Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

[Rocket Man]

Plastics look good! That trim+tire gel is awesome stuff!

Yes it is. Now I’m not sure how this is going to work out in the long run but I figured wth...I was doing the tires and that stuff is thick as hell so after trying to keep it off the wheels as I was getting it in the area around the bead, of course a bit got on a wheel. I tried wiping it off but it seemed to make the wheel look good. As in really good. They’re satin black but not as black as when they were new. I went ahead and applied the gel and wiped them off good. I guess we’ll see what it looks in days or weeks.

 

[adventurenali92]

Yes it is. Now I’m not sure how this is going to work out in the long run but I figured wth...I was doing the tires and that stuff is thick as hell so after trying to keep it off the wheels as I was getting it in the area around the bead, of course a bit got on a wheel. I tried wiping it off but it seemed to make the wheel look good. As in really good. They’re satin black but not as black as when they were new. I went ahead and applied the gel and wiped them off good. I guess we’ll see what it looks in days or weeks.

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Yup it can be used on satin finished wheels.

 

[Rocket Man]

Today I tried a couple of new to me products on the windshield- Nu Glass cleaner , to remove the Rain-X and prep the glass for Aquapel. The Nu Glass is a paste kinda like glass stove top cleaner, where you use it to polish out anything on the glass. It takes out water spots too if you do 2-3 applications with a bit of elbow grease. I used 2 applications on the windshield. Then came the Aquapel and I didn’t read the part of the instructions where it said to pop the cartridge OVER AND PARALLEL TO THE WINDSHIELD lol. I did it off to the side and some dripped onto the ground so I had to run and grab a second one after the first ran out. I did read the part where it says to immediately wipe with a paper towel though or you’ll have to buff the haze off. So I immediately went from running in the house to grab the second applicator to running in circles chasing the pup who had of course stolen the paper towels. I looked like a crazed mad man for a bit there. Nothing new to my neighbors though lmao. I sure hope this works.

 

[iamdub]

Step 1: READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST



...You know, just like everyone else does.

 

[Bear77]

So I immediately went from running in the house to grab the second applicator to running in circles chasing the pup who had of course stolen the paper towels. I looked like a crazed mad man for a bit there. Nothing new to my neighbors though lmao.

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[Rocket Man]

Anybody else use Aquapel? Even after using 2 cartridges it looks streaky. I wiped and wiped and wiped with paper towels. Then after a couple hours it still looked streaky so I wiped with dry towels again, then used glass cleaner and still streaky looking.

 

[05Single]

Don’t you work on windows for a living , how can you mess that up

 

[Rocket Man]

Don’t you work on windows for a living , how can you mess that up

Umm...I install glass and metal. I don’t clean the shit or put coatings on it. When I’m done with it, it’s a mess. That part of the job is subbed out!

 

[05Single]

Umm...I install glass and metal. I don’t clean the shit or put coatings on it. When I’m done with it, it’s a mess. That part of the job is subbed out!

Lol fair enough

 

[adventurenali92]

Never heard of aquapel....
My windshield somehow managed to develop a new crack and I’m pissed. It had a tiny one in it when I bought the truck and I had safelight seal it. But it’s always been there bugging me. Now that there’s a new crack I have an excuse to get a new windshield. It’s on the to do list shortly and when the new one gets installed I’m going to ceramic coat it with hydro slick.