Recent content by kb798

Just wondering what would be the most durable spray on wax? I'm not too worried about looks, but rather durability. I have Collinite 885 fleetwax, but I'm wondering if there's something almost as durable in a spray-on form?

I removed a lip kit off of my car earlier this year, and I still have the residue from the body moulding tape. It's not a glue residue, but rather the tape is so strong that the it tore in half thus leaving the foam portion of it on the car. I've thought about using dry ice to freeze the...

Would it be possible to use a rotary as an all-inclusive machine, where it can tackle the toughest of problems to very light swirl/marring correction that would typically be done with a PC? I gather that most people use both of those tools, since a rotary can cause mircomarring and the like...

I've had this car for about 3.5 years now, and I finally finished putting in my last mod last month. The process I used on the car was: QEW Clay Menzerna IP x 1 with PC on 6 and yellow pad Menzerna FP x 1 with PC on 6 and white pad Collinite #885 x 1 S100 x 2 Klasse AIO and SG on...

I have a PC right now, and because I do all my detailing work in a townhouse, my neighbors want to kill me since the PC is really loud. I mainly do my polishing on 6 and after hours of doing that...I wouldn't blame them either if I had a neighbor like myself. I read that Makita 9227 is...

I used QEW for the first time this past weekend on my car, and I'm somewhat neutral about the results. My car was very filthy, especially in the lower areas, from being a daily driver parked outside 24/7 for about 2 months. I watered the car down with a traditional hose to get some of the dirt...

I'm about to jump on the QEW bandwagon since my neighbors are getting ansy about me using so much water from the traditional bucket washing, but I'm a tried-and-true fan of the Absorber. I know that many of you have converted to WW towels and use that after washing a panel, but has anybody had...

Does this look like swirls/marring or streaking/hazing from SG?

I did a full detail job on my car recently, and the results are worse than what the car was like in the first place. I used: Mother's Californa Gold Wash Mother's California Clay Bar Meguiar's No.83 DACP with LC yellow pad Menzerna FP with LC white pad Klasse AIO with Pakshak MF towel...

I did a search and wasn't very succesful finding really helpful posts. Anyway I have this white polishing pad that is stained pretty heavily with Menzerna FP. I used this one pad for most of the car so the FP was kinda caked on there. I let it soak in hot water first for about 20 minutes and did...

I PC'ed my black car today with the Menzerna Twins. Mind you, it's a small car too. To do the roof and the hood ONLY, it took me from 10am to 6pm. I used the Menzerna IP with a LC yellow pad set at 4, and the Menzerna FP with a LC white pad also at 4. Even though it took a while for the IP to...

I know you're supposed to use a putty knife to spread the s100 around on the finishing pad and set it on 3, but how much do I put on? Will a little go a long way basically?

What significant benefits are there between a cuved edged variable contact pad versus a standard variable contact pad? I assume both use the same technologies. :nixweiss

I did a search, but ran into some conflict between opinions. I was planning on getting the regular velcro backing plate from CMA, but there's also the flexible backing plate as well. Nick from Detailer's Paradise in this thread...

:D I just had to share my joy with others :xyxthumbs So I went to Lowes and got a Porter Cable 7336SP for $109. After being a lurker on this forum for quite some time, and doing detailing by hand, I decided to save my workout for the gym and get a Porter Cable to tackle the swirls ;)...