Recent content by corrswitch

Hi All, Just a fun one. Seeing as I might be starting a family soon, I wanted to ensure I can pass on the detailing gene to them sort of :) Maybe not as OCD as me but just to take good care of a car and to appreciate a detailed car. Of course they're welcome to help me :) So how...

Hi All, Firstly, I have so much respect to all of you that can spend hours and hours working on a car and straining your body to have a car achieve perfection. I'm just a weekend warrior and I only spend a few hours and I have aches and pains the next day. After hand polishing, one arm...

Hi All, Found this interesting read about Mr. Clean trying to expand this car wash franchise from an automotive blog: Mr. Clean Takes Car-Wash Gig - WSJ.com Has anyone tried their services? From the less than positive reviews on the forums about their Mr. Clean autodry...I think I'll...

Hi, Just wanted to get your opinions and experience on using baking soda to neutralize Winter road salt. Searched through the forum and saw people using it on carpets but nothing so far on the car wash itself. Here is a link I found describing to add some baking soda into your wash...

Hi All, I have a jug of some Simoniz wash&wax soap that I bought some time ago while I was very newb. The kind that has a few carnauba beads inside the soap. Its decent soap but after Autopia, I know better now :) I did not want to waste it and I'm running low on my regular wash...

Hi All, Just wanted your suggestions on what to give to someone for Christmas who is not into detailing. This person simply wants to clean the car once in a while. He doesn't want to use automatic car washes anymore so just to get him started. Let's keep the suggestions around the...

Hi All, About to put a layer of collinite 885 (476) and then 885 (put it on thin) for the winter this weekend and hoping for super long durability. What's the longest durability you ever got from using collinite and what did you do or would do to make it last as long as possible? Would...

Hi All, Just wanted to post to see if the economic downturn has affected your choice of products or habits or processes with detailing. As a hobby, I had to cut-back on purchases and really look into return on investment on what I choose and durability. I can spend as much as I wanted to...

Hi All, Just wanted to solicit your experience since I'm as newb as can be. I've been trying to find out all the places in the GTA (Toronto, Ontario) area for purchasing supplies in stores. (OTC) Obviously there is Canadian Tire, PartSource, Napa, Costco and Walmart. However I...

Hi All, Fairly new after I caught the detailing bug a few months ago and lurking for a few weeks. Hope to learn much and share experiences especially with those in Canada since it seems there aren't that many people out there.