A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, your family, the lads at the shop, and all of your viewers. Thank you for the excellent content in 2023, and am I looking forward to seeing what's coming in 2024. Cheers Sandro.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas mate and thanks so much for all the support!

Amazing work as always! I recently finished a 23 Ranger as well, great looking utes. Ford NZ used it for advertising a huge bonus for me. These skills I have developed over the years are from the many hours of your videos I have watched and I cannot thank you enough for sharing.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

That’s fantastic and so nice to hear, thanks and Merry Christmas 🎄

@maorismurfnz

5 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing no, thank you Sandro I couldn't have started my business without your knowledge 🤙 Merry Christmas and happy New Year 🎊🎊🎊

Amazing work on this special edition. Thanks Sandro and John.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and wishing you a Merry Christmas and happy new year!

29:48 Thank you Mr. Rockefeller. "I don't want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers."

I really appreciate you broaching the questions of coating on top and paint correction before, plus the footage and feedback of the Immortal ppf in action. I’ve been wondering about films with topcoats and adding a dedicated coating on top too 🤔

@premraj1380

2 ай бұрын

😮

I anticipate the owner cried upon picking it up. Jaw dropping work as always Sandro!! You should add PPF to your list of services, if it wasn’t so damn expensive to buy film.😂

The master at work!

One word for u Sandro. Exceptional

Amazing job for an amazing truck, well done to all!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks and wishing you a Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Seeing this from the U.S., I truly appreciate your honesty and approach to these two subjects. Having coming from an era of working with your hands, I love that you added this tidbit of knowledge and insight. I know that he will be pleased with your level of “detail”.

Love the philosophy with the elite work standard. Also, the tires really do look so much better 😁

CQuartz Skin every 6 months is the best way to maintain Immortal PPF. I'm also a detailer and the only reason I decided to offer PPF installation is the same reason you said, the finish is really good. 👍 and its selfhealing capabilities are awesome.

Amazing work as always Sandro. Such a pleasure to watch your content and see a master at work. I’ve learnt so much from you over the years and applied much of what I’ve learnt to my own business. Merry Christmas and happy new year mate

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words and it’s so nice to hear the videos have been helpful- Merry Christmas 🎄

Hey mate, how are you - all good i hope. I always thought that we will see another Made by Sandro artwork b4 2023 says bye and here we are, as we knkw by now Sandro always fails to disappoint. At this time i would like to thank you for all the advise online and offline you have offered to us all and wish to you, your Family and all your loved ones a Merry Chrismas and may 2024 be a year full of health, happiness and prosperity. Thank you Sandro, Regards, Michial

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Michial really appreciate it all the support my friend - wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

your work is incredible. all the cars you do end up...... IMACULATE. you are a detailing GOD. i wish you were in Sydney.

That paintwork looks deep enough to dive into!

Thank you Sandro for the content this year. Awesome as always and your style of content is educational which is beneficial. Thank you.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

My absolute pleasure mate, wishing you a Merry Christmas 🎄

Great video Sandro! Gorgeous truck. I’m happy to see some new detailing content. Have a wonderful Christmas!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the support and wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas 🎄

As always enjoy your Honest Opinion of Products, Also Your View of Today’s World is Spot On and A Sad Reality!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate and wishing you a very Merry Christmas 🎄

Have a great Christmas Sandro, thanks for another year’s content.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄

Merry Christmas Sandro, thank you for another great video, and all the ones you've uploaded over the years. Hope you have a great Christmas and get to relax, thanks for all your hard work. God bless👌🤌

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the support mate, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

As always great video thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas and happy new year

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate and Merry Christmas 🎄

Thanks for another excellent year, mate. Your channel is peerless for information and videography. Would love an update episode on reviving/maintaining black plastics; the (excellent) heat gun one is 5yrs old now and a lot of products have been released since. Thanks and all the best for next year.🤙🏼

Love the videos man! Did an amazing job on this truck!! Merry Christmas!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄

Always great videos..... and excellent work ✌🏾💪🏾

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you mate!

