Detailing Q&A: Testing KCX & Optimum Products on a Dirty Toyota

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to yet another Q&A Thursday, where I'm back as your host, Dane

Hennan, right here.

And to my left, Anthony Fisher.

Dane, thanks for having me, happy to be here, happy Thursday, it is one of the best days of

the week, right, where today we're going to be answering your questions, solving all of

your life's problems, creating new problems, and things that you can just simply spin on

and think about for the following week until we return.

But hold on.

Wait.

Dane.

That actually might be a problem.

That is going to be a problem.

Yeah.

Because we're not going to be here next week.

We're not going to be here next Thursday.

What are we doing?

Well, we're actually going to be in an entire other state.

We're going to be on the other side of the country for that matter.

I don't know if I'd go that far, Dane.

Yeah, pretty much.

We're going to the opposite side of the country.

We might be somewhere in the vicinity of Georgia, specifically about it.

Or literally in Georgia.

Or in Georgia, specifically about an hour and a half north of Atlanta, and we

will be somewhere in the mountains and probably some fancy house, probably eating

some fancy steak dinners, and probably shooting some detailing related content.

So that's good to me.

I'm down with that.

Now, we'll get to that here in a little bit, right?

But we do have some just general housekeeping that we need to cover right now.

For one, you'll get your housekeeping, but I don't want to leave our

friendly detailer just sitting hanging around this whole time.

That's right.

We've got guest star Carson Black.

Welcome to the show.

You're detailing away.

Thank you for having me.

Last week was amazing.

I was a co-host last week, and now I got kicked back down to this car wash boy.

Hey, you're coming to Georgia with us.

I know.

I'm super excited.

So I'm going to wash Nick's dirty, dirty sequoia today using some

Coach Kemi products and optimum products.

I'm really excited to do this, and he definitely deserves a

car wash.

So I'm going to make it a good one.

Nice.

The camera doesn't do it justice.

It's dirtier than it looks on screen.

Absolutely.

I'm looking at it here.

Yeah.

That's all better.

Oh, yeah.

Carson, you keep working hard.

Thank you.

You're detailing, and eventually you might end up back here at this table.

Maybe one day when Dan's sick again.

Yeah.

Maybe one day.

Yeah, maybe one day.

But I'm surprised you didn't introduce yourself as it's your boy Carson.

No.

Or full-time Carson.

Okay.

I don't do that.

That's...

Okay.

Yeah.

Gotcha.

All right.

Well, yeah.

You normally say, yeah, that's right.

Yeah, that's right.

Okay.

It's really good.

I'm not the forefront answering your questions and kind of, you know, shooting the stuff.

But let us jump into a little bit of housekeeping, shall we?

Yeah, let's do it.

What do you got?

So this week at the RAD Company, we are...

I guess we are starting to kind of rear up for the...

I'm not rear up.

I guess that's the wrong word to use.

We are getting ready.

We are preparing ourselves for a busy October.

Okay.

That's kind of what I was looking for.

Yeah.

Because, believe it or not, it's the end of September.

I can't believe it.

This month has absolutely flown by and falls right around the corner, which means that fly

season is here.

So I don't know why I just did it like that.

But there's fly season.

He was swatting a fly.

There's flies everywhere.

Idaho is that we call it the infestation that happens and some reason this time of

year, house flies, horse flies, all flies.

They're coming in from the pastures, the fields, everywhere that there's like, you

know, crops being grown.

They start to get some of that like, cut hay and stuff like that and they start finding

homes in there and there's just like a whole bunch of them just start popping out.

Yeah.

Not a pleasant image, but...

Well, not, yeah, definitely not a pleasant image, but it's something that is happening.

So right now we are kind of getting through that, but also a little bit colder weather

in the morning, meaning that we're kind of waking up and we are finding dew on

our cars or finding just to maybe a little bit of frost in the air, right?

Which is nice.

Leaves are going to start changing here soon.

Yeah.

So it's nice that here in Idaho, at least here in the Northwest, right, that we only

have another probably two months of probably water washing that we'll be able to get

away with here with running water at our homes.

So, meaning that this is kind of your, I don't want to say your last hurrah in

order to prepare your vehicle for the long winter, right?

Some people will store their vehicles, some people will protect and correct and

do everything before winter if they want to do that or they plan on waiting

till spring.

So, the way I see it is that as long as your vehicle can get through winter

properly and avoiding brushes and avoiding car washes and things like that,

then your vehicle should hopefully remain scratch-free and preserved by that

following spring.

Fair enough.

So, we are finding a lot of people are stocking up on a lot of chemicals,

a lot of supplies in preparation for the long winter.

A lot of people are going to be rinses washing, obviously, but coming

into October here, spooky season, we do have some special things planned and

I highly recommend keeping an eye out for that.

Now, other things, Ultra Air Blaster Mini was launched just a few weeks ago and

we've had fantastic reception from that tool.

The Air Blaster Mini is essentially, it is a miniature version of our Ultra Air

Blaster 2.0.

But the power isn't reduced, it's actually possibly more powerful.

So, with the new Ultra Air Blaster Mini, it's really just a complete straight

through design at this point, and it still has the replaceable bearings,

which is cool, but what we like about it is that it's more compact.

You can just grab and go.

You don't have to worry about grabbing something specifically by the handle to

make sure your hand is properly aligned.

You can use the trigger with your thumb, you can use the trigger

with your pinky or palm.

However, it feels most comfortable, but we've also dropped the price

down in comparison to the Ultra Air Blaster 2.0.

So, this is going to be coming in at an even $34, which is sweet, and you're,

of course, going to get three fittings on here for whatever type of

quick disconnect that you have.

Outside of that, one cool thing is that if you go to add that to Cartonic,

what happens?

What does happen?

What the heck?

So, we wanted to try to get back where we can and we think that this is

a really cool little addition here where you buy an air blaster and we're

offering 50% off of a bearing kit, meaning that if you want to have

replacement bearings on hand, just in case they get dunked up or anything

happens with them, you'll be able to replace them for a really affordable price.

So, here, we can kind of come out of here, Nick, and I'll just kind of

showcase this for you.

Gabriel was kind of to grab this for me.

So, this is the Air Blaster Mini.

As you can see, it fits in the hand comfortably.

I love that trigger.

What I like to do is just wrap my thumb around the top there.

And then fingers kind of wrap around the bottom.

And I think that feels really nice in the hand.

Again, you can also use it the other way around and use your bottom finger.

However you want to do it, right?

This does have the swivel attachment on it from the RAD Company.

So, we have our little swivel adapter you can put on there as well.

So, this actually swivels and rotates as it should.

But then bearing replacement again, right?

So, your cone's just going to spin off.

Easy.

And after a few threads, you're going to pull out your bearings.

And that's what that looks like.

So, you can go ahead and replace these, clean these,

do a very mild lubricant, something that's very thin.

And you can relube them.

You can drop them back down into the barrel there.

And then you go ahead and twist back on your cone.

And you are ready to rock and roll.

So, $34, awesome price.

I do recommend picking up extra bearings when you can.

At least get a two pack of extra bearings so you know

they won't have any bearing related issues

with all of the water and dirt, debris.

The swivel is worth it to me.

I really like the swivel.

Yeah, and the swivel is awesome as well.

So, a lot of people are loving this.

They think it's super awesome.

We think it's super awesome.

And we hope you try one out.

If you have, again, if you have an air compressor

and you're wanting to finally pick up a little blowout

tool, this is an awesome just grab and go solution.

And yeah, again, $34 you can pick it up on Amazon.

You can pick it up at the RADCompany.com.

Pick and choose what is the best option for you.

So, now, some other things, right?

So, we've launched that.

We've had the question, are we launching anything else?

Is there anything else new?

Well, we do have our new interior scrubbers, right?

Which are, they're four pack.

And the interior scrubbers are going to be kind of your

go-to vinyl leather interior plastic cleaning tool

that are, I mean, pretty robust and really durable.

And it was kind of about time we created an interior

scrubber.

We've had many other companies do it.

We're like, let's do it, but let's do it a little bit

different.

And so, we've launched a four pack of that,

which is awesome.

And those, for the most part, yeah, you really,

you really can't use them improperly.

I would just say avoid using them on piano black

plastics, and obviously they're really not meant

for paint, so I wouldn't use them on paint.

But everything else is a pretty fair game.

So, those have been launched.

I don't know if Nick was able to find those up on the

website, interior scrubbers, possibly.

I hope they're up on the website.

Think, yeah, I think we have, we have some here

we've been using them.

Yeah, maybe.

Don't we have them on TikTok, too?

Right, yeah.

Interior scrubbers should be somewhere on the

rackcoming.com.

Type in scrubber, Nick.

See what happened.

There we go.

Interior scrubbers there.

You're going to have one side in black,

the other side is in gray, and it is held

together with a corduroy suede edge.

So, for this edge here, we wanted to do it

something a little bit different.

We find that that corduroy edge is just a little bit

more durable and offers a little bit of scrubbing

power in comparison to just a pure butter soft suede.

And so, pictures there, it is flexible.

It is going to do a good but delicate job

at cleaning everything.

It's going to build up a good lather.

And again, 15 bucks for a Pekka 4,

which is a pretty good deal.

I'm pretty stoked on that.

Now, there is going to be, last but not least,

there is going to be another product

featured today.

I'm not going to draw too much attention to it.

I'm already drawing too much attention to it.

I'm not talking about it.

I know they're going to be looking for something.

There's something else that we're going to be using today

that will also be coming soon,

and my hint to you very soon.

My hint is to sign up for the RAG company newsletter,

so you don't miss out when a new product launches.

It's something people have spent a long time bringing up.

Bringing up, and I think that we've

come up with a pretty cool solution for them.

Anyways, you'll see that here a little bit later today

in the feed as they continue on with the wash.

So just kind of keep an eye out for what Carson's

doing there in the backdrop once it gets to that.

All right, Dane.

All right, I'm ready to go with some questions,

some comments, some introductions, some hello's.

I'm going to go ahead and start things off here

with a one who shall remain nameless.

What are we going to call him today?

What do you think?

I want to call him Pedro.

Like Pedro's in Pascal?

That Pedro, or could be vote for Pedro?

Pedro's just in everything lately.

Pedro, Pedro just, you know, he knows these overexposed.

So anyway, Pedro here saying good afternoon

and happy Friday TRC family coming at you today.

He says from 35,000 feet flying over Utah

on the way to Las Vegas with spotty Wi-Fi.

I will be landing soon.

So I'll likely be catching the replay.

I hope y'all have a great week.

Well, we certainly hope you have a great week as well, Pedro.

Take care out there and safe landings for you.

All right.

That's a good way to put it, Dane.

Yeah, that's a good way.

Safe travels, you know, all that.

Don't want to jinx anything.

All right.

So Dan Pfeiffer here.

What's he saying?

Says good afternoon.

Word up from my sunny garage in sunny Minnesota, USA.

Happy Friday to you, TRC gang.

Detailing the wife's car today.

Ooh, it has been neglected this month

using a full suite of KCX and P&S products.

All right.

So I'd like to hear, Dan.

Have fun with that.

And hello, TRC team.

From also, he's everywhere.

Ubiquitous and Berto.

So welcome first from Puerto Rico.

Now, moving up the line, everybody's saying hello

to everybody.

We go to Mac Bergson, who's saying, hey, everyone,

I'm back from Germany.

Shout out to Hans.

I tried to watch last week, but couldn't stay up

past 10 PM.

Mac, that's OK.

It's all right, Mac.

It's a thought that counts.

And knowing that you tried, well, that counts.

Yep.

All right.

DIY with Kane.

What's he saying?

Hello, TRC team.

Checking in from Milwaukee.

Nice.

Having you in the house, Kane.

And the man with the dragon tattoo himself, Hans.

Hans, closing.

Hello, hello, hello.

Happy post-wash Wednesday.

Nice, Hans.

Glad he still remember.

Yes.

And then we have Andre here just laughing his head off

for some reason.

I don't know what's going on.

He's having a moment, it looks like.

