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ok, i have read about this stuff on here enough. i just so happened to stumble upon it at target today :grinno: so i bought the trigger bottle. i have read that it can be diluted, there are ratios on the bottle. what do you guys use it for ?? wheels, tires, wheels wells, engines ...

Once again, i am asking questions regarding backing plates. i recently purchased the sonus DAS pads with the 5 in backing plate. i used these pads with the backing plate and everything worked out well. about 2 weeks later i used my 6 in cma yellow pad with the 5 in backing plate. after a few...

Hey guys, I detailed another 2002 Camaro SS, conveniently another friend of mine :p I detailed this car around this time last year with IP, FPII and NXT. The car sits outside ( surprising to me ) but gets garaged during the winter. He washes it and keeps it clean, and when i clayed the...

has anyone here used SSR2.5 with a yellow cma pad ?? i am detailing a navy blue camaro today and i thought i would try this out. i thought the results could have been better when i used the sonus orange pad and ssr2.5 on my car :nixweiss thanks

hey guys, this is my buddy's car and he has been wanting to get it detailed since last year. i do not have any before pics, since the car is always washed and kept in a garage. moderate to heavy swirls, not to mention some hologram marks on the left quarter from some idiot at a body shop...

I am in the process of moving ( parents bright idea ) from chicago to elgin ( west suburb ) so my sister lives near by and spoke of hard water. a sprinkler got the sliding door wet andthe sun hit it, and we have yet to be able to remove it, so this brings me to my question, how the hell...

hey guys, my friend works at a bank and refered me to a lady in personaly banking. I belive it is an 02-03 Infiniti I - 35. just the exterior, interior is spotless :D Megs GC wash Megs Clay IP with yellow pad NXT with gray finishing pad came out nice :dance...

a guy at work asked me a question, and i thought i would ask some "pros" here on autopia. his mom spilled a bottle of bleach in her van and now there is a "trail" stained along the center of the carpeting. is there upholestry dye available ?? or carpet dye ?? any info, or links would be...

had anyone use the pinnacle swirl removers ?? just browsing pinnacle's line up and was curious ;)

ok, so i bought pads from cma, and i was just on premiumautocare.com so the lc pads are the same right ?? ok, now that that is cleared up, i have another question. when i bought my pads they did not offer the "orange" pad just the yellow. what is the difference, they say you can use the...

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gavspurplez@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=/5d3b&.src=ph megs wash and clay FP II with white polishing pad NXT with gray finishing pad

how long do pads last ?? how do you guys clean them ?? i usually use hand soap, but i read in the sonus pamphlet that came with their pads, to use dish liquid. well i have tried both methods and get the same results. one of my yellow cma pads seems "flat" and after polishing half of a...

once my car gets a spot in the garage, i am going to hit it again with a detailing tornado :bounce i want to know if i can to wg sealant with cmw. i like the depth that the wg gives me. just thought that maybe the cmw on top of that would look really nice. although i have been tossing...

hey guys, this mountaineer belongs to my girlfriend's uncle's son. did you get that ?? :) He does not really wash his truck, and his dad owns a fast food place. he works there and does not have rubber mats for his carpeting and drags all of the grease onto them. i spent alot of time on...

anyone in IL own a shop looking for a detailer ? i know turbomangt owns one, but anyone else ?? :nixweiss

when i first started using the PC, i was using CMA pads and their 6 in backing plate ( 6 in pads too ) i recently bought sonus pads and the smaller flexible backing plate. well i was using the flexible backing plate with a yellow CMA pad yesterday and i do not feel like the paint benefited...

hey, i would like to wetsand my headlamp assembly. what grits should i use ?? 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 ?? and where locally can i buy some. i looked at auto parts stores but they are like 4 bucks for a pack of one grit. i would like to buy an assortment or buy them one at a time...

http://www.premiumautocare.com/detailers-pride.html was just browsing and saw these products. it was listed under the "what's new " section as well :cool:

hey guys, just used ssr2.5 for the 1st time on monday, i used it with an orange sonus pad. after the VM and CMW i did notice some slight swirls still in the paint. would you recommend ssr3.0 or maybe a yellow cma pad ?? i use IP with the yellow cma pad and that combo really knocks out the...

ok ok, i know i should be posting beading shots of like 2 month old wax but forget that. as some of you may have seen my other post, i detailed the exterior of my car yesterday. well it sits outside and it got dusty, but i was ok with that. then i was bored and got the itch to clean and...