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When I recently went to order more EO Wheel Acid I found out that it's no longer being produced and the only container of it that I could find was a 5 gallon unit. I think my first gallon of this stuff lasted me 1.5 years as I just don't go through it that quickly. As a result I'd like to...

Well after 4 long years and who knows how many cars the PC has finally seen it's last polishing day. I really can't complain as I never once serviced it and it served me well. I'm using my Rotary for alot of my polishing work but feel that I'll never be able to function without an orbital of...

I've made it a personal goal for this year to try my hardest to be able to do my finishing work with a rotary. I've practices on several family cars and had pretty good success BUT the ultimate test is my personal black Audi A4. While I've come close I'm still not quite there on the Audi to...

I have some UPP that I'm not going through at nearly the pace I thought that I would. I can fill a few 8oz bottles to offer up for sale. 16 oz containers sell for 22.95 + shipping these days. looking for $8.00 + shipping per 8oz bottle. I would entertain trades for OHC, Zaino Z5 and...

Guys...looks like there will be more than one lesson learnred in this ordeal for me...Lesson 1: No matter how busy you are it's not an excuse to let required maintenance slide. I'm often times too proud to let anyone else work on my cars for anything as I prefer to do all of my own work. With my...

Guys:...rather embarassing to dislose this but I've created quite a mess on my own personal vehicle. I've been badly in need of a rear brake job on the Audi for about a month. I went to do it on three separate occasions only to find somethine else broken or myself missing a vital tool every...

Well after getting the car last Monday and doing a full detail last week mother nature decided she did not like me and rained trough Friday. Friday took the car to the track for a Test and Tune day and made a royal mess out of it again with rain part of the day which gave me an excuse to finish...

Finally...my factory aero 996 arrives after a 40 day wait...I won't even get started on the shipping delays. On the truck So I sign all of the paperwork and come out...my wife is already strapped in and pulling out of the drive...soo much for getting the first drive. OK...Down...

Well I'm finally getting technique down with the rotary. My question is this. In learning the rotary I've been using pretty mild combo's to get technique down without leaving behind a hologram'd mess. BUT now I want to step it up to be able to do major correction with heavy compounds and...

I'm looking to purchase a Porsche 911 that's located in Sammamish WA. This isn't exactly around the corner from me in Ohio and I'm looking for an Autopian that can lend me their eyes to check over the car from a cosmetic standpoint. I'm willing to provide product or payment of some sort to...

Guys: I've been asked to put on a detailing ceminar at an upcoming meet for a local tuner shop that uses me exclusively to do all of their detail work. While this may come naturally to some of you I'm not that great at verbalizing things that I'm doing. I've been detailing for 6 years now and...

I've recently been using my DeWalt rotary more and more trying to get my proficiency level up to appropriate level. I had several junk panels from a junkyard to practice on and have since moved onto my Black Audi for practice. Well i feel that I'm ready to move onto customer cars where necessary...

A member over on M3 forums had a bit of an issue with a dealer washing his car apparently with a dirty wash mit that had been used all day long that caused some marring and is looking for a reputable professional in his area. Obviously I'm half way across the country but I thought that I'd...

I have a regular client that I met through the Local BMW club and has me do is car 3-4 times per year. I last saw it in march and while I'm mobile since he's always on the road he always has the car dropped off at my house the day before he returns from work and picks it up when he comes into...

Well unfortunately I just got off the phone with a regular of mine who's son's car was vandalized last night. Apparently superglue and salad dressing was poured on the paint and then covered in flour. I guess the salad dressing has cleaned up somewhat but he's frantic to find a solution to the...

I'm getting my BMW M3 ready for a track day at Mid Ohio on Memorial day and started the first round of prep this weekend. Well part of that was a good wash and 2 fresh coats of UPP to make her easier to clean after all of the crap that's going to be flying around. Anyhow. I installed a set of...

Seems to be a lot of M3's floating around deteiled recently and I know it's tuggin on LightngSVT's strings becasue he's looking to purchase one...so how about everyone contribute to this thread with your recently detailed M3's. nothing special on mine since the last detail...she's had 2...

My old Poorboys 16oz bottles for SSR1 and 2.5 are cracking and quickly falling apart from continual use and constant refilling from the gallon jugs. Problem is I can't find any decent sized empty bottles to use as substitutes. I've got 4 oz and 2 oz bottles from the travel seciont at Walmart all...

Detailed a 2004 BMW 740i last night that has 30K+ miles on it (business driver) and has never been touched. The paint didn't really have any swirling in it BUT had a pretty good case of spiderwebbing. I was disappointed to find that even SSR2.5 and a Orange pad at speed 6 on the PC wasn't really...

Well...another weekend spend in the garage. Couple of customer cars on Saturday...then got to play with my own car on Sunday. Installed the H&R coilovers and then cleaned her up. Car was recently polished with SSR2.5 and SSR1 so it was good for swirls...but needed a little more attention and...