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Turtle Wax Ice now has a new place in my detailing kit. I ran out of my regular plastic protectant, so I remembered I put the Ice away after being thoroughly disappointed at it's performance on paint. Well I wanted to clean the dirt and polish residues on my trucks trim and thought I might...

Funniest thing happened today, I was coming home on my motorcycle and on the approach to my driveway a stray cat was walking on the roof of my truck. Well on my approach it saw me and got scared and jumped onto the hood of the truck near the edge. This is the same truck with 7 coats of collinite...

Well I decided to buy it since Harbor Freight is discontinuing it. And I like it. Surprisingly it's cheaper than 845. This stuff works good and is easy enough to apply. I decided to see how it layers. I applied it in the hot sun with a cellulose sponge with all the water squeezed out, let it dry...

I went to harbor freight today and saw a 5" backing plate and decided to get it. My current rotary has a 10" head and I always found it unwieldy and it also soaks up lots of polish. Well this 5" one just makes it so user friendly I think I'll be doing all my polishing rotary now. Well I did...

So I detailed a friends car that got in an accident and got new parts and was resprayed. Well The painter was just some guy who did it in his garage and it was the worst paint I've ever dealt with. I mean it had visible orange peel in the color coat and the clear was so porous that it absorbed...

So I was going through walmart looking for bug killer when I passed through the lawn and garden section and this little beauty caught my eye. Ace - Ace Tree: Lawn & Garden: Plant & Lawn Care: Spreaders, Sweepers, Sprayers: Hose End Sprayers: Ortho® Dial-N-Spray® Hose-End Sprayer (0836510)...

Yes the title is kinda weird but I usually do a test on all my polishes to determine how the abrasives behave. This is the first time I put my usual lineup in a head to head comparison. The test involves putting a small drop on a fresh cd-r and placing another fresh cd-r on top then rubbing back...

Does anyone know the orbit radius on the PC? I just wanna compare it to a finishing sander, and my trusty coleman. Finishing sander is about 1/8 inch, coleman about 1/4 inch.

Just to show you guys exactly what is possible with just a $20 coleman 6" buffer. This is my dad's BMW. It was a car whose previous owners wrecked. Well he repaired it and even repainted it in the backyard. Long project but just to give an in depth explanation the hood and front quarter panel...

Amazon.com: Turtle Wax Carnauba Car Wax 14 oz. Paste: Automotive Read the first review.

I saw on amazon that for only about 6 dollars you can buy 8 ounces of pure carnauba flakes. And am wondering if you can add this to a solvent wax like 845 and boost it's carnauba content and hopefully it's water repelling ability and maybe durability.

New here, but not to detailing. I'm not crazy into detailing but I try to keep my vehicles clean, and also not spend tons doing it. I've even done friends cars and they're all impressed by how clean, shiny and smooth their cars turn out. And they keep saying I should restart my old mobile...