12 pythons.
(laughs)
Shake it up, apply it to the applicator pad,
which we're using a Durafoam applicator pad
that Joey so kindly brought to me.
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And that is it.
- [Jason] Nice!
- You can leave it on there for this kind of shine
or give it a moment to start bonding
and then we can wipe it off with a clean towel,
but it's really perfect.
In a moment it'll be dry to the touch no matter what.
It'll just give you more of that natural look
if you wipe off any excess.
- [Jason] Oh yeah, totally dry.
- [Nick] And that's it.
Now you just got three more to go.
- [Jason] Not oily or anything, it's nice and smooth.
- Exactly.
Water-based, it's safe for your interior and exterior stuff.
So, hence the name VRP.
It's vinyl, rubber, and plastics.
Tires, trims, such and such.
It's a great product.
- [Jason] Cool.
Awesome.
So, let's take a look here.
We give you guys the before.
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That didn't work.
Okay, before.
After.
Before.
After.
It's like being at the eye doctor.
"One or two?"
I prefer two.
Cool, so that's how we wash a tire.
(laughs)
- Yep, you just detailed your one tire.
- Detailed a tire.
So, we'll do all the rest of the tires,
or I'll probably end up doing the rest
of the tires, because--
- It is your car.
- I'm not gonna make Nick do that,
I would never make you wash my own car.
- Maybe.
- Okay, maybe.
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