Hey Sandro, I work at a Ford dealership as a detailer (I do my own business on my days off) the buffer trail/rotary holograms actually are inflicted in the factory - most of the new gen Everests and Rangers actually come covered in holograms, more than any other cars I've seen/worked on and the black is horrible, it's stupidly soft and usually comes very hazy.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

That’s surprising that the factory inflicts those hologram, but thanks for sharing that info mate, and yes I’ve heard that the black in particular is super soft and swirly 🙂

What was your opinion on Immortal vs Dynoshield? I know Xpel has tons of orange peel look and Premiumshield will yellow alot faster than others. Did you include Avery and 3M in your testing too? I was waiting for Immortal to be released but it was delayed in NZ so I ended up with Dynoshield but for future cars it will be good to know 🙂

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

I can’t specifically remember all films brands and all the various film ranges within those brands that we compared - it was a lot, but I do remember Xpel, Suntek PremiumShield and Avery being in the mix.

@YOULTZY

5 ай бұрын

UPPF is a nice film

been a long time viewer and im very happy you posted this vid as I am getting ready to do my white version of this, much love from philippines!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Really nice to hear that, I’m sure you’ll do an outstanding job on your own one, Merry Christmas 🎄

Im sure the owner was really really "RAPT" with his wrapped raptor. It does really have a great deal of more shine .

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

😅

Absolutely incredible, Sandro. Thank you for sharing your work. Also, I fully agree about the loss of appreciation for trades and crafts; it’s troubling. I’m grateful to you for keeping it all alive. Hope you have a merry Christmas and a wonderful new year-God bless, brother.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, really nice to hear that, Merry Christmas and God Bless!

Stunning Work as always Sandro! My brother was getting one of these but gave up on the waiting time and bought a V6 2023 Amarok in Black with gold wheels, I'm more of a Toyota Hilux GR guy in red of course. Take care enjoy the time off with the family!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate and I wouldn’t say no to an F150 or a Tundra - both of which are now here in Oz - looks like with all the electric car push people still want these big trucks and now being country folk myself 🙂 I do understand the appeal more than ever! Merry Christmas mate!

hope you have a merry christmas sandro

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and thank you!

Ayy boys sandro dropped a new video🎉🎉

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it mate and wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas 🎄

Great video as always the raptor is looking great I hope santa is good to you Are you going to buy the new rupes bigfoot cordless when it's out round about January or February for 750 pounds it's a brand new machine redesigned from the ground up for me it's just to steep money wise but it does look good I detailed a raptor in 2020 from what I can remember the paint was medium to soft what was your experience with the new raptor Have a great christmas and a well earned rest in the new year I hope santa is good to you enjoy In Sandro we trust

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Bob and I’m very keen to firstly try the new Rupes and spend some time with it - though it sounds like here in Australia we will still be waiting quite a few months till that happens. Yes, I also found the paint on this Ranger Raptor to fall into that soft to medium category. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and fantastic new year mate and thank you for all the support!

As a ppf installer you don’t rent to panel wipe after polishing makes the ppf too sticky. You can put a high quality qd to help with the tackiness.

Great video Sandro, Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and your family sir ❤ Cheers

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and also wishing you a Merry Christmas

Hi Sandro, a great video and detail! Did you also put dquartz and carpro professional on the black plastic trim?

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

Ай бұрын

Thanks and yes I did

Hi Sandro, typically when ive used IPA I've applied about 4-5 sprays into a towel then apply to a small section, followed by buffing with a separate towel. Is there anything wrong with the primary panel prep towel becoming saturated, should you reduce the amount of panel prep as it becomes saturated or swap to a different towel?

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

Ай бұрын

No I don’t think there’s any issue with the primary towel becoming saturated, I’d be more concerned with making sure to flip it clean sides as it collects dust and residue and switching your a clean one as needed.

