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I know this has been discussed in the past, but I have discovered some new information. I took a look at my PC this weekend to check out the counterweight closely and it said "for 6" pad only"!! I thought the 7424 came with the 5" counterweight. I just ordered a 6" counterweight in the...

How do you prefer to work on a heavily swirled car?

I've been seeing so many posts on the BBT that I am wanting to try one to see what the fuss is all about. I just have to find a way to get one to Canada. Maybe one of the JT International waffle weave towels will do. Anyway, I just wanted to know if and why you prefer the BBT to plain large...

The website site says not to be used with motorcycle wheels, but does not give any reasons. I don't understand. I have two bikes, and I have been cleaning my wheels the same way as I clean a car's. What's the reasoning? My wheels are aluminum, btw, not magnesium.

I recently decided to "revive" my old tin of Mother's carnauba wax to use on friends' and family car (the good stuff #20, #20 is for me!). It had been sitting on the shelf for a while and had dried a bit and was broken up into lumps. I turned on the oven to 200 degrees and put the tin in...

This poll was inspired by jrush's post. People are always saying how obsessive compulsive I am, so I wanted to take a cross section of Autopia to confirm my ailment! :D

My friend had the misfortune of having several gallons of water spilled in his Integra (long camping story). Anyway, the water is clean drinking water, and he did a good job of soaking up as much as possible and vacuuming everything, but now he has a mildewy smell in the car. Is this from...

Lately, it seems everyone who brings their car to me has really badly caked on brake dust. I have been getting in there with Simple Green and a toothbrush, but this sometimes takesmore than 1/2 hour! So I am wondering what you guys do when hat tsomeone brings in a car like that. The paint is...

I am about to pick up some GC or #26, and was going to pick up paste if I could, just because I prefer the economy and control. But it was mentioned by others on another thread that some people have experienced difficulty in buffing #26 in paste form. Can anyone with experience with GC or #26...

Well, after soliciting advice from you guys, and humming and hahhing for a while, I finally was encouraged to take a customer from my friends. A friend's relative (they are all well off) has a 1998 pearl white Avalon which has been professionally detailed once, but is generally neglected. The...

Is it possible for stains to etch underneath the clear coat. Today, I helped a couple get started on their detailing odyssey but showing them how to take the oxidation off their white 1993 Volvo. It was pretty bad. The paint was all flat. But with some 3M SMR, a lot of elbow grease, I got...

I have a bunch of Neatitems MF's and have been using them for about a month. I wash them by hand with dishsoap after each use and hang to dry. They are still very "grabby". So are they worn out after this property is no longer there? Or when people say their MF wears out, that they wear out...

So, I have been reading all these Z vs. Klasse vs. carnauba threads, and have been wondering if people are choosing one or another because of: 1) durability 2) appearance preference 3) ease of use 4) exclusivity Since I have become an Autopia member, I have been spending 10x the amount...

Sorry if this has been gone over before, but I couldn't find any obvious answers from my searches. Anyway, everyone seems to like Mother's or Clay Magic. I have never seen Clay Magic sold in stores here in Canada, and the Mother's kit comes with QD and cleaner wax, neither of which I like...

A little background: I have been learning more and more on this board in the last 6 months or so. I used to wash my cars once or twice a month, but since I have been on this board, I have been washing twice a week. I started out using carnubas, and (gasp) even Armor All. But now, I am...

Autopia gurus, I want to know how I can clean and lube my power antenna. It sometimes makes a squawk at the bottom of the travel when it's retracting. Should I just clean with WD40 and call it good, or is there some kind of grease I can apply to keep everything smooth and quiet?

I was going to run out and get an Absorber this weekend (thanks to all the members on the forum who gave me sources to get one locally in Canada), until I tried drying with a couple of small MF"s this week after a snow storm (yes, we had one). Anyway, I was amazed that I could dry the car so...

I have been trying to locate a good Canadian source for the Absorber. All the online seaches I found are American, for $12.95 or so, and then when exhange and shipping is added, it's about $18 US, which is almost $30 Canadian!!! I checked our Walmart here, and they hardly carry any of the...

I am just wondering what you guys do for keeping every tidy in your trunks. I have a small air compressor kit, jumper cables, gloves, scrapers (yes, we have snow in Canada), and rags and various cleaning supplies in my trunk. The cables and the compressor are in boxes, but the other things are...

Does it behave like Klasse and Zaino in that a detergent like Dawn will not wash it off? I ask this question because I have #20 on the hood, roof and trunk to test it out, and now I like it. But I have Carnuba on the rest of the car and would like to apply #20 all around. So if Dawn wash, do...