kenavery7

Some pics of my springtime waxing.

I took my time, and did the "cold water mist" trick to set the wax.

Came out pretty good I think.

Also, these are the first pics I've posted with the new wheels. Granted, you guys have seen them 1000 times, but I think Celebration wheels just look perfect on a B5.

Also, I painted the intercooler a long tim ago, for the stealth look.

I love to sleeper/OEM+ thing.

Thanks for slapping me around a bit when I had a weak moment and thought of selling it, ha.

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Romaudi

Nice and clean. Good job

Hillbilly

If it did, and it happens to be for sale......you have, my shipping address.

pac1085

not that i knew of

bassed-ndzmorezone5

Looks oh so sleeper

RallyVermont

=)

Allroady DungBeetle

Never did. And he's keeping her.

Allroady DungBeetle

Looks GREAT Ken. :-)

Jretal

just curious. Detailed cars for a while now, and never heard of that one.

Roger @ CA

Apparently people spray a little bit of water on the car after applying the wax because it makes the wax easier to remove and makes the wax shinier.

<i>"Also spray a fine water mist on the car after you wax it. You then dry off the water which adds additional shine. Kinda like spit shinning shoes. "</i>

<i><a href="http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-university/8481-spit-shining.html">"spit shining 101-</a>
1. have a layer of cured carnauba on the car (usually takes about 24 hours). When I say a carnauba has to cure, I'm talking about all the solvents that are in the wax have to evaporate leaving just the carnauba on the car.
2. take a spray bottle of pure water and put it into the freezer. Do not let it turn to ice. You want it to get as cold as possible without it turning into ice. When I spit shine, the top 1/2 inch or so of water in the bottle is ice.
3. now for the actual spit shining part. spray a small area of the paint with the cold water (somewhat generously). Then apply your carnauba over top of the cold water. make sure that the paint is cool to the touch before you start. apply until the droplets are gone. Let the nuba dry and then buff off with a MF.

Now for an explanation of what's actually happening here. If you have a layer of carnauba on the car, and then you apply another layer of carnauba on the car, the solvents in the second layer of carnauba will actually dissolve the first layer and the two layers will combine. The cold water spritz'd onto the surface keeps the first layer solid and doesn't let it dissolve. For example, collinite's 845 insulator wax is a good example. When the wax is warm, it's a thick liquid. When cool though, it becomes almost a paste because it hardens up. This is exaxtly what is happening on your paint. The cold water hardens up the first layer of wax to the point where the second layer's solvents cant dissolve it. Instead of having just one layer of wax on the car that is a combination of whatever you've applied, by spit shining the layers you apply, you have separate and defined layers of wax which helps the look overall (especially for showing the car off and you have 4, 5, 6, or more layers on the car)."</i>