Q&A: Last-Minute Gift Ideas for the Detailer in your Life!

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the Rag Company Q&A here at the Rag Company YouTube

channel.

We jumped in without an intro, so that was exciting and I wasn't prepared for it, but

you know what?

We're here, we're ready, it's cool.

Oh, yeah, you know what?

Let's do something a little different today.

Let's run that intro as we roll over to our guest detailer of the day, who happens to

be.

Wow, thank you, Dane, for that intro.

That is crazy.

That's the best intro I've ever had here.

Holy smokes.

Big reveal.

I know, right?

Thank you so much.

I appreciate it, but thank you for having me back.

I'm super excited to be here.

Oh, absolutely, Carson, and today I want to say, as far as you're concerned, we're doing

a whole thing.

I set this episode up, Sydney, Carson, both of you.

I made this like a last minute gift guide kind of thing, something for people who want

to get that order in, who are like, oh crap, I don't know what to do.

There's still a little bit of time left.

We haven't hit that cut off yet, but we are getting close.

If I remember correctly, it falls on the 16th.

That's what I thought I saw from Nathan and the email there.

For those of you who get the emails from the RAG company, be aware of that, and if you're

not sure how to get those emails, you can go to the website.

We'll take a look at that in a minute, but before we do that, I want, okay, never mind.

We got the website pulled up, so scroll to the very bottom of the page.

We got the Khmer Ho Ho Ho, and down the way, we've got that ticking clock.

That lets you know when the actual cutoff happens.

So that's how you'll know if you're going to make the cutoff or not.

Now, of course, everything is just kind of a broad guideline.

There's always exceptions.

Somebody lives in a place, a delivery gets a little, you know, things happen during the

holiday season.

It's a very busy time.

People are working really hard.

So just know everybody's doing their part.

But if you get it in before this timeline, we're pretty sure it's going to make it there

where it needs to go in time for you to deliver a Christmas present.

And we think that's pretty awesome.

So scrolling to the very bottom, if you check out on the Rag Company page here, you will

see an area where you can actually enter your email, get in there, and throw the info up

for people.

The having FOMO, see that?

That's how you find out when we're doing special sales, all that good business, things that

you're going to want to know about.

Just enter your email there.

That's all you got to do.

We're not going to spam it.

We're not going to bug it.

We're only going to send you the good stuff.

So if that sounds nice to you and you're new here, check it out, give it a shot.

And I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Now, moving back over here to Carson, who happens to be spraying out an engine bay, as

it were, on the RAV4 over here.

Carson, can you tell us a little bit about what you're planning on doing with this RAV4

today?

Absolutely.

So I am taking care of pretty much a full detail on this guy.

It is not terribly dirty, but it's kind of dirty.

So it'd be like a perfect example for a wash clay seal or something that's been very well

maintained in its lifetime, but it just needs a good, thorough wash.

So today we're going to be using armor detail supply decon soap, agitating that.

And then, of course, giving the wheels a good, deep clean, quickly hitting the engine bay,

nothing too crazy.

We're going to apply some ghost for the tires to seal it in for the winter time.

Same thing.

We're going to use a little bit of ceramic spray sealant.

We haven't really talked about this all a lot, so we'll show that off today.

And then if we have some time, we're going to hit the trim with some trim plus, show

you guys how to restore that, and then protect it because some of the trim on this doesn't

need to be corrected or anything like that.

Just needs to be protected, but some of it will need to be corrected.

And then if we have some time to it, there's a small little scrape mark at the bumper or

the front bumper of the car, so we'll go ahead and hit that too.

But if you have any questions, make sure to drop them, and we'll answer those for you.

Excellent.

No, I appreciate it, Carson.

Absolutely.

Yeah, regarding the condition of the vehicle here, it is, well, it belongs to the parents

of somebody who works here.

And you know, it's a well-kept example of, you know, an older second, or actually that

would be a third gen rev for now, I think, but yeah, that would be a third gen.

Those are the ones that got the V6 that was so crazy fast for its time, that was kind

of special.

This does not have that, but it is from that generation.

Anyway, Carson's going to do a little bit of snow foam and, you know, appropriate for

the season, although I got to say, I've been a little bummed out with how our December's

been turning out weather-wise.

Yeah.

I was expecting some snow.

We didn't get anything.

Yeah, it's crazy.

And what was it the other night?

The low was 49 overnight.

It's been, like, hovering in the low 50s, high 40s every night, which for here, this

time of year, we're normally in the 20s.

Well, the last time that it was that warm in December in Boise was 1939.

That's wild.

That's crazy.

It's way too warm right now.

Yeah, crazy.

Way.

It was born.

Yeah.

Yeah, right?

So long ago.

Or at least when his opinions were.

All right.

So moving along, guys, we've got comments.

We've got questions.

Let's get this party started, Sidney.

You're going to help me out with these.

And I'm going to make a good point to include Carson in as many as I can as well, because

Anthony's sitting out, but Carson is a wonderful subject matter expert, and I want you guys

to get to know that a little bit more.

So let's start things off with Alpha Tango.

That Luke Berkey comment is from last week.

Alpha Tango.

Sidney, what's he saying?

He says, hey, folks, busy season is nearly over.

I hope you have another great show.

I miss you and love you all.

See you on the replay.

All right.

Well, we will catch you then.

Have a good one.

Then we've got Balinsky of all people.

He popped in early.

Did he not?

Okay.

What's he saying?

He says, hello, my friends from a true tool fog covered California.

I haven't seen the sun in 17 days.

Everything is cold and damp and stuck in the 40s.

Please send help.

I got to have dinner with Joey on Sunday.

Oh, yeah.

That's right.

You were down there.

Yeah.

Hopefully that was nice.

Yes.

Of course.

I got to ride in the GTI.

I mean, live in the dream.

Absolutely.

He's driven, you know, he's ridden in your car enough time.

Yeah.

So it might as well exchange a favor.

Yeah.

All right.

We got Bucky here.

The other half of the Detail Grind podcast.

He says, hello all in a winter wonderland here and jealous of Boise's weather.

Love you all.

Yeah.

Alex, I want your winter wonderland.

I may be in the minority here.

I love snow and I love snowy roads.

I not as much, but I love snow and I'm so disappointed with how things are going right

now.

I will take some.

I know everybody else is like, no, I don't want to drive in the snow.

It's so funny.

I love it.

So I don't drive.

I don't mind driving in the snow either, but I do hate other people driving in the snow.

I don't mind driving in the snow, but I do like the snow.

I like how it's pretty.

I don't like when it's just like a bucket of suck, but a bucket of suck.

That's a good way to describe it.

But Gabe and I just watched a car outside in December.

That's crazy.

It's way too crazy without jackets too.

That's crazy, but I don't like being cold.

So you're probably loving this, but I do love the snow.

I love the way it looks.

Fair.

I don't mind driving in it.

I enjoy it myself.

So as long as you're in like a car with heated seats and heated seats and good tires.

I will always be an advocate for winter tires, definitely like actual severe weather rated

tires.

Yeah, very important for the icier conditions, all that stuff for sure.

And then you get to spend your time dodging all the people who didn't buy those.

Yes.

All right.

Next up, we got Ron Ayant here.

Let's see what Ron's up to.

He says, good afternoon from Chile, Massachusetts, where the temp is 28 and the wind chill makes

it feel like 11 degrees Fahrenheit.

I know that sounds gnarly, weirdly.

I kind of wish it got a taste of that cold, but we haven't gotten it yet.

All right.

That might be a bit much for some of you guys.

That's a bit much.

We hit zero every once in a while here.

It does happen.

All right.

Next up, I've got Alessio, Alessio saying hello, hello from Belgium finally got my hands

on a bottle of GFX.

We'll test in the first wash after my car, I coat my car together with my detailer next

week.

Oh, so he's like teaming up with his detail.

That's fine.

Do you have anybody who actually goes, you know what?

I want to detail this with you.

I have had.

Yeah.

How many times have you told them?

No.

All of them.

Okay.

That's what I thought with you.

You're like, yeah.

This is a one lady show.

I've had a mask and yes, I've politely declined for sure.

But I just got my first bottle of GFX as well.

It's sitting on my desk.

Well, that's exciting.

I'm right there with you.

Got to experience it firsthand.

If you haven't, it is special.

All right.

Alessio also follows up and says, I have polished before it.

Just not a lot.

Okay.

Then we've got sheep star here and what's sheep saying?

Checking in.

Oh, the usual.

I should have known.

Ah, Mac Bergson.

Hey everyone.

Hope you have a good week.

I can't wait to get home.

I just got a notification that my GTeknik sample set has arrived.

Excellent.

GTek is good stuff.

So I hope you enjoy it as well.

And then Alessio with another one here wondering, I know TRC doesn't carry them, but has anyone

seen the new buckets from Soft 99?

They're sick.

Now, there's only so many ways you can design a bucket, but I would be curious to see those.

So if anybody knows, feel free to send me a link.

I'll check it out later after the show.

All right.

Jesse Greese here.

What's Jesse saying?

Good afternoon, guys.

Have any of you gotten to try out the new Rupes Nano polisher?

How does it feel with the operation of it?

I obviously saw it at SEMA.

I didn't necessarily try it out.

And I'm just going to have to be honest as I always am.

I was not a fan of the Nano one.

And so I didn't really give that a whole lot of thought.

It does look like it's much upgraded.

It looks very nice.

Organomics seems really solid.

That seemed way better.

I hope that it has more power.

I think that's always been my thing with the small polishers is, you know, if you can't

get the same level of correction as you can out of the full size machine, I really don't

like it.

So but it does look like a vast improvement.

So I mean, I probably should try it out, but I did see it at SEMA, but I did not try it

myself.

Okay.

Yeah.

And yeah, as far as, you know, touching using the tool and stuff like that, pretty much

only people at SEMA have really gotten a chance to mess around with it too much.

Hey Carson, I know your pressure washing over there, but did you get a chance to mess around

with the Rupa's Nano when you were at SEMA?

Yeah.

So Anthony and I made a video on it and Anthony got to mess around with it just a little bit.

And he really liked it, has a bunch of cool parts on it that pretty excited to showcase.

The magnetic bits, huh?

Yeah.

The carbon fiber bits were cool as well.

Okay.

So I'm really excited for that.

But I agree with Sid though, you know, the last couple of designs, I need the power.

Okay.

So common denominator, at least amongst you guys here, small sample size, but more power

was needed.

And we're not talking about the new tool, of course, we were talking about the old tool.

So as far as new tools concerned, these guys seem more optimistic.

Sid, I'm going to let you come up with a name for our friend here.

Oh boy.

What is our friend's name today?

I'm going to name him Kevin.

Kevin.

In honor of Home Loan.

All right.

I like it.

It's like a season for that.

Yeah.

What's he saying?

He says, hello and happy Friday, junior TRC fam.

From the sunny 31, south coast of Massachusetts, I hope you all are well and scored some goodies

on the Cyber Week deals.

I forgot to get O and R Christmas.

Hmm.

Whoops.

I got mine too.

That's on my desk as well.

I'm all hooked up.

I can't wait.

Well, did we sell out of O and R Christmas?

I thought we still had some.

Perhaps.

I'm not sure.

I ordered last week and Lucas just brought me my order today.

So I did order a while ago.

Okay.

I was just making sure if he said, oops, missed it as in the Cyber Week deal or missed

Maybe because he already placed an order.

So somebody want to pop on the site and check, feel free.

Yeah.

All right.

Carson.

Since you're getting to work on some wheels there, I want to make a point all during this

wash that it kind of ask as you're going through the products you're using are part

of the kits that are happening during our Christmas, you know, lead up sales here.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

So I'm using pretty much everything that is featured in the armor detail supply wheel

cleaning kit, which is funny because I helped design that kit, which is pretty cool.

Yeah.

Little bit.

Yeah.

So, of course, what's included at that kit is going to be your detail factor tire brush

wheel cleaner, tire cleaner, and then your ultra wheel mint, which is going to be your

main, main thing to clean, of course, the wheel faces.

So that's exactly what we'll do.

So we of course hit the tires, let that kind of work and then hit the wheels and wheel

barrels, let that work.

And then now I'm just scrubbing away.

Okay.

I did foam it with some brake buster just to add a little bit of lubricity on the surface.

Yeah.

A little Matt Mormon method, you know.

Oh, sure.

Crank it up.

I mean, he is right about it.

I know Anthony will fight me about it, but he's right.

Fair enough.

No, it looks good.

All right.

So moving along here, I've got Eddington 1000 saying happy Friday Eve guys right back

at you Eddington.

Then I've got David Boyce who says, hello, Danimal and all day Spence would love to see

Gabe in front of the cameras more.

He's not afraid to drive all of his Toyotas to work.

Hope to see your RSX soon, Gabe.

No way, that's real.

No, it's David Boyce.

Oh, I guess it is David Boyce.

He focuses on the little stuff.

Yeah.

