Recent content by abbeysdad

What's being used for boat wash ?

When you apply an LSP, do you tape off or go over or just avoid? Make any difference if you apply w/pc vs. by hand?

Anybody ever used ONR on a boat - I know it may not be practical if a more serious scum cleaner is required...but was wondering about it for more routine 'quick(er) detail' of topside areas.

Take 1: http://www.autopia.org/forum/marine-detailing/106439-aluminum-canoe.html This isn't a click 'n brag as she's a real old gal (the boat too) and the goal is more just to get her back in the water again... This is perhaps one of the very early 17' Grumman canoes as I estimate it's age...

I just got my order from AG and the Duragloss Metal Polish container was half empty - it's supposed to be 14oz but sure doesn't look like it in a half empty container (okay maybe it's half full, but it looks more half empty). Isn't gonna go very far on my 17' canoe. Anybody else experiance...

The other day I was following a car that wasn't much to look at. When it turned I noticed Chrome wheels and nice rubber (that belonged on some other ride). Made me think back to when I was in high school and kids would put chrome reverse wheels on their $200 - $300 cars! (each wheel was worth...

I didn't realize until it was too late that a black nylon jacket I wore stained (or perhaps dye transfer is more accurate) the (tan) drivers side armrest in my ride. Everything I've tried to remove it so far has failed. Any ideas?

I posted this under 'machine polishing' then realized it might be a better fit here... We inherited a 17' Grumman's aluminum canoe from my wife's grandfather's estate many, many years ago. It's gotta be about 50 years old (we've had it for 35, wife paddled around in it when she was a kid)...

It's funny how when your into detailing you notice the condition of other rides so much more... I came back from lunch and noticed a bright shiney red car in a visitors spot. From a distance, it looked great and the sun was reflecting off it like it was a red mirror. But as I got closer, oh no...

We inherited a 17' Grumman's aluminum canoe from my wife's grandfather's estate many, many years ago. It's gotta be about 50 years old (we've had it for 35, wife paddled around in it when she was a kid). It's anodized and and overall dingy from age. On top of that, it sat in a boathouse in the...

A long winter over at last... Vehicle: 2006 Buick Rendezvous Interior: 1. full vacuum 2. Upholstery and carpet cleaned with Bissell Pro heat 2X. (really believe that extractions is a key to really cleaing these). 3. Plastic/vinyl cleaned with simple green, protected with...

There's a (fairly) new car wash in town that features a Foam Carwash (in addition to self service coin-op spray bays). What is a Foam Wash? Is it better than 'Touchless' (or the same thing)?

I noticed a couple of faint scratches in the polished, stamped 'BUICK' metal in the rear of my Rendezvous. I must have done it since I'm pretty sure they weren't there all along. Polish seems inappropriate unless it's a metal polish? Advice?

Anybody done metal polishing with a PC? (Or is it more rotary territory?) I have a 17' Grumman aluminum canoe. It has an anodized finish and sat in the water in a boathouse for many years before I got it. I was able to clean it up some 'back in the day', but I'm thinking I'd really like to...

Background: http://autopia.org/forum/detailing-product-discussion/79588-onr-rules.html In searching for the best way to keep the vehicles protected and clean through the evil northeastern winters...about 6 months of cold, snow and SALT! ONR seems like the ticket and I'm sold with the...