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I understand you guys clean cars around here? ; )

I hate to touch my car's paint. I *never* QD, and very rarely do I use any wash media more aggressive than a BHB when I wash. Most of the time, I don't touch the paint at all during the wash. So an LSP with great dirt releasing properties is priority one for me, with looks being a distant...

Gents, while at SEMA the other day, Greg Nichols, Eric Witt, and I visited Xpel's clear film booth. I'm not usually one to fall for product demo hype (flaming hood, anyone?? ;) ), but I must say their demo was pretty darn convincing. Greg and Eric had already seen the demo, but patiently waited...

The interior of my wife's SUV needs some serious love. Since my steamer is broken, I'm left to doing it the old fashioned way. :) After seeing the great results MrClean81 gets with Car Brite Xtra Duty, I'd like to buy a few cans. Only problem is I can't seem to find a place to buy it from...

Was excited to finally use Meg's MF Finishing pad today. Turned in to this: in 30 seconds of use. Wow. This was on a DA, light pressure, M205 was the polish. Excuse the French, but ***? No damage to the car, thank God. Anyone else seeing failures like this with the Meg's MF...

Gotta order some more OC 2.0 today, so I thought I might as well throw in a bottle of polish since ADS has free shipping on orders over a hundred bucks. I love M105, but I hate the dust. Bad. Accumulator has mentioned that the new spray version of OHC produces very little dust, but doesn't...

This: Came yesterday afternoon. It's a Paasche Talon Dual Action air brush. Spent several hours last night spraying distilled water through it, trying to get the hang of the "Fan Air Cap" it comes with. This particular air cap is meant to give a spray pattern similar to an HVLP mini-gun...

My puny search skills have failed to locate this year's "Who's going to SEMA?" thread. I'm still on the fence, as I won't have my work schedule for November until October 9. But I'm tryin' hard to bid a schedule that's gonna let me go to SEMA. Sooooooo... who's going??? Oh, btw... if...

Hey Gents, Ever since Anthony Orosco posted about using an air brush to apply Opti-seal years ago, I've been interested in giving it a shot myself. Especially since Opti-coat hit the market. If you have any experience applying a WOWA sealant with an air brush, would you mind posting your...

OK, I gotta preface this by saying that I won a bottle of Opti-Clean in a drawing from the Optimum forum, so I didn't actually pay for it. Optimum isn't paying me for this review, and I don't have any ties to any manufacturer or retailer. Gotta clear my conscience on that, since I normally only...

So who's all planning on attending SEMA this year?? Greg Nichols is going for sure, and I'm trying to put together a work schedule that's gonna allow me to tag along with him. Should know for sure by Oct. 10th if I'm gonna make it. So who else is going, and what days are ya gonna be there...

There's gotta be quite a few peeps that have used Opti-coat now. 1. How did you feel it made the car look as far as gloss/depth/wetness go? 2. Was it really that hard to apply? 3. What method did you use to apply it, hand or spray? 4. If you sprayed it, what equipment did you use...

Hey guys, Just spent some time perusing the forums. Haven't done that in a quite a while. I must say, I'm really impressed. Great group of guys here, and the over all tone is quite a bit more friendly than the detailing site I frequent most often. What a refreshing change. I was up in...

PDR is something I've been wanting to learn for a long time. Anyone here have any experience with internet based PDR training? Recommendations? I know it's best to learn this hands-on, but that would be tough considering my work schedule and where I live.

Let's have another one! What are your "core" or "I gotta have it" products? Mine... Car Soap: Chemical Guys Citrus Wash N Gloss. Reason: Most other shampoos concentrate on being nothing more than a lubricant. CW&G actually has cleaners in it. Microfibers: Eurow shag weave Reason...

CRSpotless resin (mixed bed de-ionizing resin) is expensive. I have spent *many* long hours searching the internet, sending emails, etc. trying to find an affordable source. The best I ever found was 200 bucks for one cubic foot, which is enough to recharge the big CRSpotless system three times...

For correcting and compounding, I still like wool. But things are kinda changing in the pad world now, what with Edge getting bought and dismantled by 3M, and the KBM method changing things up a bit. So it's probably going to be necessary for those of us that bought in to the Edge 2k system...

I started using M205 shortly after it came out last spring. Unfortunately, I *stopped* using M205 shortly thereafter. In fact, I had to quit detailing for several months, but yesterday I was able to get back in the game, very anxious to pick up where I'd left off with M205 I have done about 8...

Thanks to a generous Autopian, I have an 8 oz. sample bottle of Optimum Finish Polish that I'm anxious to try. Unfortunately, I still have to wait a few more weeks before I'm cleared to resume polishing. So I'm wondering what you guys all think of the *new* Optimum abrasive polishes. M105...

... to finish my Frankenstein Halloween outfit. Shows some of the stuff they did. The plate and screws are holding a piece of cadaver bone between the two vertebrae. The doc says he's hoping that bone will grow completely through the cadaver bone, and that it's off to a pretty good start...