- And as you see here,
you go from your standard trigger nozzle
which helps with the,
- [Nick] we've already lost audio, right?
Whoopsy-daisy, seems like we lost our audio.
I guess I'll take over from here.
(dramatic music)
What's goin' on Chemical Guys, friends and family?
Today we're doin' something a little bit different.
We're outside here in the detail garage wash bay
and sort of raw video because
it's only Octavia and myself here.
The rest of the team is at SEMA, enjoying themselves
and the night life of Las Vegas, but we'll get passed that
and we'll get down to the real detailing process here today
because there's a question that we've been
getting here commonly lately.
Anybody that's in the Los Angeles area, or at least local
knows that there's been a lot of wild fires going on.
We're going to show you guys how to properly remove
ash and dirt off of your vehicle, just like we have
on this Toyota Corolla, because if you didn't know,
ash is actually extremely corrosive
when it left outside on the vehicle.
When it gets kinda wet or that dew on the vehicle,
it becomes a very caustic, corrosive chemical
that can eat away your vehicle finish.
We wanna remove it safely without scratching the surface
and also without staining it.
So let's get started.
Now over here we have our two-bucket wash method,
and as I had said earlier,
we're gonna get down back to basics.
This is for the new guys or maybe just you just need
to brush up on your detailing skills.
We have our two buckets here and what that means
is we have one for wash and one for rinse and
we're goin to place a dirt trap in each one of her buckets.
And what the dirt trap is going to do
is it filters out all the abrasive particles of dirt,
or any kind of grime that's on the surface.
This way it keep it off the vehicle,
or at least it reduces the amount of dirt
that you're bringing back to the car.
And now lets add about 2 ounces of our Watermelon Snow Foam.
This is just like the honeydew,
but this has a watermelon scent.
It's gonna produce that same shaving cream layer of suds.
That's going to help reduce chances of scratching
the surface or harming it in any way as you wash.
We also add a little bit to our foam gun.
We'll reattach the top.
And a lot of guys ask what's the best way to make your car
foam or how do you get the most foam
out of your foam gun or foam canon.
And the best way is to use warm water and two to three
ounces of your favorite Chemical Guys car wash soap.
Just mix it back, altogether there, get the solution going.
And with any detail process, you wanna start
with the dirtiest area which even on this car
that's extremely dirty, it's always gonna be the wheels.
Because the wheels, obviously, they're going to accumulate
brake dust or road grime or anything else
is going very abrasive, because all the material
that's on suface.
We start with that's that so that we're not one,
flinging it onto areas that we already cleaned,
such as the body.
But also because we wanna have that taken care of first,
because it's gonna make the most mess.
So now we're gonna start by rinsing it down.
What I compare it to is almost like an onion,
where you peel back the layers.
So start at the top and then you work your way around
the sides and then gradually work
from the top to the bottom.
So let's get started.
After we're done rinsing down the vehicle,
now it's time to attach our foam gun.
As you see here, you go from your standard trigger nozzle.
- [nick] Whoops, so now the rest of this is gonna suck
because unfortunately we lost the audio
for the remainder of the video.
But what's gonna be fun is now I'm going to try
and remember exactly what I said,
and give you guys a little bit of a voice over.
So here I'm explaining how to adjust the know on top
to give to give yourself the proper foam dilution,
and now we're gonna be working with foam blaster,
foaming from top to bottom.
Here I'm explaining the fan direction
of horizontal or vertical.
But what you wanna use is the most comfortable
or the most desirable foam pattern for your vehicle.
We're starting at the top, working our way down
because that's where the loose dirt's gonna land.
The point behind foam is to help lubricate the surface
so that were not dragging abrasive particles across
the paint causing scratches or swirls.
So we see nice thick layer of suds.
It's going to help reduce chances of harming your paint.
The Watermelon Snow Foam not only adds a lot of gloss,
it smells great, but it's also going to lay down
a thick layer of the sudsy water or the foam
that helps lubricate your wash mitt or your sponge
so you're not harming finish.
Also using again, one to two ounces or even three ounces,
if you want more foam, and using warm water in the canister
is going to help improve your foaming action,
giving more aeration.
Here I'm going to give you little close-up of the dial here.