I was wondering why it looked like a mini Raptor then I realized it’s a Ranger Raptor🤣 30:00Amen Preach ,They want you to be a Robot for the Matrix💯

Another absolute banger of a video. Great information on working with PPF from a detailers perspective. I really appreciate your wisdom and humble perspective. One question about your strip wash. I like your logic about starting with an alkaline wash, followed by an acidic wash. I see that your choice in Alkaline wash is NV snow. Now, I don’t have that on my shelf, but I do have CarPro Reset as well as Descale. Would you consider that to be a formidable Alkaline/Acid combo to help strip lower quality waxes and coatings?? Would love to hear your opinions on choosing an alkaline/acid wash combo. ~Avid fan and watcher

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

2 ай бұрын

Thanks again and Reset is really more of a pH neutral maintenance wash, so it would be Carpro Lift used as the alkaline detergent followed by Descale as the acid wash within Carpro’s range.

Sandro, I hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's season. I had to look up on the Ford Canada website to find out if the Ranger Raptor is available here (it is) because I've never seen one in person. I HAVE seen a LOBO Raptor w 34:59 hen on vacation in Mexico 34:59 their higher trim F-150 is called LOBO. A couple of quick questions, if I may. First, did I hear correctly that the new D-Quartz coating works on both glossy paint/trim AND textured trim? If so, what a game changer! Second question: How does it compare to C-Quartz UK in terms of ease of use and cost? Thanks for another artfully executed and informative video!

@corinnelaking569

5 ай бұрын

P.S. EDIT- Duh, disregard the second group of questions in my first reply. I did KZread "search" after I asked and found your review video. Questions answered. Thanks for all your entertaining and informative content.

Amazing video!! When is de in depth review and comparison of the Carpro Dquartz Go and the other capro coatings? we are waiting haha!!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks and I’ll do my best to get on to some more reviews soon!

@raieshussainali5983

5 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing Nice to hear can’t wait, keep up the good work my friend!!

Great video. Do you think Cquartz Skin would bond to immortal given that immortal has its own coating. I don’t know how good the coating is on immortal for hydrophobic’s and if Skin would boost that.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike, and although I have no doubt that Skin or other C/DQuartz coatings would tend to perform better than Immortal’s coating and still bond to some extent, it’s more about how good that bond would be and last - that I’m still skeptical about that. I would tend to think that if the PPF was stripped of that top layer coating it would tend to allow for a greater bond, but haven’t had time to test that as yet.

Great video Sandro, and great tip about Snow+ 1:10 in a trigger bottle, I’ll have to try that!! I have enjoyed Immortal a lot, although it isn’t my main film, the gloss/clarity/stretch/install are just fantastic. I have noticed the hydrophobics of the film alone, here in the US at least, doesn’t last more than 2-4 weeks on something that is driven regularly so I always top the film with Professional or Nova Pro (but not D.Quartz, Avi says that’s a no-go). Maybe your experience will be different. Two questions for you: 1) Do you remember what dilutions your film installer used for slip and for tack? Still dialing in my Immortal solutions 2) Off topic but regarding Hydr02 concentrate - I have a bottle of concentrate mixed 1:6 and for the life of me, I cannot get it to bead at all - it only sheets. It’s almost like the bottle is bad. I’ve noticed many others using Hydr02Lite, which I’m told is a weaker mixture (more like 1:10) and it seems to always perform very well. Should my 1:6 mixture be beading/performing better or should I just opt for the Lite version? I would think a stronger mix would work a bit better As always, fantastic video!! Really enjoyed it!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate and hope all is well with you Jordan. With ImmoGel we found that in the colder days 1:100 to 1.5:100 was working well for us, while once it got warmer we were using it 1.5:100 to 2:100 to give us a little extra work time. Because ImmoGel is so concerned we had to measure very precisely with syringes and we also found that using DI water changed the tack level noticeably - so depending on whether the water used use has high or low mineral content is another factor. With Hydro2 I’ve found that on small surface areas like wheels it will instantly beads, while on large car panels it takes time and even UV light exposure to get the same results- but that’s actually been my experience with all spray and rinse sealants. Maybe it’s the difference in large surface areas versus small surface areas, but it’s also why I tend to prefer these sealants on wheels/rims rather than over the whole car. One thing you could try is to treat a panel like the bonnet/hood, then pull it into direct sunlight for an hour and test the hydrophobic behaviour again, if it improves after that curing it does tend to indicate it’s a curing issue where it needs more time on larger surface areas.

