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If you have struggled over the years trying to polish out the fingernail scratches in the door cups ( indentations under the door handles ) I thought I'd share a method I have used for a while. I take my Dremel and put in the sewn multi-layerd cotton cloth polishing wheel and I tape up the...

A fellow in town saw the Cavallier after I finished it yesterday .. I got a call this morning from him asking if I would do his 2002 red BMW ( ground effects and lowered ) . This car is very well kept with the odd swirl from washing .. I haven't seen it since it is winter stored. I think it has...

Take a few 1" x 4" strips of velcro and fold one end over and clothes pin to the line .. stick the pad on it and let it hang. Once mostly dry rotate the pad so the area attached to the velcro can dry too. I have put a line over my laundry tubs and I will fold and staple the velcro strips...

Before I start .. this car is driven by an older lady and the car was last waxed with Glanz in Oct. The car was still beading today. The car is a daily driver and was washed 3 time last winter at the GM dealer. This dealer is no different than most .. they washed it with a barn broom. It was...

Well it got *ALL* the way up to 35 F here this morning so I washed the car and layed a layer of NXT on some of it. The car was not prepped at all ( That comes in a month or so ) and all thats on it is whats left of last years Zaino. I applied it to the trunk / roof/ hood and had a...

Has anyone used NXT over ColorX? ColorX says it will restore the color, remove swirls and fine scratches and leave a polymer protection. I am assuming it being a polymer you could layer NXT over it for its benefits. This might be something interesting for single stage paint?

I can't do a NXT Maxi review cuz up here in the *Great White North* it snowed 3" in the last 2 days so I am restricted to .. a wheel. This is a brand new wheel and it was glass smooth so the only prep I did was AIO. The back side of the rim was given 2 x SG and the front side was given 2 x...

As you know up here in the *Great White North* its winter and because of it I'm restricted to product evaluation inside the house. One of the fellow Autopians was nice enough to send me a small sample of AIO & SG and I have since bought both. I tried it out on a few things around the...

Scottwax eat your heart out

I fabricated a heat shield from Alumnium plate and polished it useing ( in this order) 600/1000 then Mothers Billit Polish then Menzerna IP/FP and finally AIO and SG x3 . Turned out not bad .. Thank gawd for the PC or I'd still be there polishing. The red engine parts have AIO & 3 x SG on...

Does the Woolite / water solution work good on light cream leather? Mine is *very* lightly soiled and just mostly where I have sat over the winter. Hard to clean/treat up here when its less than 30 F most the time. How do you apply it?? brush.. soak it? This is the interior

In a previous post ( This one ) I made an observation about AIO hazing. Well to further the story from the first coat of SG I added one every 24 hours till I have 3 layers. Then I figured what the heck I'll put a layer of Z2 on it. I had read Z2 was put on AIO .. thought it would be ok on SG...

I made an interesting observation about AIO this morning. It all started with me fabricating an aluminum heat sheald for my air box. I made the shield from 1/8" aluminum and polished it by using 600 with oil then 1000 with oil then 1500 after this was done I washed it very well in a...

In the past I have always done my detailing on good days outside in the shade. I now have a garage and my question is what is the prefered portable light to use when checking your work ( swirls/spiderwebs etc. ) a) Hand held mechanics type flouresent lamp b) Single or double 500W hallogen...

I made these exhaust tips from 316L SS pipe and turned them on a lathe. Polishing was done with emery cloth down to jewelers rouge and the final steps were the Menzerna Twins with a PC and topped with AIO and SG X 4. They will be welded onto the SS exhaust on my B5.5 Aio and SG really...

Yesterday and today I had occasion to do a test on AIO & SG. I applied AIO by hand and worked it in well and removed. Then using the BN method I applied one layer of SG yeaterday and one today to the paint and the chrome trim. I left an adjacent panel with no AIO/SG on it out of...

Where is the best source for Clay Bars. I prefer the 200 Gr bar and not in kit form. Last thing I need is another bottle of a QD I never use. TY

Has anyone used this clay bar? At $19.95 for 200 Gr its priced right. One in Question

Has anyone come up with a good Canadian source for clay bars besides the Mothers one? I could buy another one of those but all we have is the kit ( 80 G clay and detailer ) and more QD I don't need. I'd like a little bigger bar too.

I tried a search and either my methods sux or it wasn't asked so be patient with me. I know that Z5 works to "fill" minor paint imperfections left after the polishing ( Menzerna ) prep work and I guess what I want to know is will the following routine work? Keep in mind my paint is in very...