Recent content by Gimics

At least I hope. I think I've almost completed my product lineup (being an amateur who's only really doing this for pleasure), but I'm missing out on the prep end of things. My polish is limited to Opt Poli-Seal and pad type. It would be great if I could sum up most of the rest of the prep work...

My car was really cheaply painted before I bought it.. and I'm finding that out now. It looks good from far away.. yadadada. The problem I have with it is that there appear to be swirls and when I get real close to the car in some spots.. it almost looks like I can see paint brush...

I'm just starting to get serious with detailing and think I need to step up my products a little bit. I don't want to spend alot of money on products.. because I don't think I'm gonna be to fussy over my outcomes, and where I live, i need to order everything in. I want to go with like a 5...

I just recently got a PC and have been in the business of keeping my car and my family's cars all clean and tidy... but still have some noob frustrations to figure out. Can anyone help answer a few questions? 1) Cleaning MF towels - its seems that after the first time i've used them, they...

Paint was really new, so there wasn't much wrong with aesthetically. Theres some swirls and it was really dirty but nothing major. Phyiscally, the paint sucks.. theres bubbling, some webbing and lots of overspray, but you won't notice much of that in the pics. . . ps. i know my wheels and...

newb: :chuckle: I recently purchased a honda civic with a new... shoddy paint job ... and a whole bunch of stuff from autopia-carcare. When i got the car, it was dirty and had been painted like 2 weeks prior, so I didn't want to do much to it for a little bit. Just recently I tried my...

I'm looking for some more canadian based auto forums. I'm starting to get into car tuning along with detailing and can't find any places that I can get some canadian opinions on online stores or canadian west cost shops and stuff. Anyone know of anywhere to go? Thanks for the help. PS. my...

Hello, I'm a noob here and am just starting to get into detailing. I just purchased a 93 Honda Civic DX with a shiny red with gold flake paint job, and want to make sure I keep it looking its best. Aside from all of the products I ordered from autopia, I am looking to buy some Mother's FX...