David Cervantes, Mr. Tyres, what's up, guys?

Well, we're running a show.

What's up with you, David?

Then we've got a hello here from Carlos.

And we have more maniacal laughter from Andre.

Still not sure what that's about.

Pedro, oh, we are losing altitude.

Not sure how much longer I'll be on.

That sounds ominous.

Maybe rephrase that.

Don't drag it.

525.

Hello, hello, everyone.

We'll get there.

Andre is saying he forgot something.

OK, he's just, I don't know.

He's talking about the intro.

Dain is walking around.

The prequel, the prequel.

Oh, is that what he is?

He thinks it's funny.

I mean, there's nothing wrong with him.

Dain, he's just laughing at the fact that maybe I forgot

that my wrapper with my beef jerky or whatever.

OK, so I'm just making sure I understand what's going on.

Oh, look at this.

Perfect detail, USA.

We got Tay, what's up, TRC fam?

Wow, I know we're going to have famous people in the chat

today.

Brad, what's going on, man?

We've got some special guests.

Oh, yeah, we do.

Happy to have you here, bud.

Followed by Max saying, yes, Dain is back.

I appreciate that, sir.

Thank you.

Does that make you feel pretty good?

That makes me feel pretty good.

I bet it does, yeah.

It does.

Hydra with a hello all.

Don't worry, there are some detailing questions coming up.

I'm just getting through our introductions.

And, ooh, OK, there's actually quite a few here.

Where am I?

What shall remain nameless, a.k.

Pedro?

Next week is Lucas and Gabe running the show,

or rather, are Lucas and Gabe running the show?

No, because Gabe will also be with us in Georgia.

Lucas will still be busy here, though.

All right, then we have, nope, Ari did that one.

Ooh, Brian here.

Thoughts on stoner, invisible glass

as a general surface cleaner.

Now, invisible glass is one of those detailing products

that I was using long before I learned anything else

about detailing.

Invisible glass was just the go-to.

I liked it a lot.

But as far as a general surface cleaner, Anthony,

we've been to a lot of car shows in our day.

If people don't have a real familiarity

with detailing products, what's the first thing

they tend to go to in the cleaner?

Yeah, what is it about that stuff?

Windex, spray away.

It's spray way, and it's windex a lot,

but I think it's spray way even more often.

And then invisible glass is up there in that top three

also.

I think that glass cleaners, in general,

they're not really a whole lot wrong that can happen there.

I mean, it depends, right?

Some of them out the alcohols in them,

things like that can possibly degrade a protection,

dry something out.

They're not gonna offer lubrication

for a long period of time

because they flash off really fast.

Yeah, so I know a lot of people in body shops

use glass cleaners, right?

Glass cleaners are a great thing to use in body shops.

I think that a lot of people do wet sanding,

use a lot of glass cleaners.

As a general surface cleaner,

like for example, like these countertops back here,

if I want to wipe down these countertops,

absolutely I can use glass cleaner.

They're PPF, but it doesn't matter

whether the PPF or not.

You can still use a glass cleaner.

I think it kind of just depends on

what you're spraying it on

and what the effect could be

due to the alcohols in some glass cleaners

or the surfactants in some glass cleaners, right?

In the case that some of them may have

some light degreasing properties,

things like that,

what's the effect and what's it meant for?

But I'll tell you right now that,

people use glass cleaners on stainless steel all the time.

People use glass cleaners on

granite countertops all the time.

People use glass cleaners on glass mirrors,

wooden countertops.

In a certain sense,

maybe some of the chemical makeup of it

could disinfect something possibly to a light degree,

a little bit of alcohol on the surface.

I think what's nice about glass cleaners

is people like to spray on something that foams

and it feels fun.

I think in visible glass in general,

I think that their aerosol glass cleaner

is a good glass cleaner.

I do wish that every,

because every time every one I've used, right?

I go to spray it.

It's not like a powerful aerosol stream.

It's always kind of like a little bit weak

when it starts to foam on the surface

and that's fun.

But like sprayway, right?

You lay down, that thing is pressurized.

It goes ham.

They put a little extra in those bags.

Yeah, because when you start to spray in sprayway,

it's like bam, it like expands.

It literally has recoil

when you press a button in your hand.

It does, it does.

But yeah, I think it's generally fine.

My argument on that front is

what makes a glass cleaner good

makes it less good at being an anything else cleaner

when it comes to other surfaces of a vehicle

where you're concerned about swirling or marring

or things of that nature.

Because a good glass cleaner,

it's gonna like flash away pretty quickly.

You're not gonna have stuff left on the surface

which is appealing to a lot of people.

You don't have that residue,

generally speaking, it tends to just disappear

which hey, that's awesome on glass

but glass is a tougher surface to work on

versus your softer clears, things like that.

You just, you're not gonna run the risk

of like scratching your glass

the way you might on a soft clear or something like that.

So it is a different animal

and I would say if you have the option

to use a quick detailer or a waterless wash

or better yet a rinseless wash or some other thing instead,

I would always steer towards that

but if glass cleaners all you got,

I mean, you could certainly do it in a pinch.

I just, I wouldn't do that all the time

if I was really concerned about micro marring

all that kind of stuff.

Yeah.

That fair?

Yeah.

Still eats.

What's he saying?

Hey fellas, I'm smashing that like button, thank you.

Thank you.

Smash it, sit on it, do whatever you want.

Whoa, what?

Okay.

David Cervantes says, oh great wizards of scents

and necromancer of towels.

What the heck?

Anthony, I'm having trouble locating a cologne.

Oh my God.

I have some cremo, fresh timber, shaving cream.

I love the smell.

You know of any similar colognes.

You're the right guy to ask.

So cremo had a line of fragrances

and you could pick those up at Target.

They had Blue Cedar and Cypress,

which is a really popular fragrance that they have.

You go to Cremo's website.

You should see if they,

I haven't been using Cremo for quite some time,

but you should see if they have a fresh timber clone.

Cremo makes several different clones

and they're all really, really good.

I love the smell of Cremo products.

You know, like the cost of the colognes,

it's like 30 bucks or something.

It's super cheap.

Cremo is on the cheaper side.

And you can use it a lot.

You can use a little, whatever,

and it'll last quite some time.

But yeah, I think I had the Blue Cedar

and Cypress Cremo clone and for a while.

And yeah, it was nice.

It was nice, but you should see

if they have the timber one.

Just go on their website.

That works.

We got Gurio style or Gurio style,

however you want to say that.

Hello, I'm a TRC fan from Japan.

Love that.

I would appreciate it if you could provide information

on the durability of Protector Wax and Hydrofoam.

Anthony, go.

Gotcha.

Yeah, so Protector Wax is,

so basically when you break down the differences,

Protector Wax is gonna be wax based.

It's gonna have light filling properties, so they say.

And durability wise, you'll get, you know,

few months of durability out of it.

Hydrofoam sealant is a sealant based

and it is meant to have a longer lasting finish in general.

It's not as much of it as vast as of a difference

as some people might think.

So Protector Wax maybe lasts a couple months.

Hydrofoam will last maybe another month or two

following that.

They are both really good.

Protector Wax I think is kind of special

in the fact that it uses some type of bonding process

that I don't know how to describe it.

It sizzles on the surface.

It makes a weird sound.

It's kind of fun.

People like that.

But a lot of people say that Protector Wax

definitely has a glow to it right once it's done

because it is a more wax based where Hydrofoam sealant,

you'll get great water behavior

but maybe the vehicle doesn't have that same glow

that Protector Wax has.

We use both in the studio here.

I cannot tell the difference between the two visually

but I can attest to the fact that Hydrofoam sealant

does last quite some time, which is pretty cool.

And Protector Wax is just really easy to use

and I think today Carson's gonna be using Protector Wax

and I think in a, using it two different ways.

Two different ways.

So yeah, stay tuned for that.

Okay.

Then we've got Hydra detailing here saying damn

that truck is dirty.

To be that dirty on camera, it must be dot, dot, dot.

Yes.

It's very filthy.

Very dirty.

So yeah, as a general rule, you're watching YouTube videos

you're watching live streams in particular

where the cameras are a different quality

than you get with like the more cinema focused up.

Anyway, dirt just kind of disappears

when you're taking pictures or video of cars

in certain conditions, certain settings.

I mean, you like to take nice pictures of your cars

and people could actually see them up close.

They might have a different opinion sometimes,

depending, but you know, good picture hides a lot.

So in this case, we're trying to show as much as possible

and you can see it is dirty.

But yeah, watch as Carson works

and see the transformation in real time

because that color does pop underneath.

All right.

Next up, I've got Travis Aldridge.

What is a good P&S Decon soap?

I mean, crystal wash count?

Yeah.

That's more like acid kind of stuff almost

like removing water spots.

It can be a lot of different things.

Crystal washing moves for a lot of different things.

A good Decon soap from P&S is probably gonna be Frostbite.

Frostbite?

Frostbite, it will, how do I say this?

It will do a decent amount of cleaning power on its own.

You can always supercharge that

with a general all-purpose cleaner of some sort

and throw that into the mix as well.

P&S does have a lot of professional products as well

that will do a better job of Deconning,

including crystal wash.

Yeah.

Hydra basically said as much.

And David Feinstein here, you meant ramping up,

not rearing up.

Yeah, I don't know how I got those two mixed up,

but I just got a little excited, I guess.

Me, I did it because I wanted to do it.

Fine detailing says afternoon party people.

What's going on, Ryan?

All right, back at you, Ryan.

And then I've got David Boyce here saying,

is Carson foaming first with Opti Decon soap?

Not sure, I think so.

Yes, David Boyce is just making sure, all right.

Then I got Ronnie Yacht here saying good afternoon,

right back at you, Ryan.

What's going on?

Happy to have you here.

And then I have some people saying hello to Ron.

Let's go to Flack Pyro.

What's he saying, Anthony?

Polished and freshly coated last week

to get ready for winter.

Nice.

See, I'm telling you, I'm not crazy,

people are doing it.

No, it's time.

They're at it.

Megan here saying, hey, y'all.

Megan, what's going on?

Nice to see you, Megan.

And then we've got some talk about the weather.

And then we've got Gurio here again.

Gurio saying, could you please let

me know which product in the KCX lineup

can be used as a drying aid?

There's a few.

You could use QF.

You could use FSE if you were dealing with some spots

and stuff they wanted to get rid of that were recent.

You're looking at me like.

Yeah, I'm looking at you like you got some.

You want the answer.

I want your answer.

People want your answer.

I'm saying things here because I know they're quick detailers.

But OK.

So QS, Quick and Shine, is probably

going to give you your best true drying aid experience.

Mainly that it's easy to spray.

It's essentially like a quick detailer.

It's got a little bit of protection built into it.

And yeah, it works really well.

QF probably doesn't have the lubrication

you'd be looking for as a drying aid.

But what you can do is you can also take Rapid Rensseless Wash.

You can dilute that 128 to 1, 64 to 1.

You can use that as a drying aid all day long.

And you get a lot of bang for your buck that way.

Other things that I would probably use in specifically

in the KCX lineup, well, there's

a couple of products coming down the pipeline.

They're not here yet.

But we have been testing them out.

And both of those can essentially

be used as a drying aid to a certain degree.

So those will be really exciting once they get here.

And lastly, based off of memory here,

I mean, going down the line in my head,

I think that FSC, while it does a lot of different things

in terms of cleaning, offering a little bit of protection,

and also removing mineral deposits,

can be used as a drying aid in the circumstance

that you know that you're using hard water.

So if you know that you have a large mineral deposit

in your water, and you know it's sitting on the surface,

and you're like, hey, I'm going to dry this,

but I just want a safety spritz.

FSC would be a good safety spritz to do.

You're like neutralizing as you go.

Yeah, that's kind of cool.

That's exactly what you're doing.

I see a vote for protector wax down here

as well, which could be kind of interesting.

I haven't used it like that.

Never used it like that.

So I'm sure it probably can dilute it enough.

Totally.

I just haven't tried it.

Yeah, if you put it in a spray bottle

and use it like a quick detailer style.

