Detailing Your Car Outside Like a Pro | Tips & Tricks | Suzuki Jimny (Vlog52)

[@GREATVOVA]

Insane result. When i'll buy jimny i'll do the same to it on day-1.

[@benhook1850]

The best detailing KZbin channel there is! Another amazing video

[@Secretlyanothername]

Great video Sandro, highly instructive. I've found that if I'm foaming a car and it's drying too quickly, then working the car in thirds can work well. Foam and then rinse the front, then the mid, then the rear. Then repeat the process, if it hasn't had time to do its work sufficiently. Heat is definitely the enemy when cleaning in Queensland. As you note, cars are exposed to the elements before delivery. Once at the factory, then at a dock, then inside a ship (which is hardly pristine), then at the dock, then in transit, then at the dealership. This work is essential to getting it back to the state it should arrive in, and then protecting it.

[@Carlos.Rivera]

That wash cart is goals

[@345detailing4]

You’re such an inspiration, Sandro! Your videos and input have given me so much information to help my business thrive. Thank you!

[@jamesbalafas]

Sandro a big thank you for your honesty in how to paint protection & ceramic coat a car. The end result looked amazing. Another job well done - again!!

[@michaelloftus3576]

Loved it! This is a very helpful and confidence inspiring video. I have learned so much from you over the years, and continue to do so. Thanks again Sandro, and have a great week.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Awesome to hear that, appreciate it mate!

[@magicwaffl3z]

Great work Sandro. Thanks for showing that this type of work can be done outdoors if needed. I've always been worried about ceramic coating my own car cause I don't have a garage.

[@ilikechickensausages2075]

Mate congrats to the family member who got this car, and the house plus the car look spectacular. 👌 Master Sandro 🥋

[@richardgurney100]

This is awesome - love these little Jimny's

[@louc288]

Love you videos! Can you please make a video with your choice of ceramic coating for 2023. Keep up the great work!

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks and I am hoping to do some updated videos that go through my favourite detailing products

[@emanuelestrada8320]

Just woke up, saw you uploaded and wanted to watch immediately

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Hope it was worth the wait!

[@emanuelestrada8320]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing sure was

[@ShaksWD]

Another great video as always Sandro!! Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jonnyshielldetailing]

The exact video I'm filming right now as I'm working outside. Just goes to show anything is possible.

[@JadeaRS4]

This has happened for decades

[@jonnyshielldetailing]

@jason b yes that's true but coating using ceramic outside still divides opinions. I'm sure my next video will compliment this video and I'll try to discuss the pros and cons as I'm in the UK with the weather.

[@3myluckynumber]

This Jimny is ready to step on the red carpet !!!

[@snail415]

Great episode, and such a classy-looking vehicle. I remember my last (and what was actually my first) outdoor detail for a customer. Was a 2023 Mercedes GLE in similar condition as your Suzuki. The gamut of challenges included wind, light pollen, sun and migrating bugs. It was a job that I took panel-by-panel, over and over. It’s really the only way to confidently produce a consistent outcome. Your note on shade placement is so important. You really have to be cognizant of the sun and panel temps throughout. For those stateside, I found 3D One to be a great compound for the outdoors. Sure the wipe off takes a bit more to complete, but it far-beats the issues you’ll experience with lesser compounds. Plus, the formula puts more onus on the pad selected since it’s not a hard-cutting compound. Thanks Sandro for all you do.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks mate and appreciate you sharing your experiences there, a suitable compound is definitely an important factor. Hope all is going well!

[@sergeyrudnitskiy7579]

What a great video Sandro and what a Great Outdoors you have!!! I love the colour of your gravel! Very nice car on Dunlop tires) Glad for your family member and glad the car was in a "good" shape for new car and how you managed to make it shine! Greetings to all of you and cheers from sunny Sweden)

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Very glad you enjoyed this one my friend and very best wishes to the whole family.

[@CTR_1986]

Thanks

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks so much for the support, greatly appreciate it!!

