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- Happy Monday, and welcome back to the Detail Garage.
Joseph here, along with Nick with some exciting news.
Today, we're gonna do something
a little bit different, starting off fresh.
And what better way to do that than
to showcase how we properly wash
your brand new vehicle, right Nick?
- Right, so following the process
that we started on Friday,
we're going to show you guys
how to properly wash your vehicle
that is brand new.
Even if it's new to you or you want a fresh start.
So we've already laid out the products
that we're gonna be using today.
And we already have our two buckets setup
with clean water and two dirt traps.
And what is this going to do is help filters out
as much of the abrasive particles and contamination
that is being brought from the vehicle
and it helps from bring brought back to the vehicle.
And we also have our big mouth foam cannon,
which helps to lay down a thick layer
of suds that helps lubricate our wash pad
it also helps to absorb any abrasive particles,
so we're not scratching it.
And we are using Mr. Pink
with Clean Slate which is going to help us
lay down a thick layer of suds
but also strip away any of the old layers
of glaze, sealant or wax,
so that we can have a fresh start
and really inspect the paint work
so we're gonna set up our buckets
then we can set up our foam cannon
and then we're gonna move on to the rinsing process
where we're going to be using our Snubby
to remove the loose dirt and debris.
Start from top to bottom,
but normally with any detail
we start with cleaning the wheels
which has sort of already been done
because basically this car is brand new,
its got less than a 100 miles on it,
so we've already cleaned the wheels, giving a light detail,
but now we are going to move on to the body
focus on that and start off with the rinsing process
and then move on to the foaming.
So Joseph, you want to set this up and get started?
- Yeah, let's go ahead and do it right now.
- Just gonna hop that.
- Yeah, let's go ahead and do it, thank you.
Just be careful, all right.
- [Nick] So I'll place the dirt traps in the
bucket even though I told Joseph to do it.
And I'm placing them at an angle.
- [Joseph] You want to do some of this.
- [Nick] And then the reason why I'm placing them
at an angle is so that we are not trapping
air underneath it.
Push it all the way to the bottom
creating a nice tight seal so that
it doesn't float back to the top.
And then we can add our soap dilution to the bucket
we'll use this one as our wash bucket
and this one as our rinse bucket.
So you want to add the same
that you've done to your foam cannon.
- [Joseph] You've got it, you ready?
- [Nick] Just a couple ounces.
Mr. Pink. - Mr. Pink
One in the pink, one in the slate.
All right, so there we go.
And so the other thing I know we've talked
about this before but Clean Slate.
Sorry, a little bit sick still.
Barely hanging on here.
- You want to drink some of that it might
help clear that up.
- Grandpa's old cough medicine.
But mister Clean Slate, sorry,
is one that doesn't really crazy foam up.
- Right. - You know you
don't get those crazy
thick sudsy foam from it so you know.
- Yeah that's why we are using Mr. Pink
as an additive for it so--
- That's right. - The cleaning power
as well as the foam.
- Correct, yeah, you've got the little top here Nick?
We are ready, oh look at that.
All right let me carefully go ahead and do this.
And this water in here is actually warm water,
so we went ahead and took the time and heated it up
in the microwave, no totally joking around.
But it is warm water, so which is always good, right.
- But why do we use warm water?
- It activates the suds a lot more,
think about a bubble bath.
- Activates--
- Activates you know whenever you are taking a bubble bath
you don't take a bubble bath in cold water.
- Right. - You know that,
that heat just goes in,
a chemical reaction you start getting things
happen to your body right.
- Unless you can't afford hot water
then maybe you take a cold bubble bath.
- Sure, that's true
- Somebody asked me the other day
if steaming was a good idea for a car.
What is your take on steam?
- You know, I have heard a lot of stuff
about that just because that with the heat
and stuff that little mist it actually lifts up dirt
and grime, I mean I've never used it before.
- Yeah. - So that's not
been something for myself so...
- I've used it once and I mean I feel,
like a foam cannon or a regular wash
is a little bit better
because it's like taking a shower,
you get clean by being in the shower
rather than standing next to the shower.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I'm the same way.
- Yeah. - Nothing like
a little suds right
- Go ahead lets get started.
- Alright let's go ahead and do it.
- So we'll start by rinsing it down,
using again our Snubby.
I'll let you do this because this is your car.
- Thank you so much man.
- But, a pro tip when using any kind of foam cannon,
is to keep a certain distance away from
the vehicle because it doesn't matter
if you're working with 1,200 PSI
or 3,500 PSI, you could still damage the paint,
you can hurt your seal. - Correct.
- You can you know hurt the glass,
so one, make sure the vehicle is cool to the touch.
Same thing for the motor it has been sitting here
for about an hour now, so it's nice and cool.
- Yeah. - And now we are going
to be using the Snubby about 18 inches away,
foot and a half.
- Yeah, that works for me always.
- Yep, the whole time,
we'll keep it a ruler at the whole time.
- Yeah, that's right no problem.
- And the-- - And never point
this at somebody's face too.
Always keep this away just 'cause
you never know what could happen, right.
- Exactly, pro tip. - Pro tip, all right.
- It could explode, you could go back
in time who knows what would happen.
- That's right, alright, just let me go do that.
- I'll start the pressure washer
and we'll get this wash process started.
- Cool cool. (loud whooshing)
- Give me some of that pressure Nick, you ready?
- [Nick] It's probably out of gas, oh boy.
- Just take your time Nick, no problem.
- I'm right handed hang on.
This thing is going to backfire really loud now.
Can I turn it off or something like that?
Its got water in it, its got gas,
its got plenty of this throttle going on.
- [Man] Whoa damn, c'mon Nicky chill.
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- [Joseph] This is fine we don't need any pressure.
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Putting it on and this is where you go...
