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So I had a side of my car repainted about nine months ago. I finally decided it was time to put a badge back on the fender, and got a tube of this stuff and proceeded to strip off the wax on the fender, put a bit of the adhesive on the badge, and go to it. Well, shortly after I put the badge...

Well, over the weekend I finally got a rotary polisher. Works pretty well, but this is still about as good as I've been able to get my finish. Still has a few swirls, and more importantly, those little spots all over it. Highway sand blasting? I used my polisher at about 200RPM with megs...

I just had a side of my '96 Miata re-painted for the second time after there were some issues with the paint adhering. As much as I didn't want to have it painted this close to winter, it might not have been able to wait until spring, but hopefully I can get a coat of wax on before any drives...

I just got one half of my car repainted about three weeks ago, and it needs to look really nice for a special occasion Saturday, and I was wondering if it'd be ok to use megs speed glaze on the freshly painted part to clean up some swirls and shine it up. I've heard it won't block paint...

Tomorrow my car is going in for some paint work. I think it's been re-done before and a section is separtating. Anyway, one part is being totally repainted (a stone guarded section on the lower half of the car) and one part (the upper half of the panel above a body line) is just being...

I have a '96 Miata that I've used Z-2 on, but recently switched to S-100 because it makes the dark blue look much better. But with winter coming, I need to shift my focus to protecting the paint, because I'll throw the hardtop on it and it will be driven through the winter. What's the best way...

I have to park my car outside. And the air quality here seems very bad, because in a few days the car gets a thick layer of dust all over it. It's a Miata, so I really can't store a cover in the trunk. I just lightly dusted it off with a duster, but I'm even worried about that scratching the...

I just spent most of last weekend polishing the swirls out of my dark blue miata (3M SMR did the trick BTW, much better than any megs product) and after setting outside for a few days, it had become dusty. I tried brushing the dust off of the car with a 100% cotton towell, and immediately a...

Just out of curiousity, if I applied Z-2 to a vinyl convertible top, would it then bead water like it does on paint so the top wouldn't have water lay on the surface and never dry, or would it screw up the top? I was just wondering if I could use any of my products on my top to keep water from...

I recently purchased a dark blue '96 Miata, and at the time I only had the weekend after I bought it avalible to detail it, so I just washed it off, used a meguiars mirror glaze polish to get rid of some swirls, then put on a layer of Z-1 polish lok and a layer of Z-2 pro after that. But over...

I'm re-painting some bicycle parts (frame and fork) to match the car, and I've got about 3-4 coats of color on one part, and it's looking a little rough, just doesn't look professional, lots of fine, rough orange peel. I figured you guys would know how the better manufacturers get their cars...

I just took some trim strips off of my car (decided they looked horrible, got in the way of detailing, weighed the car down a tiny bit, and trapped a lot of crap against the paint under there.) Now that they're off, on the passenger side, I have a foggy strip where it used to be. How can I get...

I've been kinda wanting a re-paint for some time now, as my car is getting a little old, and is getting a sandblasting effect on the front after many miles of highway driving. Still looks great to the layman after the work in it, but I'd like the paint to be perfect, and maybe a bit brighter...

With winter coming, what's wrong with just waxing/washing the car outdoors? Sure, it's cold and hard, but unless the water freezes to the car, what's wrong? Sorry, I can't figure it out.

I'd like to polish some plastic windows on a 1/64 scale car I have. (The bodies are fine, if they're a mess you just strip the paint and start over, no such luck with plastic windows.) The windows are made of a very soft plastic. So far I've had best results with vigorous, light application of...