So he, he lasers in on something and then David, how much did Gabe pay you?

Yeah.

How much did Gabe pay you to say that?

I did purchase a new BMW.

So I've got an E90 BMW.

Nice.

Super excited for that.

All right.

Well, good to know.

And it looks like we had a little pop in the feed where it froze, but it came back.

So we're good.

And I think they caught the last little bit of your comments.

So they did hear what Carl was.

See.

All right.

So moving along here, Kevin, I hope you're satisfied with that answer.

And Neil White, wondering, hey TRC, hope you're all doing well.

Looking forward to hearing about those gift ideas.

Now that was something that I kind of posed to Carson and to Sydney and myself just to

think about potential gift ideas.

It's not necessarily just things that are on sale at the Rang company, but it's whatever

you could think of that would make sense maybe to give to the person in your life who either

is detailing minded or perhaps they just, you think they need something that's detailing

related, whether they're into it or not.

It's something where you go, here, help yourself.

So Sid, I'm going to ask you, what kind of things really jump out at you for your relatives

other than just say, come to me and I'll detail your car.

Yeah.

Which I'm not going to do.

No, no.

You get enough of that already.

You don't need that.

Yeah.

No, I don't offer to detail my family's cars for free.

So here's what I love about giving, you know, car and detailing stuff for Christmas is what

better packaging than a bucket, right?

So I love to make buckets.

I do this for fundraisers and all sorts of stuff.

So I love to get a bucket and, you know, for this, you don't have to get like a high end

bucket.

You can get, you know, clear buckets, home depot buckets, whatever.

So but then you use the bucket as like your gift wrap and you fill it up with, you know,

some of their favorite things or favorite areas that they like to work, whether it be

interior, exterior, car wash stuff.

But then it's so easy to put together kind of thoughtful ideas with, you know, towels

and chemicals.

And, you know, there's so many great different brands you can mix and match.

And then you just, you know, cover the top of the bucket or put, you know, tissue paper

in it or something and put a bow on the outside and then there's your packaging.

And I just think that's super fun.

So it's a great Santa gift, you know, for somebody to wake up with it next to the tree

the next morning, you know, on Christmas Day.

It is fun because the bucket kind of almost makes it like a bouquet.

Yeah.

That's fun.

I do love filling a bucket for sure.

They're not flowers, but guess what?

They smell good too.

So, yeah, we got some options.

I like that though.

Carson, was anything jumping out at you is something you would, you know, recommend

to people for maybe the detailing allergic in their lives who something even a complete

noob could use?

I'm going to say ripping rags just because ripping rags is great for anybody that even

if they're just cleaning their house, just showing that you can have a premium microfiber

that's reusable, rewashable, and like you can use it from everything from cleaning

your house, cleaning your car, whatever it is.

But also just listening is a big part too.

Like my brother-in-law really likes the way a washing wax performs.

And so I got him Coach Kemi CES.

And so I'm assuming he doesn't watch this show.

He doesn't.

He's just spoiled it for him.

No, no.

He doesn't.

He's at work right now.

But yeah, so like something like that, you know, he really liked that.

And so just kind of listening to those things, if I'm sure a lot of people know that if they're

detailers, you're kind of the go-to person that they ask questions for.

So just kind of listen.

Oh, that makes perfect sense.

Thanks Carson.

All right.

Moving along here.

We've got zero-day detail.

The good afternoon from Chile, South Carolina.

Okay, that's fun.

And then I've got a question from Devon here.

Oh, okay, this one's interesting.

If I used fine cut, can I go straight to lack polish, groom to finish?

Yeah?

Carson's saying definitely.

Sure.

Okay.

Well, that sounds like an answer.

No, no compound in it.

So it's strictly just a polish.

Yeah.

Yep.

Well, that keeps things pretty straightforward.

So Devon, there's your answer.

Silly goose, 757.

That would be Megan.

Hi from Tallahassee.

It's sunny and 61 degrees.

Honestly, it's not much cooler here.

Yeah, it's kind of crazy actually.

All right.

Moving on to the next page, Devon says Wisconsin has like two feet of snow already, high of

six degrees Saturday.

Yeah, you guys are getting all the precipitation.

And yesterday in LA it was 85.

What?

That's crazy.

Crazy.

That's too much.

That's too much, man.

Okay.

Moving on.

We've got Neal saying, I love to have lows in the 50s here.

Yeah, well, I'll trade you.

All right, Eric.

Good afternoon, TRC.

Happy holidays.

Curious what TRC tells are your fave for first and second wipe on coatings and why?

Ah, good question.

Tell us, Sydney.

What do you think?

So for my first wipe, I kind of have two favorites.

So one would be the Rippin' Rags Ultra, which is the blue pearl weave.

I really enjoy those for the first wipe.

My ore, if I don't have those available, then I'm usually 365.

So like I usually use the gray miners 365 for my first wipe.

My second wipe, my favorite, favorite one is always a creature.

I like it where it's a little bit extra fluffy, but it's not super grabby.

This weekend in training, we ended up, we only had eagles for the second wipe, and it

worked okay, but it certainly wasn't my favorite.

So creatures are always my second wipe, and my first, my first choice is the pearl weave

Ultra Rippin' Rags, and then my second choice is a 365.

Excellent.

Hey, Carson.

I know you're busy on those wheels and tires, but I'd like to get your opinion on this, too.

I'm exactly going to echo what Sidney said.

I exclusively use Rippin' Rags, the Ultras, just because there's no, like, they're so

cost-effective.

Once you're done with them, they can be demoted to like oil change towels, and potentially

like really dirty interior towels is just fine, too, but yeah, two-tile method, only

way to go.

Easy peasy.

All right.

Moving along here, we've got Silly Goose, that's Megan, saying, is Carson applying anything

to the engine after it's clean?

Yes, I applied motorplast.

That's what I was hoping to hear.

I love motorplast.

For those who don't know or haven't tried it, motorplast is a Koshami, aka KCX product,

and it just makes those plastics under the hood look amazing when you're done, and let's

be honest, 90% of the cars out there these days, anything made after like 2010, pretty

much all plastic under the hood, you just don't see metal components much anymore unless

you've got something a little more on the exotic side or something.

So yeah, no, plastic rules the day, but motorplast makes it look freaking awesome.

Okay, Jose, which by the way, motorplast, great gift idea if you want something simple

to give to somebody, if they know how to carefully wash their engine bay, use that.

Awesome combo.

Yep.

Jose says, just brought a gallon of P&S undressed for new tires.

Do I use it straight up, Sid?

Yes, you do.

So P&S undressed is specifically like a tire stripping cleaner.

So you do want it full strength.

I would never dilute it because that is exactly what you're choosing to use undressed as you

want that kind of stripping ability to completely reset a set of tires so that you're ready

to go for whatever dressing you choose to use.

So yeah, straight up.

All right.

Excellent.

And then next up, I've got Alex here saying dinner with Joey and don't even take a photo

amateurs.

You know, I'm going to just say that probably none of us were really like in photo op ready.

That's right.

But we were also just, you know, you get so excited to be together that you just kind

of immerse in the moment.

And I know it's like the most frustrating thing.

And when you're not in that moment, you're like, how could you not take a picture?

But like when you're in the moment, you're just so happy to be together that you just

don't really think to stop the conversation, you know, you know, too many people don't

make themselves actually present when they're talking just with anybody these days.

It's always like your face is half buried in your phone.

You're kind of like, huh?

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

I mean, I don't think any of us picked up our phone the entire dinner and we were at

to be jays and we were there a long time.

The service took a long time.

I think we were there for like four hours, but I don't think any of us ever touched our

phone.

So that's a really good sign actually.

So wonderful.

All right.

We're getting a bunch of weather reports here.

My gosh, there's a 75 degrees in SoCal alpha tango saying it's 65 in Pasco that would be

up in Washington.

Yeah, crazy.

Northwest of us.

And then Jose with popping in saying it's 80 degrees in Monrovia, California, another

SoCal spot.

That's crazy.

You guys are all just cooking.

Yeah.

GT details with the hey, hey, TRC fam.

Right.

I got you, buddy.

Dan Pfeiffer with a yo, yo, yo.

Good afternoon and we're up from cold Minnesota, USA.

Happy Friday Eve TRC gang, loving the Christmas on our, I'm excited to use it.

Have you gotten a whiff of it?

You know, I smell it last week and then, and then I placed my order.

So I have both of them.

I still need to go to Trader Joe's and get the hand soap, but no, I just got it.

So I'm going to hook it up to my Kim troll for the rest of the winter so that I have

the Christmas on our.

I'm kind of excited about it.

All right.

Then we've got a low folks and then we've got some more commentary about whether, you

know, I'm just trying to get some detailing questions, guys.

Sorry, we're moving along here.

But Alessio says I'm his photographer slash videographer.

That's the detail or he's referring to sometimes help him out when needed for details.

So kind of a customer kind of not.

Okay, well, that makes sense.

That's a, that's kind of an interesting combo.

I'm sure Jimmy can not speak to that kind of experience as somebody who does a lot of

freelance work as a videographer around here to that's fun.

I mean, it's not freelance here, but he does freelance stuff on the side, outside of that

for car stuff.

And sometimes there's detailing involved.

Anyway, let's see what's crisscross and long time.

No C has the sent for GFX change this year, or did it stay the same?

Believe it stayed the same, right?

I think it's the same.

I didn't hear anything from the guys saying that it changed.

So good to see it, by the way, crisscross.

Happy you're here.

All right.

Then we've got Alex here saying those TRC pressure washer guns and wands and

Carson's hands look fantastic.

Thank you.

I'm not sure that's more of a compliment to your hands or to the, you know, tools themselves.

They look great.

All right, both.

I'll take it.

Then we got another weather report from Alaska saying 26 degrees.

Well, you know, it should be cold up there, right?

Alessio, the new soft 99 buckets have a great decal on them with waves and a

beautiful red GTR and R35 with some Japanese symbols.

Got my hands on it today.

It's chef's kiss for me.

All right, I'll have to look it up.

Well, I think the JDM hot boys are going to like those from the sounds of it.

Then Ron Ayotte was Carson spring.

Coach Emmy motor, class on the RAV4 engine bay.

Yes, he was.

And I've got then from 360.

What's he saying?

Said, Hey guys, since it's my slower season, I've been thinking about promoting

gift certificates.

What's the best way to do that without making it seem like I'm devaluing my service?

Thank you all.

Okay.

So here's one thing I used to do a lot of certificates.

So here's the things I learned.

Don't do it for a service.

Do it for a dollar amount.

So the first couple of years that I was doing these, you know, I would, it would

be a full detail for X price.

Well, the problem is anybody who gets these as gifts, the cars are the worst.

I don't know why, but you know, people will, it's literally, and so they

would always come back to fight somebody in their life is like, my God, this person

needs to detail so bad.

Yeah, here's, here's a gift certificate.

So you have no excuse, right?

I can imagine that scenario playing out in their head.

And they're like, I'm finally going to force them to clean their car.

I can't stand looking at it.

Yeah.

And so the cars would show up and they would need, you know, 55 minutes

extra of dog hair vacuuming.

Well, they got it as a gift certificate.

So you don't feel like you can charge them more.

No, you're going to walk.

Yeah.

So I lost out on all of those.

So do it for a dollar amount.

So $200, whatever, just do a $200 towards a service.

And then that way you're still sticking to your same prices when they use it.

The other thing was I would have them where somebody would get it this

Christmas, they wouldn't use it till the next November.

And you know, maybe you've done a price adjustment.

So just do a flat price, not a service.

Um, and then the other thing is I would, you know, you can't put an expiration

date on them because they traded you money for a service.

Um, but I would always put like a little thing at the bottom, you know,

that said like, you know, kindly use before, you know, I wouldn't use the word

expires by, but kindly use within six months or something like that.

Yeah.

Um, cause I hated having those floating out there because regardless, they

get cashed in on your slowest week that you really needed to get paid.

And, um, so I'm not a huge fan of gift certificates, but done correctly.

You know, they can really be a great thing for the season.

The other thing that I started doing when I, when I was still doing gift

certificates was I would actually book the service.

So I would book the service.

Um, so say like, you know, January 15th, and then it would be for $300 or

whatever towards a detail.

Um, and I would have people, if it, if it was a situation where it was

like a husband or a wife or something like that, I would try to book the

service date so that then I knew that was just factored in that week.

And so that, that made a big difference to you, but, um, never devalue it,

devalue your service, just do it for a dollar amount.

No, that's an excellent point.

And speaking from experience, just seeing how these things play out, I know

there's probably somebody out there who has data to prove this, but anecdotally

doing a dollar amount does not discourage somebody from getting the service.

They still feel like they're getting a great deal or something like that.

If they happen to have to pay like an extra hundred bucks on top food or

something, they go, well, I got 400 bucks worth of work for a hundred bucks.

That feels like a great deal for me.