Yeah.

Then we got Hanzo.

What's Hanzo saying?

Good day, everyone.

I had to remove gum from my girlfriend's car seat

and was successful.

I was curious, how do you remove gum from a fabric seat

if it has been sitting for a while?

We're talking a little heat here.

You just generate a little heat

to get it soft enough to remove from the surface,

generally.

I don't know what you're on about.

Dane, you're so funny.

I'm just trying.

But that's the Dane answer.

Yeah, that's the Dane answer, but it's actually the opposite.

Because you're saying, no, make it colder so it just snaps off.

So you can take ice to it to try to make it brittle.

And you can try to break it away like that.

Because if I made a hot it turned into a gummy mess,

and it would just be going all over the place.

No, but that was the most Dane answer

that you could have given me.

But I'm literally just looking at it going, OK.

School me out of it, because I don't know.

No, no, no, it's OK.

But it sounded logical.

But this is a Dane thing.

Dane would have come to work, OK, so I, for some reason,

thought heat on my gum would work.

And you're like, Anthony, I need you to look at this.

Yeah, I think it made it worse.

So counterintuitive.

But that makes sense.

So it's OK to admit when you're wrong.

Depending on how old the gum is,

you can use ice to try to dry it out,

try to basically cool down, make it brittle, right?

And you can kind of break it off in pieces.

Other things that you can do is, so steam is great.

Because while you are heating it,

I was going to say, hold on.

That's just heating it again.

While you're heating it, you're forcing moisture

into that spot of gum, right?

And so what happens?

A hot wet towel could do.

A hot wet towel could potentially do that.

But the active pressure of steam hitting that

makes it easy just to start picking it off

and picking it apart.

To be clear, when I talked about heating it up,

I wasn't saying hold like a heat gun to it or something.

No, if people were imagining that, no,

I promise I'm not that stupid.

And then at a certain point, depending

on how mashed in it is or how hideous it is,

you can also do your best to brush it out.

You can also do your best to try to cut it out.

I know that there's some people that,

depending on the length of the carpet or the fabric,

whatever it's on, maybe not a seat,

but like a just general carpet, you can usually use a razor

blade and you can cut it that out that way.

Carpet's one thing, but a fabric seat, I would not be.

But what I would probably do on a seat

is I would try to ice it out.

And then I'd grab myself a plastic razor blade or a pick

and start picking at it.

And try to get it off into chunks

and then clean that area underneath really thoroughly

with a good brush, something like a color lock brush

or something like a good interior scrubbing brush.

Okay, cool.

Well, there we go.

That's an answer.

Ninja 3169 saying, will you guys

make a brush attachment cone for the ultra mini blower?

Stay tuned.

Hmm.

Stay tuned, Ninja.

Limitless.

Okay, Carl F here.

Hanzo, have you ever played with dry ice?

It's like a cross between ice and steam.

Oh, no, dry ice is great.

I mean, dry ice will do well.

You have dry ice.

I mean, you have dry ice.

You'll get rid of gum.

You'll get rid of gum immediately.

Seconds.

It's amazing.

But yeah, not everybody has a dry ice blaster.

So you can just use normal ice to freeze it up.

To freeze it up.

Whoa, okay.

Holy smokes, everybody clap.

Ice cream party.

Wow.

Something party.

Yeah.

$99 from Luke Berge says, hey, y'all, unfortunately,

can't watch today, but still got, still got a Don 8

to the TRC donate to the TRC cruise fund.

Happy Friday, y'all.

That is extremely generous of you, Luke.

We are going to put that money to use next week

when we, I don't know, maybe we force,

maybe Matt Mormon to eat something

that he doesn't want to eat,

or maybe we use it to splurge on something.

I mean, that's worth it.

The cruise fund is also quite nice,

but we're going to eat.

It's more of a crew fund here,

because we're going to get treats for people,

that kind of stuff.

That's often why.

Thank you very much.

We appreciate that.

Stay safe out there.

Yeah.

Stay safe out there until the next cruise.

Yeah, yeah, you know, those cruises.

Get a little crazy.

Yeah, they can't ban you from forever.

He just keeps changing ship lines

because they keep banning you.

Did you see that documentary about the poop cruise

on Netflix?

No, I'm not watching the poop cruise.

We're not talking about that.

No, right, all right.

Armored Detail Supply says, hey, guys,

what's going on?

I love those guys.

Then we got Carl.

ADS in the house.

Yeah, nice to have.

Should you wash the interior scrubbers

before you use them?

I just got them what you don't need to wash them.

You just dump straight into it.

No reason to.

There we go.

They're not a linting style product.

The dye in there is already pretreated.

So, yeah, OK.

Then I've got Pedro saying, y'all should look

into the Bow Shield T9 as a lubricant.

It's made by Boeing and not cheap,

but an awesome lube, he says.

All right.

For some reason, I thought it was a type

owner.

It was called Brow Shield.

And it was like some weird new startup

like Coding Company.

Yeah, you got to get yourself some Brow Shield.

Everybody's like selling you stuff with

backwards caps and like tech talk ads.

Yeah, I can picture it now.

All right.

Next up, we've got Hydra detailing.

Would the mini air blaster be good for

blowing out one and three inch polish pads?

Any of the blasters would be good for that.

The Ninja here asking about scrubbers.

That's fun.

What's the difference in the different size

or besides size about your scrubber?

OK.

So we do have an edging on there.

So we have a corduroy edge versus an

overlock stitch.

So most companies will do an overlock

stitch, which is fine.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Just the overlock stitch edge is abrasive

and it can potentially scratch things

that you don't want being scratched.

And so we did a corduroy edge on ours.

It does increase the thickness of the

product just a little bit, but with

enough use that should start kind of

wearing down and, you know, it won't

be as thick, I should say.

So that's pretty much it.

I mean, the edging is one big thing.

And then obviously doing multi-sided

or two different colors on each side.

One different color on each side.

And coming into four back at $15,

that's a pretty good deal.

All right.

Then we have the tall man himself,

Joey Balinski, makes himself known

by saying, hey, my friends, happy Thursday.

Good to see the boys back at the table again.

I agree, Joey.

Thanks, Joey.

Then everybody saying hi to Joey.

Then we got Jimbo, Jimbo Slice.

Say in pumpkin spice GSF.

Ooh, that could like bridge the seasons

between that and GFX.

I know if only there was enough time,

but, you know, the pumpkin spice product

smell has been kind of taken over

by some other brands over the years.

Let's just say there will be something

to bridge the seasons.

Oh, I think I know what you're talking about.

And yes, yes, it's not pumpkin spice,

but it is really cool.

Yeah.

Really cool.

Actually, it is cooler.

It just is.

It's probably, it's definitely cooler.

It's 100% the coolest thing you guys will see.

Yes.

And just, let's say stay tuned.

Yeah.

And I'm saying this in an ominous way

because it is ominous.

It is.

Jimbo, I bet you'll like it.

I think you'll like it.

Amber Atkinson saying, welcome back, Dan.

I'm glad you're feeling better.

Thank you, Amber.

I am feeling better.

It is a not fun day.

Yeah.

I'm glad you got out of your system

and knock on wood.

We need all knock on wood, Dan, for next week.

Yes.

That all of us are feeling good.

I'm pretty convinced it was something I ate

and not like a bug I contracted

because it was rumbling the tums.

No good.

Anyway, Jeff, see, I'm loving the mini air blaster.

Can we expect the full size version

to have the trigger design updated to match Sunday?

Now, that's a whole different animal, I think.

The trigger design works the way it does on the mini

because of the shape of the mini.

I don't necessarily see a big paddle like that.

Jeff, are you saying that you like the trigger

on the mini over the two-point or over the original?

Is that what you're saying?

I guess that's a little more clarification.

Personally, I'm a fan of the big paddle style trigger

on the mini versus any of the other style triggers.

I think it's the coolest one.

And it feels really substantial.

It's almost like a tongue depressor made out of metal.

Yeah.

And then two, one thing, so a subtle change.

Because this was obviously, this whole thing was,

the whole design was built from the ground up here

because there wasn't anything that existed like this

with replaceable bearings.

So this was utilizing kind of our bearing structure

that we had had on the previous version

and then adapting it to this.

And I have to give a huge shout out to Josh Brodal

for being the one to essentially kind of create this.

Him and Gabriel.

I'll say it between him and Gabe.

Gabe and him both put together this thing.

Him and Gabriel both kind of made this their little project

and made this work.

And then the trigger here, what's nice about the trigger

is that when in our first prototype versions

it was metal on metal, so it was happening

when you'd depress the trigger here.

It's like a clack.

It was gouging the metal, right?

So we kind of came up with this idea

to add a rubber stopper on here.

Kind of like you'd have it on the door

to be able to make that just a nice affirming press

and have it not scuff anything up.

It's very subtle.

You don't see it unless you're looking right under there,

but it does.

It makes all the difference.

And it's just, it feels substantial to use

in the same way that like older German cars

from like the 80s and stuff, you pull on the door handles

and they're satisfying like clunk to the way they move.

This has that kind of like weight to it.

I just really, really like it.

It reminds me like when we did the Wash Wednesday

with that Porsche 959 and you just click in the door

and you close it and there was something so satisfying

about that.

G-Wagons have the same kind of clicky-clack feel,

but like in a good way, not a bad way.

Good chunk.

All right.

Hans closing.

Stroopwaffle weave towels.

Finally.

That's what he's hoping for as the new product.

Hans, I'm just going to say right now,

you will be excited at the development,

but no, it is not that.

Okay.

Moving on.

Pedro, what's Pedro saying?

When are we getting a teal FTW 365?

Pedro, never say never.

Never say never.

Then Alex Dewar here.

Good buddy Alex saying catching this one later.

Love you all.

Yeah.

Right back at you, buddy.

Hope you're doing well.

Then we've got Hydra Anthony.

Do you use pre-foam or pre-spray with alkaline

like Green Star in the winter period?

Yeah.

How can we do that?

Yeah.

I usually don't need much.

I go into winter knowing that every...

You're more careful with your cars in the winter

than the rest of us are.

But it's always worked out for me.

I mean, I've never, you know,

like my wife's car been awesome.

Hers in the winter time has been great.

I mean, I don't wash it.

I don't really clean it.

It's a fifth generation four-runner.

The kids don't rub up on it or touch it.

But that coating that's on there will hold up.

And I know that it's mostly for me.

I know what to treat, where to treat,

and why I'm treating it.

And that's the whole point, right?

Whenever you're doing a pre-foam

or you're doing anything, you know,

heavy alkaline cleaner and stuff,

what's the reason why you're doing it, right?

Are you doing it because you think your vehicle needs it?

Because you know the vehicle needs it, right?

And I think that there's a lot of people

that will just want to spray stuff on their car

because they think that that's what they have to do.

They go, oh, it's winter time.

I need a pH 14 soap

because that's the only thing I can spray

in my car to clean it.

Well, that's not true.

Did you just try spraying water on it first?

What happened, right?

And if something happens where,

okay, it's not really removing anything,

then I'll pre-treat it with something else.

Try that. Does that work now?

Next thing, right?

So you'll kind of, again, it's just like a compound.

You'll increasingly go to a stronger and stronger chemical

when needed and if needed to tackle the job.

But winter time,

I will tell you that I'm almost never using

a super strong cleaner.

I'm using a relatively pH balanced soap

with maybe a little bit of an APC

here and there as needed.

Oh, I see that.

Then we've got Dan Klawin.

Klawin.

Not sure how you want to pronounce that,

but be my guest.

Hello, all.

Nice to see you.

Dan, welcome to the program.

Then Ron also saying, hola.

And then I feel like this is just a repeat

of what Luke Berge said earlier,

but I'm going to clap for it anyway

just because.

Awesome.

That was a really, really generous super chat he did.

And moving along here.

Thanks, Luke.

Yep.

Luke is a pro.

Let's see here.

We've got page five, page four.

Moving along.

More love for Luke in the comments.

Then I've got Jeff C.

For lubricating the air blasters.

I've had very good luck with Triflo.

