Recent content by bigsled

i was thinking of trying b2b on my smoked bug shield, and then locking it in with a sealant, anybody ever try this ?:nixweiss i already tried b2b on the bug shield and it looked great:cool: but after a rain, it was gone:eek: thanks

just wondering , i tried armor all and also mothers back to black, on door handles and bug shield but when it rained both just ran right down the side of vehicle. i think the armor all holds up better on the tires during a rain than on the door handles etc ??, anybody know of a dressing that...

before rinsing in second bucket when washing?? i'm sure its almost impossiable to tell how dirty it is or when to lift mitt and rinse

hello, i did my first few details a month ago. i used ssr line. i have read alot on here about prep being 85% of the final look. which i agree with. i was just gonna leave the cars alone until the next touch up but, now i'm wondering if , after using the ssr 2.5 if i would have used a glaze...

i have been messing around with my black window moldings with nxt and with ssr 1.0 , trying to shine them up and now they are as if finish came off. now i dont know if i actually removed some finish or what. i dont know if you can , its not painted :angry can you ruin the finish on what seems...

hello all , i have read here about numerous products for removing dried wax. i bought some 3m adhesive/wax/tar remover and was wondering how to get into the crevices around my door handles ? the areas still need to be rubbed after spraying product but i cant fit cloth into certain areas. dont...

i know there's probably a thread somewhere, but would someone tell me if you just treat painted plastic like the metal ? polish for shine, than some wax ? thanks todd

i had just finished doing my first detail. i used poorboys line with ex as the lsp. i thought you could layer different carnaubas at least a few times , everyone talks about all the different layers they do here but, yesterday on here somebody said they wanted to use s100 over nxt and somebody...

i tried doing a search, i dont know if i'm doing it wrong but, i was wondering what to use ? i was trying to get some nxt off of my plastic door handles, also what about the crevices ? those detailing brushes dont seem stiff enough to work on old dried wax, and if they were, wouldnt it marr the...

i just got my pc and was wondering ( on average ) how often you could use a pc per year for how many years, while using poorboys 2.5 and/ or dacp. i know there was a very good thread here awhile back where a guy was experimenting on a hood with a paint gauge, and using different products, etc...

i tried clay ( claymagic ) for the first time, i cut the bar into 3 pieces, i found the clay rather hard to knead, is this normal ? is there easier clays to work with?? :nixweiss

tried claying for the first time, i was wondering how i know if my last product was removed ? can i assume that clay removes all waxes and sealants ? i had put nxt on a month prior. :nixweiss

just did my first detail, this is probably a dumb question but i dont want to mix products on the next detail.. after soaking pads, working the pads with hand, if the water comming out of pad is clear it means the pads are clean ? the pads are still colored from the products but they will never...

clicking onto exceldetail.com rmg is described as a wax.. question : vm with ex or rmg with ex , are you not suppose to apply seperate brand waxes over each other ? everybody seems to be doing vm over ex , but vm has wax in it just like ex ??

just wondering about vm added into the detail , with poorboys. i'm getting ready for my first detail, and have seen you talk about it . wouldnt ssr2.5, ssr1, than ex be just as good? have you tried that combo without vm ? also wondering on bonding issue? i know there was a thread somewhere...