Recent content by NorcalZ71

Been awhile (living in an apartment in the city makes detailing rough) but my parents 02` xstar hull is needing some love. I have a rotary from a few years back that basically never got any use, but never picked up any wools pads for it. I`m leaning towards some Marine 31 compound and polish...

ok forgive me if this is a somewhat stupid question, but is it "ok" to use one pad with different products (provided its properly cleaned first?) or should you absolutely only dedicate each pad to one specific polish/wax/sealant/etc? im mostly just a weekend warrior on my own truck and i dont...

Ok so if this is a stupid idea, i apologize. ive developed some surface defects on my 20" chrome wheels that i am really not sure the company will cover under warranty as it could be "owner neglect". i dont think thats the case, but beside the point. the defects basically look like...

Well i decided today was the day i would take the plunge and see if I could handle wetsanding my baby. a little background, this is my 94 Chevy z71 ext cab, midnight blue/indigo metallic whatever they called it that year, original factory paint, 12" lift 38s, 20s, etc, etc. Anyways, i know...

just snagged some never dull to try on the chrome trim an wheels on my truck. just did a tiny little test spot before it got dark when i got home from the store. wiped the spot on the bumper clean with QEW and an MF, ripped off a little piece of the wadding and went over the area. it definitely...

Ok so i have basically been too busy with school/sports/life in general to get my truck where i want it to be detail-wise. now that things are calming down, i plan to get the thing as perfect as possible before winter, likely working panel by panel since i dont have large chunks of time to do it...

So unfortunately being as busy as i have been lately with school and a lot of things, my truck has be ridiculously dirty and gone unattended. Its now winter, needs a detail bad and is about 6" too tall to fit into any garage other than my dads shop that is 250 miles away at home and takes about...

I am thinking about getting the Optimum package from Autogeek and it mentioned the compound is good for up to 1200 grit sanding mark removal. I have some areas i will be attempting to wetsand this winter break (if i blow it, its already close to repaint time so not a huge deal, but i should be...

I have never been very good at doing my tires often, and it is especially a chore now since i got 38s a few weeks ago. Anyway, when i scrub them, i use a bucket of soap/water just for the tires, tire brush and some simple green (cant get the costco apc yet). I spray the whole sidewall down with...

So one thing i have never really messed with too much is dressing my tires. I dress the tires every so often on my dads audi and moms suburban, but my truck has 38s so its a lot of tire to dress. I picked up some NXT insane shine tire dressing whatever and am gonna give it a go tomorrow...

Ok i know it sounds like a dumb question, but what section is this stuff in? Does anyone have a pic of the bottle that it comes in? A new costco just opened near me here at school so i went to get some APC. However when i asked a few people there, all they had was simple green? Is it kirkland...

Mostly regarding LSP's, but what type of applicator (foam pad, PC, terry cloth towel, terry pad, MF applicator etc) do you use for each product? I mostly use foam and terry pads, but am looking to expand if some products work better with other applicators

My sister just turned 16 and shes looking at older K5's an suburbans, 89-91 year model. As many know, GM paint has a tendency for clearcoat failure those years, and most stuff she has looked at is in good shape other than the hood and roof having CC failure. She is looking at a suburban...

I will be doing another major overall on my truck, big, big detailing session over the course of a couple of days. I would like to take some good before and afters, but I am not so great at photography. I have a Sony Cybershot DSC (the one that steven tyler was in the commercial....i think?) 5...

When wet sanding, how do you attach the paper to your foam sanding block? Or do you just kind of have the paper between the block and the panel. I have a few areas i am going to try to wetsand, and I have 1500, 2000 and 3000 grit 3m paper as well as a 3m fowm sanding block. It has holes on one...