General purpose lubricant.

It's a Portuguese product.

Mike F. approved.

Triflo is great.

Yep.

If Mike approves it, it's probably really good.

He doesn't mince words.

He's a picky dude.

Stodgy mantis.

What's Stodgy saying here?

Does anyone think that Gabe and Juan

from Black Diamond Detailing look alike?

I think they could be distant cousins.

We'll have to tell Gabriel that.

Yeah.

I think he'd be happy to hear that.

Then we got Kevin Meiser here saying,

just did a rinseless wash last night at 10 p.m.

My neighbors think I'm a little off,

but couldn't stand the post rain dirt.

Kevin, keep doing it.

Makes you happy.

That's all that matters.

Your neighbors can be sad that their cars

aren't as clean as yours.

Then Sheepstar pulling the old Sheepstar

checking in.

Hello, Jeep.

And then we got Hydra here.

What's Hydra saying?

Now it's winter.

People should be smart enough to polish their headlights

if necessary.

Dark times.

Winter is coming.

It's a great time to polish headlights.

I agree.

It's not quite winter here,

but I feel what you're saying.

Stealth GR4.

Good afternoon, TRC.

I've got an update on the Mesto sprayer

I mentioned a few weeks back.

Super solid and has been doing well

for our classes we teach at 3D Detroit.

Is it as good as an IK?

Yes.

That's just kind of an awkward end to that,

but yes, he says.

All right.

I hear you, man.

Well, keep reporting back.

Then we got Ninja, 3169.

Hey, everyone.

Fun fact, the human head weighs eight pounds.

Ninja, I'm not sure where you're getting at about that,

but OK, fun fact.

Then we got David Feinstein.

What's he saying?

David Feinstein says, any chance

we can see a demo of hypersteel today, please?

I mean, I don't know what Carson's got planned.

I don't think he's got that on the table, but...

Yeah, this car actually had hypersteel last time.

That's true.

OK, yeah.

Today we're doing something a little different to it.

A little different.

Yep.

All right.

Then we got Gurio style here saying,

could you please let me know the durability of QS and QF?

QS, I mean, durability wise,

unless you're weak.

QF, there's no durability.

Yeah, QF is just...

QF is designed for people in body shops

or people who have had their car recently painted

to clean off the finish without it harming the new paint.

That's QF's probably the best thing to use.

In typical German fashion,

Coach has taken a whole bunch of small niches

and made a product for specific things.

So you'll find in those cases,

yeah, there's different levels of protection.

You're like, oh, it's kind of similar,

but it's for very specific purposes.

QF and QS are very similar at a formula level.

QS will have silicone in it,

which is just used for a protection aspect.

Yeah.

All right.

Flak Pyro.

I watched PDR guys use invisible glass on paint too.

Thought it was an odd choice.

Oh yeah, PDR guys would use...

They don't care.

They don't give a crap.

They're PDR guys.

They're not detailers.

Now, granted, there are detailers who also do PDR

and vice versa,

but most of the time PDR guys are...

So do you want to know why glass cleaners are used

in the PDR world?

Well, they want that quick flash off, don't they?

So they want to be able to clean an area off,

but they also want to be able to have their glue stick.

Yeah.

And with that quick flash off,

you're not leaving something behind

that's going to prevent the ability to adhere.

Well, if it has alcohol in it,

then it will prep the surface for it

for an acceptance of a glue tab, right?

It effectively operates like a panel prep almost.

Yep, 100%.

So they use...

That's why panel prep can also make for a good glass cleaner.

Yeah, they use that all the time.

It just realistically,

what would be nice is if they had like a waterless wash

that they sprayed on first,

clean the surface off,

and then they use something like a glass cleaner

panel prep.

That's totally acceptable.

Or even alcohol, just whatever.

But most of the time,

they'll just spray a glass cleaner on a dirty panel,

take a microfiber towel that is hauntingly dirty,

and then clean the area, and I go,

oh no.

And she, before you even said it,

read your mind there.

Yeah.

Bam.

We got Ron here.

When I take the Mustang to shows,

I have two G-Technic bags

full of detailing supplies and towels.

I mean, that's certainly the way to go, Ron.

That's the way to do it, Ron.

Also, Mustang shows with something that says

GT and big letters on it.

It kind of makes sense.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right.

Then we got Hydra.

Dana and Anthony,

what's your favorite winter dish?

Winter stew?

This is the kind of conversation I came for,

Dana.

Well, this is going to derail the whole thing,

and then people are going to complain.

What do you mean derail?

I'm waiting to watch these numbers

just taking those down.

She would eat Thursday.

It was about food and life and movies.

That's Bruin' A Thursday.

What?

That's a totally different show.

Aw, well, dang it.

Well, I'm happily going to answer this question,

so good winter dish,

a good winter stew or a winter barbecue.

Man, so there is something to be said

about barbecuing in the wintertime.

I love the crisp air.

Nice grill and the sauce coming off that.

There's no bugs.

No bugs.

Even with snow on the ground,

a good barbecue.

Oh, a barbecue.

There's a little bit of snow on the ground.

It's very satisfying, actually.

Fun.

I think a comfort food for me

during the wintertime,

and this sucks that this is like this,

but it's just how my brain works,

is I like sweets.

Sweets get me during the wintertime,

for sure.

Cookies, brownies,

all baked goods get me

pretty, pretty good,

but like you're asking about,

you know, you're asking about savory dishes.

Between those two options,

I'm taking the barbecue just straight up.

Like, I'm not a big stew guy.

I find some stews to be good,

but it's not generally my go-to.

I feel like you, though,

are more open to like stews and stuff in general.

Yes, no, maybe.

I don't have stews too often.

Like, I don't even know

last time I had like a good stew.

As my mom,

my mom growing up made stews all the time,

like my wife doesn't make stews.

Oh, it's like friends' houses

where their parents would make stews and stuff.

Yeah.

It was like super common in my life.

I just feel like stews were

much more common in the early 2000s.

I think we grew up...

For me, it was the 90s and the early 2000s.

Well, we grew up in the era of the crock-pot moms.

Yeah, yeah, there's a lot of that.

It was all crock-pot moms is what it was.

Look at all that.

Just a lot of crock-potting,

and that's just what you had, right?

You had tortillas stews.

You had meat stews.

You had shredded chicken,

vertacos.

Pretty much everything was made in a crock-pot.

Yeah.

Now we have air fryers.

Yeah.

I was going to say that kind of replaced

that whole experience.

So that gives you something to go on.

What is your...

No, it does not really even answer the question.

So what do you...

What would you prefer?

A winter barbecue.

A winter barbecue?

Yeah.

That's what I go with.

What is it?

Oh, specifically my favorite dish.

Yeah.

Oh, no, like in the winter,

I would love to have like a good brisket

or like some really just like juicy baby back ribs.

Something like that would be really good.

I'd like that.

I think, yeah.

If you were to ask me between a stew

or like a tri-tip...

I'm taking the tri-tip.

I'm taking that tri-tip every time, man.

Yeah.

Give it.

All right.

Charlie, a tate?

A taya day?

I'm going to butcher that.

Sorry.

Hello, TRC.

Greetings from Mexico City.

Let me tell you,

we need more of your products.

Your ultra clay towel works amazingly well.

Thank you very much, Charlie.

Yes, thank you.

We appreciate it.

I know we're working on getting more products down there.

You know, Josh Petro in our wholesale department,

he is trying to get distributors more active.

We're trying.

It's just a little bit harder than you think sometimes.

And yeah, I'm sure eventually we'll have a full build out.

Worldwide domination.

Always working on it.

Bring the microfiber.

Yeah.

Oh, juice free himself.

Pop it in.

Should I just use glass cleaner as an interior cleaner?

No.

The reason for that is that, again, glass cleaner,

sometimes a little bit of alcohol is in it.

You're going to dry stuff out.

And you'll dry out your surfaces.

And soft touch surfaces are going to be toast

if you do it too many times.

If you've ever sprayed a glass cleaner

and you've had overspray land on your door panel

and you go to wipe that area,

if that area was either had a dressing on it

or some type of protectant on it,

you will notice a visual difference

when the glass cleaner has made impact or it has touched.

Like you can use a disinfectant wipe

or some kind of alcohol product like glass cleaner

or something on interior surfaces.

But when you're done, you need to go back

with some kind of moisturizer or something

that's going to bring that back to the surface.

And I'm a crazy person, Dane.

So whenever I'm cleaning my interiors,

even if I'm just having my daughter

put her fingerprints on the windows,

I'll go, oh, got to grab a glass cleaner really quick.

I go spray my glass cleaner onto the towel

and it spritzes on the glass.

And I notice I have a little bit of runoff

of the glass cleaner onto the panel.

I go, oh, that's not pure.

That's not.

I don't want that touching the flat.

It's tainted.

So then I have to go grab a spritz of topstar on a towel

and then retouch up my protection

because I'm just that crazy.

Now, let's see here.

I want to ask Carson how things are going over there.

Oh, Carson, yeah.

He's been at it for a minute

and I just want to see.

Oh, hey.

Carson, oh, hey, guys.

How's the car, son?

Oh, hey, it's pretty good.

I noticed there's a lot of tree sap on here.

So I just hit it with my first layer of foam with touchless.

And there's quite a bit of tree sap right here

and then on the.

Is it coming off easy?

I'm trying it right now.

So it's funny that tree out there,

you know where we've been parking.

Yeah.

Tree sap sitting because I noticed that my truck,

in which I don't park underneath the tree,

but with the wind blowing,

I had sap on one of my windows for the first,

I've never noticed.

I've never had sap in my cars.

But I noticed the sap and I was like, oh, crap.

And so I need a zap.

Yeah.

The sap.

Using a little bit of Coach Kemi orange power.

Yeah.

That will do it.

And taking it off.

Yeah.

Just like butter, putting no pressure.

That sap is not like a super hard.

It's pretty sticky.

So it's easy.

And it's probably pretty recent, too.

Because where he was parked,

he wasn't directly under the tree either.

He was over in the line.

So, yeah.

Interesting.

Glad to hear it.

Were there any other things you ran into

during your initial, like, decon process?

No.

I probably could have let the decon wash sit

a little bit longer.

But I'm anxious.

You know, I wanted to get it,

get the wash going.

Sure.

It can get it done.

But if I was doing this at home

at a limited time,

I'd probably let it sit for a couple more minutes.

But other than that,

no, everything's looking good.

It melted pretty much all the bugs off the front.

Nice.

But yeah, everything's looking good.

Well, and you know,

you're not in a huge time rush

because this is a two hour show.

That is true.

You're all right.

If you've got to let some things linger

while you go work on something else.

That is true.

But I do have a surprise for you guys

in the second half.

Oh.

Oh, Carson.

Our mouths are watering.

No, this is not one

that you want your mouth to be watering.

Oh, don't put my mouth on this.

His mouth is drying out.

Absolutely not.

All right.

Yeah, this may put you up in HR for that.

Oh, thank you for that.

Wow.

Chimbo slice says,

sprayway is cheap and it works.

Shrug.

Yeah, sprayway is great.

Yeah.

Actually, like, not going to lie,

kind of love sprayway.

I use it often.

Now, I'm still a fan

of Rinsell's washing my baseboards,

obviously.

Right.

But sprayway,

I think it's just the sad,

it's so satisfying.

I mean, like you said,

it's got recoil.

It's just got, yeah,

it's satisfying to use.

I mean, do you want to have something?

Oh, no.

So you know what you do,

like, toilet cleaning at home,

whatever it is, right?

OK.

You're using that to clean the bowl?

Well, listen.

No, not the bowl.

But, like, I will use a disinfectant,

right, I'll go through,

clean the bottom of the toilet,

clean the sides.

Sometimes I'll use ripping rags,

right, that I have a separate batch of ripping rags

as my home use, right?

And then I wash them

and then they're just my whatever towels, right?

Sometimes, right,

if I'm not using the Miss Meyers cleaner,

right?

Or maybe I'll remove most of everything,

but I go,

I really want to just get the porcelain

all nice and uniform looking, right?