So in the end, if it's something that they're truly motivated to do, it

shouldn't be an issue.

Yeah.

That's a good point.

All right.

Next up, we've got Mo Lassus.

What's he saying?

What do people do about taking their coded cars into a dealer for service?

I'd love to put a five year coding, but how do I repair it when my dealer

inevitably leaves marring all over the thing?

You avoid that to begin with.

So, um, what I have, uh, service tags that hang, you know, you can get them

from Vista print, you can get, I know armor has custom ones.

Um, I made custom ones through Vista print for my customers that had

coded cars that you hang, you know, on the rear view mirror that literally

say no wash.

You know, this car has a coding on it, no wash, like in big letters.

That's really all it needs to say.

Um, and so I never, never, never let my dealership wash my car.

Um, so I think if you have the no wash, I also, when I drop the car off, I'd

let him know no wash, um, around here in Boise, most of the dealerships have

gone to, um, the customer actually has to request a wash versus the other

way around, I think because this has become such a prevalent service.

And so I think it started to become where more often than not, they were not

washing them.

So now I think they have to actually request it.

Yeah.

Um, but I think the, the hang tag, and you know, if you Google or even

within the Facebook groups, if you search for, you know, do not wash hanger,

you'll see where people have made them or, you know, you can find them

generic online or what have you make your own.

But, um, I make those for my customers and put them in the car.

Yeah.

No, that makes perfect sense.

And I did want to get Carson's input on this one, even though I think he's

probably going to mirror what you said, because Carson actually used to work

in a dealer.

So can you tell us a little bit about what that experience was like when

somebody come in and they'd say that kind of thing?

Yeah.

I mean, exactly.

Me being a, a detailer that worked at a dealership, I would always ask, like, I

worked at a Honda dealership and I would always ask the folks with the type

are, you know, Hey, would you like us to wash it?

Um, and that kind of thing, but most people don't have the common courtesy to ask

that, but yeah, the $5, you know, one from Arbor detail supplies has definitely

saved me a ton of times with going to the dealer.

Um, and, but yeah, just pick it up, let the service advisor know, Hey, please

don't wash this card has a, and if you, if you attach like a monetary value to

it, like, Hey, this has a $2,000 ceramic coating on it.

Yeah.

They're not going to mess with it.

And you know, you can tell a little bit of a fib, right?

Even if you did it yourself.

Um, but that typically gets the point across stuff.

Okay.

We won't mess with it.

And then if they do, then it's one of those things that you just, you, you

deal with it in the moment and potentially they can, you know, credit you with

some sort of thing.

I've had that happen before.

Sure.

Yeah.

You don't want to operate out of fear, but at the same time, it's like, if you

got to scare him with a big, scary number, you know, on what it costs to install,

at least that might encourage people to be less likely to go, yeah, but I wanted

to swirl it.

Yeah.

My other kind of rule of thumb personally, it's really hard to talk to

your customers about this, but my personal cars, I never take them to the

dealership dirty.

Like I always make sure that I take them in clean because then they're a lot that

like, you know, they look at it and just go, we don't need to wash this one.

And so it's just like that extra layer of protection as I never, never, never

take a dirty car to the dealership.

Yeah.

Plus then they're like leaning over it and you don't want them leaning into

your dirt and scratching, right?

You know, even from just them working on it.

So I always take my car clean to the dealership.

I bet that doesn't stop them from offering it sometimes.

So does it?

Well, my cars only go to the Jeep Dodge dealership, right?

They all know me there.

So they know to literally barely look at it.

They're scared.

Well, they're scared of you.

They're definitely scared of me.

Yeah.

But if one of your customers goes and does that, it's probably 50, 50.

Yeah.

Another one to try to educate him.

But yeah, another one too is very effective.

Even if you have it on the hang tag, just printing something out, super

simple says, do not wash and putting it on the instrument panel.

Yeah, right away.

That is a very another way that because there may be a porter that's involved

that, you know, does that, that moves the car.

There may be a mechanic, there may be two other people that are touching

your car besides the mechanic or the service advisor.

So communicating that because most service advisors aren't good with communication.

That's no, that's that's fair.

And actually, you know, it's funny, Nate came walking in through the backdoor

and he's the guy who would design like a do not wash tag you could hang from

the the mirror on the car.

I think that would be pretty cool.

He's probably already got some design ideas out there.

He smirked at me as he walked by.

I'm guessing that means he probably already thought about it.

But, you know, just in case somebody was suggesting that we start providing them.

I mean, you don't have to have a coating on your car to still not want

him to wash it.

I get it.

Yeah, yeah.

It's your car.

Should be able to decide whether or not they do that extra service.

I mean, I know they see it as a courtesy, but for the more detailing minded amongst us,

I think there's a certain level of like, whoa, that's kind of a cross in the line.

But he don't do that.

Yeah, that's the worst.

Anyway, moving along here.

We've got Alessia.

Once he's saying he says, Sidney just has everything on her desk.

The car she's detailing.

It's on her desk, too.

I do have like reindeer today.

Yeah, you got 3D printed reindeer.

Yep, reindeer.

You're using those 3D printers already.

Yeah, I love it.

I love it.

Yeah, did you just find the reindeer design somewhere?

OK, yeah.

So it's just, yeah, a place you're going to go.

So then I printed a whole bunch of reindeer.

So different colors and stuff.

Yeah, nice.

Yeah, love them.

All right.

Next up, I've got DIY with Kane, Minnesota.

Checking in.

Thank you for the great deal lately.

Thank you DIY for popping in there and enjoying those.

And yeah, if we could just remind people again, Glenn,

if you don't mind pulling up the website, we can take a little bit of a closer

look at what's actually on the website here.

So as far as the bundles that are available for, you know,

in Christmas sales, all that good stuff, we got some pretty sweet

auto detailing gift kits for those of you who don't want to go hunting down

every product individually.

You can trust that every single one of these kits is bundled in a way

that makes sense, offers things that go together well and should give

somebody the experience that it says right there in the title.

So we got everything from coatings to wash clay seal bundles to wheels and tires.

We got optimum stuff.

We got ADS stuff, armor details by we got coach.

We've got different options here for you guys to choose from.

But just know that there's something out there for anyone in your life

who still needs maybe a stocking stuff or or some of these definitely

are on the nicer side, something you can actually wrap up and take a

key from Sydney here, throw into a bucket, turn them into a bucket kit

and give your friends and family a Merry Christmas that way.

All right, moving back to what Carson's doing on the RAV4 here.

Carson, what do you got in the phone cannon?

This is just a little bit of brake buster straight.

And so that's what I again, that uses my lubrication.

And your phone canning brake buster.

Yeah. All right.

Crazy hardcore. Do you ever do that? No. No. OK.

So that's just that's just a Carson thing.

No, that's Uncle Matty thing.

Oh, well, and Ryan, Ryan Weiss, I was just at his shop this weekend, too,

in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he does that, too.

And I was like, man, so it's a Matty thing.

You guys in your brake buster, I mean, I feel like I have a lifetime supply

of brake buster and I don't even know. Yeah.

It's great. It's very very lubricating and.

Interesting. Never had an issue with it.

Well, moving along here, let's see.

We've got Kevin saying, thanks, Sydney.

My mom called me, Kevin, too.

She would approve. That's nice.

Oh, it's his name.

Really, Kevin, that would be hilarious.

It is. Oh, my gosh, that's so funny.

I was literally just thinking it was a great call, though.

Yeah, that's so funny.

All right, Dan. Go for it.

I'm not going to.

Dagnit Rodriguez says happy holidays.

Blessed are those who detail with premium products from The Rag Company.

Make sure to stay blessed and buy more today.

But seriously, I hope everyone has a safe and prosperous future.

You know, that's really kind.

That is nice. Thank you.

And yeah, absolutely, Dagnit, you too.

I hope I'm saying that right, Dagnit.

Or is it like Diney and Silent G and Silent T?

I don't know. Yeah, whatever you prefer.

So we're just going to take that at face value.

Mm hmm. And then look at who we got here.

Fine detail.

Oh, look at it.

Popping and saying, my friends.

Hi, Ryan. Just talking about you.

You're supposed to remember him. Can I just give him a shout out?

So you were just in his place.

So he was a grand ambassador, you know, a longtime friend of the show.

You know, he was here with us at TRCMA this year.

We all got to meet him for the first time there.

And that was super fun when we had the grand ambassadors come in.

And so just over the year, we've watched Ryan, you know, just grow and blossom.

He was on the Monterey team with us.

That was super exciting.

And so I got to go do a training in his detail shop this weekend.

And I just can't even say enough about it.

Like his shop is so amazing.

So well organized, so cool.

And then we walk in his store that he's, I think it's been open a month.

I mean, like, and I get to go in a lot of detail stores.

Yeah.

And I mean, this thing was like dialed.

It was so.

You're not impressed by much these days.

You've seen a lot.

Yeah, honestly, I'm not.

But Ryan's inside and out, meaning shop and store.

So impressive.

He was an excellent host and I was so happy to be there.

And yeah, I'm just super, super excited for him.

Like I'm super excited to see people take that journey

and just become like just awesome.

So yeah.

So yeah, it was really, really cool.

Well, congrats, Ryan.

You're killing it.

Thanks for checking in, Ryan.

I even had to submit an order on his website because I was so excited.

Oh boy.

Okay.

Then we got Hansi here, same pop at Chrome.

He must be talking about me, I guess.

I have a Polish Chrome in a minute, but hey, I'll take it.

Thank you.

DIY with Kane Midwest, Minnesota, Manbro 21 degrees and going down

hug for Alex.

All right.

Well, you know, we got a question for Sid from Megan here, what's she saying?

How do you maintain your manicure?

My nails are hating my newfound interest in detailing.

So here's the deal.

I'm at like two and a half weeks right now and mine are actually like starting to break down.

But so I have a fantastic nail technician and the product she uses is called Tammy Taylor.

And this is going to be way over most people's heads, but I'm going to answer the question.

So there's like acrylic nails and there's gel nails, right?

And so gel is very soft.

It breaks really easy, acrylics really hard.

It takes a lot to break it, but when it does, it breaks all your real nails.

And so this is like a hybrid of the two.

And so it's super flexible on like it's my real nails, but just, you know,

they're grown out like that and they have this product over them.

And gosh, I've been doing them for like 10 years and my nail lady, her name is Patty.

She's absolutely amazing.

I go in faithfully every two weeks.

And I think just because I would give yourself some time because as you are working,

you become more cognizant of how to work with your nails being done.

You know, and so I think that there is that period of where you tend to hit them or crack them

or, you know, whatever.

I do know that like I have to have these on because if I had my real nails,

I would just break them all the time.

And so I rarely break a nail.

I super love it.

And it's like my one thing where I can still feel like a normal girl.

So I would look into though, it's called Tammy Taylor.

So in detail terms, how would we liken those to say waxes, sealants, coatings and PPS?

Yeah, that's actually such a good example.

So the coatings would be like the acrylic.

So if you heard it, you fail it, you have to start over.

OK, the waxes would be like just nail polish on your natural nails.

OK, so it's going to last a couple of days.

And then in the middle is like a defender type sealant where it's still going to be

super easy to, you know, use and live in.

And it's going to be durable, but it's not going to be too durable.

Sometimes you want to change it up.

Make you look nice, but add a little durability to the paint.

OK, so I would say that like this is like defender.

Gotcha. OK. Hey, you know what?

I was curious that made it way more understandable for me.

So I hope it did the same for you somewhere out there.

Someone appreciates it.

Girlfriend, you got defender on your nails.

Yeah, I know people trying to off label uses for detailing chemicals.

I'm not saying you should go do that because, you know, they're not meant for

like human skin, really.

Yeah, you know, I just wanted to do a like for like protection level.

I mean, obviously it's way thicker than defender.

But protection level, like what are you thinking about?

Like how easy is it to use?

And it's all relative. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. Carson, you're moving around the car again.

What you got going on this time?

So we just got finished with the wheels.

Wheels are my favorite part, but they just take the longest for me

because I spend a lot of time on them.

I want to make sure that they're perfect.

That's typically what people look at first, that and like the headlights.

Oh, for sure.

And so these wheels were just your standard based model wheels,

but the barrels were super dirty.

And so clean them up, shine them up, looking good.

So it's looking really solid.

This this one for was very well cared for.

It's not like a showroom piece or anything.

But as far as like daily drivers go, it looks really solid.

The headlights haven't, you know, lost their coating.

Everything's looking pretty solid to it. I mean, it's shiny.

It's still got lots. You don't have too much sun damage.

Yeah, it looks good.

It definitely has something on it from like like a touchless car wash or something.

OK, yeah. But yeah, nothing, nothing like coating wise or the only fried spot

I could find anywhere on there was the cowl below the windshield wipers

where it definitely got kind of baked and crusty there.

But everything else looks really solid.

So yeah, kudos to the owners showing it is possible.