Right now it's on the max foam
which lays down as much soap as possible.
Here's zero, which means no foam, that's straight water.
One gives you a little bit of foam,
two gives you a little bit more.
Then you move your way up to three which gives you more
and then four and five are gonna give you the maximum.
Look at that, isn't that fun?
So now we're gonna disconnect the foam blaster
and then we're goin to activate the suds
that are already in our wash bucket.
As I mentioned we're using two buckets,
one for wash and one for rinse and bam!
All that suds are gonna come right out of that bucket
because of just tow ounces and then
it's being agitated by the hose.
Set that aside without dropping it,
come on you can do it clumsy.
And now we're taking our wash pad
which can be used by anyone basically.
'cause some people say that the wash mitt
is a little bit too tight.
So you can use this with the left hand or the right hand
to cover the entire surface of the vehicle
as you're washing.
Or if you're ambidextrous and wanna use
your left hand or right hand you can also use that.
It's almost like a fun game guessing what I'm trying to say.
Probably something about lunch right there.
Working in straight lines will reduce chances of
or reduce the possibility of inducing swirls.
If you do pick up something abrasive such as a stick
or a rock or even bird droppings and it starts to scratch
the paint it's a lot easier to remove
a straight line scratch as opposed to a swirl.
Because a swirl's very noticeable and I'm sure you guys
have all seen it.
But a straight line scratch will be a lot easier
to remove as you're polishing.
You also wanna flip your mitt over and over again
to get a side as much as posable before going back
to your wash bucket or to your rinse bucket.
This way you can get as much of the dirt off
before you go back there.
Because once you start scrubbing that wash mitt
against the surface of the dirt trap
it's going to start releasing some of that dirt
into the water as well as into the trap
so you want to keep it as clean as possible.
It's also why we're wringing it outside of the bucket.
So now that the bucket's nice and wrung out
we're gonna go back to our wash bucket grab some more soap
and continue the wash process.
Nice and foamy, again this is going to help
lubricate the pad or your wash mitt and reduce
chances of harming your paintwork.
Cue the music, now Octavio.
- [Octavio] Okay.
(upbeat rock music)
♪ I used to be the one ♪
♪ I used to be your getaway dreamer ♪
♪ I couldn't get enough♪
- [nick] Whoa, I'm back.
So now we're going to go on to the drying process
using a Cloud Nine dryer towel.
This is a big towel that has a plush side
as well as a matted side so it helps absorb a lot of water.
Here I'm explaining the silk banded edge
that reduces the chance of swirling your paint.
And again, this is going to absorb a lot of water
so you're not going back for multiple towels
or having to wring it out.
It simply drapes across the vehicle.
And you can drag it or you can use the pat method
which reduces the chances of adding any kind
of additional damage because now your towel's not moving.
Just like that, a motor with less moving parts
means less damage wear and tear.
So here if you just drape it across the vehicle and then
pat it out this absorbs the water into the micro fiber.
And then you just roll it away and now
you have a completely dry surface.
Simple easy to do and leaves a great finish.
So you can obviously leave it open to cover
more surface area or you can fold it up into fours
to cover more of the vehicle by rolling it
over and over again and it also gives you a plush pile
so you're not scratching the surface.
So a quick recap guys.
This is meant to remove the ash that was on the vehicle
because again, like I mentioned earlier the ash
can become very corrosive if your vehicle is left outside
and it gets wet or gets a little bit of dew on it.
That causes it to become very corrosive
and it could eat away at the finish.
So it's important remove it as quickly as possible.
So guys if you liked today's video be sure to give it
thumbs up, drop your comments down below
for future videos and we'll see you next time
right here in the Detail Garage.
- [Octavio] Yeah you did it Nick.
- [Nick] I'm nervous about my first mission.
♪ Oh, I'm running in the night so soon ♪
♪ I've got nothing left to lose ♪
♪ I'm leaving it all behind, running in the night with you ♪
♪ I won't let you get away again ♪
♪ We can see it through to the end ♪
♪ But whatever we do ♪
♪ I'm running in the night with you ♪
♪ I used to be the one ♪
♪ I used to be your place to land ♪
(medium tempo techno music)