[@mamo1984]

Great video again. I am always washing my car outside and struggle from time to time. Thanks for the tips :)

[@enanostarwars]

Well... im waking up and i got this... lets watch with my coffee cup

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Coffee and content 🙂 what more do we need

[@jamesz9139]

Excellent content as always! I love your work, explanations, and video quality. Superb! I wish I would have watched this a few weeks ago. I recently applied Adam's Advanced Graphene Ceramic coating to my Toyota Tundra (about 26 hours of work in all). I did the prep outdoors (your video would have helped there), then moved into my garage with the overhead door open. Nonetheless, my garage stayed around 84 degrees Fahrenheit (around 29 C). I wasn't quite prepared for the super-fast flash time. I ended up with some pretty bad high spots that I really didn't notice until after the coating was fully cured. I can definitely see how this could be a real challenge outdoors--especially if it's warm and mostly sunny. Fortunately, I was able to hit the high spots with a DA polisher, a finishing pad, and Sonax; then, a quick IPA wipe down, and reapplied a thin coating of the Adam's. Since I hadn't completely removed the original coating; I didn't wait too long for a full flash. The results were MUCH better.

[@BrokenAdam770]

A Suzuki Jimny is a rare small SUV in Malaysia.

[@gallantsaint.]

Love watching all your videos, your voice is very therapeutic and I've learnt so much from you. Thank you

[@lanzar111]

My inspiration! Great, thank you!

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@AndreasSchwarzinger]

I am a huge fan of your videos and this one is no exception, it‘s fantastic. However, considering how clear, direct, honest and comprehensive the information you usually provide is, I really missed some crucial information in this one: 1. Primer polishes can be a risk if you don‘t stay within a manufacturer‘s system. CarPro Essence works fine with CarPro‘s own coatings and some others, but with some others it causes issues resulting in significantly reduced durability and other performance issues. That‘s in my opinion really really important to note! 2. The issue with applying ceramic coatings outside never really was the application itself. Yes, there maybe are some issues with wind and dust, but that‘s managable. The real issues are temperatures, humidity and curing. Those things change outside which means the ideal flash times change when you work on a car. That you mentioned and explained perfectly! However, the big issue you didn’t mention is pretty much all coatings need a cure time of 12-48 hours. And that‘s the real issue, because even IF you manage the application and removal in changing temperature and humidity levels, you won‘t be there to overlook the curing process for the next 12-48 hours. If a car is parked outside, it will see MASSIVE changes in temperature and humidity levels. So much that it is perfectly possible that it gets so cold at night, that water starts to build on some (thinner) panels and if that happens, the curing process will be irreversibly hindered. At that point, the whole application was for nothing! 3. Yes, as you mentioned, there are products like CarPro Release which can help with that issue. However, as much as with Essence, that only works within the manufacturer‘s system. You yourself showed in a video the performance issues you can run into when you apply Gyeon Wax on top of a Gyeon coating - so if you follow a manufacturers recommendations and stay within his system. Plus, products like Release may work to protect the coating from water that comes feom above, but it won‘t protect from moisture that comes from within the panels because they get cold at night. I really really hoped you would also mention these aspects as those are the reasons why I personally don‘t recommend to apply a ceramic coating outside. As you said, it absolutely can be done, but there are so many potential pit falls and because people usually only hear „yes you can“ and then don‘t listen anymore when you start with „but…“, I personally continue to not recommend it.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Great to hear you enjoyed the video and I appreciate your points. In an ideal world everyone would have all the luxuries to detail their vehicles with the upmost convenience and control, but reality bites and I think it shouldn’t discourage or prevent anyone from doing this work. I’d also love to to be able to list and cover everything more comprehensively in every video, but that also also makes the videos excessively long and even more time consuming- so a balance needs to be found. I gues everything is s balance or balancing act in life 🙂

[@AndreasSchwarzinger]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing I 100% agree that we shouldn‘t discourage anyone from doing this work, but I also 100% believe that we should discourage people from applying ceramic coatings when not all necessary requirements are met - as there just can go too much wrong. On the other hand you‘re correct, if we discourage them too much, this will encourage people from selling „ceramic coatings“ when all they in fact apply is a spray wax of sort, because they feel the competitive pressure from detailers who actually can apply coatings. As you said, it‘s all a balance of arguments and I can totally respect your view on it. I still think that outdoor application if ceramic coatings is somewhat risky and won‘t recommend it, but you at least showed the whole process that‘s involved and not just said it‘s possible and left it at that. Keep up the great work!

