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One reason I'm lazy about doing a real wash and Graphene is that I have a hard time believing that it will actually look shinier than in the pic below.

I've soaped and rinsed it 3 times since May 18. And it has rained and also been parked under an oak with annoying tiny sap droplets, and this is how the light reflects off of it right now.

I'm mentioning @AzScorpion because he's the Graphene expert and asking if he thinks it would look shinier than this slightly dirty truck pic shows. This pic was taking yesterday late afternoon and it sure looks shiny to me (but my vision's not the best).

Also, the reflection looks really crisp and it seems like cars that I see with Graphene or ceramic look really shiny, but an oily shine with softer lines (if that makes sense). The Graphene and ceramic cars have a very deep reflection but the edges of the reflections look softer ... to me anyway.

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If you can look at Soupie in the sun and you find you don't need sunglasses, then it's not shiny enough.
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If you can look at Soupie in the sun and you find you don't need sunglasses, then it's not shiny enough.
Time for 303 !!!
Ha ha Steve, spoken like a true @AzScorpion cult member.

I can't talk, I have the damper and almost anything else Dave's suggested. His mind control is amazing! =D
 

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One reason I'm lazy about doing a real wash and Graphene is that I have a hard time believing that it will actually look shinier than in the pic below.

I've soaped and rinsed it 3 times since May 18. And it has rained and also been parked under an oak with annoying tiny sap droplets, and this is how the light reflects off of it right now.


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I honestly thought you had the cart corral shoved in the bed for a moment.
 

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I honestly thought you had the cart corral shoved in the bed for a moment.
Good idea! I can take it to the dump!!! =D

That reminds me, I saw a This Old House years ago for a house on the Cape and the lady was having them build a custom radiator for her orchids in a deep bay window!

The house was a mansion and I looked up how they made their money - the guy owns a cart corral company!!!

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Ha ha Steve, spoken like a true @AzScorpion cult member.

I can't talk, I have the damper and almost anything else Dave's suggested. His mind control is amazing! =D
I came across this photo of Dave and his employees wearing their secret "mind control caps" which they use to send us "buying vibrations".....

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I agree. She does look WOW for sure! ? How is this possible? I don’t get it. No dust or dirt, stays clean for weeks. I can’t even detect any handprints anywhere! =D
There must be a drive thru car wash when he exits the dump.
 

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A couple of weeks ago, took ‘Ol Butterscotch on a road trip. These are taken in Carrabelle, Fl. The pic by the lighthouse…could not get my lighting right. The other pic is from the other side of the lighthouse.
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One reason I'm lazy about doing a real wash and Graphene is that I have a hard time believing that it will actually look shinier than in the pic below.

I've soaped and rinsed it 3 times since May 18. And it has rained and also been parked under an oak with annoying tiny sap droplets, and this is how the light reflects off of it right now.

I'm mentioning @AzScorpion because he's the Graphene expert and asking if he thinks it would look shinier than this slightly dirty truck pic shows. This pic was taking yesterday late afternoon and it sure looks shiny to me (but my vision's not the best).

Also, the reflection looks really crisp and it seems like cars that I see with Graphene or ceramic look really shiny, but an oily shine with softer lines (if that makes sense). The Graphene and ceramic cars have a very deep reflection but the edges of the reflections look softer ... to me anyway.

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It will bring out the depth of the red and really make it shiny and slicker especially if you use the Graphene detailer after. Mine had a nice shine but nothing like this after using the Graphene Nano spray then a quick hit with the detailer.

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Took my girl for a ride. Last Thursday night we had to take her to the animal hospital. She had a high fever and was trembling very bad. I freaked. She had a infection in her leg. But she doing much better after 4 days of meds. I let her out today and said what you want to do? She walked over and touched her nose to the truck. That sums it up.

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It will bring out the depth of the red and really make it shiny and slicker especially if you use the Graphene detailer after. Mine had a nice shine but nothing like this after using the Graphene Nano spray then a quick hit with the detailer.

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Your second photo really shows the depth of the shine. Ugh, I must stop resisting! =D

So do you also find it provides a bit of protection? The videos always say this but it's hard to imagine it can do much. AND ... I also see that it helps to dissipate heat. From a physical science point, I can understand that BUT, at such a small amount of graphene in the product, is it anything that you can notice?

Being in the heat that you have, do you think that's true?

I wouldn't expect a multiple degree difference, more of a tiny bit of blunting of the surface temperature.

Thanks on the continued education on this! I just need to wrap my head around this as the new way to "wax" a car (since the last time I did wax a car was 30 years ago with a metal tin of Turtle Wax!!). =p

I kid you not, this is exactly what I remember as the last wax I used:

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And before that ...

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Took my girl for a ride. Last Thursday night we had to take her to the animal hospital. She had a high fever and was trembling very bad. I freaked. She had a infection in her leg. But she doing much better after 4 days of meds. I let her out today and said what you want to do? She walked over and touched her nose to the truck. That sums it up.

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Glad she's doing better. And really nice details with your door logo and rims.
 

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A couple of weeks ago, took ‘Ol Butterscotch on a road trip. These are taken in Carrabelle, Fl. The pic by the lighthouse…could not get my lighting right. The other pic is from the other side of the lighthouse.
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Tracy,

We simply can’t have Ol’ Butterscotch not looking its best. Here, yo go. Now, we can see that beautiful Ranger of yours a little bit better.

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