Good morning everybody and welcome back to the Chemical Guys Detail Garage. As you an
see, we've still got this Dodge Viper in the shop. Today, we are going to show you how to enhance
that shine as well as protect the finish because if you watched our first video, we washed
it, we clayed it, and we polished it to reveal this deep, glossy finish. Now, we want to
protect it because now that we've opened up the pores of the paint, they're exposed to
contamination, fallout, and anything else that could rapidly deteriorate the finish.
By putting on a glaze, we are going to mask any minor imperfections or little scratches
that we couldn't polish out and by applying a wax, we are really going to give it a nice
glow as well as protect it from UV rays and anything else that can cling to the surface.
It's also going to give it more of a slick finish so it's harder for dust and debris
to stick to the surface. So, let's get started.
So, today, I am going to be using a TORQ10FX
just like I did when polishing, but I am going to be using this to apply our coatings for
today. Now, this has a Black HexLogic pad on there, which is a finishing pad. This is
great for applying any waxes, glazes, or sealants in a fine coat. This is going to save time,
effort, and product, so now you're going to quickly and easily cover an entire vehicle,
it doesn't matter what color, shape or size. The machines going to take care of that and
all you have to do is simply buff off any excess. Now, as I mentioned, we are going
to be applying a glaze and Black Light is one of my favorite glazes. It fills in any
microscratches, any swirls, enhances metallic flake, and also adds some paint protection
because it does have sealant properties. After shaking the bottle, we are going to apply
5 dime sized drops to our pad. About the size of each hexagon. What's great is it simply
glides across the surface, applying a thin coat.You don't need to apply any Pad Conditioner,
you simply apply it on the vehicle on the low speed setting.The reason for that is the Pad
Conditioner basically just moistens the pad to reduce fiction and heat, but since you're
using the low speed setting, you don't really have to that. We're just going to blotch or
dab it out on the surface, starting on the hood. This car doesn't currently have a roof
so that will save us some time. And now, we will just put it on the lowest speed setting
and just spread it out just like we were spreading out our polishes and then we will let it sit and
buff it off.
And there you have it. You can see that the TORQ10FX quickly and easily covers
any size vehicle. I know that the Viper is not a very large vehicle, but it quickly and
easily does it. It does it a lot faster than I could have done it and that's also spreading
a very fine coat, which is again saving us product and time and effort. Also, I have
heard a lot of people say that a glaze is not necessary. Obviously, it's an optional
step, but if you think about it, what a glaze is doing is it's enhancing the shine just
like a donut. A donut normally looks kind of bland and dull until you throw some glaze on there and gives it
that shiny wet look and also is delicious. Now, don't eat your car nor eat Black Light, but it's adding
a nice gloss to your vehicle, it's enhancing the shine and it's adding some paint protection.
Now, we are going to give this about 20 minutes to cure, and then we are going to come back
and buff it off and move on to the next step in the detailing process.
After giving Black Light
about 15 minutes to cure to the surface, you can see that it now has a light haze over
the vehicle. Now, we are going to take a very soft and clean microfiber towel. This is a
Happy Ending Towel. It has this very soft pile and we are going to start gently buffing
it off. As I mentioned before, that light coat comes off nice and easily so you don't
have to put literally any pressure down. I'm just working back and forth in straight lines
and this takes off that coat very gently so we are not inducing any scratches or swirls
or any kind of paint harm, we are just revealing that deep, glossy shine. Now, you saw that
I applied it with the TORQ 10FX, but it's not necessary to use a machine, but it will
save you a lot of time and effort. You can do this by hand, applying it over glass, paintwork,
headlights, glass... anything to enhance that shine while masking minor imperfections. Now,
Black Light is perfect for dark colored vehicles, especially Black, because we all know that
they show any kind of imperfection. This is that last little touch to give it that ultimate
gloss. So, if you have a dark colored car, Black Light is the way to go.
After buffing off Black Light, you can see that it's left behind this really deep gloss and its masked
any minor imperfections while adding some paint protection. Lastly, like I mentioned,
we are going to apply a wax to add more shine, give it more protection and just give it an
overall better look. We are going to be using Butter Wet Wax. This is one of my favorite
products because it works on any color vehicle. You can put it on paint, glass, headlights,
chrome... anything you want to protect and add some shine and just give it that really
glossy finish. Now, again, we are just going to shake the bottle. Now, again, you can use
by machine or hand. Again, I am going to be using the 10FX using the red HexLogic pad
to apply a very fine, thin coat. Again, this is saving you product, time, and effort.
If you think about it, only that initial layer is going to be touching the surface and everything
else is going to be wasted and buffed off. So, if you could use less product, I would
say that's your best option. I'm just going to apply 5 dime sized drops to our pad.
It's going to be the same process as we were applying Black Light. Just a very low speed,
apply it covering 50% of the last pass so we have an even shine and a uniform coat.
We will give it about 15-20 minutes to bond to the surface and then we can buff it off.
For today, that's where we are going to end it. Tune in Friday when we wrap up this Viper.
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