- What's going on everybody,
welcome to another episode of Chemical Guys Detailed Garage.
First of all, I hope you're all doing well.
And thanks so much for tuning in,
but for today, we're gonna be breaking down
a common question we get and that is,
"How to properly detail your vehicles starting
from beginning to finish."
So we have this Mercedes in the shop.
This car is obviously very filthy.
You can see that the car was parked next to a curb where
there was landscaping.
And then as the vehicle was wet,
the cut grass got all over the vehicle and it's also over
the wheels, but more importantly,
see a lot of brake dust and road grime on there.
And that's what we're gonna be tackling today.
If you wanna know how to do the full wash process,
stay tuned for our next episode.
We're gonna go into that.
But for today we're gonna focus mainly on the wheels
because that is the dirtiest area of the vehicle.
And as obviously where we're gonna start
with our detailing process.
So to begin, we're going to start by rinsing down the wheel
and that's gonna help knock down the loose stuff
or the heavier stuff.
And then we're gonna set up our bucket,
which we've already got a dirt trap inside of there
and some clean water.
And then we're gonna go over a few brush
that we're gonna be using today.
So to start off, we've got our Diablo wheel gel,
which we'll let sit up in the bucket for now
at about an ounce.
And this is gonna create a foaming action that helps to
safely lift off in a capsulate abrasive particles
of brake dust, or any kind of program that's very abrasive
that could scratch the wheel.
And it's also gonna start penetrating the fibers of our
green flag to brush which we're gonna use
for the face of the wheel.
It's also going to help soften up the red rocket breast
that we have in there which is gonna clean the barrel
as well as all the details brush and the nifty brush
which we're gonna use for educate areas as well it's tire.
So now, well that's setting up,
we're also gonna rinse on the wheels we had mentioned.
So as you see, just by rinsing alone is not enough
to actually clean the surface.
So that's why we're gonna come back with our brushes
and get into the detailing process.
So activate the suds in the bucket.
And I'm gonna be using some sticky citrus wheel gel
to actually clean the surface of the wheel.
And you can spray this on your tires,
as well as any kind of finished wheel.
That's includes your Chrome OEM painted, matte oiled glass.
And this helps to lift away any again,
brake dust or road grime or tar,
anything that sticks to the surface, including grease.
Because as you see this car has an accumulation
of all sorts of things here,
and we wanna to safely remove them all.
What I'll do is we'll start with the red rocket brush,
which will get a lot of foam on there.
And that foamy action helps to,
again, lift off anything on the surface,
but it's also gonna lubricate the brush.
So we're not scratching.
And the design of this brush gets all the way to the back
of the barrel of the wheel.
This way, as you looked through the spokes,
you're not gonna see a pocket of brake dust
on area you may have missed, but also it's flexible.
So you'd get behind the spoke or in the harder
to reach areas like in between the caliper and the wheel.
This is a very cramped area, but luckily the bristles,
that collapse down, so you get in between there
without leaving anything behind.
But again, you have to work from top to bottom,
this we're not bringing dirt and obviously all this mess
and areas you've already hit.
We're gonna pier optically, come back to our wash bucket,
try and get off as much of the dirt.
So we're not bring 'em back to the wheel,
get some more foam and just continue the process.
And also for stubborn areas
when we of using a little bit of the Decon,
which is an iron remover.
So you can see here,
there's a lot of caked up areas of brake dust.
This will attract itself to any iron deposits
and it helps to lift them off the surface
by using a chemical reaction,
which helps to safely extract from the pores of the surface.
And it will have a slight reaction world term purple
because it's gonna mix with the contaminants.
You can see it on the rod there
it turns a little bit of purple because there's more iron
on there obviously, but this will,
again, help to get rid of the stubborn staining,
which a lot of people have especially in the crevices
where it'll build up and then
they'll cause pitting, or it'll start deteriorating.
But you want to periodically remove that because obviously
you can start damaging the finish of your wheel
and that just looks awful.
So the decon is a great way to go,
to get rid of that stubborn stuff.
And you can see we're already getting a lot of the,
luster back from this wheel,
continue the same process,
just gently scrubbing away any of the brake dust or grease,
letting the cleaner do most of the work
you're just here to help agitate it.
So now that we've gotten most of the break tests
out of the barrel as well as in between the spokes here,
we're gonna move on to more intricate brush,
we using the own the details brush set,
we'll start with the largest,
just to get the lug nuts in the face of the wheel,
like the emblem and stuff like that.
Just gently work it back and forth.
This is perfect for cleaning your caliper
or detailing the intricate areas of your wheel.
It's also a great way to clean some of the undercarriage
stuff such as your suspension components
or in between your wheel-well liners.
Cleaning around your valve stems or your wheel weights.
And now as a final step for the face of the wheel,
we're gonna be using the green flag to brush,
which has a very soft bristle.
This just cleans away any of these spent product
during the cleaner and the areas that may have missed.
See it easily cleans the larger portions of the wheel,
such as the face, takes care of any brake test,
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may even left behind from the other brushes.
But already you can see even without rinsing down the wheel,
this is a huge contrast from how it looked earlier.
And as a final step we need to clean the tire
because obviously there's gonna be old grease
on there and old dressing.
So, we gonna remove that,
and I've chosen to use the nifty brush,
which has a mild bristle brush.
I'm gonna use some orange degrease proof
which we evaluated eight to one signature bottle.
And this gets rid of any of the old dressings
that are giving your tires a brown look
or any kind of dirt that accumulates,
you can see all the build up already.
This is a great way to prep your tire or any kind of surface
for any kind of new dressings,
because it's harder for any kind of dressing
to stick to dirt because obviously
the dirt its not gonna stay for very long.
So, see you put on a new dressing
it's gonna come off whenever you wash the vehicle,
or maybe you drive away because
it's not bind to the surface, it's bind to the dirt.
So, it's important to remove all that
before you put your new coatings on.
And it also makes it look the best,
which is what we're here for.
And the same method you wanna work at the highest point,
and then work your way down,
so you're not bringing dirt in areas we've already been.
That'll go and rinse it off
to show you that finished product.
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And just look at that difference guys,
you can see that there's a lot
of shine brought back to this.
It's not obviously a 100% different because over
the years of being neglected,
you see there's some pitting on the wheel here,
which we can't remove without obviously recoding it
and off there's a little bit of curb rash,
but this is a huge transformation from how it looked
just a little bit ago.
And it's all because of using the right products
and the right technique.
So now we have three more wheels to complete,
but in the meantime,
you guys can check out these products
on our website chemicalguys.com
or your local detail garage.
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