Recent content by russde

I just picked up my #95 from the local NAPA paint store, they had to order it in for me. Pretty quick though, I ordered it Friday and it arrived this morning, $18 w/ tax for 32 oz. I plan on trying it out on my diamond hard, white BMW this Saturday, though it will be difficult to wait that long...

Does the Meguiars website give anyone else fits? I at first thought it was because I prefer using FireFox, but I've tried it with IE and most every time the browser will lock up shortly after I attempt to load Meguiars. I can't even load it to get their contact info to send them an e-mail...

Not sure if this should be in this forum or not, but... NAPA is having a 'bucket' sale this weekend. But over $10 of anything and they will give you a three gallon bucket, then anything you can fit in the bucket is 15% off. I went to my local NAPA paint store today to pick up some touch up...

I bought a 2000 Escort ZX2 a few months back for my daughter to drive. Purchased from a young lady who, I'm guessing, never heard of wax, much less polish. She explained that her apartment parking spot was drenched two to three times a week from the sprinklers, I would have pitched a fit with...

New to DA use and curious about the difference in technique needed for chemical polishes. I've got some Hi Temp Smooth Cut and as this product is not an abrasive but a chemical product I am curious about the time needed for the product to make corrections. I know that pad selection will be...

Now this might not be true...but I read somewhere that using a MF cloth after waxing will remove fresh wax. Any truth to this? I was about to make a purchase of some quality MF's specifically for after an LSP but now I'm wondering if I should. Comments?

Ok, I just recently bought a '98 M3 sedan, Alpine white. Overall the condition of the paint is very good, in fact from 20' the car looks awesome, but... There are several places where one of the PO's did some chip/scratch repair with a poorly matching touch-up paint; if it weren't so durable...

Hi guys (gals too), I just bought a '98 M3, Alpine white. Overall the paint condition is pretty darn good, but there are four to five spots where the last owner applied touch up to some scratches and it looks bad: This is probably the worst of the bunch, looks like they used white-out and...