I was down with the whole thing in sprayway.

Oh, boy.

And I do a foam party.

Oh, oh, wow.

A little sprayway foam party

on the toilet, right?

It's full on foam attack.

I will tell you that

it makes cleaning a toilet way less,

makes it feel a lot less

like cleaning a toilet

when you have it covered in foam.

You're just like,

I don't see everything.

Yeah, you don't see it.

No, that's neat.

It's exactly it, right?

Because I'm the kind of guy

where I go, oh, that's a hair.

And I go, that's not my hair.

Or I go, that's not my family's hair.

And I'm like, that's gross, right?

And so I start cleaning things up.

And I'm like,

I get grossed out

with that kind of stuff sometimes.

Oh, man.

So a little bit of foam

to hide everything

makes me feel a lot better about it.

I bet it does.

Yeah, yeah.

Man, thank you for that.

Okay, Megan.

What are your favorite

anti-static products,

both interior and exterior?

Well, I'm going to say right now,

I love pink gloss.

I mean, that just works.

Any gloss is pretty awesome, man.

I love how it smells.

There's quite a few different

anti-static properties,

products out there.

They're not marketed as anti-static.

Not even pink gloss

isn't even marketed as anti-static,

but it is anti-static

due to its chemical nature.

But pink gloss is something

that can be used on your exterior.

You can actually still

technically use it on your interior.

So I'll put for the price.

Yeah, pink gloss is great.

Oh, there we go.

Awesome.

Then I've got Steve.

Ironically, Steve DeFomer.

Hello, all.

Let's get this started.

She did not steal the products.

She smiled at the guy,

asked for them,

and he gave them to her

because she is pretty.

Guys, do strange stuff

to impressed women.

Steve, if you understood

the way that whole thing worked,

I don't think it was trying

to impress her,

but I'm pretty sure they're related.

I'm glad we got started early, though.

Yeah.

So for those who don't understand,

there's an ad that we played

during our period in between

first and second half of the show.

And it's, you know,

little messages, fun stuff

from our brands that we work with

or distributors.

And there's an ad that plays

where there's a hot, hot,

hotly contested debate

as to whether this particular gal

is stealing a guy's products

and then showing off

that she's using them

at a, you know,

pan spray type place

or did she actually go out,

purchase them after seeing them,

be impressed by it,

and the ad shows

actually a completely different day

at the end.

Joey seems to think otherwise,

so he thinks it's the latter,

but everyone else

seems to think she's stealing that stuff.

Anyway, the world may never know.

Hydra, thank you for that.

That's very nice of you.

Appreciate you, you know,

taking one for the team.

I think we're time,

about time to utilize something.

Oh.

But Carson,

we have four minutes left

to break.

Okay.

So should we wait?

Yeah, I think we should wait.

Yeah, we don't want to,

I mean,

that's okay.

How about this?

How about with,

as I'm talking,

once we about getting ready

to go to break, right?

Yeah.

And saying,

hey, here's some messages from our sponsors.

I want you to go and grab the thing,

show it,

and then we'll immediately go to a break.

Ooh.

No, don't use it,

but just show it.

All right.

And I'll have Nick cut the camera.

Just pick it up like you're about to start.

Not yet, not yet.

Yeah, we got about three,

two minutes left.

Give it a second.

Juice Free says,

I've been having the month

manly urge just blast down

my whole interior

with glass cleaner

and wipe it up.

That is a manly urge.

That is,

that's also a dealership urge

or is what that is.

Next up here,

we've got...

Also juice.

It's 51 is also,

it's so base,

it smells like a janitor.

Wow.

It's so base,

it smells like a janitor.

Hmm.

Josh McKay says,

hey TRC,

it's been a while since I've chimed in.

Yeah.

I discolored my shoulder recently.

Dang it.

Oh no.

Not the first time.

So I'm down on one arm for now

and need to get surgery.

Dang it.

Any tips for this detail

with one arm?

We're not a few guys

who had to do that.

I don't know,

but I will say

that there is a one arm

detailer on YouTube

who does things really well

with mostly one arm.

And I would check out his videos.

Somebody's going to help me out

with the channel name

because I can't remember it right now.

So help me out there.

Next up.

All right.

Then we got Jimbo Slice.

OR256 to 1.

Isn't...

Sorry.

Yeah.

Isn't terrible on glass

but he prefers to spray away.

Yeah.

256 to 1 OR,

I still use it all the time

on glass,

no issues,

but I understand.

Yeah.

Then we've got

Jeff C.

The Amplify was very durable

on your raptor part

of coating it.

If you use lightly as a drying it,

how long do you expect

to stick around

over a coating?

I don't know, man.

Like on its own,

it lasted a ridiculous amount of time.

Like we could not kill the Amplify.

So on a coating,

depending on whether

the coating rejects it

or accepts it,

I have no idea.

I don't know.

Yeah, I couldn't tell you

either way.

Okay.

Anthony, unfortunately,

they do not,

I was seeking an expert opinion.

Oh, dang it.

Cremo stuff.

Cremo.

Dang it, really?

Because David also

followed up here.

I'm not really sure,

but Anthony says,

David says,

Anthony, I have the blue cedar

and I have the vanilla bourbon

from Cremo

and their shaving cream.

So dang it, David.

I don't know then.

They would be the people

that have the scent.

So if you like the smell,

he said it was like a spruce.

What did he say it was?

Like an evergreen tree.

Oh, right.

Shrub, shrub smelling.

Yeah.

Sometimes it's that or like sage.

Sage or wood.

So I would recommend,

if you're ever looking for a column,

go to my friends over at

Fragrantica.

Oh boy.

They don't know who I am.

They're your friends though.

But they're my friends.

And so Fragrantica is nice

because you can actually

input what you want to smell like.

They'll say like,

are you looking for something

that smells like amber,

sweet, smoky, spicy,

and you just enter those in

and it will give you a

a finished like product

that hey, this is what we recommend.

And then you go down to your local

Sephora or Ulta or something like that

and you go and see if they have it

and smell it and see if it matches

what you're looking for.

All right.

So anyways,

at this point in time,

we're going to go to a brief break,

Dane.

I saw multiple people out of spec detail

is the one arm detail

that you're thinking of.

So for those looking out of spec detailing,

I also believe they have like

EV, car testing channels,

and other stuff.

If it's the same out of spec

I'm thinking of.

Not sure, Dane.

So anyways,

we're going to go ahead and move on here

to the halftime.

So we're going to go to a few brief messages

from our friends here.

I don't know what Carson has in his hand here.

What the heck is that?

No, whoa, cut.

So cut.

Okay.

Hello, hello, hello,

and welcome back to the second half

Q&A Thursday right here

at the Red Company YouTube channel.

I'm your host, Dane Hennan.

To my left, fellow host, Anthony Fisher.

Thank you, Dane.

And way off in the distance there,

we have Carson foaming up a storm

on the old Sequoia.

Nick Sequoia looking pretty sweet.

What is going on out here?

Gabriel.

What?

What are you doing here?

Were you in the car for this entire hour?

I was a little tired.

You were napping on the job.

Again.

Well.

They talked to you about this last week.

No.

Guys, it's just, I was sleepy.

It was true.

This is ridiculous.

You can't just be sleeping in people's cars

that you don't own.

It's just strange.

I mean, come on.

Carson is just spraying on the foam.

He really hasn't done much, has he?

Yeah.

He's like sweating right now.

I'm not sweating.

You do look like you have a little bit of moisture on that.

I do need some help.

So if you could help me.

Well, what's this?

I don't know.

What the heck did we get this?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Yeah, I don't know.

People have pushed a public center

for the bad company newsletter.

Oh, I think that's a great idea.

Yeah.

Probably look, you know, keep an eye out next week

for something.

We'll just leave it at that

and probably get to washing.

What do you guys think?

Okay.

Yeah, I'm not gonna get to that.

I'm not gonna talk about Gabriel.

No.

No, no, no.

Let's have some fun.

Get to work.

Okay.

Let's see.

Where did we leave off?

Boy, weighs behind in the comments.

Six pages, in fact.

Oh, wow.

Let's see what Ninja has to say here.

There we go.

O and R for Glass is better at 64 to 1

or even 128 to 1.

Yep.

Good points there, Ninja.

It certainly works.

Brock, Bibermeyer.

Can you go over maintenance

for summer bugs on the bumper?

What products do you recommend?

Let's see.

Maintenance for summer bugs on the bumper.

Bug off from PNS.

You got bug remover by G-Technic.

You've got green star.

You've got a variety of all-purpose cleaners.

Really, I mean, you can use,

honestly, a lot of different things,

but if you're looking for something

that's specifically meant

for breaking down organic material

like bug guts,

then I'd probably go with something like bug off

or the G-Technic bug remover.

Those are going to be what you're looking for.

Then I've got Pedro here saying,

Anthony, any tips for what adventures

can be found in the off-the-beaten path areas

and dark alleys of Vegas?

Well, I can tell you everything you want to know

about that.

You've been going there longer than we have for SEMA.

You've been going there since.

That off-the-beaten path is in the mountains.

Yeah, definitely not.

Anthony does not dabble in that.

I definitely had my Vegas-like clubbing days.

I'd go down with my friends

and we'd go out and do clubs and whatnot.

I used to do that and it was a good time.

What I will say is Vegas itself right now

is in a huge downturn

in overall tourism.

It's just been really bad, right?

I think prices are just too high.

They've always been high, but they're higher than ever.

Tourism is down.

It's not quite the same pop-in city that it once was.

I don't know before a lot of different reasons,

but I think that if you're going to go,

I think you should probably try to focus a little bit

on food, a little bit on entertainment,

and probably try to, I don't know,

focus on the cleaner areas for sure.

Vegas can be kind of dirty in some areas,

but it's not free-monstery.

Free-monstery is still a party, man.

Yeah, but definitely not family-oriented.

Don't take your kids, but it is a party.

But it was crazy.

We went there at like 11 o'clock

and there were people with kids

like four or five years old

just walking around Fremont Street.

I'm like, what is wrong with that?

They wanted to go where the real Vegas was,

the stuff that got washed away a long time ago.

The places you'll be disappointed with

are going to be the famous pawn shop from Pawn Stars.

Oh, sure.

There's going to be certain things

that just aren't as magical,

but I will say that from the feedback I've heard

and I've never been there,

is that the sphere is worth it

if you can experience something.

I have heard amazing things about seeing shows there.

If you can experience something in the sphere,

it is totally worth it,

whether it's a movie,

whether it's a show or a concert,

it's awesome.

So check that out.

But yeah, I don't know.

My time is in Vegas for much different.

Those are all about the nightlife and all that

and I don't think, you know,

Vegas is a really cool look when the light's off.

But once the lights are on, it's kind of...

I mean, Vegas is very much about the nightlife.

It's kind of what it was built on.

No, I know.

Yeah, definitely.

So...

Party guy.

What?

Stealth GR4 saying the frostbite and crystal wash combo

is my go-to for 3PH washing.

Nice.

All right.

And then we got a question from Code3Minnesota

saying, what is the best wheel cleaner?

Boy, that's going to open up some different opinions.

The best wheel cleaner is the best wheel cleaner

for you, my friend.

Yeah.

Whatever you're trying to do.

If you're trying to find a wheel cleaner

that cleans and also removes iron deposits,

if you're looking for a wheel cleaner that cleans wheels

and also cleans tires.

Yeah, there's a lot of different options there, man.

There are.

I don't know.

Place is a good place to start, though.

Most people start with something like P&S brake buster.

Yeah.

Magic wheel cleaner.

I love magic wheel cleaner.

Armor wheel entire, you know, wheel cleaner.

Armors tire cleaner.

Yeah, they got a wheel and tire cleaner

separate that work really, really well.

A lot of different places to start.

But yeah, you got options.

There's a lot of options.

Then we've got...

Okay, that's a reply to another comment.

Nicholas M. Protector Wax for a drawing aid.

That's what he was responding to earlier.

We talked about that.

Brian, what is your personal favorite towel

or pair of towels for glass?

