- What's up guys.
We are back with the series on Tacoma.
As you guys saw last episode,
we gave it a full, nice deep cleaning from the outside,
from the wheels the undercarriage,
the paint, all that stuff,
we took care of it and it looks amazing.
So we just finished washing the truck,
we pulled it inside and now we can inspect the paint.
Upon further inspection
as you guys may be seeing from the camera
you guys see the truck and it looks pretty great,
however, it does have some very minor flaws.
Now this truck is a newer truck,
it doesn't have too much going on
which is great for us 'cause that means that we're not
going to have to do too much
but there's still a layer of contamination.
You can hear that whenever I rub my hand
over the paint itself
you kind of have like a slight raspy kind of sound,
that's all the contamination that's embedded
on the surface of the vehicle.
So we want to make sure that before we apply
any kind of wax, sealants and glazes,
we knock all that stuff off the paint
so that we have the best bond possible.
So what I'm going to be using today
guys this is my little store right here,
it's a little makeshift store.
I usually have a little table for this,
I can't find it today, but this is going to do.
We have our light grade clay bar,
now the reason I'm using a light grade clay bar
is because it's like contamination.
So we do carry a variety of clay bars
ranging from light,
OG, which is a mixture between a light and a medium,
medium itself and then heavy.
So you have a bunch of different levels of grade
that you can use
and pretty much make your clay experience much easier
and much faster.
In this case, since we don't have much contamination at all
we using the light,
the light clay bar is going to allow us
to glide over the paint.
So this is going to be super smooth
and this is pretty much going to help us
to quickly lift up any kind of light contaminants
that are on the vehicle.
So I'm just going to grab a little chunk
from my clay ball packaging here.
As you guys see right here, I have a good amount,
what I like to do is I just kind of knead it around
until like a little patty or so.
You don't have to be perfect with it,
you just want to knead it around to the shape,
where you can kind of grab it with your forefingers here.
And I'm pretty happy with this little kind of triangular
kind of little house looking shape thing,
so we're going to use that.
And then I also have some clay luber right here,
now clay luber is a synthetic clay lubricants,
so this is designed for you to spray onto the surface
so that we can gently glide our clay bar left and right
without any kind of resistance.
So the way they use clay lubricant
is you want to spray it directly onto the surface.
So you just want to spray a decent amount,
you don't want to be stingy with the product,
spray a good amount
and then also spray your clay bar itself,
just for some added lubrication.
And then you're just going to
and glide left and right.
Now, when you're using a clay bar,
you don't want to apply any kind of heavy pressure
and you don't want to go in circular motions,
you just want to go out and glider left and right
without applying any kind of pressure
just kind of letting the clay bar do its thing
and gliding over the surface.
And that's going to pull off any kind of embedded
contaminants such as like industrial fallout, rust.
So if you have a white car,
you guys may run into the question of
how do I get these little brown, yellow specks off my paint?
Well, on a white car, that's all the air pollution
that lands on your vehicle
and that stuff can only be removed with a clay bar,
so you can use a clay bar to knock that stuff off.
On darker vehicles,
it's not so much noticeable
just 'cause the vehicle has a darker tone,
so you don't really see them as much
but you can still see and hear them.
All right guys,
so I just pretty much finished cleaning the fender,
just a quick little demonstration of how to clay bar,
just something quick.
I know a lot of you guys know how to clay bar
but it's still something that you still want to do,
even if you're just going to wax your car,
trust me clay barring your vehicle before you wax it
it's going to make your wax last longer
and look much better.
And that goes for any kind of wax, sealant,
glaze ceramic coating,
I mean, if you're applying a ceramic coating
I really do hope you do clay bar the car
'cause you really do want to.
But even like I said,
if you're just going to wax it just clay it
and it's going to make your wax look much better.
So once I'm done,
I'm just going to wipe off the residue of the clay luber
and you can use any kind of Workhorse towel,
you can use a microfiber towel and Workhorse towel,
you can use one of these professional towels.
I like using these towels just because they're brand new
and they pretty much just make me feel a lot better
at the end of the day knowing that they're new
and they don't have any kind of anything in there
from any kind of previous details
that can potentially scratch up my paint work.
And you can flip it around to the dry side one more time
just to buff off any excess,
I know I still have some over here in the bumper,
I'm not too worried about that
because I know I'm still going to clay bar
the rest of the truck.
However, I'm going to stop there as far as clay barring,
just so I can show you guys the polishing process.
