Recent content by BMW645

Hello. I went to a Shell station to fill up with 93. There must have been something wrong with the pump, because as I was about to place the nozzle into the car like I normally do, about a half glass of gasoline poured out and onto the sides of my car. I was rather upset, because I just...

Hello. I use BMW's leather care treatment on my car. It's a cleaner and a conditioner. The smell doesn't last very long, it doesn't last a day. Zaino's leather conditioner doesn't seem to last for more than a few days. Am I doing something wrong here? Is there anything that will make the...

I'm wondering if it's my imagination or not. I use to use Collinite, and I love the wax, but to try something different, I switched to Optimum Car Wax. From what I recall, the Collinite beads are very small and perfectly round and everywhere. Optimum Car Wax has beads that are larger...

My car is a year old. There's some spider webbing, but nothing bad, you have to look at the surface at an extremely low angle, so you're line of sight is more parallel to the surface than perpendicular. There's one spider web that's more obvious on the trunk lid of my car, which is a bother...

If I only hose my car, while wet, the car looks decent, as if there's no dirt on it. Now, once the water dries, I can see that there's still dirt, perhaps less of it. Anyways, after hosing your car, you go about washing it with bucket and mitts. But after hosing, there's still dirt on your...

By accident, I left my spray bottle of Optimum Car Wax in the trunk of my car. I don't know how many days it's been there, but today I've noticed that it's frozen. It must have thawed and froze a few times. I'm wondering if that means my Optimum Car Wax product is no longer any good because...

So what's the proper way to brush snow off your car to minimize any scratching? I have a ice scraper/snow brush that I keep in the trunk of my car in the winter. I'm wondering if the bristles of the brush can scratch the body of my car? Are the bristles just meant to brush the snow off the...

I have multiple layers of collinite IW + 475 on my car for the winter. It should make it through, right? Even with storms and stuff? Anyways, what I want to know is if I go to these coinOp car washes to rinse my car and the last thing I do is use the spotless rinse, would whatever is in the...

How long should I wait before buffing off wax in the winter? Should I even have temperature considerations in mind for any product? thanks.

Leaves get tucked underneath my engine hood when I'm using my wipers. This happens when the leaves fall at the center of my windshield and get caught by the driver side wiper as the wiper comes down. What happen to these leaves and I'm wondering if these leaves eventually clog the drainage...

Hello. I drove behind a car that was kicking up leaves. I went over to the next lane to avoid most of them, but I'm wondering if leaves can scratch up your car? thanks.

Hello there. Well, I've been reading archives, and I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but I haven't seen it explicitly stated. Just to make sure, I'll ask it out right. I use Collinite 476 on my hood and front 1/4 of car. I use Collinite IW on the rest of my car. I want to use...

Do you put wax / sealant on your clear bra? This isn't really a survey. I want to know if it is necessary to do so, overkill, or even harmful to the longevity of the clear bra? Next question, how do you remove the wax on the border of the clear bra? I use my finger nail, but it's not...

Hello. I'm thinking about getting Langka chip repair kit to remove some of the chips that I have on my car. Now, let me understand this... the idea is to put a blob of touch up paint on top of the chipped surface. You need to put enough so that the plastic card + solvent will level the blob...

Hello guys. I can't keep well enough, alone and I have the urge to experiment with some new detailing products. Since a few months have passed, I'm wondering if all you FMJ users can tell me about FMJ's durability? I use Collinite, and I'm wondering if FMJ can do better? I'd like to know...