I mean, the FTW, I absolutely love.

It's right there in the name.

FTW for the window.

What about you?

The FTW is up there.

Yeah.

And I also like the Dry Me River.

Just standard 16 by 16 waffles.

Pretty great.

Waffles are excellent.

I actually, you know, I found that

like a smaller liquidator.

I also really like the way twist loop

works on windows.

It's fun.

I like it.

Not that the FTW isn't already that.

It's just a different length of pile.

Then we got David Boy, steam overdue

or we'll remove gum stuff on fabric.

Yes, we discussed that.

Dealership Detailer.

There used to be a product in a can

that when you sprayed the fried

gum, it froze it.

That's kind of like what people use to

like remove warts and stuff.

Just like a little, yeah,

super chill spray.

Yeah.

I'm sure there's a name for it,

but I can't think of it right now.

Megan, what's Megan saying?

Carson.

Oh, he's busy.

He can't hear you.

Okay, moving on.

We'll ask him here in a little bit, Megan.

Yeah.

Carson, really quick.

What's your favorite product to use

for interior hard surfaces?

As far as cleaner goes,

I'm still an express guy.

I like Pilot for sure,

but Express is just a little bit more for me.

Gotcha.

I think that answers the question.

You're going to like the way you look.

Express Warehouse.

What?

He might be a little young for that.

He's got some jokes.

Boy, do I feel old saying that.

He's got some jokes.

Yeah, they won't let me back at the Men's Warehouse.

That was an unrelated incident.

That's a complete overlay.

I like it in the office.

It's just not the warehouse.

Moving on.

I don't even know what that means.

Pedro is saying time for landing.

Have fun at Georgia next week.

We will Pedro, we will.

Hunt's closing.

If you spray brake cleaner to remove gum,

it will dissolve the gum.

Do I want to spray brake cleaner on my cloth seats, though?

Would that not have some

strange side effect?

I've never tried, but Hunt,

I trust the man with the dragon tattoo.

I definitely trust his input based on his experience,

but it just sounds a little strange.

He is the man with the dragon tattoo.

He is.

Moving on.

Then we got Hydra.

Dane, what is the towel or three towels

without a design?

Well, to be fair,

I named many towels,

but when it came to designs,

I can't take credit for that.

Like, did I input ideas

of things I wanted to see?

But I would never claim I designed

any of the ones we have,

but I'll definitely take credit for some names

and a few different ones.

Anthony, I feel like you can answer that

because you've actually had some direct input on design.

Yeah.

I mean,

I have a lot of towels that we've

quote-unquote designed.

I mean, we've...

We're sitting there

sewing fabric together

and creating new weaves.

We're talking about combining different

weaves and borders and things

that'll work for different purposes

or color combinations.

Different stuff.

Setting aside weave capabilities

and machining capabilities

for microfiber apart, right?

Yeah.

And if you're thinking about design

as being more than just changing

the color of something,

then I would say

like our gauntlet, right,

was designed

by us, patented by us.

We did do the design of that.

I mean, I helped out with that.

Leigh, I helped out with that.

I think you had some input on that as well.

I'm trying to think.

What else I mean? There's some obvious ones.

We have some ones coming that I

designed, if you want to call it that.

The slim dryer, while the concept of that

towel, a single-sided twist loop

was not something new.

We could say that the design,

the idea of the

RADCO with the color

profile and the camo

being the first that we're doing a full

microfiber print

of a dye

transfer. That's something we could say

designed.

If you want to put it that way.

Yeah, there's quite

a few. I mean, the FTW

that was a towel that didn't really

have a particular

there wasn't like a sample

of that that existed, but we knew that we

wanted a shorter pile twist.

So we basically explained

what's the factory capabilities

of being able to shorten this and do this.

That's probably one thing.

The 1500

I don't

There's so many different things that we can say we have

designed.

But I

guess what I'm trying to also say is that designing

microfiber, I think that there is

a weave aspect to that

and we can't take credit for

anything involving a weave

or a sewn in pat.

Our design comes

down to nuance. Like if you're talking

about like, you design

like a pickup truck

wagon or saying it's like, well, those

shapes existed, those

weaves and piles existed

or we're coming around the time

and becoming something that a factory

is physically capable of producing

in time and we wanted to introduce

something like that or bringing back old ones

that people had forgotten about and making them into something new.

But as far as

the actual design goes, yeah, it's more about

the nuance of it to really get

what people are going after where you actually

see more the design aspect

is when it comes to like the tools that we're

creating and stuff, there's more of that

ability to really customize those

kinds of things and make like truly

ground up unique designs

there because you're actually designing

like complete molds and shapes of things

that don't already exist.

Whereas with towels, you're working

within what like machinery is capable

of already producing parameters of a towel.

Yeah, at the

end of the day. And I know this may be like news to some

people, but this is not

like we never would pretend otherwise

like this is just how it works.

And anybody who claims to like

design the stuff from the ground up like

100% unique design

kind of just sounds like they're talking out of their butts.

Yeah, and when you combine

like let's just say you have one towel

that has one weave on one side and one towel

in the same towel as the different weave on the other side

you can't really call that a

you can call it a design, but what you're doing

is you're taking pre-existing things

that were already

digital products and now you've combined them to one

and I don't think that

necessarily qualifies as a design

but I did

I can say that I designed the ultra clay scrubber

that would be something that I've designed

and I've made so

that didn't exist before and there was nothing else

styled like that ergonomically

or from a material standpoint

with a combination of a jersey bug

scrubber and a perforated clay.