- That's there, so now we are going to move on
to the foaming process.
Same process as rinsing,
from top to bottom and work our way around
the vehicle using, Mr. Pink.
- Big Mouth, Big Mouth foam cannon
with Mr. Pink and Clean Slate.
How you set it up here for me Nick,
that was like, come on let's go ahead and just...
- [Nick] I like it like that though.
- [Joseph] You do, you really?
Okay, I got it.
Okay, there we go look at that,
the adjustability of the Big Mouth
never ceases to amaze me, right.
You just get so much.
- What a world right what a world.
- All right, there we go alright perfect.
- This world never ceases to amaze and inspire me.
- That's true, that's right.
- Make sure this knob is all the way.
- It is, it's all the way opened, yep.
Alright we ready?
- So I'm gonna start the pressure up again and then we'll--
- Yep, let's go ahead and do it.
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- So now Joseph just finished rinsing down
and foaming his vehicle
and now we're gonna move on to the scrubbing process
using our Chenille Microfibrerwash mitts.
These trap a lot of foam so you're not running out
of lubrication as you're scrubbing,
but we're gonna recommend
that you work in linear motions or straight lines
because if you do pick up anything that is abrasive
and you start working in a circular motion,
it causes a swirl which is very noticeable
and it's really difficult to move,
remove so working in straight lines
or linear motion is the best way
to prevent any kind of painful or harmful paint damage.
- Sometimes it is painful, right?
- It hurts for me, yes.
- It hurts when I see
scratches. - The detailer.
- Nice and soft.
- I walked through a dealership the other day
and I looked at all those cars
with all those swirls, it was painful.
- I know, no it's bad.
- Nearly blinding almost. - It's bad.
- [Nick] Look at all that foam.
- Gosh look at that, would you look at that.
- Would you look at that?
- It looks good.
All right, so what else Nick?
That's about it?
So I have a pad, I don't end up having the little mitt.
So my hand is gonna be exposed, alright.
But that's okay.
- He's got a freakishly larger hands
are compared to mine, right.
- That's right, so now I just go and go
and leave it just like that,
that's it sorry, no. (hearty laughing)
- [Nick] Do you want to lift this up,
so you don't get your jacket all wet?
- [Joseph] Just a little bit just,
just a little bit and look at that.
Okay, we're good we're, good.
Don't tug on it too much, something might happen Nick.
All right let's go ahead and do it.
- I get this side, you go that side.
- Okay, I'll go ahead and get to this side.
- Starting from the top
'cause this is where all the heavier dirt
is gonna land on,
the what do you say ,the flat panels
rather than the flat panels.
- Yes, correct yeah.
- Look at all that foam.
- Look at that, the foam is just making it glide
right over just like almost butter, right.
Like a foamy butter just get right on there.
- [Nick] Foaming butter that sounds disgusting.
- Oh jeez look at this,
I love it man,
you can hear the foam just, you know.
- Thick shame through foam
- [Joseph] Falling just down by our feet.
- Isn't that satisfying like pterodactyl dung,
oh careful there, are you alright?
- And now we're going back to our second wash.
- Yep, that's right. - This is where
our clean water is at,
and rub your wash mitt
or sponge against the dirt trap,
that is going to help to loosen up
any of the abrasive particles that you've collected
and it traps underneath the platform
and then we wring it outside the bucket.
This will keep as much of the dirt from returning
to the clean water,
grab some more soap and keep it on washing,
but the biggest take-away from this
is to work in linear motions
because again if you pick up anything that's abrasive
it'll cause a scratch
but if you are working in a circular motion,
it causes a swirl, which again,
is very noticeable and if you are trying to remove it
by polishing it takes multiple steps
and multiple compounds of polishes that to remove it
perfectly, so if you should pick up anything
a straight line scratch is a lot easier to remove
than swirl because just because of the physics of it,
of a line scratch,
that's got to be a consistent deepness
rather than a swirl which will be deeper on an edge,
so we're working in linear motions.
- That's right linear motions are important.
- Yes. - All right, here we go.
- Joseph you are in a good mood for this,
Monday, I like it.
- A little bit man,
yeah even though I am a little under the weather it's okay.
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- So guys we just finished washing
Joseph's brand new Veloster
and the big take away from all this
is that it's a brand new vehicle,
so we want to be extremely cautious
because right now is when the paint is at its most pristine.
So working in linear motion and using ton of foam
is going to help lubricate your pad,
so that you're not scratching
the surface but again if you pick up anything
that's abrasive working in a straight line
is going to be a lot easier to correct rather
than working a circular motions,
so that's why we always recommend working in linear motions.
Anything else you wanna add?
- No, just make sure as you said,
be cautious of whatever you're using,
whatever you're touching on the vehicle
and just make sure to take it easy, right.
So like a new little baby,
just be very nice, man.
- That's right yeah, also using Clean Slate
will remove any old layers of glaze, sealant or wax.
A lot of people ask us if it removes
any kind of ceramic coating which in fact it doesn't,
the only way to remove that is either by natural degradation
or by machine polishing it to remove it.
So Clean Slate and Mr. Pink is a great combination
for you guys who have brand new cars
or maybe you're looking for a fresh start,
this gives you the cleaning power
as well as that foaming action
to help you lubricate your wash pad,
so that you're not introducing
any harmful powerful paint imperfections.
- And Remember that warm water too.
We saw the activation of those suds,
some very nice suds came out today, if I do say so myself.
- Warm water helps to properly aerate your foam cannon
or your foam gun or even if you can fill up
your whole bucket with warm water
that gives you more foaming power.
So if you guys liked today's video,
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drop your comments down below for future videos,
don't forget to tune in on Wednesday
when we go over the protection stages of a brand new vehicle
and we'll see you next time right here on the Detail Garage.
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