Recent content by pancho1984

I'm a big fan of Prime Strong + AJT for its ease of use and durability but I'm starting to miss the carnuba look on my black metallic car (VW Passat). After the Prime application the car sorta has the look but AJT seems to mute it. Please recommend the missing step. Is the obvious answer...

About two months ago I gave up on trying to eek out the time to maintain S100 on my black metallic VW. My hand combo for the previous 2+ years was GEPC and S100. Car looked great for the first month or so but then went down hill. I decided it was time to try an acrylic for durability; Prime...

Hey all, My usual process is GEPC/S100 but as my supplies are running out and situation has changed, I'm looking for something new. Kids and other stuff has made detailing sessions infrequent and the garage is now home to bikes and big wheels instead of my car. I'm leaning towards a...

Don't know if this is the right forum, but... can any of the experts here educate me on the various methods of mathing paint color when body work is done. I have an 03 Midnight Blue Honda that needs a new front bumper. The shop the insurance company sent me to stated that they use an...

I somehow inflicted lots of fine scratches during my last wash (I think it was a combo of the new mitt I used and the encrusted dirt and road salt). The scratches are linear in the direction of the air flow over the car. Anyways, would I work the PTBD (product to be determined) perpendicular...

Can anyone verify that they are one in the same? If so, what are the pro's and con's of this product over something like IHG? I currently have s100 over IHG which looks great but I am looking for something that may have better cleanser properties than IHG. If you had a black car and a...

Test subject: VW alloy rims, front and rear that had not been cleaned for 3 weeks. Contenders: new A2Z (orange stuff), P21 spray (not gel). I'm running low on P21 and came across the A2Z which has received favorable reviews here for under $4 at Walmart. So I thought I'd do a side by...

a person posted favorable comments on another forum about using this cleaner wax to remove baked on brake dust from VW wheels (i.e., lots o' brake dust). any comments? :xyxthumbs or even :nixweiss tia, mz