Because prior clay like

they had like clay eraser

they had like other blocks that existed

but those were just like literally just like a

foam block with synthetic clay attached to it

totally different kind of thing

yes in concept it sounds similar

if you were to describe it but in actual execution

very different and materially

very different so that's the kind of stuff

we get hooked on the nuance of it

so for those of you who care about that kind of thing

this was an important discussion but for those of you who are just like

oh god move on I understand it

it's just this is what it's all about

alright so I got

my VB here

my vehicle is parked outside every day

so getting water spots is inevitable

what's the longest I should leave it

before detailing it off

my vehicle is parked outside every day

so you can go to the notable

oh man

water spots

like in terms of like

your soon or the better anytime

it's coming from a sprinkler man

water spots

here's the problem is that if it's coming from

a sprinkler and you know it's going to continuously

get hit with a sprinkler

you're doomed

you either have to

find a new parking spot

or

fix your sprinklers, get a different sprinkler head

do something

you make shift to PVC rolling cart

with a tarp on it

that you roll in front of your car to block the sprinklers

from reaching it it sounds dumb

I swear I've seen somebody do that before

but your problem though is that

you're chasing hard water

if you're not going to do something about it

to resolve the overall issue

because all you're going to be doing then

is essentially taking water mineral

deposit removers

and chasing the water spots

constantly until

it starts affecting your overall

paint finish and that's not really worth doing

so if we're talking

like water spots that wipe off

every time and it's easy to do

and they never etch

but if you're talking from a sprinkler

then you're kind of screwed until you figure out

a solution for that

yeah

oh no this next one

Megan

poop cruise was hideous

my teenage son got me to watch it

under the guys

of mother slash son bonding

oh man

I do think I need to watch it

I feel like it's made for you

I'll watch it at some point

those Netflix documentaries

get a little silly

I was watching the balloon boy one the other day

we've got Hydra detailing

the new red company coding

shield bro three years coding

got your back bro

I still like the idea of calling

a bro shield

bro shield just sounds a little more

bro shield versus shield bro

yeah I'm feeling

bro shield

oh no can't put that comment

well just got somebody who's making

dirty joke

alright so we see that Luke

oh Luke

he's got another cruise coming up in December

the man does not stop

he can't stop him he won't stop

he's been banned from every single cruise line

in South America

in Southeast

USA and

yeah they won't

he keeps changing his identity

right and he keeps growing a mustache

and shaving his mustache every single time

oh yeah and he's changed his last name

from Bergy to Fergie

to Lurgy

to Corgi to a bunch of

different names and he can't keep getting away with this

yeah no I

don't want to see many more name changes

if he can help but

time will tell

alright Mberto here

well look at that he's got an answer for him

what's he saying

on some customers who leave their vehicles outside

the LS10 which is a sheeting formula

so dirty water will have way less potential

of staying on the surface causing water spots

ooh good to know

and then we've got Hydra here

saying whose Jeep is that

well it's actually a Toyota Sequoia

nice Groot sticker

at the back window did you guys watch the three movies

so Hydra

this truck here belongs to Nick

and the reason for the Groot sticker

what trucker in SUV

I knew you were going to do that it's a body on frame

in the SUV based on a truck platform

in the truck

truck does not mean pickup truck

pickup is a kind of truck

I will go down that tangent

don't get me started

sorry I thought

don't open this can

the Groot joke here

the Groot joke is because

Groot is a tree

you missed the spot Gabriel

this truck is a Toyota Sequoia

what is a Sequoia a type of tree

joke

alright moving along

Jeff C

yes

better feel in the hand on the Mini

with less slop in the trigger

love that and also yes I did watch all three movies

I imagine you did too

and I bet Nick has as well

I'm not interested in Gabe's opinion

it means less to me now

slick auto styling

says that would be a Toyota

Sequoia

ok Sheepstar

making that's what she said

jokes David Boyce

Dane

Goldfish brand has a limited edition

of Duncan, Punk and Spice

Grams at Myers grocery store

they're delicious that is a lot of brand names

and and product placement

all stuff together there but that does sound

delicious

next up Hanzo what's he saying

even though I got the gun out

I always like to ask and learn different ways to do things

I would not have thought of using ice thanks for the

device and enjoy your weekend

thank you Hanzo

thank you

I hear an accident over there

roof

oh that's good I know there's probably

a device over there that can help you with that

you're right

just a thought a ladder

it's almost like you can change what goes

at the end of that very handy dandy

tool

when you say handy dandy

it makes me think of blues clues

is that such a bad thing Steve

national treasure

fine detailings just screams the word teal

then we got Oscar here

what's Oscar saying

can you convince KC

to make one liter sizes of the glass cleaner

and super foam etc well they

are very aware

of that they people want other sizes

of their stuff whether or not

and when they will do it is the big question

I have no idea

then I've got

sheep star

well

oh you must mean OG

using two percent touchless on cars

clean three minutes ago I don't know what that means

this must be a conversation I missed

but yeah Joey saying try to convince him

not to do that okay

then we got David Boyce Anthony

tell us what to use

to pre treat Honda wheel wells

and to pre treat the car before winter

products I don't know why Honda wheel wells

would be necessarily different than other wheel wells

it's just a matter of whether a wheel well

has a liner in it like a carpeted

one or just a plastic one

or it's a project car and you have no

wheel liner whatsoever

I mean

he claims that some other guy who knows a lot

just happens to share the same name but let's see what

he says

I mean Honda wheel wells here's

the deal David they're very specific

some people might say that Honda wheel wells

are superior to all other wheel wells

on every other car manufacturer

I like to think that

Honda wheel wells

are better than Ferrari wheel wells

I like to think that Honda wheel wells are better than Bugatti wheel wells

and even Pagani wheel wells

and I can say that because

I've cleaned all of those vehicles before

so

with a Honda specifically David

to pre treat those wheel wells

I would highly recommend using

something you probably never thought about using before

which is a diluted all-purpose cleaner

you're going to want to go ahead

and take a diluted all-purpose cleaner

and spray it into the wheel wells and let that soak

and you can pre treat that

and

kind of go for it right

other things to use this is just generally speaking

there's a product called mud buster

which is not just

for off-road use it's for all use

is a great product to treat

wheel wells on pretty much anything

whether it's a Honda or not so

I just diluted and

it's got rust inhibitors in there

it will treat dirt mud

things like that it will penetrate

soilage and

and also help neutralize some of that salt

okay there we go

once you get salt

then I've got Steve

the fomer here saying a question

on rags to riches

the instructions are vague

how big is a large load in a rectangular

laundry basket at what fill percent

for two ounces should I just use

three ounces for everything now Steve

I understand when it comes to detail

a lot of people who are attracted to the

whole active detailing tend to have very

specific ideas about how to use things

I'm going to tell you

it's kind of vague on purpose because

you're going to be fine as long as you're using

like the range that's out there

but Anthony if you want to give specifics I mean

you tested rags to riches within

an inch of its life every which way you

know what you were happy with

in terms of like how much for how many towels

how full of a bin we're talking

yeah I mean

I would say if you're doing a full

rectangle laundry basket that would be a

full load but probably just use two

you know two ounces for that

rather remember

two rags riches is like really concentrated

and so

even like the littlest amount will make a pretty big

difference so

yeah I would never

I'd never found a really situation to go over

two ounces because anything that's over I would

feel the situation I feel to go over two ounces those

would be towels I've already pre-treated

and I just do that so realistically

yeah

your largest load that you probably do would still

be two ounces or so

it's just it's a concentrated formula

you don't really need a whole lot yeah you're going to be okay

and if you overdo it it's hardly the worst

I would much rather but I know I would much

rather have less

assuming that my if my

towels aren't being completely rinsed thoroughly

right in the rinsing process I don't want to

have product left over in my towels okay it's not the

worst thing in the world but it just I don't like

the feel I want them to feel nice

I have had that happen before

like the tray has the filler

so it goes directly into the

drum you don't have to do that

you can just put it straight into the towels too

you could do that too yeah

whatever helps you sleep

at night knowing that your towels are pure

clean

all right Mack Bergensen here I had to

skip a whole back and forth conversation other people

were having about Portuguese riders killed stews

Mack you could be correct

you might be the advent of

well because what was crazy do you guys remember

the what's that called

pressure cookers right so

before air fryers to take took over

yeah it went from crock

pots to pressure cookers

now we're at air fryers yeah

yeah and what's next

I don't know

I don't know air fires

I use never use an air fryer every day at my house

and I know it's yet we use

the crap out of it I know conduction tops

are popular I had I had the

pressure cooker the you know whatever the fancy

one yeah stainless steel looking

one and I did use that for

milk prep back in the day I used it quite often

I think the only thing I didn't like

about pressure cooking was

when you let it all the steam

it would just create this

like hot moist

wave of chicken

steam in your room

well into the entirety of the

living room and kitchen and

I would be like sick

that's a lot of steam

a lot of that stuff floating around

and it was just kind of gross

but I you know you don't really get that with

the crock pot because it's such a slow process

but I mean pressure cooking I mean you're doing

that within an hour but air frying

you're now doing that within 15 minutes

no you got a point there

yeah all right Dan

alkaline top hat

I only very recently realized that my

YouTube profile pic now matches a certain

car I own yes indeed your

strangely nose grafted on picture of

like a Toyota

JZ chaser with an Audi front clip now

does kind of match your Audi RS4 that you have

that's cool

sheep star here

how did an air fryer kill a stew

you can't cook a stew with an air fryer

a chunky beef and potato based stew over any

half cooked half raw air fryer

garbage ooh strong opinions coming from

sheep here I mean the point is

you can't cook a stew with an air fryer

it sounds like sheep star is

a stew fan

it sounds like it's a crock pot fan or a crock pot

fan yeah yeah

and I'm telling you for your soups

Anthony oh he is the soup guy

I know I know we know that

really it's not all of your stuff in the

crock pot you leave for the day

for work you come home do you get sick

of crock potting every day though it's every day

you have every day yes you do

crock pot every day that's not true

and I'm not gonna let you guys derail

the show just yet how many days a week are you

crock potting

maybe three days in one

week or chilly and

two days in a row now let me down do you

think that all I eat is soup

Gabe it's all everybody thinks

you eat a soup I literally have fried chicken

the other day you're like oh you were talking about this

trip that we're about to go on to Georgia and you're

saying how am I gonna transfer all my soup

ingredients to Georgia and I said hey they sell

soup in Georgia I will say this though

I go to the bathroom way left Jimmy's

Jimmy's laughing

it's incredible how you guys managed to make

30% of our viewership disappear like a magic trick

all right Luke Berge here

phone makes cleaning a toilet easier

I'm breaking out my phone can you would Luke

Luke's going all in

yes you definitely would

moving a long

let's see outline top hat here saying

speaking hold on really quick

I gotta I gotta quick guest here he's probably

watching leave I guess you're on the Q&A

Thursday oh no he's gonna have some

opinions about

you

from

chilly

oh my gosh

you guys are in the mood for a great

canned chili

head on over to Costco and pick up a

six pack

of Yukon Gold Chili

one of the greatest

chilies

one thing Anthony is the burns clean

I think you enjoyed that

Anthony's stomach is pretty

it's also got a delicious flavor

can you spray this

I'm ruggling it

white delicious

dinner and then I followed it up a couple

days later with some baked potatoes

and then poured the chili on top

so just want to say

for the cold weather that's on its way

head on over to Costco

pick up that Yukon Gold Chili today

thank you

thank you so much

thank you so much for

voicing and calling on today's show and

we'll catch you here in the comments

valuable input Levi thank you we love

you Levi

that was

the master of shine Levi Gates everybody

but I knew he had something in opinion on this

as soon as I saw LG I'm just gonna

oh I know what's about to happen

yeah and so

Yukon Gold and then just

to throw it out there for the stew world of things

right okay

I can't believe I'm saying this

I can't believe I'm saying this because I've said this before here on the Q&A

I like the way

Dinty Mortase

Dinty more

is one of the cheapest forms of

stew you can buy with questionable meat

and for some reason I think it

tastes pretty good you like your mystery

me all right alkaline toband here says

speaking of said Audi

I want to keep the leather here from cracking

I have Lexol 303

Cullinlock ELP

and Cullinlock leather shield would any of

those be suitable or is there a better

choice for

you Dan

the color just color lock conditioner

okay just by the conditioner it's all you need

mm-hmm you don't need to do leather shield

you don't need to do the sealant you don't need to do any of the other stuff just

just color lock

conditioner and you can do that a couple times a year

in your leather will be perfect

all right there we go

and next up

I've got Mack Berkson

I always used

paint gloss as a vacuum aid until it came out with release

and yes release was designed

for that very purpose

so that's great

and then David Boyce also sharing

some strong opinions here P&S release

is a go-to for anti-static

and pet hair Sydney would champion

these sentiments shame on you guys

oh sorry

took the anti-static thing that the question

was based on to mean exterior

primarily I was thinking in terms of exterior

I'm not using release on anything besides

a carpet to be honest I have not

implemented enough release into my own

detailing regimen to have that

to have that burned into my mind the people who vacuum

a lot would definitely have more to say

about that so you're not wrong David

Boyce P&S release do you want to know

why I don't have to vacuum a lot Dane

what

all the time yeah why are they

clean all the time Gabriel

because you're psycho you are psycho

I'm psycho when he comes in

and he's like hey I detailed this weekend

and it was like oh did you

clean the dust particles yeah the particulates

anyways and

the way I'm keeping my vehicles clean

all the time it's thanks to my friends

over at MetroVac

right the many

cordless VAC

the deluxe cordless hand VAC is the

best invention ever made

for somebody crazy like

myself because you know what

I pick it up I grab and go I vacuum

my entire vehicle maintenance

vacuuming in a

minute two minutes and then I

hang it back on my shelf until I need it

again and because of that

I never have to break out the shop

back no because you get it because

I never let it get to that being that bad

so you can pick up

the deluxe cordless hand VAC

at theragcompany.com

yes you will probably see the price and go

wow that's expensive for a vacuum

it'll be worth every penny and

you'll never regret that purchase nice

promise you that much then fine detailing

I hope the secret product is a rag on a pole

hmm

oh I knew it

okay getting a lot of talk about

that

all right

sorry Anthony

okay so yes

more talk about that

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so that you actually find out

