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Anyway to clean dirt inside a speaker grille? I've put some Griots interior clean on a MF and rubbed the surface, but the dirt looks like it's down inside. I'm afraid to spray the cleaner directly on the grille because the speaker is electronic. And, cleaner just sitting on the speaker where...

Rather than start a bunch of threads all over the board with my misadventures trying to do a basic detail, I'm just planning on maintaining this one thread. I'm calling it a basic detail just because I'm not using a polisher. Only doing wash, clay, AIO, seal. Finally got around to doing...

Anybody tried this? Here's a link to Permatex's product page for it: Click You basically mess with adhesives and syringes to create an air-tight seal so some resin you put in there will bond to the glass without air bubbles. My Mom's got 3 "star" chips in her windshield. Then like lots...

New to detailing, deciding what products I want to use. Right now, I'm just gonna wash, clay, AIO, seal. I like what I've read about the Optimum washing products. The versatility of ONR and have seen a lotta good things about the power of Optimum Power Cleaner. Now, I'm trying to choose...

I was googling around the web and noticed an interesting trick. Apparently, it was something they mentioned on Car Talk years ago. You put a piece of deodorant soap under your car seat and it acts as an air freshener. I just saw a brief reference to it on this thread: Click. Does anyone...

It's been years since I've cleaned my car. I really need to do the whole works to the paint, it really needs to be polished. I haven't even looked closely and noticed some light scratch marks on the hood. And, I see spots here and there all over the car that didn't come off with just a...

I talked to a guy at the dealership today. I'm pretty sure I got aluminum alloy wheels with no clear coat on them. The rep at the dealership said to use home all purpose cleaner and make sure it was not acidic and to clean them only when they are cold. Wondering what Autopia thinks? I've...

Learning about this car cleaning stuff. It's like I have an ideological opposition to all those cleaners that are also protectants. Like Meguiar's Quick and Quick Interior Detailers. Armor All. Stuff like that. It just seems weird trying to get dirt out and protecting at the same time...

After paint cleaner, do you have to polish? I'm not doing the whole car in one afternoon. Basically, I've gotta filthy car that I washed and not all the grime came off when I just went to a self-serve car wash place, rinsed it down, used the soaping brush, then rinsed it down again. So, I...

I've got some filthy carpets in my car. One of the things I tried, I used Resolve carpet cleaner on it. I think it's more for carpets in the home than your car, but I saw someone on her who sounded like he knew what he was talking about say he used it, so I tried it. Think is, when I rinsed...

I just got a few of the 16"x16" blue MF towels at target. They say general purpose, safe on paint, leather, glass... But, my understanding is glass is really the hardest surface to clean with a MF towel, due to lint that can be left on the glass. Should I splurge and get the extra green MF's...

When people talk about cheap MF's, they also talk about the ones at Target. Are the cheap ones at Wal-mart almost as good. Or, I should head over to Target? I'm just in Wal-marts more often...

Well, I was just at Wal-mart tonight and bought some Sprayway glass cleaner. Now at home, I'm on the internet, and on Ace Hardware's web site, I learn that there's two Sprayway products for cleaning glass. That's "Glass Cleaner" and "Auto Glass Cleaner". I'm unlikely to run go return my...

I realize Griot's Interior Cleaner doesn't have any conditioner/protectant in it, but from reading these forums, cleaning is more important than conditioning anyway. Wondering, is there any advantage to using a dedicated leather cleaner like Leather Master Strong over just using Griot's?

Everyone in my family uses those places you can pay a couple of dollars and have a machine spray down the outside of your car. Then, you can park and use the place's vacuums. So, I'm gonna get everybody kits so they can clean the interior and hubcaps themselves. I've looked at some...