Recent content by SkipC

Here's the link to some pics of my new Turbo after the full Zaino treatment. What a blast to detail such a nice car. Took me most of the day pulling the wheels and all. Thanks for all the advice given on this board! http://web.tampabay.rr.com/bjones1 2003 Turbo X50 :xyxthumbs

Just got my 911 Turbo and the fun has begun! I cleaned all the cosmolene off the engine this morning (what a pain). My car smells like a big orange now... I used P21S GEPC this afternoon to clean the paint and am preparing to Zaino tomorrow with Z2 w/ZFX. Do I need to Dawn wash before I...

I'm getting an '03 Porsche Turbo in January and am debating whether to remove the cosmolene undercoating Porsche uses on the bottom of it's engines to protect them from rusting on the boat trip over from Germany. Have others removed this stuff? Is it difficult to do? I bought some Eimann...

I pulled the following from http://www.carcareonline.com/protect_paint.html "If you are using a polymer based wax on a German paint and have hazing or clouding of the wax, about the only thing that will work is to strip the polymer wax and rewax with a Carnauba based wax. German paints hate...

I've ordered a 2003 Porsche Turbo that's set to arrive in January (after luxury tax expires). It's Meridian Silver Metallic and I've searched the archives looking for new car detailing advice. One area I have questions on is the need to clay the car since it won't be coming via rail (as far as...

Just put VCT (Vinyl Composition Tile) on my garage floor this past weekend (24' x 15') and it looks great. I used an alternating black and white color to resemble a winner's flag. My wife thought I was crazy doing this but after she saw how it looked with 7 coats of floor wax on it she wants...