Recent content by DeanSweet

So I got this bottle of HD Speed that came with the polisher and decided to finally give my DD a day at the spa with a full detail. I washed the car with the 2bucket method and dish wash detergent, the 3D Blue clay & Final Touch. Car wasn't bad to begin with but hadn't been touched (other...

During removing a very slight scratch in a 2010 Mitsubishi Eclipse I actually went thru the clear coat... At 1st I was so anxious I felt nauseous, then I thought to myself,'That clear is incredibly thin?!' So the money I could have spent buying a thickness gauge, I am having the quarter...

I don't know how you guys in the South work out in the probably 'normal' conditions you have there? Here in southern Ohio it is already 90degrees with humidity showing ~50%? I started detailing a Porsche 944 at 8a this morning and I was drenched in sweat before 830? This is crazy. Makes me...

Driving up yesterday from Cincinnati to Lansing Michigan to see my ailing 98yr old grandmother with my older brother... In my Honda fit. My brother had been talking about his stomach was turning right after we left Cabela's. I offered to stop to pick him up some rolaids, water, whatever and...

Was contacted asking if I could get it ready for the 'GoodGuys Nationals' show next weekend July 8th thru 10th) in Columbus. I dunno which is better? Cleaning up a car inside of the Cincinnati Convention Center or in my own garage where it was 100 degrees and 99% humidity? Makes me feel so...

Friend of mine lives in a really old house and has had this motorcycle sitting in the underground garage for almost six years. I was asked to pick it up and get it back on the road. Sorry, no before pictures but it really wasn't too back just nasty spots on it everywhere and the polished...

This was my 1st time so please be gentle. After months of saving up to buy all the parts I thought I needed after reading numerous posts by other here at autopia I finally polished out my 2008 Honda Fit. Sorry no before pics but it was dreadful. Almost looked like the previous owner used a...

Hello all! A Fitfreak board member suggested I come here and post this question. Bought a used 2008 Honda Fit Sport that needs some serious paint TLC. I don’t know what the previous owner washed it with but looks like it may have been a brillo pad(s) and bonami (sp?) to me in certain...