All right. Next up, I got Ryan Rigdon saying, OK, Dan,

I changed my handle so you'd quit calling me Eddington.

All right. Well, you know, I'm like Ron Burgundy.

I read what's on the prompter.

So yes, Ryan Rigdon, I see that's you now.

I apologize. You want to be called Rigdon?

That's what we're doing here now. That's funny.

All right. Next up, we got GM Car Care.

What's GM saying in life?

You need to make some choices.

And if you choose the red company, then you make the right choice.

OK, we'll take it. Thanks, bud.

Right. We got Steven Germanacos.

At least that's how I'm going to pronounce it.

Angry Monkey Detailing saying, what is the lifespan of a U.S.S.

Ultrasafe sponge sponge?

So it's kind of like he said a machine.

He said USS sponge.

Every few washes, a small bit of foam breaks off the edge.

Thanks for the Q&A.

That's interesting.

So honestly, I've never really been able to toast one.

So I mean, I would say that I use mine before I replace them.

I probably use them for a year.

So you're talking probably 200 cars get washed with one.

And then I really just replace it because I can and it's easy.

They don't really need it.

So I've not ever had them fall apart.

My question would be, is how are you leaving it soaking?

If you're leaving it soaking in a bucket of, say, something like Decon Soap

or something that's a little bit harsher, you probably will get breakdown.

Mine, I do soak it.

I'm not good about letting it dry out, but mine soaks in absolute.

So I think like if you're letting it sit with soap on it, that would make me wonder.

But mine don't ever fall apart.

And I've been using these since day one.

Yeah, if you're USS and the UBS and I've never I've never really been able to ruin one.

If you say in small bits of foam or breaking off the edge,

I kind of feel like something's causing it to become brittle.

Yeah. Or maybe are they ripping it on?

Right. Or is it catching on something?

I'll be curious to hear more just just to understand a little better.

But yeah, I mean, Sidney, definitely she uses them in her shop and day out.

So it's it's not unusual.

I mean, for somebody who's just using it on their own cars and the driveway,

they should not have to replace them for a long time.

Because literally mine washed 200 cars a year and then I just replaced them

just because I feel like it. They don't even need it, you know.

It's really just a matter of preference at that point.

Yeah, I want to try a different wash media. OK. Yeah.

Carson, before you move on and spray this thing down,

what do you think, as far as the ultra safe sponge,

have you run into anything that like prematurely wears it?

No, I did have one time quite honestly that

the I left it in there with like just no water over a winter or I'm sorry,

with water, not filtered water or anything like that.

And I did have a little bit of like mold growing.

That was purely my fault and I threw it away.

I probably could have washed it and I would have been fine.

But I mean, for the price, I didn't really want to risk it.

And so, yeah, yeah, but I've never had any like

chipping or anything like that.

Actually, I do take that back.

I did have one area mess up, but I hit like a sharp

yeah, grill piece, but yeah, and it caught. Yeah.

But that was again, my own doing.

And that to me, that's completely different than if it became brittle,

which is like what I'm kind of think I'm getting from this comment

where he says it's just like falling off and breaks out.

The way he says breaks off makes it sound like it became crusty

and that snapped off.

Yeah. So I'm just really curious to get a little more detail

on what he means by that. Yeah. All right.

Next up, we got love for motorplaz from Ron agreed.

I love motorplaz.

We got an interesting question.

Will there be a new one wing challenge?

That was a really, really fun project.

Gosh, that was a long time ago.

That was a while ago now.

Gosh, that would have been 2018, 2019.

I think it was early 2019.

Yeah, I'm thinking it was around February, March of 2019.

We're talking like six plus years ago.

So I'm telling you, almost seven.

We need to bring back Tony's wings.

We've always needed to bring back Tony's wings.

I mean, that also is a classic.

But yeah, if you haven't watched the one wing challenge here

on the red company channel, you should go check that out.

That was a really, really fun project, a really fun video.

And well, Hans is bringing it up because he, a spoiler alert,

actually, you know, place the winning bid on those

on the polishers, those tools that got used in the video.

So that was pretty cool.

Yeah. And even though he's in Europe and sent him over there

with all the signatures from all the guys, it was really cool.

Gosh, that seems like that was yesterday,

but it was almost seven years ago.

So for those who have no clue what he's talking about,

just watch the video.

It'll explain it really well and give you a much better idea.

But it was for a good cause and it was a really fun, really chaotic shoot.

Yeah. So I think for those of you who, you know, get tired of the typical

detailing content, you might find that one fun because it's kind of out there.

So fun. All right.

Then I've got Hans, but with a different user name for some reason.

Stair kicking Stonehenna. Oh, boy, that's definitely me.

Where is Anthony?

So Anthony is actually busy doing another shoot.

So far as I know, he's been busy with another project.

And that is why he's not on here today.

However, it meant I got pulled out of the closet and I'm able to sit at the table

here with Sid. We're getting the job done.

I think this is going very well.

I hope you guys feel the same.

All right. Next up, Joey says, this ain't the California weather.

Or I pay top dollar for it.

Well, we're getting the California weather here.

Dude, I, yeah, charge back, Joey, charge back.

All right, Sid. What about Pete Davis here?

Can I or should I use a random orbit to put wax on my truck?

Yes, you can.

To put wax on, you can use a random orbital.

You can use a forced action.

You know, I'm never into people using a rotary that are kind of new to that.

And it's just not really necessary.

So I mean, yeah, the most like a DA or random orbital would be great.

All right.

Then I've got Ron here saying, FYI, in Massachusetts,

a gift certificate is good for seven years unless it's donated to an

organization for a fundraiser.

Then it expires within a year.

There you go. Interesting. OK.

I guess there's some laws surrounding that as to why.

OK, moving along, we've got Ron also saying TRC needs.

Needs real. Make do not wash detail needs to make do not wash

slash detailed tags with the TRC look on it.

Yeah, I think that's something we could probably maybe entertain.

We'll see. You know, there's a lot of projects in the works,

but that's one of those like fun, smaller things.

I think Nate would enjoy going on a little creative venture with those.

Yeah. All right.

What's going on with DIY with Cain sitting?

I accidentally dumped about 16 ounces of Koshkmi S003 in about

16 ounces of Koshkmi AF thinking I was topping it off wrong bottle.

Can this be used for anything or do I just toss it?

I'm going to say toss it because I think what's going to happen is

AF is active foam, right? Yeah. Yeah.

So my guess is, is based on the chemistry of that,

the active foam has already eaten the S003 in the bottle.

So I would just, I would toss it.

Those are not two things I don't think you'd really want to mix.

It's not going to play super nice together because active foam is

like made to break stuff down.

They're two different.

And if you think about when you need to use active foam,

it's usually when your car is dirty and you're not going to be

want to be spraying any S03 on the surface when they're still dirt on the surface.

So I would, I would, that's, that's the thing,

which everyone is winning in that fight.

If the S03 happens to be like, oh, the protection is actually working.

It's not something you want mixed in with your soap.

When you're trying to apply it to the vehicle,

it's just going to counteract what you're trying to do.

Yeah, they're two different and it's probably not worth the, you know,

that's you just sacrifice, sacrifice.

Reach out to Kosh, number one, ask him, why not?

And number two, save, like mix it up thoroughly and save a little bit

and try it your next wash on your personal car.

Because worse comes to worse, it doesn't work or it's on your personal car.

Then whatever, you know, the car is going to look like a cow with splotches

of protection and then not.

I mean, it could be fun to try on just like a demo panel or something like that.

But if I'm trusting a product to protect my car,

I'm not sure I'm going to, well, and here's my issue is it's the 16 ounces

into 16 ounces. That's the issue.

I think if it was, if it was a, you know, three, four ounces of S03,

I'd be like, yeah, try it, but the 16 ounces,

something is going to, something is going to fight each other there.

That's a lot. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm sorry, Kane. That's a bummer though.

Yeah. Yeah. Not, not an ideal scenario.

Jose says, buy a gallon of your favorite car set up at TRC,

then head over to find detailing for those squeezable pressalls.

It does have the squeezable pressalls.

I guess I did get to see how those pressalls.

So what do you think of the pressalls?

I'm not really a fan, but here's the deal.

And I know when I said that Carson wanted to buy mine, but they look nice.

And for certain things, like I do like them for doing like paint prep before

coating, pre-spring with a rinse list or something like that.

But I'm not a fan for just general detailing.

So interior cleaners, window cleaners,

there's just too much coming out of that. Okay. There's too much coming out.

And I just think they're heavy for me.

I'm a girl, I'm a wimp and I'll like totally own that.

So they're not my favorite. I accidentally bought the big ones.

I think I would like them more if I would have bought the small ones.

But I do think they look really nice.

So I like the way they look in my pictures and videos.

And yes, and I'm very into aesthetics, so I do really like them.

But functionality is kind of like hit and miss for you.

A little bit of. Yeah.

And I also think that like for enthusiasts or something,

I can totally see how everyone loves them.

For me, like Detailer, I'm trying to be efficient, you know, on the go, all of that.

They're just not really grab and go super easy, you know,

when you're really like down in the nitty gritty working.

But I do think they look nice. Okay. Yeah.

Well, I think that's a fair assessment.

Neil White saying FYI, mechanics love working on clean cars.

I've had times where my mechanic has charged me less for bringing him a clean

car to work on. Same. Neil, that's actually pretty frickin' cool.

And also don't give up that mechanic because that mechanic sounds great.

Well, and I also just think that when you take your car and clean it,

I think it screams that you are aware that your car is nice and that you're

expecting it to be nice and well. If you take in a dirty mud covered car,

I think it gives the perception that you really don't care.

And I could see where some people would, you know, overlook stuff or rush.

And so that's always been kind of, and maybe I got that from my parents,

but it was like you always take in a clean car, you know, for that reason.

I mean, one, you don't want them leaning across it.

And two, they think you take better care of it.

It makes an impression and whether or not it's clean determines whether or not

it's a good impression. Yeah.

I love it when my customers bring their car and clean too.

But you're a detailer. Exactly.

What's that, Carson? So Dane here. It's something, unfortunately,

we don't sell at the raccomany.com, but great gift idea. Sure. Throw it out there.

I have my water in my wash bucket heated.

We got this as a gift, but it is with a bucket heater.

So if you're a detailer in your life, it warms your water and your bucket.

It's like a sous vide, almost. Yeah, exactly.

They're about like 20, 30 bucks on Amazon. Yeah.

But they're perfect, honestly. They're great. And then you can pair it.

I have mine at home. I paired mine with a little like, it's a toy ducky that has

the temperature on it. It's really meant for like kids bubble bath. Yeah.

But it works just fine and it tells me the exact temperature.

So I don't reach my hand in there when it's 200 degrees. That's good.

Well, it would probably be bubbling at that point. Yeah.

You'd be surprised. We did actually accidentally leave one on here too long,

but I carry mine in my suitcase with me. Okay.

Because when I'm on the road, you know, I'm on the road during these trainings

and I don't like to use cold water because my water in my shop is hot.

And so mine just stays in my suitcase now. And then I can heat my buckets of water

and not have to like, how? It kind of looks like a curling iron almost or something.

Yeah. It's great. Yeah. And it's super small.

Like, I mean, you can totally travel with it. Like, I love it.

Part of it, you feel a little weird the first time you use it because you're like,

I just plugged something into a wall and now I'm throwing in a bucket of water.

Yeah. Like that's almost like a bath toaster, like careful.

But actually it's fine. But as far as the whole thing works, yeah, no, it does well.

And for those of you who are wondering, why would you want warm water?

Think about being in like the cold climates and stuff.

Maybe you don't have like a climate control garage. Think of all the benefits,

even if you don't have like access to a large flow of hot water,

just making the water you're using warmer and keep stuff from freezing potentially.

And then also think about washing clothes in hot versus cold water.

What do they get cleaner? And then think about dishes.

You know, do we wash our dishes in cold water?

Mixing your soap as well. Yeah.

Mix your soap a little bit easier.

Yeah. And it just keeps your hands from getting cold,

especially this time of the year. But I like it to be warm all year,

just because, I mean, it really does cut through the grime and the grease easier,

just like it does on, you know, our dishes for sure.

It just changes your wash experience too.

It just makes it so much nicer. I'm telling you guys.

For sure.

Yeah. No, I definitely feel that.

There's nothing worse than sticking your hands in a cold bucket of water,

especially in the winter.

It'll wake you right up.

It's kind of bougie, but like once you do it, you'll never go back.

I'm telling you.

All right. Next up, I got a question for Carson here.

And I already know the answers to all these, but I'm going to let you take it.

Okay.

David Boyce asking, Carson, what color is your new BMW? Is it a manual?

Is it a beige or a tan interior?

Or your windows tinted?

Plans to install a supercharger.

Oh my goodness.

Did Sydney have vegetables for Thanksgiving?

The point is he really wanted to ask that last question,

but he had to like throw us off the semifers by asking,

don't load a BMW questions first.