So like I said,
we're still going to clay bar the rest of the car,
so the hood, the roof, the trunk, the bed, all that stuff,
however, we're going to hop straight into the
polishing stage. Now, whenever we polish,
we want to make sure that we polish
and we stay away from these kinds of plastic trim.
So if you do have plastic trim like this on your car
I highly recommend that you mask it off some tape.
So I'm going to mask it off real quick off camera
and be right back with you guys once I'm done.
Alrighty guys,
so now that we have that masked off,
now it can continue with polishing
without having to worry about getting the polish
or any kind of compounds on our plastics.
So now that that's done,
I'm going to grab my machine polisher here.
Now the machine that I'm using today
is going to be a TORQ10FX
and I'm using it with a White Hex-Logic polishing pad.
Now the polish that I'm using is actually going to be a V38
which is a final grade polish.
Now we have our whole V line
ranging from V32, 34, 36 and 38.
The reason why I'm using V38
is because it's a final grade polish,
which means that this is the finest polish in the V line.
It's going to be quick,
so we're not going to be here all day
with the full paint correction
because the paint doesn't really need it,
it's a newer truck,
the owner took care of it,
thankfully it's not that bad of an a shape
and all it really needs is just a quick little shine.
So for all you guys that take very well care of your car,
maybe you keep it in the garage all the time,
maybe you wash a very properly
and it doesn't have any kind of scratches as rows
and you want to just give it like a nice a little shine up,
V38 is going to be your go-to.
So with V38 with the white pad,
it's going to work out really well.
And same process, you can use about five drops
and then you're good to go.
So I'm going to set that down real quick
and then with this right here,
since it's a final polish,
you're not going to be putting any kind of heavy pressure
on the vehicle,
you're pretty much just going to be like lightly working it.
So you kind of like massaging it into the paint
and you can have it on a higher speed setting,
I usually work the final polishes
such as like on speed setting three or four,
just 'cause it doesn't really have to...
You don't really have to build up too much heat
when it comes to these polishes,
'cause in reality all you're really doing
is cleaning up the paint.
So something quick, something light,
this combination of products
works out excellent for what we're doing here today.
So I'm going to do this fender
and then be right back with you guys once I'm done.
All right guys.
So we just finished polishing,
I'm going to set my machine down real quick,
untangle my feet here,
grab a fresh towel here and all we're going to do
is buff off the excess of the product.
And check that out you guys, it looks awesome,
there's no like little like oxidation anymore
that's clouding our shine and we have the full shine
and as you guys can hear and feel,
it's very very smooth now.
So the paint is smooth,
that was for the clay bar
and then once you polished it up with the V38 Final Polish
it further refines the paint
and gives it that glass-like feel
and that mirror-like shine.
Super quick, super easy,
like I said, this video is not really so much more intended
to like explain if we're going to be doing like a heavy car
with like a light polish,
this is more so in the case
that if you do take care of your car,
V38 and a white pad is a great alternative
through the V line.
If your car, if the scratches rules on your vehicle
are a lot worse,
then you may want to go with the more aggressive compound,
like V34 and orange pad,
knock out those heavier scratches and imperfection
and then come back and refine it with V38 and the white pad.
The other option that you can do
is let's say you're not going to go to the polishing route,
so let's say we washed the truck, we washed it outside,
we did the full deep clean,
we pulled it in, we clay barred it
but we don't have a polisher or anything like that
and we're not going to polish.
Then what I would highly recommend
is that you apply a glaze.
So I have my glaze right here,
I have a bottle of our Glassworkz glaze.
A glaze is kind of like a makeup for your paint,
so it temporarily hides like imperfections
such as scratches, swirls
and it gives your paint much more depth,
it gives it a much more sleeker look
without you having to do much work.
Now, a glaze it's super easy to use,
all you have to do is apply it
just like you would a cream wax.
So you grab yourself a microfiber applicator
apply yourself a few drops,
spread it on the paint and
then you want to let that set from about 10 to 15 minutes
in a shaded environment.
And then after those 10, 15 minutes you wipe it off
and your pain is going to have much more depth
and clarity without you even having the need of polishing.
But if you guys do want the best results
polishing will actually remove
any kind of those imperfections,
give your paint that nice deep cleansing
and get it ready for that fresh application of protection.
So I'm going to
and kind of not do the glaze route today
just because we did polish the paint already.
So at this point
we're kind of like at a crossroads right now.
So we can do one of very many things
since we've already polished the paint,
we can either choose to apply a wax,
we can choose to apply a sealant,
we can choose to apply both,
we can even choose to apply a ceramic coating.
So in this case,
I'm thinking since the car is like in the newer shape
and we did all the work, we clay barred it and
we want to make sure that it has the best shine protection
we're going to apply a ceramic-like HydroSlick.
