Favorite tip or trick.

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Dalton

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I (and most people) am always looking for different out of the norm tips or tricks to make my life easier when detailing.

Post your favorite, most useful tip or trick!!!
 
FWIW If you have a pc or rotary pad come apart, and dont want to send it back, cut it up and use for applying dressings and polishing wheels. they work great and they are machine washable

Eric
 
Wax your wheels. It makes them look better and makes them EASY TO CLEAN AND KEEP CLEAN. You can get away with car wash soap instead of expensive wheel cleaner.

I recommend using a sealant because of it's ability to last through higher temperatures.
 
Always do your interior glass twice. Once with a MF towel that is soaked with your fav glass cleaner. Then again without the cleaner. You WILL get streak free glass.
 
Use an electric grass blower after washing the car to remove excess water and/or those nooks and cranies. Then only need one ww.
 
I use a small rolling work seat to buff and polish a vehicle. Saves my back a ton, no more squating and scooting. Also has a little shelf on the bottom to hold products.

Membim, great suggestion on the windows, heard that tip sometime ago, works great!
 
denverdetail said:
I use a small rolling work seat to buff and polish a vehicle. Saves my back a ton, no more squating and scooting. Also has a little shelf on the bottom to hold products.

Membim, great suggestion on the windows, heard that tip sometime ago, works great!
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I AGREE WITH DENVERDETAIL - I ALSO USE A ROLLING WORK SEAT TO BUFF AND POLISH, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT!

Foris
 
To remove bugs easier use amonia and water mix it 2-1 and they come right off with a cotton rag or towel..... This will strip wax so use before waxing and polishing.... I have never had it damage paint and works good on bumpers and chrome...
 
I have a couple small/obvious ones:

A rolling work seat is a great idea, I may have to try that. Right now I use an old blanket folded over a few times to sit right on the ground. Its comfortable, cheap, and it lets me really take my time on the lower areas that are tempting to just skim over. It also makes a nice place to set stuff you dont want sitting right on the ground (towels, PC) and keeps you from sitting in water if there was a little left over from the wash.

I also wear earmuffs designed for powertools with my PC, they help dimish the sound significantly. Yes, the sound is tolerable without them, but I'm more worried about hearing loss from longterm exposure than discomfort.

I use a two car garage to wax in, but there is a boat on one side so space is pretty tight. So I have more room to move around in, I will pull the car in extremely far to one side and not quite into the garage all the way. In this position, I will wax front or back and one side, then pull the car out, turn it around and back it in on the other side. This way I have roomy workspaces on two sides of the car instead of cramped ones all four sides around. It only takes a second, and it saves me from navigating two foot wide passages and bumping into stuff.
 
On my tan interrior, the plastic pieces can get dirty over time. Just going over it with vinylx or something similiar does not really get it clean, it just makes it shiny. So when I want those interrior pieces really clean I put some GOOF OFF on a rag and scrub them down. The pieces get clean, but are really dull, then I put on vinylx. It looks great!!
 
Fix Cigerate Burns In carpet

clean the burn mark, get a new razor blade, find somewhere on your carpet that not really visible scrape off some of the carpet with the razor blade the carpet gets real fine, take some super glue dab it in the burn mark, sprinkle the carpet u trimmed off onto the burn, blow the rest of it off or wipe it away, u almost cannot tell it was even there!
 
A wise man told me just yesterday that the best tip/trick is to read and follow the directions. I thought that was funny!!
 
I've got another tip,
I use a 50ft long extractor hose with the 'hide a hose' solution hose inside. I no longer have to take out my extractor out of my van to get to all areas of a vehicle because of a short hose. Now the extractor never leaves the van. Saves my back and my time having to move it around.
 
Re: Fix Cigerate Burns In carpet

jimdawg12 said:
clean the burn mark, get a new razor blade, find somewhere on your carpet that not really visible scrape off some of the carpet with the razor blade the carpet gets real fine, take some super glue dab it in the burn mark, sprinkle the carpet u trimmed off onto the burn, blow the rest of it off or wipe it away, u almost cannot tell it was even there!
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gotta try this.......
 
Use a cosmetic wedge sponge to apply dressing to narrow trim pieces. The wedge shape provides defined edges and corners which allow for very precise product application. This really seems to help keep the dressing contained on the trim rather than smudged over your freshly waxed panels.
 
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