Recent content by kiaser

Weirdest thing I've seen so far... I was washing down a 91 Mercedes that had be repainted red a few years ago. Nobody knows if it's a clearcoat job or not. Anyhow, nothing strange is coming off onto my wash mitts, just the usual dirt. When I start to dry the car with my drying towels...

I have some assorted pads mostly purchased from Tropi-Care (Orange fast-cut, Yellow medium cut, and black finish pad). But I also have a bunch of white foam pads that I purchased a long time ago and cannot remember where they were from or what they were to be used for (abrasives, polishing, or...

I just opened up my first can of Pinnacle Souveran Paste and it's really really hard (almost like a stick of really cold butter, but not frozen). I can break up the paste a bit with my finger, but it doesn't seem to be very cooperative into turning into any kind of liquid or substance I could...

I've had stunning repairing a hood from a junk yard that had oxidation, swirls (SOS pad style), scratches, orange peel, etching, etc. I was using this hood as a test so I decided to key some words into the hood. On some letters I used hardly any pressure at all, and other letters I pressed...

If you had a completely non-abrasive polish that only was used for gloss with oils and fillers, would it be beneficial to do multiple applications? Say putting multiple coats of No. 7 Show Car Glaze.

Has anybody ever obtained a fender/hood/etc at a junkyard to practice their skills on? Is there a sure way to tell if a fender/hood/etc has a clearcoat finish? I figured if it only cost me $50-$100 for a test hood or something it may be worth the money. Hopefully you could find something with...

What's the difference between these two products? I can't seem to find anything other than marketing fluff. They both seem to be the same on the abrasiveness scale. Do they both have fillers/oils?

I'm looking for a good product to use primarily to start the removal of any dullness left behind by swirl cutting, but without any fillers or oils that would be removed with a paint cleaner. Fill in my missing step: Wash Clay Wash Tropi-Care Swirl Cutter --------> Need Help <----------...

As a final glaze with a PC would Megs No. 7 Show Car Glaze or No. 3 Machine Glaze be better? Or would a completely different product be better, such as VM?

I've got some very minor swirls on my '94 black car. The car has been wetsanded before and the paint is very thin, but for 10 year old paint it is smooth as glass and in very good condition. I plan on starting with the least abrasive swirl cutter I have and a mild cutting pad with a PC. I...

I have plenty of the following: Orange pad (70ppi pre-polymer foam) Yellow pad (60ppi polyurethane foam) Black pad (80ppi polyurethan foam) White pad (unsure, i got them from here: http://www.topoftheline.com/lake-country-polisher-pads.html ) Orange microfiber polishing bonnets White...

I've got 3M Finish It II for dark cars. I assume this does some type of swirl filling to help reduce the appearance of swirls. Will AIO remove any good the 3M Finish It II caused, or any other product for that matter?

I've been reading up and collecting detailing products for a while now (including my new Porter Cable Random Orbital with all the extra goodies), but haven't started detailing yet. I have a solid black '94 Viper (original paint). I've made a general list of my planned process to detail the car...