Recent content by tango

I've tried many of the techniques presented over the years for dealing with white wax residue on trim, all with at best middling results. But I finally found something that really does the trick: Griot's Rubber Cleaner. I forgot I even had this sitting around, but found it a few weeks back and...

My approach the past few years for semiannual deep cleaning has been to wash, clay if necessary, then apply a couple layers of KSG. I have too many cars and too little time, so duration of protection is paramount. Which brings me to something that I have always felt uncomfortable about: I have...

A couple years after removing all of the grime & cosmoline from my engine compartment I've noticed that some of the metal parts like bolt heads & metal brackets are starting to show some corrosion now that they no long have their protective coating of gunk. I also probably didn't do a good...

The car in question is a white 300ZX, 10 years old but with paint in very nice condition. My proposed approach is the following (all by hand): 1. Dawn wash 2. Griot's Clay bar using Speed Shine as the lube 3. 3M Fine cut rubbing compound/SMR where necessary to get out small scratches...

I recently "fixed" a section of my car door where a snow ski had glanced against the paint as it fell down. The scracthes weren't to metal or primer, but were deeper than just a rubbing compound could get out. So I first wet-sanded the area with 2000 grit, then used 3M rubbing compund and...