Recent content by Hindsight

I bought a used car for my mom with only 3,000 miles on it. It was a trade-in to a car dealership. As part of detailing the car, the dealership sprayed some sort of air freshener in it that smells like cotton candy and it is crazy powerful. Why someone would do that to a car that still has the...

I did something similar to the bottom corner of a bumper using spray-on paint and clear I bought from the dealer. It turned out pretty good but "feathering" the color and the clear was a challenge. The clear also went on really dry... as in rough with no gloss so I sprayed it on extra thick...

Hi all, 04 Audi.... it has a LOT of really tiny pin-head sized rock chips on the front of the hood and fenders. They don't even appear to go through the clear but I can't take them down with my PC using a 3m or meguires compound. I haven't tried a really aggressive compound yet like OHC though...

Does anyone know of any stores in/around the Atlanta area that sell professional body shop supplies and would sell to the public.... things like wet sanding paper, adhesive remover, Meguiars products, buffing pads, primers, paints etc? I know some of the chain auto parts places like Advanced...

Hi all, I just bought a 3 year old car. The owner probably didn't take care of the paint very well because it has a lot of really small scratches on it. The scratches are so small that you can only see them indoors under fluorescent lighting. Outside the paint looks great but when you look at...