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How To Remove Sprinkler Water Spots How To Remove Sprinkler Water Spots using The Least Aggressive Method Approach This is a nasty problem that usually happens after you've just washed and waxed your favorite ride... and unaware you've parked next to a sprinkler. Then when you return to...

How to maximize the ability of your DA Polisher for show car results! I originally wrote this to help the hundreds of thousands of people that own first generation Porter Cable DA Polishers get the best use out of their tool when it comes to removing swirls, scratches and water spots out of...

1956 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible - Remove Swirls This is a one-owner, 1956 Pontiac Star Chief Convertible. The new owner is Earl the Plumber, who is a local hotrodder here in Stuart, Florida and some of his cars are featured on both our TV show, "What's in the Garage?" and some of the...

Two Types of Bird Dropping Etchings Copyright ©PBMA - AutogeekOnline.net® All Rights Reserved Two Types of Bird Dropping Etchings Type I Bird Dropping - Topical Stain Etching Type II Bird Dropping - Fractured/Wrinkled Etching There are two common types of damage associated with bird...

"Use the least aggressive product to get the job done" I'm a strong advocate of giving due credit where credit is due for both professional and personal reasons. To this point I want to give credit to Meguiar's for this quote and philosophy, or approach towards working on automotive paints...

Swirls and Scratches Don't Exist Technically, you don't remove swirls and scratches because they don't exist, they are voids in the paint. You see, swirls and scratches have no physical substance or material, they are the visual appearance of missing paint. In order to restore a flawless...

The Beach Towel Tip Here's a tip I use on some cars I detail to cover and protect the plastic surrounding the wiper arms at the back edge of the hood of cars, just before the windshield. Beach Towels tend to be longer in one direction than the average bath towel; on average, beach towels...

Handle? Or No Handle? - Using DA Polishers Without the Handle The topic of handles on DA Polishers comes up from time to time and in all my classes I show how to use these tools with and without the handles and leave it up to each person to decide which approach works best. Regardless of...

Video: The Flex 3403 Lightweight Rotary Flex 3403 Lightweight Rotary Buffer 11.5 Amps 1100 to 3700 RPM 5 Pounds 1 Year Limited Warranty YouTube Video - Mike Phillips Showcases the Flex 3403 Lightweight Rotary Buffer What's in the box? Well packaged and wrapped tool...

Video: Lake Country 1-Pad Polishing System Lake Country has just introduced their brand new 1-Pad Polishing System, here's a first look... YouTube Video: Lake Country 1-Pad Polishing System Benefits & Features Patented Tri-Density Flexible Backing Plate Form fitting pads are...

Sacrificial Barrier Coating = The purpose of a wax or synthetic paint sealant Sacrificial Barrier Coating The primary purpose of a car wax or synthetic paint sealant is to act as a sacrificial barrier coating over the surface of your car’s paint. The idea being that anytime anything comes into...

"Use the least aggressive product to get the job done" I'm a strong advocate of giving due credit where credit is due for both professional and personal reasons. To this point I want to give credit to Meguiar's for this quote and philosophy, or approach towards working on automotive paints...

DISO = The Dealership Installed Swirl Option Sad to say but all to often after you're car is "prepped" by the detail shop at some New and Used Car Dealerships, you get what we all call DISO or the Dealer Installed Swirl Option. Cars with perfectly good paint are machine...

The story of 3 H's - Horrendous, Horror Story and Hack Detailers... Horrendous Here's my definition of horrendous... I don't know what word the rest of you use when you describe how horrible the rotary buffer swirls or holograms are in the paint that has been buffed incorrectly but I've...

The Baggie Test - How to inspect for above surface bonded contaminants After washing and drying your car, the next thing you want to do is to inspect the paint for what we call, Above Surface Bonded Contaminants These contaminants can be, Tree Sap Mist Industrial Fallout Overspray Paint...

The 2 primary benefits of using detailing clay to clay paint Using detailing clay to clay your car's paint, or your customer's car's paint will, Enable your choice of wax or paint sealant to better bond or adhere to the paint Restore a smooth, clean surface The benefits created by...

How to put up a website for about $20.00 a year When you go to buy any name, create an account at GoDaddy and then register through Instant Domain Search by doing this you can purchase a .com domain name for $7.49 and this includes a little extra secret feature. Good, affordable web-hosting...

Video List: Autogeek's Show Car Garage Videos with Mike Phillips Please feel free to share either the URL address to this thread or the above "blue clickable link" with your friends. (Just don't break any other forum's rules) David Ghodoussi, President and CEO for Optimum Polymer...

Two Guys Garage with Bryan Fuller and Kevin Byrd Video List: Mike Phillips at Two Guys Garage with Bryan Fuller Please feel free to share either the URL address to this thread or the above "blue clickable link" with your friends. (Just don't break any other forum's rules) These are a...

Video: Autogeek's Show Car Garage New Product Showcase - Optimum Hyper Compound David Ghodoussi form Optimum Polymer Technologies visited Autogeek's Show Car Garage to introduce and showcase a brand new technology for removing serious below surface paint defects as well as sanding marks after...