Detailer's Domain - Rosie - New Car Prep - Aquartz

Brand new car prep - A little bit of holograms and marring left by the dealer. We stripped the car down, clayed, polished out the minor imperfections and applied Aquartz on the wheels, glass, and paint.

What was done -
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 1 Step - Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Aquartz
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
- Jambs steam cleaned

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
Aquartz
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Black Wow

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle

Before




Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner


Wash



Iron Cut




Clay



Holograms


After Power Finish


Black Wow 50/50



Aquartz


After Shots
















Permission for this write up was granted by the owner.

Enjoy!

 

Can we even get that coating from you anymore? The trim looks great! The dealer should hire you to dress all the trim on those cars lol.

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SHHH a birdie told me Aquartz will be in stock next week along with Iron Cut.

 

Any reason your going to Aquartz and Iron Cut rather than Cquartz and IronX?

 

one thing is pricing. you will see about 15-25% lower cost over the other line.

 

It looks great!

What's the difference between A & C Quartz?

 

I believe Aquartz is from Korea and C is from Japan

 

Ok, cost aside which do you like more?

 

well we sell 2 out of the 4 or 5 out there....

you really want to put me on the spot.

 

Haha, or are you just leaving me hanging so I buy both to decide which is best?

I'm just kiddin. I understand.

 

Phil I thought Aquartz is harder to apply than Cquartz also isnt the contents different?

 

I can say Aquartz leave this super slick finish.

They all have their issue with applications, each will have their own little tricks in the application process.

Don't worry we will have the Aquartz on a pre sale next week.

 

one is from korea one is from japan.

 

you know both have their own issues. but once its on the coatings are great. its a piece of mind.

 

Is this the same Aquartz that Avi originally imported? If so, how did you apply it? I found the original aq to be a real pain in the ass to apply vs cq.

 

I believe this is tweaked.
I used a wet suede mf towel with the aquartz applied then used a dry mf towel and it worked great.

 

No more hair dryer or heat gun needed for aquartz?

 

i did not use a hair drier. for accelerated cure time you can use a drier.

we stored the car prior to delivery.

 

That looks fantastic Phil, got red looking the way it's supposed to!

 

Hmmm..that's interesting. It sounds different, especially with the wet suede mf. I would like to see the instructions written out. What is the dry time on it? I remember AQ being slicker than CQ. I still have a small amount of the original AQ left.