Okay. So what color?

It's a Le Mans blue.

So dark blue.

Le Mans.

Yeah, whatever.

Yeah, that.

It is a automatic transmission since it is a daily driver.

It is not a beige interior.

It's not a tan interior.

It is a gray interior.

Nice.

The windows are tinted.

Yes.

Not crazy, but they're tinted.

And then I'm not planning to install a supercharger.

And then for the last question, I doubt it.

But Sid, what do you think?

You would be wrong.

I actually had green beans, potatoes, and corn.

Three.

Holy smokes.

I am proud of you.

And I eat raw carrots with my branch dip.

So four.

Okay.

Good job, Sid.

That counts.

That certainly counts.

Congrats, Sydney.

You had vegetables.

Okay.

Next up, Michael DeBlo.

Hello, hello, my peeps of TRC.

Turning in 18 after falling asleep on the sofa.

I think he's being late.

Late.

Oh my gosh.

My brain was like, you're turning 18.

I feel like you're older than that.

Sorry, pal.

Yes.

And actually, this is a good point.

I appreciate you saying that.

You're falling asleep on the sofa.

You can wake right up after these messages.

We got a brief little break from our friends,

and then we'll be right back after this.

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the second half of Q&A Thursday here at The Rag Company,

where we are well underway into the holiday season, but also the gift giving season.

And that's what today's show is kind of focused on.

I'm trying to get us in the mood to figure out what's that last minute gift idea you can throw

towards a family member, a friend, whoever you're responsible giving gifts to this year.

But if it's detailing related, we want to help you with it.

So today, I've got Sydney here at the desk with me,

and I've got Carson over in the Detail Bay.

Hard at work doing a great job on this well loved Rev4.

And Carson, if you wouldn't mind just giving people a little refresher

on what all you've been doing to this Rev4 and what the deal with the products is,

because actually you had some responsibility for that.

Yeah, so we just finished up with our contact wash using Armory Detail Supply Decon Soap.

We did a pre foam with Decon Soap, and then we hit it with a contact wash with Decon Soap,

and all of the hydrophobics that were on there from like a self service car wash

or something completely gone, which is exactly what we want to see.

So it stripped everything down.

The paint is really, really flat.

And so it's going to be a great candidate for a little bit of ceramic spray sealant.

And so we'll showcase that off and then apply some ghost.

And if we have some time, we're going to knock out a few spots for Trim Plus.

And there's a little scuff on the front there that we're going to try to knock out as well.

Sweet. Yep.

No, love hearing that.

All right.

Well, hopefully that little scuff finds its way off that front bumper.

But the rest of the car looks pretty dang good, I got to say.

All right, man.

Get to it.

Okay, we are back in the comments.

And by the way, I want to say to anybody and everybody watching right now,

on the back end, there's been some weirdness with the internet going on today.

So if we end things a little early today, I apologize,

but it may just be for the best so we don't end up with a laggy show for you guys.

So we'll work on that.

And, you know, it is what it is.

But we will be here next week as well.

We'll have one more show next week for our Q&A Live.

And then there will be a two-week hiatus while we deal with the holidays,

both Christmas and New Year's, falling on Thursday.

So you're not going to be getting the show either of those weeks.

But after that, we will return in early mid-January.

So make sure you're tuned into this one or the next one,

because those are your chances to get those questions in.

All right.

Moving along here, David Boyd says,

it would be cool if Sidney printed out vegetables on her 3D machine

to make keychains for sale.

I mean, you can do anything with it.

I could do that.

I mean, vegetables may be money all day.

But you probably aren't going to because you don't want to.

Probably not going to, yeah.

I mean, I don't know that like TLPs would really be like a selling, you know,

I don't know.

I don't know that those would sell.

So I probably won't do it.

But I mean, if there was a market for it.

It's a thought.

Molasses.

What's molasses saying here?

I mean, it's responding to Neil.

Yeah, responding to Neil.

1474, I wish I could take my car to your mechanic.

My dealer does not respect my dialed in paint.

I always get it back with swirls and scratches,

not from washing, but from touching and rubbing.

Yeah, the touching and rubbing is a whole lot of fingerprints.

Take it.

You know what?

Pack some fender defenders in your car and ask him to use them.

It's fender defenders aren't complicated.

Pretty straightforward.

They can't figure out how to use those.

You might need to try going somewhere else.

Joey here.

What's Joey saying?

If you guys had to choose one item for a stocking stuffer,

what would you choose?

Oh, the curveball.

I was about to say, a detail factory brush is the perfect thing

to go in as a stocking stuffer.

It's substantial.

It's not going to break the bank in terms of expense,

but it's enough that it feels like you really got something.

I don't know.

What do you think, Carson?

Oh, that's a good question.

For a stocking stuffer, I'm going to say an underrated one.

It is a detail factory item.

Detail factory pick set.

Interesting.

I like that.

Kind of right up there with their pry tools and stuff.

Yes.

Yeah, those are cool.

So fun fact, I did get my nail lady, my nail tech,

a curveball for Christmas last year.

Because they have these big brushes that they dust all the,

they're filing your nails, all the dust all over your hands.

And so she had this kind of fluffy, cheap looking, tangled up brush.

And so I actually got her a curveball and took her a curveball.

And it's great.

Did you get her like a specific color or anything?

I think I got the pink and blue one.

Because there's some options.

But that must be fun.

So did she say she's still using it?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Okay, cool.

I mean, because it's way nicer than the ones they get from the nail supply.

Oh, for sure.

You know, so yeah.

And by the way, guys, I do want to have Glenn throw the website up one more time,

if we could, please, because this is early in the second half.

And I want to remind everybody watching that there are great deals on bundles

going on for those last minute gift ideas.

Give the gift a shine.

We got Santa with the Khmer Ho Ho.

We've got auto detailing gift kits.

That's right.

So if you hand it over to the red company.com,

you can see all these different kits with huge markdowns on them

using a lot of the products you've actually seen in action today.

Carson built in particular the ADS wheel kit, which is very cool, among other things.

So if you see some stuff today that you're like,

hey, I want to do that to my car.

You can do it with one of these bundles here.

But it is nice because it takes some of the guesswork out of piecing some stuff together.

If you are a little less, you know,

detailing knowledgeable and you're just figuring this stuff out,

I'd hope you found yourself here at the Q&A and you got good questions

and you're trying to figure all that.

That's great.

That's what we're trying to do here.

But these bundles should be a good way to kind of get you on your way.

So anyway, just wanted to make sure that everybody's aware of that.

And the cutoff for shipping is coming up in just a few days.

So there to remind you.

All right, moving along.

I was also going to say in response to Belinsky's question here,

one more item that I think would make a great stocking stuffer,

except if you did it, you literally wouldn't be able to put anything else in the stocking

would be the smaller roll of ripping regs.

You know, the one where it's actually like a paper towel roll size roll.

That would be good.

That would fit in one large stocking.

Not much else would after that.

Another good one is the mini air blaster, right?

That would fit in a stocking.

And that would be such a great one for somebody to, you know,

if they have an air compressor, hook it up, blow out their car.

I mean, there's nothing like vacuuming your car with, you know,

one of the ultra air blasters.

So, you know, whichever one you choose,

but the mini one would be a great gift for, you know,

enthusiasts, you know, your uncle's, dad's, brother's, you know, even your wife.

I mean, I love a good air blaster.

And that would leave room in the stocking for other stuff.

So great idea.

All right.

Next up, Neil, I just avoid dealerships.

Okay.

Me too.

Yeah.

But I avoid them because I don't want car repairs.

Ah, well, that's fair.

Dan Pfeiffer here saying brake buster one to one is the only way to go.

Are we talking about in a foam cannon?

I think he may be referring to the foam cannon.

Okay.

Possibly.

Cool.

Yeah.

You don't want to, you don't want to dilute it in your bottle, but yes.

But there is a lot of people.

So Jose says he does the foam cannon brake buster as well.

Yeah.

I think Joey Balinsky does too.

I just, I don't know.

Just blowing through.

Yeah.

I mean, I have like fives laying around a brake buster and I've just never tried that.

But yeah.

And actually I see another comment further ahead where somebody says,

I'm glad you mentioned the fender defender.

Another great stocking stock.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

Super affordable, awesome little thing.

Anybody can benefit from it, whether the detailing or not,

it's just a nice to have.

Yeah.

All right.

We got Ronnie out here.

Ron is saying truth in that my mechanic shop loves working on my vehicles because the engine

bays are always clean.

That is something that I'm sure many of mechanic love when they're like,

oh, this one's not going to get me all covered in grease.

Awesome.

Right.

Too bad about the other dozen I have to work on today.

We got silly goose.

That's Megan saying creative uses for brake buster.

Question mark.

I accidentally ordered two gallons during the sale.

Accidentally two gallons, Megan.

Well, apparently, Megan, you could take a page out of everyone else's book here today

and put it in a foam cannon.

Yeah.

I think two gallons would go pretty quick if you're doing that.

I think that'll probably go pretty quick.

But honestly, I go through two gallons pretty darn quick.

But you can also use it to clean your engine bay.

It's actually a great engine bay cleaner.

You can also use it to pre-treat your lowers,

you know, as long as you're going to be working pretty quick.

I've totally been known to use it on the salt on the roads.

But I would say engine bays.

And then the other thing it's really good for is weather tech floor mats.

Ooh.

Like rubber floor mats.

It's a great, yeah.

Exclusively buy those for my cars because I just love how they have the laser cut.

And they fit over the edge.

So it's like, it gets everything.

Stuff doesn't escape them.

It's perfect.

So yeah.

Weather tech for the wheel.

Engines, weather techs, undercarriage, put it in a foam cannon.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

I mean, you really can't go wrong.

I'm just kidding.

David Boyce, Sydney, how much are the press all bottles

would love to have some red ones?

You know, what would be a fun game to do would be like, you know,

the price is right because here's me.

And I could not tell you the price of a single thing on the market.

Could not tell you how much a buff and shine pad is.

I could not tell you how much a liquidator is.

Just hate you with the price is right rules.

Yeah.

I have no idea how much stuff costs.

I just know that the press all bottles were expensive.

I want to say if I had to guess, Carson can correct me if I'm wrong.

I think they're around what 25 bucks a piece.

20.

They're 13.

Well, you know, when it comes to consumer advice, we really hit the mark.

Yeah.

So I don't know.

Apparently they're $13 and red ones could be interesting.

You'd have to make sure they were labeled right.

So you knew what was in them.

Yeah.

You know, just to be safe.

I think that is my favorite thing of the press all bottles though is the labels.

Like the OG labels look amazing.

Ryan made his own labels.

But then armor details are like the bomb.

Like they're their labels are so good.

And Ryan here throwing the hearts at you.

Thank you for mentioning.

Then we got Neil here responding.

Having slash owning a clean vehicle.

Tells the mechanic that you're not a troglodyte.

And therefore you'll get special treatment.

Look at that.

People gaming the system by just doing better.

Okay.

DIY with Kane.

A big thank you to your packing a warehouse team.

Products show up on time.

Very well packed.

Things aren't broken and they aren't linking.

This is so appreciated.

That's awesome.

Kane, I'm really happy to hear that.

Our team works extremely hard.

They are our crew.

They do the thing and they do it well.

So huge shout out.

I'm going to clap for them.

I think they deserve to applaud.

I think that's well worth it.

That's the pride of having your own packing team.

You know.

Yeah.

No, it really does pay off.

So I'm so happy that those guys are doing an excellent job.

And it shows in the result.

Okay.

So Joey, what's Joey saying?

Brick buster straight in a phone cannon.

Acts more like a wheel soap.

If that's a thing.

Perfect for maintenance washing.

How do you feel about that?

Sydney, you're kind of.

I thought it was a wheel soap to begin with.

But yeah, well.

Perfect.

Yeah.

It acts like the thing it is.

Yeah.

I love that.

High alkaline.

All right.

Silly goose.

That's Megan.

Thanks for the answers to the nail question, Sydney.

Love the detailing metaphor.

Sweet.

Okay.

So we both win at that.

I mean, you carried it.

Obviously.

The whole thing is yours.

Yeah.

No, it's totally.

Yep.

It's totally.

It's such a good point.

No, it's such a good point.

And we got Ron here.

I have a small phone gun that came with my Ryobi pressure washer.

I use just for that purpose.

That makes sense.

Okay.

Yeah.

Right.

And then Joey says, stay ahead of the game, Ron.

And then we've got more count.

A lot of people could talk it back and forth.

Clearly I need to find a better mechanics as molasses.

Car is new and under warranty though.

So sometimes you just got it.

Yeah.

If you have a warranty, you're kind of stuck with the place you've got the

warranty from.

You can do what you got to do.

I guess I would be concerned if I had a car that was under warranty though and was needing

that much work.

Well, you know, sometimes you love a vehicle in spite of its flaws.

Just like you love a person in spite of theirs.

True.

Jeez.