So I got a bottle of our HydroSlick ceramic coating,
now HydroSlick is a ceramic coating in a wax like form.
So it isn't a wax itself is actually a ceramic coating
but it takes the properties that you guys know
and love about a traditional wax
and makes it super easy to use
and gives you that awesome instantaneous
jaw-dropping ceramic shine
and protection that you guys know and love about ceramics.
So it's super easy to use like I mentioned,
with this right here,
all you have to do is apply a few drops
onto a soft microfiber applicator,
so in this case, I'm just going to apply about three drops.
Now, one of the common questions that we get
is how to make the process of applying your HydroSlick
much smoother.
Now we recommend that when you first apply it,
you apply a light amount of product
onto your microfiber applicator.
So in this case,
since we're doing this smaller area like the fender,
these three drops is more than enough
for us to coat this fender.
Now, if you're doing a hood,
I don't recommend putting a whole bunch of product on there
because it's going to make a super thick layer.
Remember, HydroSlick is a ceramic coating
so it will harden on the surface.
So that's why we recommend that you apply it
and let it sit for at least up to 30 seconds
up to two minutes before wiping it off.
You don't want to let us sit too little
and you don't want to let it sit for too long,
'cause remember it will harden up.
So once you have your three drops of product,
I usually just kind of blot it out in a little area like so.
In this case, since it's the fender,
I can pretty much coat the whole thing in one pass.
So you're just going to apply it just like a wax
and spread it out nice and evenly,
and it's fine if I get it on the headlight
because if you guys didn't know,
HydroSlick can actually be applied to a variety of exterior,
glossy surfaces, such as paint, wheels, headlights,
glass, and a bunch of other smooth glossy things like that.
So as you guys can see, it spreads out very easily,
spreads out very nicely.
And if you guys don't know,
HydroSlick actually delivers an awesome ceramic shine
and durable all-weather protection
that can last up to 12 months.
So that means that it's a super long lasting
form of protection
and it gives you amazing protective properties
such as UV protection, the hydrophobic protection,
so whenever you wash your car,
when you rinse it it makes washing so much more easier
and it allows for a lot of contaminants
to not stick on the surface,
which makes like I said, maintenance much easier,
keeps your car cleaner for longer
and ultimately keeps the condition
and the value of your vehicle.
So once you let that sit,
I'm going to set down my HydroSlick and my applicator there,
I'm going to grab another towel here.
I did use this towel to wipe off the compound
and the other ones who a wipe off the clay lubricant.
Now I'm going to let this sit for about a minute
maybe a minute and a half, depending on how I see fit.
You can always tell like if you ever see the product,
it does kinda like flash,
it does kind of have like that wax like kind of flash
where kind of like hazes up to like a light white color.
With this case,
it doesn't really turn like very hard white
kind of like a carnauba wax,
but you can kind of tell when it's done.
I mean me talking right now
this whole time that I've been talking
it's probably been about a minute already,
so I'm just going to grab my microfiber towel
and wipe it right off.
And just like that as you guys can see it wipes right off
I don't have any streaks or anything left behind,
like I said, with this product, less is more.
And what I mean by that is whenever you apply a light coat
it makes your life so much more easier to wipe off
and it prevents you from wasting any kind of excess product
by doing a heavy layer.
By doing a heavier layer you're not getting more protection,
you're just kind of wasting the product
because only the initial product that you first wipe on
is going to actually bond to the paint,
anything over that, is just excess.
So that's pretty much just like wasted product
that you could have spent better elsewhere
like on your glass or on the rest of your vehicle.
So a little bit does go a long way with HydroSlick
and as you guys can see,
you get some awesome, amazing nice deep shine,
very, very smooth which is going to allow contaminants
to just roll right off.
All right, guys.
So that pretty much wraps it up
as far as like the process
that we're going to do for this truck.
I mean, just a little bit of clay bar action
with our light clay bar,
hit it up with some V38 and a white pad,
gave it a nice little touch up,
give it a quick little shine
and then we wrapped it up
with our HydroSlick ceramic coating.
So, I mean, that's pretty much
like the straightforward process
of pretty much what I showed you right here in the fender
is what I'm going to do exactly to the rest of the truck.
With the glass, that'd be the only exception,
I'm not going to polish the glass, I'm just
going to clean it make sure there's no smudges on it
and then we're going to apply
our HydroSlick ceramic coating on there.
This is pretty much going to wrap it up,
I'm going to finish up with the rest of the truck
and show you guys a final result.