Thanks Sandro Merry Christmas to you.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year mate!

@jezza159

5 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing ❤Thanks Sandro

I also meant to ask, I’ve seen you using Dquartz in a few videos. In my area there are 2 versions of Dquartz. Professional grade and consumer grade. Obviously there is a difference in price. Which one are you using in your videos? Thanks again.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

2 ай бұрын

It’s DQuartz Professional used in my videos

Hello, I was wondering if there is any alternative I can use for nv boost/nv boost v2 after wash, my vehicle is coated with nv nova, jet and lustre. It's quite expensive to get the product into Europe, as taxes and shipping alone is 50 euro and they only have 500 ml, is there anything you can recommend?😊

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

4 ай бұрын

I think Meguiar’s Hybrid Detailer is actually quite good and may be my next choice after Boost V2 for a QD.

what is the name of th e song at the end? It perfect matched the film.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

4 ай бұрын

It will be the last track listed in the description box - glad you enjoyed it!

Beautiful truck. Need to see the spec on the engine.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

3.0L twin turbo V6 292kW, 583Nm

Hi, i had some high spots after curing my car with nv nova. I cured the car for 2 days in the garage but I sprayed the car with eraser and removed the high spots, do you think the ceramic coating is failed at this point or should I repolish and reapply the Nv nova? Also hope you will make a review about nv boost v2! Just bought it aswell

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Nv Nova Evo is quite a slow curing coating and high spots - being excess coating - can still wipe away after a day or two with Evo, so that alone doesn’t mean the coating didn’t bond, it will need a good two weeks to fully cure. Yes, I’ve had Nv Boost V2 on my list to review for ages now - need to get on to it!

@kipdrordy6858

5 ай бұрын

​​@@CarCraftAutoDetailing thanks, so the carpro eraser did not remove the nv nova coating? I'll definitely just ceramic coat the car outside with no sunlight from now on. Thanks for your help!

Sandro I really like the information on the ppf, I've personally never watched a single video involving instillation of ppf but I've been considering learning about it and trying it myself. Do you remember what they ended up doing with the edges of the ppf that was hanging off the hood on your final shot at 22:50? Also Sandro I recently applied Nova luster to a customer's car and it was the easiest and most gratifying instillation I've done. The slickness of the coating was amazing. My only gripe is that it is expensive. I also applied carpro darkisde which was very annoying to work with due it clogging my applicator and now im not sure how to get it off lol. One last thing is that I recently applied the cerakote ceramic coating to a personal vehicle and it was a very pleasant and forgiving coating to work with. It also has very nice hydrophobics. I cant speak on longevity yet however i will give you an update in the future. I always love eating food and watching your videos Sandro, thank you for the amazing content and a little refresher with the ppf instillation tips. Happy holidays brother.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you mate and wishing you and yours and Merry Christmas. The PPF edges around the bonnet were all rolled around and wrapped after they were allowed to dry. Yes Lustre is just beautifully slick and glossy - you can get it in a one litre bottle which will bring down the price. Haven’t had issues with DarkSide personally but I can understand that a clogging applicator would be annoying!

@joestewart8966

5 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing Thank you for the reply Sandro, I have another question if you don't mind. How do you strip an existing wax/sealant on a customers car that didn't come off with a pretreatment of carpro lift, carpro descale, an iron remover, and degreaser? Are their any other safe methods of removing the sealant that does not involve polishing? This continues to happen to me and Im not sure how to strip them without polishing at that point.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

@joestewart8966 a alkaline based APC/degreaser will be my choice if the wax or sealant isn’t stripped - something like Carpro Multi-X at a 1:2 dilution. I’ll work panel to panel, spray it on liberally allow it to sit for a couple on mins, then wipe it in for another minute or so and rinse it off.

