Recent content by imported_Sludge1

I got an opportunity to try some new to me detailing items. My goal was to cut my workload by permanently coating the minivan. At 62, climbing all over the van with a polisher is getting to be too much. I divided my workload over three weekends, partially due to time restraints, but mostly...

This is a picture from a current Carmax ad in Raleigh, NC for a 2004 Mini Cooper S. I think the car's former owners may have owned a dog. Hard to believe they put this in the ad, maybe a truth in advertising statement?

This was not intended to be a click and brag, so there are no before pictures. However it turned out better than I expected, so I thought I would share the after pictures. Process: Wash: Optimum No Rinse Clay: Clay Magic Blue Clay Paint: Flex 3401 Meguiars 105 with orange CSS pads...

Hi all, My son Joshua is a critical care nurse and traveller. He recently finished an assignment in Plymouth, MA and some where along the way became infected with MRSA. He is presently in Boston Medical intensive care with MRSA pneumonia and a grave prognosis. He has been there a week and...

It was about time to replace my 2000 Mazda Protege so I picked this one up from a stealership. Having had a 74 Fiat X 1/9 when I was young I wanted another sports car before I became totally decrepit. I may have waited just a little too long on that. :rofl I got a decent price and I really...

My son and my daughter-in-law stopped by to visit this last weekend. They are both traveling nurses and are on their way from Albany, Georgia to a new assignment in New Haven, Conn. They will be working for 3 months at the Yale teaching hospital there and looking forward to their new...

If I get banned from Autopia it will probably be for posting one too many Click & Brags with this van. I don't like minivans anymore than anyone else on this board, but this van's paint is the bomb to detail. I split this up over two days. I went a little overboard and this old body can't...

This is my daily driver, bought new in May, 2000. Parked outside since new, it has racked up 94,000 miles and has been very reliable. Many of you have seen it before, can't be helped when you only own two vehicles. I did this outside only detail in 3 and 1/2 hours which is some kind of...

This is a picture poor click and brag, but hopefully the process description might be helpful to someone. My favorite of my 5 sisters has been asking me to make her car "glossy, like yours" for a while and I finally got time to drive up to the Richmond area to visit and detail. I left home...

This one is kind of interesting. A female coworker that I've known for years has been keeping her brother's F-150 at her house while he is in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne. Her brother is an infantry type and I've seen photos of him carrying a SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon). Earlier this...

This is just a wash and dress trim, tires etc. on my wife's 2004 Quest. This van is rarely driven and parked outside 24/7. I last polished the paint about 5 months ago with High-Temp HC and green Propel pads using the Cyclo. I then applied Danase's Speed Glaze (now Wet Glaze?) and Duragloss...

Process: Wash: ONR with white/yellow Shmitt. No clay, done recently. Wheels: ONR with black Shmitt, sealed with Duragloss 105. Tires, Poorboys BNB Polish: Hi-Temp Heavy Cut Leveler, green Propel 2 pads, Cyclo (new 3.5" backing plates) Glaze: Danase Speed Glaze with LC Black pads and PC at...

Got out this morning at 8:30 AM, temperature 38F with brisk winds to try out my new Pinnacle Souveran. No before pictures as the van had a 5 month old coat of Zaino Z2 Pro which still looked beautiful. Steps were: Washed with ONR (Optimum No Rinse) and dried with my new large Cobra Guzzler...

No befores, the paint had mild swirls and some micro marring. Mostly wanted to try out my new Christmas stuff :grinno: . Procedure: Cleaned car with ONR (Optimum No Rinse) Clayed with Blackfire Poly Clay. Did not think I needed to clay, but I was very wrong. I hated the texture of the clay...

I have been very happy with the Duragloss 105 that I applied in September. I have maintained it with ONR (Optimum No Rinse) and an application of Duragloss Aquawax once in a blue moon. I have been debating using Collinite 845 for a little more depth and finally decided to try it. I applied 845...