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Hello, I have a couple of questions about a combo that I will be trying out shorly on some cars. My mom and sister both have beige(champagne) colored cars. My mom's van is in pretty bad shape, and my sisters is in pretty good shape. Anyway I'd like to use 1Z PP and follow it up with some...

I'm getting an order together today that i'd like to place tonite or tommorow, with school ending this week I can start detailing some cars I have lined up. Anyway I heard a lot of good things about S&W and would like to try some. Most vendors have it listed in various different sizes, I was...

After looking at a picture of a member's new order, I couldn't help but notice that EX was yellow. If I remember correctly a couple months ago I saw a picture of EX on Autopia and had it a slime greenish look to it. This makes me wonder if Steve has ever changed or reformulated EX??? Also what...

Heres a 93 BMW 740i I did for a doctor I work with. This bmw was is in really bad shape. The scratchs and etching prob needed to be taken out with a rotary but I really reduced em with the PC. Heres what I did... Washed(Eagle1) Clay(TPS) SSR2.5 (CMA Yellow Cutting pad) VM (CMA White...

My friend recently got a motorcycle. Its in pretty good condition considering its 1990 Ninja ZX600. Its got a nice blue and black paint. The black paint has a nice blue flake to it. Anyway its kinda bad on the gas tank. I guess the previous owner wasn't careful when filling up and some dripped...

I got my cousin the 1-2 Knock Out Kit from SMP, which consists of Vanilla Moose, EX-P and some microfibers recently. So we washed his green explorer, then did a coat of Vanilla Moose and finished it with EX-P. Both were done by hand, and we waited 30 mins. before removing the EX-P. Well today I...

I have a question regarding 1Z PP and WG pre-wax cleaner polisher. I was going to do 1Z PP then WG pre-wax cleaner then WG Sealant for lighter cars. Mainly my parent's van and my sister's new car, both which are beige. Would those 3 steps work good? I'm wondering because I believe 1Z PP has some...

Hello everyone Im the new guy in town. I've been learning lots and lots of information on Autopia and though i'd join Detail City to. I am now getting the best from both worlds. :-p Anyway I though i'd introduce myself here, and look forward to learning new things and hopefully contributing...

Today I helped my friend clean up his father's Camry headlights. These lights were extremely cloudly and hazed. We tried a couple things, first was goof off and thats a big no no. It left a sticky residue all over. We played around with a couple cleaners in his garage. We went with scrubbing...

Just wanna make sure I have the pad selection correct. This is going by CMA and Autogeek. I know there are other companies that make different pads with different colors for different applications. I do believe CMA and Autogeek both use Lake Country pads, correct me if im wrong? Yellow(cutting)...

I was just at my cousin's house and we were talking about whens the next time we'd be doing his explorer. He did find one thing strange since we detailed his truck about a month ago. The TropiCare seems to just be appearing on the truck as white. Its as if we didnt buff it out at all. At first I...

I just got my PC and VC pads from CMA not to long ago. Anyway i'm a little confused with CMA's website and tutorials. One of the reasons why I bought the CMA VC pads because it says it avoids splattering product all over. The main reason was because of the price, $8.95:) . Anyway under the...

Ok, I just recieved my PC from Coastaltools, and pad order from CMA this week. I was originally going to pick up some DACP but i'm having a harder time then expected finding it. One of the stores from the store locator isn't in business, I also went to a local NAPA and the guy never heard of it...

I'm getting my PC soon and have 1 more product question. I was originally going to go DACP->VM->(topper). From what I read here VM does a pretty good job of cleaning up DACP and revitalizing the shine. Well I'm putting orders through Autopia and CMA, both of them don't have DACP. I did notice IP...

Well I ordered the PC bonus kit from coastaltool.com today and now need to get some pads. I looked around a little bit and found on CMA, standard variable contact foam pads(6.5") for only $8.95. That seemed to be the best price out of a couple sites. Anyway I was also reading on CMA that these...

Ok, ever since I got a new job as a Pharmacy Tech i've decided to go for a PC. I'll prob order it, along with the pad kid on Autopia in the next week or two. I'm just wondering if these combos I though up of are good and will work(any bonding issue problems). I have the following: 1Z PP, VM...

I'd like to know what has worked really good on top of PwC from you guys? I really would like to try some UPP because of the slickness, I'm just curious if I can put it on top of PwC, or will there be any sort of issues: bonding??? Will the carnuba in PwC effect the UPP in anyway? I know i'm...

Here is a pretty recenty detail on my friend's 2000 Ford Focus. The last time the car was waxed was in August :scared . My procedure for this car was wash(2x) with Mother's Car Wash, Polished with WG, and Sealed with WG. The paint looked a lot better: lots of depth and wetness which is what...

Not sure which one to get for another little detailing package im putting together. Can you tell me which 1 you guys would use if you had the choice??? How do the 2 compare in terms of shine, depth and wetness? I would really like the nicest shine but the descriptions are very similiar. I'm sure...

Well yesterday my parents took a ride to my grandparents. Anyway my father was telling my grandfather how I was into detailing, and my grandfather asked if I had any machines. My dad said no, so my grandfather says lemme see what I got in the cellar. Well my parents came back with some sort of...