Anyone here using GIBBS ??
05-30-2014, 12:58 PM
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to bjbpe,
after the engine is wiped down after a good cleaning, I have seen , to my astonishment , some one spray the high gloss tire shine all over the engine,,,it was a 928, and it looked great !!!! but the owner admitted it was silicone based and collected dust like a big dog!!!
I have used the engine shine from griots and it works well but has to be redone every 2 or three months or it starts to breakdown….
after the engine is wiped down after a good cleaning, I have seen , to my astonishment , some one spray the high gloss tire shine all over the engine,,,it was a 928, and it looked great !!!! but the owner admitted it was silicone based and collected dust like a big dog!!!
I have used the engine shine from griots and it works well but has to be redone every 2 or three months or it starts to breakdown….
05-30-2014, 09:07 PM
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To Andy:
Thanks for the response; I looked it up and they (griots) have a lot of products. lWhich were you referring to?
To Doc
I didn't mean to be arguementative about the PWA replacement parts. I just wasn't sure if you knew about the program we have (did have?? - been a while) in place for replacement parts. Thanks for your help.
Barney
Thanks for the response; I looked it up and they (griots) have a lot of products. lWhich were you referring to?
To Doc
I didn't mean to be arguementative about the PWA replacement parts. I just wasn't sure if you knew about the program we have (did have?? - been a while) in place for replacement parts. Thanks for your help.
Barney
05-30-2014, 09:43 PM
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I peek over the shoulders of the 'experts' when they are scratching their heads over failures. I'm not an expert nor do I represent myself as one. Most of the engines I look at are class E/F/G from GE, Siemens/Westinghouse, and Mitsubishi. The aero-derivitive market is different from what I do.
On the shiney engine bay stuff, Mine gets a wipe every once in a while with a sponge and some non-gloss No-Touch tire shine stuff, but just on the radiator hose and maybe the plastic air ducts. I wte the songe with water, wring it out, and a small spray of the foaming tire shine. Then wipe just the hoses with the treated side, followed immediately by a wipe with the non-treated (just wet with water) side of the same sponge. Then 'buff' dry with a terry towel. The engine bay gets cleaned with a spray bottle of distilled water, after a dry dusting. In the hard-to-reach places I spray the water, then suck out the residue with the shop vac so there are no streaks. The whole process takes just minutes as part of the regular car-wash/clean process, where the vacuum is out anyway to slurp up any stray wash/rinse water that gets past the hood edges. I know folks who are borderline OCD about the engine bay appearance, maybe closer to that border than I am. I just want to keep things clean so I don't get greasy when I work on it. Not a 'show' engine bay in the true concour sense, but clean enough that I could put my sandwich down in there without worry of the 5-second rule.
I peek over the shoulders of the 'experts' when they are scratching their heads over failures. I'm not an expert nor do I represent myself as one. Most of the engines I look at are class E/F/G from GE, Siemens/Westinghouse, and Mitsubishi. The aero-derivitive market is different from what I do.
On the shiney engine bay stuff, Mine gets a wipe every once in a while with a sponge and some non-gloss No-Touch tire shine stuff, but just on the radiator hose and maybe the plastic air ducts. I wte the songe with water, wring it out, and a small spray of the foaming tire shine. Then wipe just the hoses with the treated side, followed immediately by a wipe with the non-treated (just wet with water) side of the same sponge. Then 'buff' dry with a terry towel. The engine bay gets cleaned with a spray bottle of distilled water, after a dry dusting. In the hard-to-reach places I spray the water, then suck out the residue with the shop vac so there are no streaks. The whole process takes just minutes as part of the regular car-wash/clean process, where the vacuum is out anyway to slurp up any stray wash/rinse water that gets past the hood edges. I know folks who are borderline OCD about the engine bay appearance, maybe closer to that border than I am. I just want to keep things clean so I don't get greasy when I work on it. Not a 'show' engine bay in the true concour sense, but clean enough that I could put my sandwich down in there without worry of the 5-second rule.