So true, Dave.

Oh, it's so dark.

It's just real.

Steven Germanakos, I have very much enjoyed the talk about polymer, hybrid and surfactant

no rinses.

Is Optone no rinse hyper foam a hybrid?

How is it in a bucket wash?

What do you think, Carson?

That's, oh, that's beyond you.

Where's Anthony when you need him?

I know.

That is one that Anthony would definitely take on.

Totally wrong on this, but I am going to have to say, I think, I do not know, I think that

it is going to be a hybrid because to be able to get a foam, a polymer cannot foam.

The polymer is not going to do it.

So I'm just going to guess that it's a hybrid with surfactant in it because of the foaming

action.

I could be totally wrong.

So I'm inclined to agree with you.

But then again, I'm operating with the same level of knowledge.

Yeah, I mean, I'm going off of like just my knowledge base.

If there's some new polymer that Dr. G found that I'm just not aware of yet.

But my guess is it's because I know that like a surfactant base, no rinse, you can foam.

Yeah.

So that's why I'm guessing it's a hybrid.

To be fair, I mean, we throw these out there.

Sometimes there's going to be questions that we just don't have a particular answer to

among, you know, our brain trust.

But there was always going to be somebody out there in the comments who can help.

And I'm not going to pretend that I know something that I don't know.

So in the case of this, that is about as good an answer as you can hope for from us.

But just speaking from personal experience, I'm really into the polymer rinses.

I just surfactant ones just don't do it for me.

And I know you're laughing because you're like, when was the last time you washed a car at all?

But it's like when you do the rinsless wash, I've always found that O and R was.

I've seen you wash a car a couple of times this year.

But O and R was my go-to.

I love, love having a polymer style rinse list because I don't want the foaming and sudzing

and all that stuff.

If I already know the product is doing what it needs to, I don't need that visual cue that

it's doing it because I trust it.

I know it's going to do it.

Yeah.

I know, Carson, what do you think?

Yeah, absolutely.

My, my rinsless of choice has got to be hero and absolute.

I mean, absolute, of course, is polymer base as well.

So it's very slick.

That's what I use.

But I typically, I like to use everything as a waterless wash more than anything,

just because rinsless is relatively cheap in the grand scheme of things.

Yeah.

So I much rather have more lubrication than less.

Yeah.

Have you ever used it in a bucket?

I have not.

What's that?

The hyper foam.

No.

Yeah, neither have I.

No.

And I really, like that's not to knock the product and say that it's not good or good or

whatever.

It's just, it's a personal preference thing.

So for somebody who is, you know, it exists for the person who's like, I want to do rinse

list washing, but I hate that the rinse list washes that I see that people like don't have

such, I want foam.

Right.

Yeah.

Okay.

Here's a strange middle ground that'll make you happy doing the rinse list thing while

still having foam, but not being a full on surfactant based soap or something.

Here's that kind of in between and it does that.

It does do that.

And I've seen it used many times on the show when the guys wash the car.

Car turns out just as clean as any other method with the right technique, you can do it.

Certainly.

Dr. G is super smart too.

Yeah.

No.

I mean, like talking about the guy who's responsible for modern day clear coat among

other things.

So yeah, he knows his stuff.

Yeah.

But yeah, no, I just think it's one of those things that exists to satisfy a niche,

but how many people fulfill that niche is a bigger question.

I think for a lot of people, they just go either the polymer rinse list or they go with

the soap.

Otherwise, you know, the middle ground is just there for somebody who just likes to be

different.

Yep.

All right.

We got Neil here.

Let's pop up Neil responding to molasses.

Well, since it's under warranty, keep going to the dealership.

You can always put a giant sign in the driver's seat that reads,

do not wash this car or else.

There you go.

Or else.

Hit them with the or else.

And make them really wonder if they want to find out what or else means.

I will say working at a dealership for almost two years,

a little life hack.

When working at a dealership, the more you complain, the more you get.

And so make that information.

You make their life difficult and they hand you things.

Is that basically rewarded for?

I would never say that.

I would never say that you're being rewarded for being obnoxious.

But unfortunately, that is the way it seems like the only way to get something out of

some companies these days is to do that.

And I feel bad about that.

I feel like, oh, you know, if somebody is really cool,

I would want to reward that behavior rather than somebody being just over the top.

Unfortunately, that's not right.

Everybody's situation is different.

And having done customer service for a very long period of my life,

I've definitely seen all types.

But at the end, you always want to accommodate.

And yeah, it can be a challenge sometimes to say the least.

All right, Neil here.

I don't think Carson sprayed enough foam on that vehicle.

Foamer is home, maybe.

May or may not be dripping with sarcasm.

All right, Ron, I use my old rinse of sponges for cleaning board jams.

You could definitely do that, Ron.

That's a good idea.

Yeah.

We've got GM Car Care saying, I'm looking forward to TRCMA 2026.

As you should GM Car Care.

That is an excellent point.

Carson said, you know, behind the scenes,

we've been already hard at work on TRCMA 2026.

A ton, a ton of pre-production has to take place before the show happens.

The show may be live, but it doesn't happen without basically years worth of work ahead of time.

Like we have meetings about this pretty consistently.

And Glenn, who's working behind the switches today knows full well.

She is producing an insanely cool halftime show that I think you guys are really going to enjoy.

There's that and there's also like stuff that like Sydney's doing this year that

you guys will never see like our dinners that are so well planned out.

That, you know, unfortunately you guys will never get the chance to see that.

But she's been putting in so much effort.

So shout out to everybody that's been working on it and Gabe too.

We got it.

We got to give love to Gabe.

It's going to be a good time.

You got it.

Joey is also saying TRCMA 2026 is going to be something to behold.

Yes.

So market on your calendar happens very end of March, very beginning of April,

right in that crossover threshold.

That's where you're going to find the show and it's going to be awesome.

March 30th is going to be this time around start date.

So check that out when it becomes live.

All right.

We got David boys.

Hey Carson, let's see you use the rag company wheel and body brush on that car panel.

David, we did this last time.

Why do you ask me this?

Also, he's a little late to it because you're already at the stage of applying protection.

Like it's way too late to do that.

Yeah, no, it's a great brush.

I mean, I use the, I don't know if it makes you feel better, but the earlier in this stream,

we use the ultra body brush on the engine bay.

And so that's the same, pretty much the same fibers.

And so you can kind of rewind and watch that and use it in the engine bay.

So kind of see what that is looking like.

But remind us next time we'll do it.

All right.

Then we got angry monkey here saying, I think it may be catching.

I also wash my Tesla and the Tesla T emblems are really sharp.

Surprised to hear that.

Tesla's do have a lot of sharp corners on them.

Just ask cyber truck owners.

I will be more careful.

Thanks for the help.

Cool.

All right.

Well, you know, it was just one of those things that when the way you said it kind of made us wonder.

So we were trying to figure out like, how is this sponge actually being damaged?

Because there's not too many things that'll do that really.

Great.

All right.

So next up.

Juice free popping in saying you guys should make certified dealer tags or detailer tags.

I had the phrase dealer tags stuck in my head because it's just a common phrase.

But I don't know.

I feel like detailers in terms of respect given to labels and titles and stuff like that.

Then you'd have to certify them.

Then you'd actually have to certify them.

I mean, what's to stop somebody from just going out and doing their own one?

Can't stop them.

But at least you can, you know, point to I took these classes.

I did this stuff and somebody there would be able to back you up and say, yes, you did on this date.

Yeah.

But if you're just making stuff up, then right.

I mean, a little tougher.

Oh, Joey here also pointing out stout certified dog tags.

Joey is stout certified.

That's hilarious.

He does not want to forget it.

Yeah.

Oh, okay.

Joey is saying, Kane, wash your trash bins with it.

See what happens.

Is that like brake buster?

I'm not sure if he's referring to brake buster or what?

I must have missed something.

I could get behind foaming my trash can with the brake buster and foam cannon.

I've seen the inside of my trash can, you know, like soda spills and stuff is nasty.

I could maybe do that.

Yeah.

Now definitely could use a good cleaning with high alkaline soap would be great.

Juice free.

No, since you guys on detail factory, can we get a detail factory toothbrush?

By the way, it's detail factory, not detailed factory, but that's just a small note.

You want a toothbrush?

I feel like they'll make a lot of brushes, but no, not a toothbrush.

Probably not.

Unless it's like the teeth on a gear and you're cleaning in the engine bay or something.

What about cheaper prices?

How about that?

Yeah.

How about more affordability?

That sounds good.

And then he has to throw out tear sander.

Of course you do, buddy.

You're always trying.

He still wants that apron too.

Still trying for the apron, I'm sure, with the clay pouch.

I remember.

Well, the other day on the boys podcast, he wanted purple pads.

Oh, okay.

So he's adding more things.

I appreciate that you're keeping it fresh.

Demo here saying hello, Dane and Sidney.

Right back at you, Demo.

Happy to have you here, sir.

And then I need a t-shirt with Sidney on it that includes here's the deal.

Oh man, and then just a blank, like fill it in.

Oh boy.

Yeah.

And then we end up with a tooth paste.

And okay, guys, I'm looking for detailing questions here.

So it can be edited.

Okay.

Fine detail.

Brake buster is so affordable.

And I use the Griot's Canon with the metering tip so it auto dilutes for me.

Okay.

Oh, here we go.

Yeah.

Here goes a Ryan getting fancy with it.

Brian with his Griot's phone cannon.

Ryan is fancy, but I think that's why I like him so much.

Because he's a little bit bougie like myself.

Yeah, exactly.

That's fun.

All right.

And then we've got more comments back and forth.

Let's see.

We got one here for Sidney.

Let's pop that up, Sidney.

Take it away.

Hey, Sidney, it's been officially one year since Matt and the Detail Shop

coated my tundra in stout.

I'm taking it to the Bay St. Louis tomorrow and now that finals are over finally.

Very cool.

I can't wait to see how it goes.

See, we've been following his journey.

So he actually got stout on his truck right before stout came out.

So he was kind of in the testing phase or not testing phase,

but kind of like pre-release phase.

So we knew we had the final product and loved it,

but he definitely has been kind of monitoring for us.

And I got to work on the tundra when I went back to St. Louis this year,

which was super cool.

And it's an older tundra.

So it was really cool to see it be put on, you know, and by older,

I mean maybe it was like a 2012.

I'm not sure, but, you know, not a brand new one.

And I mean, it looked amazing and it was performing amazing even when I saw it.

So hopefully it is still in great condition.

All right.

Glad to hear that.

And, uh, oh, next up we've got David Boyce.

Haha, Dane uses a curling iron and he loves acrylic nail polish.

Oh, Danimal, you sly dog.

Just can't win with this guy.

All right.

We got Joey saying that we pay Carson too much.

And we've got...

I'm getting paid?

Oh, no, you're not supposed to hear that.

Stare kicking stone ahead.

And we need TRC mugs with the crew faces as well.

Yeah, like a collector set.

I am getting some good ideas off of this show for the TRCMA, the goodie bag.

Yeah, you can actually put some good ideas in there.

Got to catch them all.

Um, all right.

So, yeah, we're getting a lot of comments here that these are the shirts they should

be wearing at TRCMA.

Yeah, here's the deal.

Okay.

Page four on the page three.

Here we go.

Bam.

Will keeping my detailing products that is

shampoos, detailing sprays, wheel cleaners, etc.

in my cold garage during the winter, ruin them.

I live in the Midwest, so we get harsh winters.

Yes, you do.

Yeah, so possibly.

So, it depends on how insulated your garage is.

And so, say if it's like, you know, 22 degrees outside, what is it in your garage?

Is it the same?

So, if it's below freezing for any good amount of time,

there's a very good chance that your detailing products will freeze.

So, if they do freeze, all products are meant to go through, or not meant, but are usually,

you know, secure through a few freeze thaw cycles.

The unfortunate part is those usually happen during shipping.

So, it's kind of like a cat with nine lives, but that's usually expired by the time they

get to you, especially if ordering during this time of the year.

And so, if it actually is below freezing in your garage, like below freezing,

I would move the chemicals indoors.

Because they are not meant to go through freeze thaw cycles.

So, just depending on how insulated your garage is, but if your garage stays like

above, you know, 36 to 40, you know, you're probably fine.

I would also keep them closer to the house versus closer to the garage door.

Obviously, near the garage door is where the most of the air gets in.

So, closer to the house, it's going to have probably a little bit of varying

degrees if your garage is not insulated.

So, keep them closer to the house.

And yeah, maybe try to bring them inside if your garage really gets that cold.

Just make sure they're not freezing.

As long as they are not physically freezing, they're fine.

Okay, no, that sounds pretty fair.

We could go with the dog method and be like, if you're cold, they're cold.

Yeah, bring them inside.

We made a short form last year, Sid.

I don't know if you remember that, and you said that.

Did I?

Oh, I did!

I did!

We threw it in the snow, right?

Yep.

Because I worry about that.

