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    When you have to cure a case of shine envy...

    True story- Every time I release a vehicle, especially a Mopar I get a bad case of shine envy and it seems 7 times out of 10 it also rains only on the day(s) my car sits outside so I usually need to wash it the next morning or that evening anyways. This AM I was up early and did a foam hose...
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    Annabelle gets a coating makeover and some madman adds more gloss

    the prep and some backstory: `https://www.autopia.org/forums/product-reviews/188163-essence-plus-brief-review.html cliff notes: essence+ machine applied onto 1 yr old and weathered CSL beforehand Then this happened, naturally. I finally got to the end of my first 200ml bottle. Yes that`s...
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    essence plus first use and brief review

    finally used essence plus today figured I would add a quick review considering there is not much on this site about this product car was coated almost exactly a uear ago with csl by yours truly owner lives in South Carolina and was back in town this summer for the same car show in Dallas (We...
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    Happy Birthday To Dieselwrench

    Happy Birthday to Dieselwrench! Not a frequent poster and he probably won`t see this for days but I`d like to remind everyone that he drove a long ways and brought a friend to install the AC in my garage last summer and that was the best detailing mod I have ever made. He`s a friend and...
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    instagram hacked

    I realized this morning that my instagram was hacked could have been worse I guess, they left lots of pics of ladies in bikinis, I mean they could have left pics of hack jobs or something I guess anyways, I`ve only been on IG a month now and after I fixed this hack I realized ALL my posts and...
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    Holy sheet part II: csl+exov2 v pearl nano+pro v cquartz v gloss shop v feynlab- a longevity test

    this made possible thanks to a generous shipment of left over coatings that I put to use for the sake of- why not? my 2006 frontier is the test subject 139k miles, original paint. one cracked dr side fender thanks to a deer earlier this year and one replaced drivers side headlight as well hood...
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    MicroTwisted Microfiber Car Duster

    MicroTwisted Microfiber Car Duster I shame any of my buddys who have a cali car duster and one of my friends showed me he had recently purchased this from AG. I`d imagine its still better than a Cali duster but I`m wondering if anyone has purchased one yet. Now I definitely would not use one...
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    touch up paint ?

    I noticed these yesterday when I was cleaning my car courtesy of my last trip up 35 to Dallas area I have a touch up Pen, but was thinking about buying the xpel headlight film kit to put over that area after a few layers of touch up and cure any other suggestions?
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    Polish Angel High Gloss Hellcat in Redline Tri Coat Pearl

    Car was booked a few weeks ago, I think two days after the owner purchased it. Had under 600 on odometer at time of detail. Got up before the sun to beat traffic to San Antonio and beat some of this Texas heat. Arrived at 7am. 1oz mckees n914, 2 gallons distilled h20 a kwazar full of n914...
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    Polish Angel Cosmic Hellcat - Yellow Jacket Edition

    National Hellcat Day was 7/07 which also happened to coincide with the day I finished up. Sometimes life gives you poetic irony. I gave this 2600 mile car much more value than irony, however... decon wash/clay...the usual wheels/calipers carefully cleaned barrels as good as i could get them...
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    decontaminating and coating matte/satin wheels- a few questions

    I`ve never actually used an iron remover on these hellcat matte/satin wheels but I have my first coating scheduled for wheels (faces) and I wasn`t even sure if an iron remover is safe or if I should dilute it some. I`ve used Poorboys Spray and Rinse cut 1:1 in the past and it worked great so I...
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    stains on textured vinyl stripes...

    These white stains are new for my eyes to see and I`ve worked on several Hellcats with these exact textured vinyl stripes. I`ve used gyeon water spot remover on the water stains on these stripes (applied to a towel and rubbed into vinyl) so I`m not really worried about those. I`m guessing the...
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    Protecting my bumper protector cover

    I recently purchased a Novistretch front bumper cover for my SRT ...about half of our club has purchased them and they are a life saver for long trips and I usually drive two hours round trip every other weekend in my car so this was a no brainer for me. Not to mention I got it half off at a...
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    Nano ibird is a beast

    Received a facebook inquiry from a local individual who advised me he had tried to wet sand some scratches out of his...and I hope you`re sitting down...black truck. So I went over to inspect the carnage and, yep, just about what I was imagining. After reading and inspecting the entire truck...
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    gtech qd - Super short review

    got this bottle for the b5 charger but I have to quality test it first so i used it on my SRT which has gtech csl+exo holy cow me likey, a lot believe it or not, this is easier to remove on my gtech coating than ANY other product I own (and I have a few) every other product leaves a slight...
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    Here kitty kitty?

    they only made the metallic tri coat black in 2015 been looking for one with very low miles the better part of this year the only thing is I think I may regret a 6 speed manual after the new car honeymoon phase wears off since I kind of would want to drag race it and the 8 speed autos are...
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    COPO Camaro at the track

    went out to San Antonio Raceway last night to support some of my friends in the Mopar vs The World bracket race and saw this beast out there, complete with laundry and wheelie bar (trapped 154ish all night) a pair of 9.54s with the old school winning barely that copo also lost later in the...
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    Some pics from the show (6.17.17)

    some pics from the show this weekend We all had 5 votes. I voted mostly for the classic cars. Our car club had an entire row and I think only 3 members won top 40. best of show paint was in great shape 64.5 I love this car. the owner didn`t...
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    shelf life of PBL coating products

    I have a bottle of PBLv2 (pinnacle black label) coating that is approaching two years old and a little over a year since opened (still about 2/3 full) I have PBL glass and wheel coating that is at least 2+ years old since opened (bought it when it first came out so probably even older) I have...
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    Attack of the b5 flake. Charger R/T gets EXOv3

    If anyone remembers Charlene, the Plum Crazy Hellcat Challenger (which was my first Hellcat to detail) well this is his wifes car and the first b5 blue I`ve had the pleasure of making right. products used wheels/tires- Poorboy`s apc, iron remover, tuff shine brush, wheel brushes, rupes p101...
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