[@katondewangga2931]

For outdoor polishing, I wonder will spraying water helps with wiping off and prevent the polish to dry faster?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Sometimes water or a lubricant can help with that in harsher environments, but ideally if you can find a polish/compound that is already formulated to help in those area it eliminates more variable issues you can cause by introducing more steps and products to your process.

[@robertcrook4073]

Thank you a lot this made it so easy to understand and get everything down

[@Andy-From-England]

Nice one Sandro

[@sk8ordie4691]

Great work as always, love that little Jimney wish we could get it in the states.

[@1b0b]

Another very intersting video Although work outside does come with its down sides I think you coverd most of them in a clear and consice way Overall very logical way to tackle it Personally i dont have any experience working outside so that was very informative so thank you Keep them coming In Sandro we trust

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Appreciate it mate, hope all is well!

[@VeriousSmithIII]

Very nicely done

[@OddlyHuman]

Do a detailed video on that small setup on that cart

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

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[@make575perday]

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." *Truman Capote

[@ExclusiveTint-CarDetailing]

Hey Sandro great video, where did you get the water filter set up on your trolley?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks and I’ll give you a link to a video I did on that trolley that should have all the info there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKHEdWiwarWFl68

[@JadeaRS4]

Suzuki still makes vehicles?! Wow. Thought that division of Susuki went under decades ago. Not good for anything but tumbling over, but neat to see one!

[@paulthomas3782]

Fantastic effort Sandro, The car looks so much better after you worked your magic. Have you had any of the new Chinese import cars in for you pampering it would be interesting to see your thought on the paint and finish? Thanks for the inspiring videos Cheers.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks but no I haven’t as yet detailed any Chinese cars.

[@paulthomas3782]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing Thankyou

[@CTR_1986]

Some really helpful info 👍🏼. Shame we only get the Commercial Jimny in the Uk now because of emmision regs and the used ones have crazy prices. Only thing that puts me off ceramic coating is the British weather and getting that 12-24 hr window without rain for afterwards. Have you any experience of Diamond Protech, from what I’ve read the flash time should forgiving and cure time 1hr for the 36 month.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

That is a shame, it’s such a cheerful little 4x4! I haven’t personally used Diamond Protect - but 1hr cure time sounds great!

[@CTR_1986]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing I think it’s an hour for the 36 month and no cure time for the 18 month. Wouldn’t mind if you could apply the topper as soon as your finish as really enjoyed Gyeon’s coating when I had the time and indoor space with a garage to keep the elements off overnight and still applied Cure to prevent any water spots. Currently got a product called SiRamik Lusterous Plus Graphene Spray Coating on one of our cars and it’s done 15 months and is still going, it’s getting ready for top up in a few areas seemingly loosing some hydrophobicity but it’s not much harder to apply than a spray sealant. Thanks for taking the time to reply 👍🏼

[@mutatedgenome]

Excellent video Sandro. When polishing water spots off of glass, are glass polishing specific pads and glass polish only needed if the glass is etched?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks and although you can certainly use glass specific polishes and pads, they aren’t specifically needed in my experience- you can use the same pads and compounds used on the paint.

[@mnmn1665]

Excellent. Would using de-ionized water increase dwell time for the foam? Thanks.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks but no, deionised water just helps avoid water spots

[@DavidC1]

thx for 4k

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

My pleasure 🙂

[@georgina_gsm]

Sandro we need a video just on the set up if you cool detailing cart!!

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Just for you 🙂kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKHEdWiwarWFl68

[@MD-ph9bk]

Sandro, how is the Carpro Essence compared to Gyeon Q2 Primer? Great work once again!!

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks but unfortunately I haven’t tried Q2 Primer so I can’t say.

[@Secretlyanothername]

I wanted to ask, how do you detail interior paint? Is it the same process as the exterior? There aren't many new cars with exposed interior paint (the Jimny is one), but it's more common on older vehicles.

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Yes the general process is the same, usually smaller machines and pads are used and access is cramped and restricted, but the same method goes.

[@Secretlyanothername]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing thank you! I always appreciate your answers.

[@mag1vl]

4th and hello Sandro from Adelaide 🙃

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Hello and hope you enjoyed the video mate!

[@mag1vl]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing Thanks I always enjoy your videos Sandro🍻

[@tsafiqaziz2523]

fuiyoh, great video

[@SS95170]

Brilliant upload yet again, you never cease to amaze. Can Carpro Essence be used as a primer with any ceramic coating?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks and I don’t think it’s compatible or recommend for every ceramic coating but the ones I’ve personally tested it with have worked well.

