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Hello all, I need quite a bit of expertise here. In question is a late 90s (not sure of exact year) Honda Civic, in black It's owned by my uncle, and he came to me grumbling on about how his paint looks like it's cracking, to me it looks like a LOT of really sharp leaves falling on it, not...

Hey all, Detailing the car last Christmas made me realize the value of properly cleaning glass. Before I've always just clayed the glass, but last winter I took some Mother's chrome polish to the glass and, to my surprise, a lot of the water marks disappeared, and cleaning with the mf...

Hey all, Despite having been here for quite a while, I'm still a noob in a lot of ways, this is one of them. After a detail in which you spend hours and hours on, it's so frustrating to see that while everything is nice and shiny, from the wheel wells to the trunk lid, wax dust and...

Havent been here for a while, but over the holidays I hand polished my car and the long hours (and I didnt even spend that long, maybe 15-30min/panel) and sore arm, not to mention the disappointing (if expected) result, is pushing me towards a buffer. I'm almost certain I'm getting a G110...

Hey all I'm wondering what good towels there are that will not lint when cleaning glass and are available OTC. I've asked this question before, a while ago, but never really followed up on it, since other things in life took priority over auto detailing. I've switched back to using a good...

Hey all, a quick thought that jumped on my mind just now On the whole I have three "quick" products that I use for my maintenance washes, but sometimes I have a little free time to layer another coat, but I'm wondering whether there's compatibility issues among them. Right now I'm using...

Hey all, I've recently taken a bicycle apart to relube and clean everything, and bought some disposable rubber gloves, and thought they were fairly decent. Before when I detailed, I used to a whole wash, wax, and clean up (incl hand washing the towels) in one go, and if I do a couple cars in a...

Hello all, I've been a microfiber user for a couple years now, started with the big Costco packs of 36 towels and gradually moving up to things like Meg's and Viking. This is not a recent problem, but one I've seen again today and am curious about. When I used to clean glass with the Costco...

hey all, two questions First is what can I do to protect what I think is stainless steel? This is on a bike (as in bicycle) that's kept outside 24/7. I doubt it's chrome, and is one of those you get at Toys R Us or Costco, so I bet it's stainless steel. Second, what can you do to seal up...

I'm seriously thinking about investing in some ONR for winter washing (it's still cheaper to wash with soap and water) and as clay lube and QD (ONR is MUCH cheaper this way) So, I want to ask how effective ONR is as a QD (for quick full car dark color wipe down) and how good it is as a Clay...

I just took a look and realized I never introduced myself. So hi everyone! I'm new to the actual process of detailing, though I've been reading up about various aspects of it for well over 6 months now. Prior to that I never went beyond washing and waxing the car whenever it looked dirty...

Hey all, so I'm thinking about getting a G110 before one day moving onto a Makita DA. Anyhow, I have a question about the backing plate. Is it the same type as the generic ones they have on AG? By that I'm curious whether the pads are male for the G110 Also, I've read that the...

Hey all, this is basically a continuation of this thread, but with a far more focused question. This is a picture representative of the damage on the car. Anyhow, I know Menzerna makes a series of polishes just for the coating, but their stuff is quite expensive, and I want to see if...

Title. I'm asking because I want to apply some DG 105. I will have new products I want to test (the new SwirlX, Ult Compound, and ScratchX 2 sounds potentially interesting), but I want to finish off the DC1 and 2 that I have. As I understand it, DC1 is a chemical cleaner and VERY slightly...

Hey all, I'm pretty much brand new here, and hopefully you can answer some of my questions. 1) I currently use IG for glass cleaning, but my MF "bites" my glass a lot, and the swipes are far from smooth. Is this due to my glass or my mf? 2) Are the vroom towels good enough for the final...