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Amazing. You're definitely not going to lose that in a parking lot.

What's not to like about it? It's the same thing, just using a baggie to amplify the contaminants so you can feel them more easily.

My advice-- no amount of forum posts (or YouTube videos) can substitute hands-on practice. If you're apprehensive, find a cheap practice panel at a junk yard and get a feel for the machine.

I do miss the Werkstatt products. I really liked Prime and AJT.

I recently did a spring refresh on my motorcycle and went old school with the Klasse twins. I cam across some Carlack products on eBay and thought I would give them a try just for fun. I’m guessing the detail spray will be a lot like Sonus Acrylic Spritz, maybe.

You're looking at two types of decon as mentioned here. Chemical (decon soap and/or iron remover) and mechanical (clay). If your car is silver or white (or sky blue in this case), you'll be able to see little orange specks in the paint. Those are metal shavings. Iron remover will "melt" those...

We are definitely on the same page here, Accumulator. Don't clay just for the sake of claying. Make sure it needs it. It's also easy to get lazy and skip the clay step, then when you polish you risk the change of dislodging some of that junk and scouring the paint with it! Then you're chasing...

You've received some great info here. I would add the following, and I hope this doesn't make things sound worse or overwhelming. These are all just best practices and learn from my mistakes kinds of pointers. 1. Agree with starting with an All-in-One. The Griot's Ceramic All-In-One is...

One whiff of the Elmer's Glue smelling Duragloss Polish Bonding Agent and I'm teleported right back to my driveway circa 1999 when I first used Zaino Z1.

I think we all would agree that that's the inherent compromise with an AIO. Been that way for decades. It seems you can have heavy cut OR great durability, but not both. WIth Si02 technology, the durability seems to have increased in recent years but of course an AIO is still a compromise...

Agreed that it's definitely not a high cut polish. I had great luck with it on some surprisingly hard Supra paint not too long ago. It minimized some drive-thru car wash marring pretty easily. It's always interesting to hear how products work for others. I personally get next to nothing in...

I've had great luck with the Griot's All-in-One Ceramic. Easy to use, slick, corrects well, protects well. The Rupes AIOs are excellent, too.

I'm sure I'll grab some of the new Griot's SEMA products.

I keep a NOCO in my Road Glide saddlebag and it's come in handy several times ( ironically not for the Road Glide yet). It holds a charge for months on end and with the carrying case it's easy to lug around. Highly recommended.

This does not help me fight the urge for that new Macan I've been eyeballing!

Those of us who have been here a long time surely remember the reputation this car wash had. It was "strong" and would "strip your protection." While that may have been true, I always really enjoyed using it. It cleaned well, sheeted water, had a cool translucent purple glow, and I was really...

What are some ways your mental approach/mindset to detailing have changed as you`ve gotten older and wiser? For me, a few things come to mind. 1. My sanity is worth more than perfect paint. Perfection is not reality. 2. There is only so much clear coat to work with. Glazes and fillers can be...

Something I`ve been thinking about lately and I`m probably way off base here, but I am curious what others think. Let me preface this by saying I`m not necessarily a ceramic coating fan. I haven`t had the best experiences and I don`t enjoy the process of application and removal. I did apply one...

Curious how you all are dealing with bird bombs on your ceramic coated vehicles. I’ve got Adam’s Graphene Coating on my Acura RDX. It’s been great EXCEPT for bird bomb etching. My car got splattered with bird crap at work today. It sat out in the 95 degree sun all afternoon and baked it in. When...

Anybody got any experience with this product? It looks interesting based on the videos I`ve seen. I assume it`s a cleaner wax of sorts, but most of the uses I see listed are cleaning so that gets a little confusing. I found it interesting that it`s touted as an old formula from the 80s or 90s...