Oh, man.

I forgot about that.

Oh, messed up.

Jeremy Alth.

Now that it's been one year since stout application, what would be a good de-con

wash protocol?

Crystal wash, then frostbite, then pearl auto shampoo?

Yeah, so you could do that.

I would definitely do the crystal wash, the frostbite.

For me, I say this all the time.

My favorite wash is to crystal wash frostbite radiance, especially on top of a coating.

It just makes you feel like it's day one all over again.

But if you don't have radiance, pearl's going to work out just fine.

Yeah.

All right.

Then I've got Eric here.

What's Eric saying?

I am loving the ghost so far.

When needing to reapply, how thorough does the prep need to be compared to the initial application?

Not very much.

Not, yeah.

I think you're kind of wanting it to build on top of each other, right?

So I think you're pretty good.

As long as you're putting it on top of itself, it's going to be fine.

It's just if there's been anything else sprayed in the meantime.

But you know, you obviously want to clean them, but then it should just reattach to itself.

So you should be fine.

Yeah.

That sounds fair.

Next up, I've got James Black here.

James Black says, huge shout out to Sydney.

She is legit so helpful.

She helped me with so many questions about my first polish on my pop's truck.

Just brought some undressed to try.

Love the Express and rehab tools.

Nice.

Well, that is super awesome, James.

Thanks for checking in and you are going to love the undressed.

That's fun.

Well, you know, that's a good combo and rehab smells so good.

Yeah.

All right.

We've got Alessio here.

What's Alessio saying?

Okay, so besides my car getting coated, what would you guys recommend on a first coating

I could get as a beginner to coat someone else's car?

Oh man.

So I think that, you know, years ago we probably had different answers to this

where we would always tell people to start with a starter coating.

But honestly, where coatings have come is even the pro level coatings are pretty easy to apply

that, you know, I really like the pro level coatings.

But, you know, I think probably if you really wanted to do a beginner coat on someone else's car,

I would go with Fobik from EDS.

And the reason that I say that, so Fobik can be used in a couple different ways.

You can use it as a spray, but I would use it in the traditional form.

So I would put it on an applicator, try to apply it like we do a normal coating,

just to get the feel and speed and temperament of doing a coating.

And then maybe use it as a spray on the wheels or something.

But I would do, because I mean, you really can't mess up Fobik.

So I would probably do that as a beginner.

But I also would not be afraid of the pro level coatings now.

I think if you watch the manufacturer's videos and their install tips,

not really too much can go wrong.

Okay.

Yeah. But Fobik would be my official answer.

Not too bad.

All right.

I never quite know to call this one success or success, or we'll just go with success.

Saying, hi everyone.

Does crystal wash work well with rinseless wash?

If so, what's the right process?

Should I pre-rinse with diluted APC or just rinse less, then do the contact wash?

Thanks.

So I do this every single day.

So my process is when the car is dry and at first gets there,

I spray it with crystal wash, let it dry, right?

So I usually spray it with crystal wash and then I go set up all my buckets and,

you know, kind of do my last minute things.

It's maybe like a 10 minute process.

I am working indoors.

So I spray it with crystal wash, let crystal wash do its thing.

And then if the car's not too dirty, I go straight in with my rinse less wash with the

bucket, my sponge, my USS.

If I feel like it's kind of dirty, then I will, I use a keg sprayer.

So then I'll spray absolute on the surface with my keg sprayer,

or you could use an IK or just, you know, a hand sprayer if that's all you have.

And then I just do my rinse less contact wash.

So usually if I'm using crystal wash though, I don't use an APC.

You certainly could.

But if I'm at a point where I'm needing to use an APC,

so say there's like mud and dirt and build up all along like the lower third.

I would probably pre-pressure wash that first off before I even do my crystal wash.

Next up, we've got juice free, juice free saying purple one step waffle edge guard.

Yes, that's what he asked for.

He wants a purple one step waffle edge guard.

Whatever, whenever something doesn't exist, that's what juice wants.

If something already exists, he's less interested.

Yeah.

I'm just waiting for him one day to ask for something that is made,

that we can go, I know exactly where you can get that.

Oh man.

Okay, next up, I've got James Black here saying,

now my question, can TRC do a 30 to 70% sale to just me?

I need some stuff.

Let's not think about it.

Just say yes and let's get this ball rolling.

I love the ambition and the attitude, James.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to counter with a, no,

you're going to get the same deals everybody else does,

but don't stop believing, don't stop trying.

I like the hustle, keep at it.

All right.

And by the way, that's actually a great segue to mention once again,

that on theregcompany.com, you can find holiday bundles there ready to go for whatever

holiday stocking stuff or needs anything like that you may need to get for somebody this year.

That goes for people who know how to detail and those who don't,

because they're bundles.

So they already include everything you need with them.

And yeah, you just follow along.

Next up, oh, look at that.

Nice close work with Carson.

Love it.

Going to see if you can knock out that bit of transfer on there.

Nice.

Sweet.

Hour two, time to get super weird.

I mean, we're trying to run a show here.

We'll see how it goes.

Dark dragon.

Hello.

I missed it.

What was the status of the color burst restock in the 1500 color burst release?

So regarding that stuff, I know that there is a bit of a hold up, a bit of a little,

you know, going on with that.

But as far as details, I don't have them specifically.

I know that may be something that Anthony is helping work on back there.

But as far as a timeline, I unfortunately do not have one for you yet.

However, we will let everybody know as soon as they can get their mitts on those.

They're wonderful holiday themed mitts.

All right.

Next up, I've got Ronnie Yacht here.

Hans, say the name two times and he will appear just like in the movie, Beetlejuice.

Yep.

And Hans is scared to do that.

All right.

We're all over the place.

Let's see.

Oh, Hans wants to buy 3D printed things from Sydney.

Sydney, are you considering?

Opening a side hustle, a side business of just making random 3D print things for people?

So last week I printed a Nike Air Jordan pen holder.

Oh.

And it literally like it could not have more looked like a real shoe.

Like the detail was absolutely crazy.

And it was literally this big.

And it took 36 hours to print.

Holy smokes.

It was crazy, but it turned out so good.

So those I would probably do for like $200.

Damn.

I mean.

It doesn't took forever.

That's a lot of time.

That's a lot of material.

So I got it.

No, but I am having a good time with it and making cool stuff.

And I don't know that all.

See how far you make it before a cease and desist winds up in your mailbox.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Let's see.

Next up, I've got, oh gosh, David Boyce again here.

Absolutely.

We would buy 3D printed veggies, key chains.

They're fun.

Just don't let Anthony eat them.

Oh wait.

How about 3D printed gummies for Anthony?

I would say 3D printed gummies are about the consistency that Anthony likes.

He likes his gummies rock hard, which to me defeats the entire purpose of a gummy.

Yeah.

Totally.

It shouldn't be called a gummy at that point.

That's called a lifesaver.

That's just a lifesaver.

That's a hearty, not a gummy.

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

Yeah.

All right.

So, uh, now Ryan here saying Jose was not paid for that plug.

Yeah.

Oh boy.

Lot of love.

All right.

Kevin here.

Kevin mentioning, I'm glad you mentioned the fender defender.

Keep forgetting to ask, what is the best way to wash them?

Could they have been washed with a regular laundry or stick to washing them with microfiber

towels?

They are more or less kind of a micro suede, a knit microfiber type material.

So they are in fact microfiber.

I would recommend washing them like your other microfiber.

Make sure it doesn't get mixed in with your regular cotton towels.

I just don't think that it's going to like that as much.

Not that it is meant to be like super absorbent or anything, but it's just there to protect

the surface that you put it over and you want to keep it looking its best too.

I wash mine with my drying towels load.

All right.

That is a good call.

Okay.

We're moving up the line, past all this talk of-

Good call, Carson.

I was going to say that, but I didn't want to interfere.

No, you're good.

That's looking real nice.

That must have been a really surface level.

I didn't know if that was going to work or not, because typically

I hit it with heavy cut and it didn't do anything.

Yeah.

Typically heavy cut with a blue pad would take that off, but we got it.

Well, let me polish that.

So what was the secret there then?

Secret sauce on that was a little bit of Ulex.

Ah, should have known.

So I'm such a big fan of Ulex and here's like a funny story from this weekend.

I was at Ryan's, obviously.

And so we're doing the training out in the training studio and then there's the store.

So I walked in the store.

There was a gentleman in there.

So I was like, can I help you?

And he said, you know, he was a detailer, local.

And he goes, I'm here to get a clay towel.

And I go, okay.

And I said, and it was kind of like weird.

You're like, okay, and he didn't really know anything about it.

And I said, okay, what are you going to do with it?

Because he goes, do I need the scrubber or the towel?

And I said, what are you going to do with it?

And he said, I need to remove adhesive from wrap.

And I was like, no.

And so he said, Tesla.

And I go, is it black?

And he goes, yeah.

And I go, no, we're not going to use a clay towel to remove adhesive.

And he was adamant that that was what he was going to do.

And so I took him over to the Ulex and I'm doing a P&S training, right?

I take him over the Ulex and I go, this is what you need.

Like this is going to get the job done.

And mind you, the towel was like $30 and Ulex, I think is 36,

even though I just said, I don't know any prices.

And so I'm like, no, you need the Ulex.

And I'm telling him all this.

And he's like, I don't know.

And I'm like, dude, I use so much Ulex, it's not even funny.

And he's like, yeah, I don't know.

And then I was like, sir, I am standing here in a P&S shirt.

And I'm telling you, this product is my favorite, most used product ever.

And he's like, yeah, I think I'm just going to go with the clay.

And I was like, oh my gosh.

You can lead a horse to water.

It was killing me.

And so he bought the clay towel.

I don't know what happened to him.

But anyway.

Well, I'm willing to bet.

It didn't work out the way he.

Yeah, but I was like, come on, the Ulex, it solves all my problems.

Ah, yeah, yeah.

OK, well, you know, it happens.

And at the same time, that's another customer service thing.

Sometimes in customer service, the customer is wrong.

Yeah.

I know the phrases are always right, but that was not necessarily true.

So in the case of these things, sometimes they are just hell bent on doing the thing,

even if that thing is wrong and you know it's wrong and it's not going to work out the way they

want, sometimes you just got to let them do it because they're not going to give you any other

option. And at that point, it's not your decision to make.

But all I know is they better not come back blaming you because you didn't make them do that.

No, I kept going like, yeah, I kept saying like that clay towel is not going to do you

any favors when it hits adhesive.

Not so much.

All right.

We've got comment here.

I started out brake buster in the phone cannon at one to one, now switching to using it at four

to one in the IK FOMR and get the tires a nice coat with it, neat as well as pre-treating my

brushes.

Yeah.

I use it four to one in the IK FOMR.

Yes.

And then just to make matters more confusing, ADS popping in the chat here saying,

Pressells are $22.

Are those ADS labeled ones?

Oh my goodness.

Probably the ADS labeled ones.

Bradley's got a markup on him.

I thought they were more, it's like his bucket system.

Okay, I'm totally giving him a hard time there.

Totally giving him a hard time.

I love the bucket system.

I think he's right.

I think he's 100% right.

Dan here with an arrested development quote.

What's a gallon of milk cost, Michael?

Like $30?

What's a banana cost, Michael?

Like $10?

Yeah.

Go and see a Star Wars.

Yeah.

Um, okay.

Next up, we've got...

Yeah, we're getting more comments at Pressells are $22 from Lucas now.

I thought they were more expensive.

Oh no, no, ADS is calling us and Carson's getting that homie hookup.

I was going to say some of us don't have the full send code.

Wow, I think you might've accidentally outed yourself, bro.

Yeah.

You think that Uncle Matt is giving me any discounts?

Well, he must be at $13.

Matt doesn't give anybody discounts.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I paid $22 for each of mine

because I was thinking I paid like $75 for three of them.

Sid, you paid...

I will assure you you paid less than $13.

Oh man.

I wasn't going to say anything more than that.

Okay.

I'll be quiet now.

So Juice Free is asking me,

do I get the weather techs like the floor mats?

Yes, I do get weather tech brand floor mats for any car I get.

Since like four or five cars ago.

Yeah, that's the thing.

And he goes, do you actually get the factory all weather mats?

I mean, yeah, sometimes the cars,

because I usually buy used cars,

they'll come with whatever somebody had in them.

A lot of times they'll have whatever the factory like carpeted mats are underneath,

which may look nice if it's like a more luxury oriented car

like the Jags were or something.

But for me, it's just, I want something that if it's going to get dirty,

I don't want to have to sit there and like pick stuff out of it.

Yeah.

Just get the nice weather techs.

I mean, yeah, the materials,

plasticky and hard,

but it is so perfectly fit to each vehicle,

at least as newer vehicles,

that it works really, really well at catching

basically anything and everything that could wind up down there.

I think the only car I've ever bought the factory mats was the Subaru.

I'd send Subaru.

The Subaru.

