Recent content by vroddad

I was looking at the hood of my Subaru and I still see these millions of tiny pinholes. The car's about 3 months old, but I remember seeing them from purchase. I was wondering if anyone knowledgeable on Autopia could possibly meet with me (or the other way around) in order to get an opinion...

After promising myself to stop the frustration of trying to dry a car with a 16x16" JT international MF, I decided to scour the net to see how big a MF I could get for a reasonable price. Griot's Yellow Microfiber drying towel (waffle, 25x35") $26.95 CMA Big Blue Drying towel (waffle...

I while back I plexus'd my new headlight plastic covers. I forgot about it for about 15 min and when I wiped it off I notcied marking on the lense. I've tried more plexus as well as the meguiar's plastic care trio. Any suggestions?

I was looking about Subaru pages and found this. Another thing that confuses me is they call clay "paint rubber." http://www.scoobyworld.co.uk/trolleyed/20/index.htm

Thread this micropit info stared from Thread the glass etching info stared from I have noticed these micropits on my new (<1mo old) car. I can see well enough (15/20) that these are sharp impressions in the paint.

My car (2002 WRX Wagon) is about a month old. I've noticed that the water spots on the glass do not go away with washing, Stoner's, or claying. Also, I just FCRC'd my hood (factory installed swirls) and now I can see this odd surface shape... like a million tiny pits. (images gone)

My w/s washer nozzels have become clogged with junk. The washer fluid sprays out at odd angles. How should I clear them?

I have one of these: http://www.makita.com/Tools_Item_View.asp?id=97 I'd like to know if it can be successfully converted to any sort of direct drive polishing/buffing/rotary/[goes and buy a thesaurus]/whatever. Well, is it possible? Features High power-to-weight ratio for...

Ok, I'm getting a little fed up. I've gone from "by hand" to a PC; from Meg. #9 to FI2 to FCRC; from griot's orange to CMA yellow and nothing is strong enough to take out anything more than swirls! I just did my friend's black protege ES 2.0 last night. A PC on 6 w/ 3M FCRC on a CMA yellow...

I have a Makita (I think it's Makita) right angle grinder and I would like to convert it (not permenantly) to a DD buffer. Is this possible?

I read in the tips forum that you should "Never apply rubbing compound by machine" but carguy said 3M Fine Cut Rubbing Compound is a small step up from FI2 and I have no qualms using FI2 by machince. The questions are: Can I use 3M FCRC by PC? To the whole car? To the horizontal panels (that...

Ah, the Mazda Tribute, or the Tribble as the gang knows it. Damn those swirl marks! Oh well, that's the trouble with tribbles. (Reread until you get the Star Trek joke). Mother's Clay, 3M FI2, Meg. #9 2.0, Applied via PC, Zymol Carbon, Mother's QD. Two days of fun. <img src =...

A friend of mine recently bought a 1992 Toyota Corolla wagon. It's quite a nice find (no dings at all, paint in good quality) with over 100K miles. As an autopian, I look at the car and wonder how it's going to look when it looks new again. I did't see any hangups on the road to makining it...