very soon

and yes Pete Breen here saying that is

the same out of spec series of channels

because out of spec has a lot of different

channels actually they cover a lot of

different topics so they made a channel

for each one

but detailing was one of them

and we've got Luke saying he's excited

we've got Jeff

saying he's excited

we have

Sheepstar saying should I buy a rag on a pole

and compare it to a certain brush

I mean if you want to

nobody's gonna stop you

um

moving along here I've got

David saying I'm also

a Dollar Shave Club member

Blueprint 101 and 102 I had to

order it from a great friend in Canada

because the U.S. discontinued it

interesting

also David was long before Levi called in

saying he missed Levi

I think the ad got him thinking about it

Dan at what point during this show

am I gonna have a segment to be able to talk about

Gen V on Amazon Prime

a new show that I've really been enjoying

as well as Peacemaker Season 2

on HBO Max

let's save that for the last 10 minutes

I've already said it

I should have known

know you

okay

well I think it's safe to say you're a fan

will you

got anything to add to that

they're just awesome they're both great shows

this Thursday a new Peacemaker episode

drops it's very entertaining I love

both seasons of Peacemaker highly recommend

watching it it's probably the best thing

that James Gunn has ever produced

outside of the Suicide Squad

movie the remake of it

and then Gen V

the boys on Amazon Prime

it's very gory it's very funny

it's very quirky

also a really fun show if you like

superhero stuff it's superhero stuff all the way around

oh man

well on that note I have Luke Berge saying

everyone misses Levi I love you all

but it's not the same without him

we miss Levi dearly fortunately

I get to talk to him every week

as long as it's reaching out

usually multiple times a week

not every day Gabriel

definitely every week

what does it say about us

being the commenters the TRC

is pre-warning us against

depository use of detailing products

we know our audience

to which fine detailing says they care about our health

we know our audience

interior and exterior detailing

um what

Joey says he's never met Levi in person

how is that possible is that true

oh my god it is true

what the

Hans she's back at the car wash

to get some products for free

sheepstar says thief and everybody

just keeps going um

alkaline topan are they afraid of the that will fix

it on the slickness the products give

okay so that's a lot of talk

about the ads but doctor

sues definitely no relation

any tips for

co-shammy a ceramic effect shampoo

never used a shampoo with protection

but got this to try out

do I need to be careful about what drying

aid is used

I mean if you're using it with

already having protection in it

you can use it as

you don't need a drying aid

if you're using ceramic effect shampoo

you're not using a drying aid

protections are there

ideally you are if you have

a blower

or a towel you are

blot drying blowing that's what you're doing

don't need a drying aid most of the water will come off

after your wash

alright

and then we've got

LHF detailing

so I'm asking again

we determining the two and the TRC

hero commercial or brother and sister

but who is Mickey Thomas

they sing about in the IK commercial

he's taking when they say make it

timeless and he's with Mickey Thomas

we don't have Mickey Thomas

that's what he's doing right there

LHF man we don't have Mickey Thomas's

man but somebody better go get that guy

wow here we are in the comments

just getting to the part where everybody screams

because Gabe showed up

yeah I know

it's definitely Mickey Thomas

and we have to find who he is

and we have to add him to the rag company

discussion group

Neil White here

saying greetings from Hilton

Head Island, Dane and Anthony

I ate two dozen oysters

and didn't die

stop them so jealous

Neil well don't go anywhere

talk to me about it did you do any

lemon juice did you do any type

of like what's it called

not oyster sauce but cocktail sauce

or did you do any hot sauce with that

two dozen

what a dream man

you made it out alive

but Gabe did you

not pick up the last time I said I was going to stop eating oysters

because of fear of dying

of that weird rare oyster

based

I heard you talk about it

but I think sometimes you just got to live life

you know

I'm not dying from an oyster dude

that's not my legacy

don't let that be the last thing you recorded

I can't

Anthony Fisher for the oyster

no I can't dude

that's not how I'm going out man

not buying oysters

you're saying oysters

they attack your brain

yeah it's like a crazy like neurological

like thing

fibrio something something

I'm not going to die from that

or the oysters

the oysters cause that

I'm saying I won't get that

I'm going to be raw oysters so it's fine

I feel like we should just go back to

the truck versus SUV

moving on

and our outside of Vegas

is the valley of fire state

park it's one of the most incredible places

in the US to go hiking no way I've never actually

I've never heard of that

I've never actually been so I don't know what to expect

that sounds cool dang it do you know what I was just about to say

what things to do in Vegas right

hmm I think it's 45 minutes south

of Vegas okay

there is that town

that had wild

something it was

at one time the biggest roller coaster

in the US right

and it was an entire resort

basically dedicated like as an all

inclusive

no it was a name

so it was a name of somebody but

they actually just closed it down

or wild bills or something like that

it was an entire like mining themed

resort don't reason I know about that

is because of the video game Fallout New Vegas

and it was heavily featured

so that that so the it just

closed down and so they're gonna basically only keep

it open for like events and like convention center

things and what not but it's crazy

because it's like a truthfully like

a banded looking and feeling

place like mine cart style

and I believe you can still go inside

of it and I'm like

oh my gosh that would be like the dream

right essentially it's an entire empty hotel

with like floors and stories that are

just completely empty oh trippy

it's like a theme

art for adults or it's like

like a that's Disneyland

I think you're thinking

of a ranch there that's not

what we're talking about

in Vegas they do they even have a

pretty sure that's not between

a fish tanks and stuff like that

I don't know what you're saying ok haunt's

closing says if you go to Vegas go to old

Vegas oh

you can't put that comment fellas

no what was it

can't no you can't

post that no

ok super chill frost spray

Carson is a work horse

says alkaline tow pad

Carson's pretty beefily

he just needs to figure out what needs done

to get it done and

wow that sentence hurt my brain

for some reason thank you appreciate that

that's very nice and

oh a little love for a fine

detailing from usman here very nice

then we've got good day gents

coming from

west rex good day gents

is koshemi quick shine the

same as koshemi quick

and shine the same

yeah so

I think he's thinking quick and shine

versus

so let's talk about the differences

because I know people do get confused yeah

is koshemi quick and shine the same as

koshemi quick and shine they are

that they are the same I know what you're

saying that is you're referring

to the consumer line and the pro line

but they are the same products

there we go

alright and then LHF

detailing saying I was

extremely disappointed with freeman street

when we visited vegas the odor was specifically

not nice ooh well

it's it's

it's dirty

it's not clean

but you know it is clean that vehicle right there

that's right it's very clean you guys

have a great job no no no no

all I did was help dry basically

you know it wouldn't be

possible without a

special product that we use today so make sure you

sign up for the iraq company newsletter

thank you karson no I'm not talking about you

okay hello from mexico next yes

somebody is saying hello from mexico

then we got usmen here what do you guys see

is the future of detailing in both innovation

and design so broad question

but I get what he's going for that was

kind of like our big talk back there

but was there anything in particular

you see is like oh people haven't really touched on

that yet I don't know we don't want to be giving out secret

ideas we've got for stuff in the future just yet

either no I mean there's

I think a lot of people working on different things I don't

know I can't say one specific thing is the future

but um

I don't know I think as long

as we are hands on and

washing our cars ourselves and you call that

detailing then there's

there's a long life ahead of that right

protecting our investments enjoying

the fruits of our labor and

making cars clean but in

in terms of keeping cars clean

in general there's probably a lot of

future there's a lot of innovation happening

there in the car wash industry

yeah

now sheep star with a very cynical

but also inspiring

a cynical but oftentimes true take

from sheep star lots of marketing

yeah so

that's definitely something to look

forward to as well then Hydra

detailing Dan and Anthony which sealant

to use in the shower wand window does

your shower time increase due to looking

at the beating the whole time

wow

wow this is not a group

activity this is not

yeah

yeah I mean I try

to focus less on the beating

um more of a she more

just get it done yeah moving along

thank you for that um

Ronnie yacht sprinkler water spots the

heads need to be readjusted to spray away from the car

well I was just trying to

the most that's Ron that's

a dad answer and I'm here for it

because you're right that is yeah break out

the old flat wrench and go to it

um we've got fine detailing

the pink m22 is

now my favorite drying towel thank you

if you made one in teal my life

would be complete

oh this is Ryan

yeah they say no one

yeah Ryan gave me

a big list at Monterey

said hey I want to till this

till till till till

oh man everything teal

do you guys recommend using

a drying aid all the

time you don't have to I wouldn't

use it I don't like

is it is it bad if I say I don't like

the drying aid I like a drying

aid if you've got to use it on a car

with protection just use a drying aid that doesn't

have any protection in it and you're fine the drying

aid method works amazing

right you do get the nice

soft silk filling

of your paint but one thing I don't like

about the drying aid is the potential

of destroying my towels because

it's gonna gum it up my drying

that's my only reason why Dave wants to protect

his investments I'm very

I am very very specific

about my towels yeah okay good

to know next up here

oh damn

there's something with this

let's keep going oh

damn saying I love watching people

trigger teens autism on a live cast

and that was that was

definitely the sequoia

joke

I wasn't trying to

take it that hard

yes

holy smoke

the vehicle with 18 wheels a.k.a.

semi truck just saying

if it was a truck they would just call it

a truck but they call it a semi truck

implying there are other kinds of trucks that's

interesting let's see there are box trucks

flatbed trucks tow trucks

you could really

there are trucks under a skateboard

I mean we could keep going

I'm not going

to

the thing is once this live stream

ends we're still going to have this

conversation yeah yeah

saying

hello Anthony anything likely to happen with

WD detailing products if anything is going to

happen it would be on Amazon

yeah so look forward

to something potentially there

Dan what is an F-150

he asks

Luke Berge responds

a pickup

what is a pickup it's not a type of

truck now here's where it gets interesting

in Australia you have the car based

pickups known as Utes so actually

interestingly before Maverick

being a car based

front wheel drive focused you know

there are all wheel drive versions but the

front wheel drive based is technically a Ute

it's not fun I'm ready to move on

and then Han says

trucks only break legs way to remind Berge

of a traumatizing experience

moving along

inside jokes going

this is when the fun gets really happening

on the second half you know what I'm saying

Ronnie out here I use

three ounces of really grungy towels

two for regular looks there you go

yeah there you go that's a good way of doing it

yeah okay and

this is pertaining I'm assuming to the

bar talk yeah

bold words here sheepstar saying

it should replace Anthony

he is clearly smarter

no sheepstar that's not true

in fact I look up to Anthony

pork in a crockpot

Anthony cover your ears I look up to him

he's very very smart

it's a nice thing he's ever said

we do when I do live streams or things

like that and Anthony walks from the

office to the main studio

he does occasionally every single time

screw me up so I always have to tell him

get out of here

he calls me Sammy Sosa

for some weird reason I don't really know what that means

he's like the Sammy Sosa for doing lives

because he just gets up there and he's like hey what's up guys

gotcha so thank you

I appreciate that but crockpot

pork I think that's fine

I think that's fine

I think that's alright

I think it's alright

but it's the same thing like so can you do sloppy

Joe's in a crockpot

yeah you could

maybe

I think crockpot sloppy Joe's

would be the sloppiest of all

I think that's the best way to eat a loose meat

sandwich

that's the nice thing about a crockpot

I'm moving along here

we just really do

alright lots of love for Levi

here and Diego

hi guys I'm in Nebraska

and I want to order ultra air blaster plus

how many days does a delivery take

if you're in Nebraska

that's a good question

probably anywhere from 2 to 4

probably

yeah that sounds like it

you like that the air blaster plus is awesome

so if I wonder if he's trying to time it

with something

but Joey here that Sequoia is looking

mint

some say mint JDM

they don't say that

the closest thing to

a minty tree

I can think of would be like a tea trap

are you

realized we're all going to be together

for quite some time next week

yeah this is the start

it's a good thing I'm having you

drive a different vehicle than me

so Anthony figure this out

on the plane ride

it's me, Jimmy, Anthony

and then Gabe

and Dane are together

they can spend the 4 hour plane ride

talking the difference between a truck

the question

Dane the question I have

sure everybody around us would really like us

on this trip

okay we have 4 minutes left here

hi Chris

I love the rip and rags especially for wiping the tires

after dressing

if the towel gets too black you can just throw it away

or put away all the tires

that's what's great about rip and rags

and Joey is saying we need

an ad free Anthony one week

that won't happen

I use the MetroVac every few days

it's amazing, thank you Ryan

for confirming that it is amazing

I'm going to kill one Ryan

thank you guys

he just signs off every single comment

with that like he's just doing

an email

wow

MetroVac works great in the junkyard

yes it does

many all friends over in Jalopy jungle

Dintymore is the goat

he's the less than positive

but no he does not burn clean

and we're on to page one

Dintymore will have you soar

this is what this entire stream has defaulted

it started with a poop cruise

and it has gotten worse

I'm sorry I brought that

Joey's sad that he hasn't met Levi

Joey he'll have to meet him sometime

maybe it seems right

Levi agrees that's crazy

it's both right

then Usman here is saying

talking about TV the new terminal season

on Amazon is really good

I actually have not watched that

I don't know that one

and then Levi Wiss and take

department Q on Netflix as a banger

usually has detailing questions

been a while just giving you guys a shout out

picked up an ultra air blaster

V2 the other day

enjoy it

I know you're going to like that thing

then a good question here

from Adam

Adam Giesemann film saying difference between

KCX NMS and CES

school us

who wants to go

get a magic shampoo

ceramic effect shampoo will give you

much more of the

effect that ceramics will have

in terms of hydrophobic so

CES is going to have better hydrophobics

nanomagic shampoo is going to have

how do I say this

slicker on the contact

slicker contact you're correct there

also it's a thicker viscosity

and a little

I probably say a little goes a long way

nanomagic shampoo

and yeah I'd say it's just slicker

I don't think

I think CES is a newer

version of what nanomagic shampoo would have

been I don't know if

nanomagic shampoo will stay forever if it'll go

but I think there's still both

CES is also a more hydrophobic

way more

all right then Levi here saying

peacemaker has been really great this season

and Steve Pearson

oh yeah I was wondering I hadn't seen him until now

hey friends a little late but hope you're having a great

week Steve I hope you are too Steve

one minute left here Dane

we're working on it really good

we've got it down to

XXM Ghost

I think Pedro's permanent new name

should be Mickey Thomas ooh Mickey Thomas I like that

I like that you know

a lot of people are gonna confuse it and say

Mickey Thompson though because they're thinking

yeah that's what I was thinking

Hydra saying so many new versions

coming out you know just like

products and stuff that's the innovation

you'll see is because a lot of stuff is evolutionary

rather than revolutionary

bro etc hey

hey you know what if we follow the IK

sprayers route it'll be something it'll be

v3 360

plus 0.2 it's like a beta

let's not do that

we can get really clunky with it if we want to

what would you write Charlie

Thayer here what would you recommend

for a paint sealant for a new vehicle

before winter I'll be

coding it in spring once I have a garage

Hypersill try a Hypersill

Hypersill is cool because you can

apply it then wipe it off like

a quick detail or you can use it as a

rinse aid and it works just as good

and it gives you really solid hydrophobics

so

that's one that I would use but if you want to go

a little less because you can also do

amplify

I'm going to say actually armor details

apply phobic yeah that's another one too

so alright

and then spray it white

okay the last comment

I'll put up on the screen here I felt was the appropriate

one to end on here alkaline top hat

people should know the end of the stream

is pretty similar to a typical day with the crew

he's not wrong

it's a little rowdy I would say

sometimes but we have a good time

I'm gonna say we have a good time here

I would say we have a good time

and I'll shout out Carlos just because it got in right

under the wire Carlos my alarm didn't go off

I'm like Carlos we're happy to have you here

please go back and watch this thing from the top

yeah alright

that's gonna be it so that took us to the end

it did

well boys over there

Carson and Gabriel thank you for joining us

for today

Carlos great we had a lot of fun

and we had a lot of good laughs

thank you so much for hosting this

and running this

comment picker way better than I can

as we learn from last week

you were struggling last week

you know what the multitasking

it is difficult running that bad boy

it is it's not a good time

I've had a few years to work on it

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being here have a safe and happy weekend

if you have any questions

then we won't see you next week because we won't be here

but we'll see you the week after that

we'll see you the week after so

yeah that's it see you guys

take care

you

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