Cooked Rice's weekly detailing product review

[Cooked Rice]

I love detailing and I am always buying new products weekly to try out on my cars. I usually give Chris @ Carzilla a visit at least once a week and spend way too much money on AutoObsessed. So I figure why not share my experiences.

09/27/14 Review: CarPro CeriGlass Polish KIT
This weeks review is a good one. Let's talk about water spots, we've all had them. Usually they aren't something that worry me too much as I've never really encountered severe water spots before. Typically a claybar is all I've ever needed to remove them on paint and glass and they'd come off in a breeze. Now how about when the water is so hard that they create etching?

Yes, I admit I got lazy this time. I washed my car at home and was too lazy to give it a proper drying, water spots and deposits, yes I was expecting them. But I was also planning on doing a full clay and polish the day after. Well the next day I was regretting that decision, because I had the most stubborn water spots I've ever encountered. Clay did not remove them and I began to worry. The water spots this time were bad enough, they caused etching in my paint. Luckily, a medium abrasive polish remedied my paint (will review this product at later date). But the glass!

Clay, vinegar, took the DA to it with various paint polishes, tried my Autoglym glass polish. Nothing. Here is the picture of all the hard water etching after trying all the above:


I thought my glass was ruined. I quickly searched online for products. And I discovered CarPro CeriGlass Polish which Auto Obsessed had on their online store. Now I've used CarPro products before and was very impressed. I lucked out when I found CarZilla carried the kit, so the next morning I went and saw Chris and picked one up. You can use the kit with the included hand held felt polishers or use a machine and a aggressive pad. Chris had no felt machine pads and I was very skeptical of the product being effective by hand. But I told him I'd try it by hand and if it didn't work, i'd come back and grab a microfiber disc to slap on my DA.



Poured the product on the pad and started working it in the glass using firm pressure. I thought it wasn't doing much at first, but after about a minute, I couldn't help but smile after seeing that the etches were actually being removed.

Here is a section of the glass after hand polishing with the applicator, eteches are gone, and it removed any fine scratches leaving the glass flawless:


Very amazed at this product. I plan on getting a larger bottle of this to use with a machine for faster results.

[BMDUBS]

Great review thanks! How much did this product cost?

[Cooked Rice]

Originally posted by BMDUBS
Great review thanks! How much did this product cost?

$16 for the kit, comes with the polish, 2 applicator/polishers and a high quality medium pile microfiber.

[Cooked Rice]

10/09/14 Review: Chemical Guys V38 Optical Grade Finish Polish
Missed last weeks review since I was busy exterminating spiders all weekend. So here is this weeks product,

This is a finishing polish, which would be the last step before applying a glaze or going straight to a sealant/wax. It's a jewelers polish meaning it has minimal cut and you can keep polishing over and over without worrying about removing too much clearcoat to get a deep glossy finish. You will definitely want something with more cut for defect removal like scratches/swirls. I cut beforehand with a Poorboys SSR(which I will review another day) and a heavier pad before using the V38. It's a little on the pricey side, almost in the Menzerna range, was $31 for a 16oz bottle.

I paired the product up with a Griots DA and a Lake Country 6" soft white polishing pad.





I really like this product for a few reasons:
-Very long work time, a little bit of the product goes to work for a very long time on the machine.
-No dusting
-Smells great
-Water based, so it's easy to clean the pads after

5 pea sized drops is all you need to start polishing with, I put a bit more than I intended to on the pad here:



The polish finishes very well on the LC white pad at high speed and light pressure. And here are the results:

[mr2mike]

These pictures of your garage insulating and the extreme close ups of the paint make this more random and harder to follow than one of Arash's political iluminati threads.

[Cooked Rice]

Originally posted by mr2mike
These pictures of your garage insulating and the extreme close ups of the paint make this more random and harder to follow than one of Arash's political iluminati threads.

You know, I thought about this, so I looked at the reviews on a dedicated detailing forum, and they too are the same way. Close-ups of the surface showing reflection and or a lit object in the background. But that's what separates a detailed car over a good "20 footer".

[chongkee_]

Originally posted by Cooked Rice


You know, I thought about this, so I looked at the reviews on a dedicated detailing forum, and they too are the same way. Close-ups of the surface showing reflection and or a lit object in the background. But that's what separates a detailed car over a good "20 footer".

Your pictures are good. They show in good detail how good the product is. Based on lighting, at 3 feet away the paint will look good even with imperfections. Having a close up definitely helps.

[codetrap]

I found an easy way to remove the water spotting was to use Meguires Ultimate Qwik Wax. Spray it on, wipe it off with a microfibre, then polish it a bit with another clean/dry microfibre. Seems to work just fine. I don't use it on the front window though. I just use good ol' windex.