@joestewart8966

5 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing Ill give that a go next time I encounter the problem, thank you Sandro.

did you also use dquartz on the windows?

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve been testing that out over the last year and Dquartz Pro followed by Cquartz Pro works unbelievably great on glass

You are so incredibly talented. How the hell do you make such nice videos? Can you do a video on how you video? I'm honestly so curious because your B reels are incredible like you did movie making education. Best wishes from Florida! Cheers

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

3 ай бұрын

I attempted my first video about 8yrs ago. Terrible camera skills, horrible voice over and no editing skills whatsoever. Almost 400 videos later, thousands of hours filming/editing and a will to get better at it, is really what has resulted in a far better end product: Hard work and dedication is really the recipe to almost all the success we achieve IMO. It’s really so nice to receive a comment like yours, I greatly appreciate it, but there are video production focused KZreadrs out there that are leagues ahead of me.

@0-60STYLE

3 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing 10,000 hours and beyond of mastery, but a little bit of talent goes a loooooooooong way, and you have it. This channel reminds me of another one I follow (for audio gear) by Andrew Robinson. Same vibe, but he literally was a movie director in his past (if I remember correctly). Whatever you're doing works for interior filming of vehicles. What's your favorite lens when you shoot the B reels of the cars (when you move around like on a dolly)

@0-60STYLE

3 ай бұрын

And I just wanted to supplement, my reaction came from a place of appreciation of your labor. Doing detailing, running a business, training people, and filming, and then editing? U wot M8

@0-60STYLE

3 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing that's love. My dream is to have discipline like you do. You are in the ranks of masters in detail. That's fuckin nice dude. I like it.

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

3 ай бұрын

@firstlast2055 thanks again, so nice to hear such enjoyment and positivity! For the walk around of the the vehicle I use a Dji gimbal holding my Canon R6 with a 15-35 wide angle - it’s a tight area so a wide angle is needed. But when I can go out a little further out I love my Canon 28-70 it’s my favourite all round lens.

Mate don't mind but can you upload videos more frequently 😅

A note, the products being used can't be clearly seen on the dark blue background on black letters and should have been with white letters instead, it was hard to read. Nice bottle flip after your partner John gave you the cue "recording" 😜 That's superb, seeing more collaborative work between different Detailing crafts. I love The Last Details Final Finish 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Just like with PPF installation, you can coat a vehicle with the minimum, at least wash and decontamination and not necessarily paint enhance nor paint correct a vehicle. Yes, it's awkward when you see this generation not able to solve/handle basic skills and using/excercising their brain being manually creative like they are doing with just electronics and forgetting to excercise and you see them with bad postures and lots of back and neck issues 🤔🤦‍♂️

@ninetres187

5 ай бұрын

Was your brightness turned down? I could read the products used just fine, and the blue/black complimented the trucks paint/trim colors.

@1stfrompuertorico568

5 ай бұрын

@ninetres187 brightness was fine, but the contrast of colors was not the best when they were both dark, especially for someone like me who is colorblind

Wouldn't the best way to look after a 4wd be to douse it in petrol and spark a light

First!!!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the video, and wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas my friend!

@1stfrompuertorico568

5 ай бұрын

@CarCraftAutoDetailing Merry Christmas to you and your family and always a delight to watch and learn from your videos and experiences my friend! 👋👍🏼🎄🎅🤶🎊🎉

Did you really just washed a car? Wow unbelieveable. How is this even possible???

Mate I love your channel and wish you were in South Aus. Great video (as always)! Are there any detailing shops you're familiar with over here/ could recommend? Would love to hear from you. BTW Merry Xmas and have a great New Year!

@CarCraftAutoDetailing

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and hope you had a great Christmas 🎄 There were a couple of great SA detailers I knew personally but unfortunately they didn’t survive the lockdown period, so I can’t personally make a recommendation though I’m sure there’s a few great ones in your state!

@MeistCJ

5 ай бұрын

@@CarCraftAutoDetailing Damn that’s a shame, thanks for your reply. Take care 👍