Any aesthetic car care DIY requests?
#46
I used AmmoNYC leather cleaner and conditioner. Works very well.
Recently switched to Adam's leather cleaning and conditioner products. It is good.....but I prefer Ammo. Might switch back.
I feel Ammo did a better job in the sense the leather feels and looks cleaner than Adam's.
Recently switched to Adam's leather cleaning and conditioner products. It is good.....but I prefer Ammo. Might switch back.
I feel Ammo did a better job in the sense the leather feels and looks cleaner than Adam's.
#47
#48
Used a bit of the Ammo interior mousse today. Seemed to work like a charm. Doesn't overly gloss the leather, no residue, adds a nice fresh matte sheen, and it smells pretty good (like an olde timey leather shop from the wild west).
#52
For deep cleaning, use 1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner along with a horse hair brush (agitate the surface, wipe away the slurry, wipe again with a clean MF towel/distilled water and then condition with Cockpit Premium): https://amzn.to/2upTDfp
It's my pleasure.
For DIY-leather cleaning, look for Leather Master Soft Cleaner: https://amzn.to/2NSiaBP (stronger products are available but I do not urge a typical DIY'er to delve into those products as the risk/reward is difficult to rationalize for anyone that does not work with those products regularly)
For DIY-alcantara cleaning, try Dr. Beasley's Microsuede Cleanser: https://amzn.to/2KXscEa (do not spray directly to the surface unless you are okay with chasing down overspray. Apply to your media/brush, and then agitate in small areas with regular wiping with a clean MF towel)
In either case, decontaminate with multiple treatments of distilled water on clean MF towels(as many as necessary) without ever soaking the surface. More is not better. Take your time and make multiple passes to thoroughly decontaminate without saturating the surface.
For conditioning leather, Leather Master has a number of paths and if you're going to do it right, do a 3-step with the cleaner, Vital: https://amzn.to/2upLJ5H and then Protection Cream: https://amzn.to/2mifWPN
For alcantara, just clean that sucker and decontaminate. Nothing placed on an alcantara steering wheel will hold up. So just keep it clean.
Hope this helps folks.
#54
Best way to remove melted on tire/rubber material from quarter panels? On mine, it's stringy and seems to be the tire throwing bits off that melted from heat and then hardened once it hit the car. Didn't come off with a typical wash. And my car has PPF and a ceramic coating. I could try to just scrape it off with my fingernail, but not sure if there's a better way.
#55
Best way to remove melted on tire/rubber material from quarter panels? On mine, it's stringy and seems to be the tire throwing bits off that melted from heat and then hardened once it hit the car. Didn't come off with a typical wash. And my car has PPF and a ceramic coating. I could try to just scrape it off with my fingernail, but not sure if there's a better way.
#56
Best way to remove melted on tire/rubber material from quarter panels? On mine, it's stringy and seems to be the tire throwing bits off that melted from heat and then hardened once it hit the car. Didn't come off with a typical wash. And my car has PPF and a ceramic coating. I could try to just scrape it off with my fingernail, but not sure if there's a better way.
A solvent -based product like Tar X, Tarminator or a body solvent. Although, be careful with allowing such products to touch your lower plastics as there is the chance for it to stain.
#57
#58
Yes. Very expensive and fancy plastic that is engineered to have a healthy measure of chemical resistance. This is greatly due to it's durable top coat. Quality PPF's do not have problems with body solvents as long as you do not soak or allow solvents to dwell on the edge of the film where it may absorb into the urethane and adhesive edge which is not going to have a top coat to protect it.
The plastics on the lowers of 991.1 and 991.2 GT3's are a kind of ABS plastic without a top coat that will resist stronger solvents. So what can happen is with strong enough solvent, or one left to dwell too long, you will end up with a reaction that tends to leave the areas affected looking white. It's not so dissimilar to how the center hub locks can look when someone uses a reactive acid/alkaline cleaner on them.
Either way, the lower plastics are actually pretty stinking inexpensive given they are Porsche parts and will clearly be exposed to higher levels of wear and tear than other areas. But it's a low-cost effort to replace them if necessary. At the same time, I definitely don't want anyone having to replace them on account of reading my thread, seeing me suggest using a solvent cleaner without a reasonable warning and then having to spend money.
The plastics on the lowers of 991.1 and 991.2 GT3's are a kind of ABS plastic without a top coat that will resist stronger solvents. So what can happen is with strong enough solvent, or one left to dwell too long, you will end up with a reaction that tends to leave the areas affected looking white. It's not so dissimilar to how the center hub locks can look when someone uses a reactive acid/alkaline cleaner on them.
Either way, the lower plastics are actually pretty stinking inexpensive given they are Porsche parts and will clearly be exposed to higher levels of wear and tear than other areas. But it's a low-cost effort to replace them if necessary. At the same time, I definitely don't want anyone having to replace them on account of reading my thread, seeing me suggest using a solvent cleaner without a reasonable warning and then having to spend money.