- What's up Chemical Guys family?
It's Monday, Memorial Day and we're continuing
the detail on this Land Rover Defender.
In the last video you saw that we polished it
to restore this deep olive-green that it has on the vehicle
from removing that chalky-milky look that it had
and, the owner, that's all he wanted us to do.
He just wanted us to make it back to it's former glory,
bring back some of that paint.
But after looking at it the wheels
they look dead now so we want to
help enhance the overall look of the vehicle
so that's why we're going to show you guys
how to properly clean it just using a couple brushes
and some orange de-greaser.
Now, to begin any regular detail we would obviously
start with the wheels but since we were jumping
right on the body we got so excited, so eager
we moved right on to the body first
but with regular detailing you want to start with
the dirtiest area which is the wheels
and this is obviously no exception.
From sitting outside and just being a general use vehicle
you can see it's got caked up years of baked-on brown mud
and whatever kind of other road-filth
that could be on there.
So we need to start by rinsing it down
to loosen up any of the surface dirt,
any break dust, anything that's on there.
And then we're gonna gently scrub it
using orange de-greaser and a couple brushes.
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Whoa, ma.
You can also use this to clean your wheel-wells,
help break down any of the grim and asphalt,
any kind of tar and bugs that might be building up in there.
Now we can move on to the actual detailing process.
Now in the bucket here I have three brushes
and a little bit of Diablo Wheel Gel to help me,
one, loosen up anything on the surface
to add a little bit of cleaning power,
but it also acts as a lubrication process
so that we're not scratching
the very sensitive finish on the wheel.
A lot of people thought these were matte
or that the surface of the vehicle was matte
but in reality it's actually just because years of oxidation
have caused it to give it that chalky look.
So what we're gonna do now is just spray
the orange de-greaser onto the surface.
And this has been diluted six to one
so this is going to help gently loosen up the dirt,
anything that's on the surface,
I doubt these are dressed but anything
that could be on the wheel.
We'll give it a moment to kind of sit there and saturate.
But you can see it's already browning which is
removing anything that's on the surface of the tire here.
And to help it agitate we'll just use our Nifty brush
which has a medium duty bristle.
This will help you gently agitate any kind of cleaner
whether you're working on wheels, tires, your carpet maybe.
It's a great way also to get between the nubs
of these tires because it's a very nubby tire.
Reveal a fresh look.
Starting at the top and working our way around.
You can go clockwise or counter-clockwise
but you want to start at the highest point first.
This way you're not bringing dirt
into areas you've already cleaned.
And since these wheels are so old
and also so dirty we may need to rinse it
and clean it again so that's what I'm going to do now,
rinse it down to, one, check my work
and also to make sure we're getting
as much of this off and making sure that the cleaner
doesn't sit there and dry onto the surface.
So again, we'll just rinse it down,
then we can continue with the wheel detailing process.
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So just by looking at it we can tell
that the wheel is fairly clean.
We're going to move on to the actual rim, or wheel
and we're gonna use a green flag tip brush.
This is a very soft bristle but it's also
gonna cover a lot of surface area
because this wheel doesn't have a lot of intricate design
or anything really that will get
a lot of brake dust trapped inside there.
So we're just gonna work our way,
again, from top to bottom.
And now we're using the Diablo Wheel Gel
which is safe for any kind of wheel finish
to help us loosen up stubborn staining or
anything that can be sitting on the surface
so that it doesn't deteriorate the finish.
Periodically going back to the bucket
which we also have a dirt trap in
to help reduce the chances of bringing
contaminants back onto the surface.
Just keep on cleaning.
And just as a final touch we use a boar's hair brush
to get between the valve stem or the lug nuts
or any of the harder to reach areas
that you might have on your regular wheels like the weights.
And clean this up using a very
soft-bristle brush such as this.
It's also great for detailing calipers
or, again, if you have ornate wheels
that have a lot of different design or
some kind of crevices that you would need
a small brush to work it way around.
And now we're ready to rinse it off,
dry it and move on to the next three wheels.
In the meantime you guys can check out these products
on our website, chemicalguys.com.
Thanks for tuning in on this Memorial Day
and also thanks so much for all of our active
and non-active men and women out there.
We just want to say, thanks so much for your service.
And for the rest of us,
thanks for tuning in and happy detailing.
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