Recent content by boarderx

Last night my sister came to my house complaining about the black "things" stuck to her car. The black things were spores, I guess, released from landscaping mulch. I looked at the car and saw tons of them over her car. They look like poppy seeds and are stuck to the paint. I washed the car to...

I usually change to a new sponge and throw my old one out when it gets stained with dirt, maybe after 15-2- washes. I'm just wondering how others decide when to throw away there current wash sponge/mitt.

I have a 1996 Nissan Maxima. The paint is horribly chipped and swirled. Last summer I threw on about 2 coats of Zaino and that was all the waxing I did to it until this past April. Previous to last summer I used to wax it monthly and used a paint cleaner and polishe every few months. In mid...

My friend stopped at my house just as I was finishing my Nissan. I took one look at the car and was disgusted! The wheels were filthy, coated with brake dust. I started out just wanting to clean the wheels up quickly. Of course, not surprisingly it didn't stop there. I ended up washing it. Then...

Yep, I made the plunge and bought a garage. Thankfully it came with an attached living quarters! I'm so happy to have the house hunting finished with. It was about the least pleasant thing I have ever done. I'm psyched to move in but unfortunately we don't close until May 30 - about 80 days from...

This is for all of the non-warm-climate dwellers! With the approach of winter I got to thinking about how I should remove the snow from my car. Now that I'm worried about scratching up the paint, I don't think I should used my stiff-brissled brush to remove the snow! I'm thinking maybe I could...

NAPA said they could order the products if I had a part number. If anyone with these products could give me the part number I'd really appreciated it. I'd like to try them out!

This is the 4th time since June that one of our cars have been egged. If I ever catch one of those little ***** they're going down! Thankfully the sun had not risen over the trees, so it had no time to bake into the paint. I got it off with soap and water with no problem and it didn't look like...

I must admit to someone that I did it. I feel ashamed! My reason is that I'm going on vacation today and I haven't had a chance to wash the car this week. It was a brushless wash, the only bad part was the drying done by the 2 guys and the end of the line. At least they use new towels for...

I applied Klasse AIO & SG to my car a couple of weeks ago. When I wash it again, can I apply another coat of SG or do I have to do the AIO & SG? I would think the AIO will remove the SG, correct?

My first order of Autopia-quality products included a Pinnacle kit, with Pinnacle vinyl and rubber protectant. The coconut smell is wonderful. The shine is nice too. It's a bit too shiny though. I have 2 cars one with a black dash and one with brown. I cleaned both and then applied the pinnacle...

I'm been looking for posts on how the PC should be used but came up with nothing. So I'm looking for some suggestions. I tried using it last night on one half of my car's front hood. I tried the 3M SMR with the white foam pad that came with the PC. I applied a thin line of SMR around the edge...

After reading a post about cleaning floor mats with a mixture of Tide and Oxiclean I was motivated to wash my 6 year old floor mats. I have a 1996 model car and have never shampooed the floor mats, just the regular vacuuming. The front mats were at one time caked in mud. I removed the mud by...

I've been reading about the PC7336 for a few weeks here and decided to check it out today. To my surprise the pad end rotated. I was under the impression that it acted like a sanding machine and just sort of vibrated. So, my question is, what is the difference between a random orbit buffer and...

I've been reading many posts about oxidized cars, but it seems to really remove oxididation a buffer is needed. So here's my situation. A friend of mine has a 94 or so VW Golf. The front left fender and one side of the hood seems to be fading or oxidized. I'm not sure if the car has a clearcoat...