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    Are these wheels beyond saving.

    Recently bought a 07 grand prix GXP im in the process of restoring, cosmetically it is as a disaster, years of just hard neglect and winter weather have taken its toll. The wheels are staggered forged alcoa two piece wheels fronts being 18x8 and rears being 18x7 from the factory. Rears have...
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    Ketchup stains on leather?

    Trying to help a friend out here remove some ketchup stains that occurred over the weekend in her new RAV4. I have tried lexol PH with brushing and a towel with no luck. Stain lightened a bit but hasnt removed it completely, was wondering if anyone had any tips on how I could get this out.
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    Paintless dent repair?

    Anyone familiar with any good paintless dent repair shops in south jersey?
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    whats the easiest way to prevent compound spatter

    So ive been practicing doing my friends grand prix with my porter cable and yellow/orange late country pads with megs 85/205 system. The details are coming out nice, im almost finished with the lower half the car, what a pain its been though, between washing it, clay baring it, compounding it...
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    i think im getting better at painting

    did my second valve cover today, turned out alot better then i was expecting, was much more thorough this time, sanding the cover after stripping it, priming it, then sanding the primer with a gray scotch pad, then spraying the top coat. gona go with the same color for the whole theme, ill...
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    first time using the PC last night

    My buddy came around with his car, and his paint is just a WRECK on his GTP, i mean were talkin deep scratches in some spots from a dog scratching the fenders, massive chips in the front, swirl marks all over. He had taken it to a place to have it proffesionally buffed in cherry hill nj, mainly...
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    clay before sanding?

    I have to cut and buff after the paint job that was just done on the car but is it necessary to clay before sanding with 2500-3000, or will a good wash be sufficient as long as its free of large particles of dirt?
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    bored, wanna post, made some purchases

    I like spending money. :yay Mothers California Gold Clay Bar System MOT-07240 1 $15.99 Meguiar's Shampoo Plus (1 gal) MEG-D11101 1 $12.49 Meguiar's Sanding Backing Pad (5.5 inch) MEG-E7200 2 $4.98 Stoner Xenit Foaming Cleaner (13 oz aerosol) STO-94223 1 $3.49 Meguiar's All...
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    Getting ready to make a large purchase.

    Had my car repainted back in september, now comes the task of cutting and buffing. Because ive never done this before i went with the PC 7424xp, ive read the guide in the wet sanding forum about how to use it, now i just need to put my list together on what i need to buy. M105/205 Compounding...
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    Can you use the Porter cable 7424 to

    compound a car after cutting it with 2000 grit? If so...what pad would you use? wool, or foam.
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    porter cable and cut,compound, etc

    Can you use the PC to compound a car after cutting with 2000 grit, and what type of pad/setting would you use?
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    Megs gold class liquid application in the sun?

    Megs advertises that their products can be used in direct sunlight, but is this true? I know from rumor that wax shouldnt be applied in direct sunlight, however i really dont have a choice seeing as i have no trees around my house and i get sunlight practically round the clock during the day.
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    wax selection for random orbit buffer

    I got a random orbital buffer for christmas last night, 2800opm...gotta pick out a wax to use for it. I wanna hand apply it with the applicator pads and buff out with the orbital, not sure which pad to use though, the terry cloth pads or the polishing pad. Any suggestions on wax? I was thinking...
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    got an orbital buffer for xmas

    2800 rpm, single speed, random orbit, what special instructions do you guys have on what products i should use with it or methods,etc. The car just got back from paint about a week ago and its already pretty finely scratched from all the winter weather, i got swirl marks in it from going through...
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    Glass restoration

    So the glass on my car has lots of fine line scratches and overall is in pretty poor condition no matter how well you clean it, ive tried every solvent known to man to try to get it clean but it appears that its just the glass it self that is just difficult to see out of, so i did some searching...
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