[@amrautospa]

I wanted to ask you since you have experience installing both. Nova pro vs cquartz finest reserve. What would be the major difference between these two coatings ?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

I think both can perform equally well. Finest is very slow flashing and curing coating that needs additional inferred curing and really needs to be layered to achieve its true performance and is quite expensive - granted, given the time and cost it does perform exceptionally well. Nova Pro is a very quick flashing and curing coating (doesn’t need IR curing) and will perform great as a single layer or in multiple layers and is more affordable and cost effective to apply.

[@adblf]

Thanks as always Sandro. Is that Darkside on the tyres?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Yes it is

[@jason8anthony]

I stopped using my rain tank water to wash as I was worried it would be dirty. It’s not filtered in any way. Would you use tap or tank in this case?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

No I wouldn’t run overly dirty or contaminated water through my pressure washer and/or use it to wash a car without any filtration. Most water tanks should have a top filter to stop particles from entering and there’s lots of affordable bottom tap end filters you can apply with finer filtration - you just need to clean the filters out every few months. Rain water is generally the best water for washing cars as it typically has low to no mineral deposits that cause water spots and is extremely pure. You can also flush, pressure rinse and treat the tank with bleach and give the gutters a clean if your tank water is heavily contaminated.

[@fugawiaus]

I’d love to see your “family member” pick it up and immediately take it off road. Hehe How dare you polish all the character out of that 4wd. A 4wds whole character is found in its scratches and dents. This is how you judge if the driver bought it to use it or just to pose. Hehe

[@onacidracing]

I mean I was going to bed....but

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

🙂 sleep is over rated …

[@onacidracing]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing 🤣 great video as always Sandro

[@bradpacey9755]

I know that feeling...I was supposed to be asleep by now

[@P.Galore]

Excellent videos!...thank you. Have you used white vinegar to remove water spots?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Thanks and yes, a long time ago we did use to use vinegar (before there was many water spots removal chemicals) and it did work sometimes depending on the specific water spots.

[@denzeljackson6505]

How's the quality of this coating compared to gyeon mohs or more expensive uk 3.0. Still think you should have clayed the car just to make sure any rough contaminants are no more

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Nv Nova Pro is a certified pro coating that does tend to our perform most consumer based coatings - it’s just no available to the general public.

[@phoenixautodetailingscotla2159]

This is me, but with scottish weather 😅 . Another great video buddy.💪💪👍👍🔥

[@domenicobizzarro839]

Didn't you risk to cover major defects using such a low cut polish and more a finisher like Essence? You decided not to use a compound before because you had lower than 100 micron total?

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

First!!!

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

🥇hope you enjoyed this one my friend!

[@1stfrompuertorico568]

​@@CarCraftAutoDetailing always. And I hope your family is fine and healthy

[@wiisnurk]

❤

[@morganazzopardi2187]

IS THAT JIMNY ???? Ohh yee

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

OH yes it is!

[@brokenSnake]

So is car craft an actual detailing shop or just a KZbin channel?

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

I initially established CCAD for my home, mobile and then shop based detailing businesses but has progressed since as my general brand for everything I do detailing related including this YT channel, training classes, product testing, consulting and jobs. I no longer use the name for any shop based location.

[@ionelbanu4451]

Paint on new cars is getting thinner while the prices are getting higher and the quality interior/exterior of the cars is getting lower...

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

Yes very disappointing!

[@cebasmb8250]

3rd 😊

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

🥉

[@cebasmb8250]

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing i really do enjoy your videos, especially on a sunny morning with my coffee ☕...... you did a fantastic job on that jeep Sandro,,,,

[@BriFree100]

I hope that was an empty bottle around 6:10… 😀

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

So do I

[@mikecheang8348]

are there any ways to get in contact with you? lols

[@CarCraftAutoDetailing]

There’s links to my email and social media DMs in the about page of this channel.

[@gopicim]

we cant apply ceramic coat in outdoors, it is not a professional approach. donot do it,

[@fugawiaus]

Seems you can. Hehe

[@sk8ordie4691]

Hoping @armourdetailsupply sends over there line of products for you to try. I have only tried a few so far, but they have been top notch.