Subaru knows the floor mats pretty well.

Yeah, I feel like their floor mats are nice.

They're pretty decent.

So I did buy the Subaru ones.

Yeah, they're very nice.

Yeah.

Yeah, you would know, Mr. Subaru.

Okay, so next up we've got,

okay, this is more back and forth commentary.

Let's find some actual comments here.

I know there's a bunch.

Alex here saying,

I serve dominance in the straight phone can and brake buster.

No other Canadian would even try.

I got another shot there for you.

Then Kevin says,

the price for press all is pretty in line with IK,

especially if you get them on sale.

Okay, noted.

I did find another side swipe.

Just a little bit.

Another side swipe.

Yeah.

Then everybody starts wondering

where Carson's getting these $13 press all.

I know, right?

Okay, okay, okay guys.

Okay, okay.

Yeah, I'll go.

Carson knows we both paid $13.

We didn't pay $13.

Yes.

Sorry about all the throat clearing guys.

I'm working on it.

David Boyce.

I've used all of these foaming Brinsilis,

Fusion, DIY, Loki and Onar foaming.

They all did the job satisfactorily using my detail cake.

Cool.

Yeah, your foaming detail cake.

Man, I do love my detail cake.

Yeah, no, I know there's a ton of love for those things.

People really enjoy them.

So yeah, no, if you're enjoying using a foaming style of Brinsilis,

then yeah, have at it, man.

Certainly not going to stop you here.

All right, next up.

Okay, a whole bunch of unrelated comments looking here.

Okay, Ricardo here.

Very excited that he was actually able to catch a live.

Ricardo, I appreciate you popping in the chat.

Ryan countering Carson saying,

acting like you're not OG spec, Carson.

Yeah.

Oh, I'm very OG spec.

That's why I pay $26 for press also.

All right, so we're getting a lot of back and forth here.

Dan is particularly sensitive to Sydney calling cars that are from 2012 old.

Hey, they're not old.

Well, apparently I think it was done in the Tundra talk.

Oh, well, I just, I meant older.

Yeah, well, you know, I am older, but I own a 2004.

Cars old enough to go see a PG-13 movie.

Yeah, I own a 2004.

It's fine.

All right.

And then David Boyce teasing because he loves.

Thanks, buddy.

All right, now Alex here saying,

did Gabe teach Carson all of his fantastic detailing methods

because that Toyota looks amazing.

Really?

You're going to give him credit for that?

He's complimenting all your work,

but all the credit is going to Gabe.

That's a backhanded compliment.

Carson can't even own his own work.

Here's the fun thing though is Gabe learned everything from me.

Yeah, there it is.

Okay.

So ultimately this all goes back to Sydney.

I learned this from watching all the videos

of the RAG company YouTube channel.

He was one of you guys in the chat for the longest time.

Look, Gabe didn't hear what I said.

Gabe, I said out loud that I taught you everything you know.

Love that.

That is not true.

Oh boy.

All right.

So Kevin here responding to Mack Berkson.

I don't want to promote other companies,

but since TRC doesn't sell press all,

detailed image sells press all with quantity discount

and frequent 20 to 25% off sales

and fine detailing also sells press all.

Yeah, absolutely.

You know what?

I reserve the right to say you can mention other brands here.

Just depends on the circumstances of the context.

It's fine.

You know, we're not going to be overly picky about it.

It's cool.

Okay.

Gabe's asking me a question.

Who taught Carson how to price things?

Matt.

Yeah.

So he said, if I taught Carson, you,

if I gave everything you knows,

who taught Carson how to price things?

And that was Carson answered Matt.

I don't think Matt taught you Carson.

I think there's a glitch in the system.

There is a glitch in the matrix.

Yeah.

There we go.

Back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Ricardo here as Gabe derails the entire show

and I'm trying to keep us on detailing related content as I were

asking me, were the color burst liquidators a limited time thing

or will they be available again at some point?

Yes, they will be available again.

That is something that is just worked on here.

There's just a little bit of a shuffle that's going on right now with that stuff.

But we want to make sure we can actually, you know,

get you guys what you need,

but it may be a minute.

And just know we will notify people once those actually become available.

All right.

And if you're not sure if you're going to get notified,

you can always pay attention on social media.

We're on all the major platforms,

but you can also go to the right.

Go make.com use the newsletter sign up.

And they'll definitely make a post about it when they go live as well.

Okay, Kevin, what's Kevin saying?

He says I have about one third of the bottle of ADS phobic left.

I already coated my car twice and my friends and family car.

Any household uses.

I've opened it about three months ago, so the clock is ticking.

So I always enjoy coating my countertops.

I have quartz countertops.

So I do put coating on those twice a year

just because definitely you're washing it using harsh chemicals,

all sorts of stuff.

So I like to keep mine coated.

You can also coat your stainless steel.

So if you have appliances, even if they're not stainless steel,

even if they're like black or white,

it's still going to make them easier to clean.

And then you could do like your shower doors.

Geez, I mean, I coat anything I can find that I can coat.

So really?

So yeah, I mean, just, you know,

look around your house and think,

what would I like to have that would make it easier to clean?

I also have a concrete dining room table.

So I put not really coating on that, but I've used a fender.

But I would start with countertops, appliances,

and start with that.

See how you feel.

Phones and like electronics, like he does his Mac.

Yeah, I would do my Mac.

I probably wouldn't do my phone only

because I drop my phone all the time.

That's fair.

So that's just a operator issue.

I did my wheel stand.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Then I've got Jose here saying the 500 mil press hulls

are the perfect weight to go perfect size.

I think that's where I went wrong.

I think I bought,

Kate Carson, on your special discount,

get me some 500 mils,

and I will trade you for the 750s.

Sweet.

That will be $23.99.

Okay, now we're being,

love these prices.

All right.

That's the fun part about doing prices on a live stream

because if anything changes, like years later,

people will be like, it's not that.

It's like, I'm sorry, it's 2025 now.

It's not 2017 anymore.

Okay, Dark Dragon here.

We are reaching close to the end of the stream here.

Get these last few comments out while we can though,

certainly.

Yeah.

What's he saying?

Can I use crystal wash on the undercarriage

and lower panels to help remove salt?

Absolutely.

Love it.

All right.

Easy.

There we go.

And we got Kali Carl.

What's up, people?

My favorite day of the week.

For mobile detailers in hot climates like Phoenix, Arizona,

what's the best technique to avoid streaking

when using drying aids in direct sunlight?

What's your move?

So first of all, I'm going to advise you to find

the best product for you and find one that does not

streak in sunlight.

So I am going to have to suggest Defender

only because we literally have put it to the ultimate test

at Monterey.

Carson was there.

Dane's been there.

I mean, we wiped down hundreds of cars a day

with Defender in the direct sun and no streaking.

So find a product that first of all works in sun.

And then the other thing would be to work panel by panel,

especially if you're using it like a drying aid.

You're going to have to figure out how to keep the car wet

and then spray the drying aid on one panel,

dry it, go to the next panel.

The thing you don't want to do is spray it on multiple panels

and then wait to get to them to dry them.

So I would just do one panel at a time and obviously try to

maybe avoid direct sunlight.

Like if you have a pop up tent or something like that,

but then find a product that you like that works

in direct sunlight.

Okay.

Not all of them do.

All right.

And then I've got Jeff C here.

I'm going to make this the last comment of the day since we

had four o'clock to bring today, but I've been gone literally

like I left right after the last last weeks.

And then I got back at midnight last night,

but I wanted to find those little ribbon candies.

I'm going to say it's like cinnamon.

Well, first of all, for like people who are listening to this

in a podcast, they have no idea what you're talking about.

Oh, sorry.

Gosh.

What is the official scent of Christmas O and R?

Is it straight cinnamon or is there peppermint mixed in?

I'm hoping for twisted peppermint.

Ho ho hero next year.

So yeah, I'm going to say that it's like a mint cinnamon.

I think you're, you're about right.

Yeah.

It can kind of differ depending on what you think.

I don't know that it's peppermint,

but it's Christmas minty with cinnamon.

Yeah.

It's, it's almost like, I don't know about peppermint.

Maybe like spearmint.

Yeah.

Winter green mint.

Yeah.

Probably more like.

It's got that kind of menthol kind of mint to it.

Mixed with that kind of cinnamon.

Cause it's not really peppermint.

Yeah.

I'm probably more like.

The cinnamon makes it smell a little warmer and spicier,

but it's, it's definitely trade off.

So interesting for sure.

Yep.

I like ho ho heroes.

Hopefully that helps you guys figure out what to do.

Yeah.

Ho ho hero.

You heard it, ADS.

That's what you got to do.

Anyway, Carson, I want to be shouting you out

for awesome work over there doing a great job,

doing a great job pulling that transfer off of the bumpers,

making it look great.

The Rev Fort looks awesome.

That was so good.

Carson, if you could just tell people once again,

the products you use today.

Thank you.

Where can I find those?

What's up with it all?

Absolutely.

I wanted to show you the final result,

but unfortunately the camera overheated,

so that's okay.

But we finished up everything on the back there,

but kind of a quick overview.

We used armored detail supply wheel cleaner

to clean up the wheels, tire cleaner to clean up the tires,

and then beads as our touchless sealant on the wheel faces

just to kind of give them about three months of protection.

Just to kind of clean them up, make them look good.

Then we foamed on some brake buster on there,

full dilution, no diluting here,

straight in the foam cannon, OG spec way.

And then we foamed on decon soap,

let it sit for a couple minutes, rinsed it off,

then contact washed with decon soap again.

Didn't use any drying towels or anything like that.

We just used our FTW towels and applied ceramic spray sealant.

We applied it when the vehicle was wet

and just used our FTW and kind of dried it that way,

because you can do it that way.

Following that, we had a couple of those paint transfer spots

we utilized, Ulix, so shout out Sydney,

thank you for helping me with that.

While I was struggling a little bit there

with some paint transfer, it just came right off.

But got that, polished that up with H902,

which is Koshakami's heavy cut compound,

and then two stepped it with their fine cut compound as well.

Pads, we used the Buffinshine blueberry pad

and then the white pad by Buffinshine as well.

Other than that, that was about it.

I got to dress these tires off the stream

and then it's ready to go.

We also did the engine bay.

So I did the engine bay with a little bit of brake buster,

scrubbed it and put some motor plaster on it.

Is it been enough time?

Can we pop the hood and get a look down under the hood?

Just real quick here at the end,

I just want to see how that motor plaster is turning out.

Let's see if it is enough time.

It looks pretty dang good.

There is a little bit of foam, of course,

since we foamed it like three times.

Little on the edges,

but overall a very nice looking engine bay.

Quick little touch up on it.

Typically, if I was just doing the engine bay,

I'd probably blow dry it first

and then hit it with some motor plaster.

But yeah, it looks phenomenal.

A lot better than before.

Excellent. Oh, happy to hear it.

All right. Well, Carson, thank you for all you did today.

We really appreciate it.

And I know the people who are going to appreciate it

even more are Troy's parents.

So yeah, they're pretty stoked.

I'm sure to see their clean rig waiting for them.

What if they were watching?

Oh, they might be. We'll see.

All right, Sydney, you know,

it's been great having you here on the show.

I don't think you're joining us next week, right?

I don't think so.

Yeah, I could probably pop in,

but I would be a little late for sure.

All right. Well, you know,

we were thinking maybe we'd make it

a little more festive show.

We might invite a few friends to hang out.

We know each year we kind of do a little different thing

of like, oh, who's at the door kind of thing.

But maybe this year we do like a chiller version

and we just we talked to a few people for a little longer.

I could show up at the door at three.

Okay. Okay. You know what?

If you do that, you show up halfway through the show.

Fine. Cool. We can do that.

Yeah. Don't be a stranger.

So anyway, guys, gals, everybody who watched today,

thank you so much.

If you're listening sometime in the future,

make sure you check out the Rag Company YouTube channel.

If you're listening to this as a podcast,

you can always make sure to subscribe to the Rag Company

on whatever platform you choose.

It's based out of Spotify, just so you know.

And apart from that,

I just hope you guys have a wonderful holiday season,

whether it's Christmas, any of that stuff.

I hope you guys have a great time

and grab those gifts before that shipping cutoff.

That's a big one.

So anyway, take care.

Have fun out there and stay safe.

We'll see you.

See ya.

Q&A: Last-Minute Gift Ideas for the Detailer in your Life!

Toyota RAV4

full detail

decon soap

engine bay

Volkswagen GTI

heated seats

winter tires

Rupes

BMW New Bmw

BMW E90

motorplast

Koshami

P&S Undressed

Nissan GT-R R35

ceramic coating

wheels

headlights

Morgan Six Plus

bucket heater

supercharger

Le Mans blue

automatic transmission

Armory Detail Supply

Land Defenders

foam cannon

WeatherTech

Cybertruck

Toyota Tundra

Dodge Journey

Chevrolet Express

clay towel

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