09-19-2024, 02:32 AM
(09-18-2024, 09:55 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: I want to hear from the Californian Detail Brigade.
As for me, I got my CB wet once, the day after I bought it to wash all of the accumulated dust on it that didn’t come off from the original owner’s cursory wipe-down for sale.
Keep in mind my bikes live in garages on both ends of my commutes and are not ridden off road or in bad weather.
I keep a gallon of Nanoskin Hydro Express on hand in a spray bottle and replenish when needed from Amazon:
https://a.co/d/aBoWB8x
I find that a clean bike is easier to keep clean if detailing is kept up with, so I’ll spray and wipe down the bikes with this stuff at least once a week. 15-20 minutes per bike is all it takes. I go nuts reaching every space that can be reached, under fenders, around swing arms, etc.
Whatever preservatives I have on hand for plastic and rubber, especially the RLETs. The headers and exhaust on my ‘13 took a lot of work to be perfect, and only 15 minutes after every few rides keeps them that way. Blue Magic takes gold tint away quickly. Wenol red tube takes away gold with black dots easily.