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As soon as the weather warms up I am going detail a friend of mines car. the car has seen better days. It is red and oxidized bad. I have been searching for plan to tackle this car and was considering using 3M FIII FC to remove this badly oxidized paint then a #7, BF gloss enhancing polish...

A friend of mine just got a mazda from his sister. it is old 1993 I think and most likely was never waxed once. The paint is red and as dull as you can imagine. When we set out to make it look better we tried a bit of Turtle wax polishing compound ( It was what he had) at any rate we notice...

Just got the 3 and 1/2 disks from CMA to remove some scratches that I noticed during my last detail. 2 of them are very feint and can't be felt with a fingernail. However there is one that most certainly can be felt when a fingernail is dragged across. I tried 3M SMR on the feint scratches...

Just wanted to share this experience to benefit all the other apt dwellers such as myself that don't always have access to a hose. I live in the North East and right now the roads are full of salt and sand. As most of you know when you drive in this crap it make your car look horrible. After...

I recently detailed my car I will write up a post about that seperatly tomorrow when I have the pictures but something came across my mind as I was doing it. I clayed it and then used 3m SMR with a PC with a white polishing pad. I managed to get out lots of swirls however there were still some...

I just got the Pinnacle Clay kit and I was wondering if anyone can tell me what the bottle is that it comes with. It says clay lubricant on it. I wanted to just use soap and water and save in my car for when I had to clean the car on the spot like. Any ideas?

Can anyone tell me what makes this wax so special?? I mean this is nuts! who would pay that much for wax?? http://www.zymol.com/vintage2.htm

Ok this may seem like a really ignorant question but it is killing me so I have to ask about bad paint with clear coats. Basically my questions is if the paint it badly oxidized or in bad shape how does a compound or something similair restore it without removing the clear coat? Or is it the...

Just got my pc in the mail the other day and I got right to playing with it. I got it from Coastal Tool and it came with the 6 inch counterweight and the 6 inch hook and loom pad. I took off the 5 inch counter wieght and tightened down the 6inch one. Put on the hook and loom pad by holding...

I am curious if anyone has ever had this problem before. I park my car in an underground garage that is part of a much larger building. Because of this there is fire proofing on the cieling of the garage. ( I think it is just sprayed on or at least that is what it appears to me). Anyways...

I was reading a post about tips and tricks and found one that I thought was a great idea. When you get a bird bomb on your car and your away from home use a bottle of QD and a MF towel. So yeah I think that is a great idea. So I was just wondering what type of QD would be best suited for...

Can anyone reccommend a good set of wiper blades? Ones that do not streak or smear. Does anyone have any expereince with the silicon based ones?

My friend (who is always happy to point out the imperfections on my car) directed my attention to my front bumper this weekend? When I went to see what he was talking about I saw several "cloudy" areas on the bumper? Now the bumper is plastic and it looks like the paint is starting to go. The...

Anyone have any suggestions on how I can get rid of these scratches or at least make them look better? I have tried Mothers plastic cleaner/polish but didn't seem to do very much? Can I buff them out? with a DACP? Here is a pic.

I have been reading several posts on the types of towels to buy and throughout all my reading I have seen several discrepencies. Everyone says use Terry cloth towels 100% cotton made in the USA. So I set out to search for this oh so elusive towel. I tried like 9 stores confused the hell out...

Hi I have been reading oh so much about PC's and I understand the diference now b/w a circular polisher and a Dual action polisher fairly well. I am kind of intrigued by the DA Polisher as it won't wreck my paint. However I have yet to actually see one in action. Back in the day I had one of...

What exactly is overspray? I take it to mean like "overspray" when painting a car? But I have heard it used in this forum a few times and the way it was used leads me to believe that it means something other than that?

Ok here I go this is the final plan after much searching and lots of help from the forum I only have one well maybe 2 questions for my big detail: 1. Wash with Dawn 2. Clay 3.(Need a cleaner wax reccomendation here consider the following I am going to be putting it on by hand, I want...

Is it necessary to remove the wax before claying. Or will it simply make it easier? Also can anyone reccommend a good wax remover if in fact I have to go that route. thanks!

Quick question for you guys, I have a 2000 black accord and the paint is dull. I waxed it not nearly often enough now I am looking to bring back an some amazing shine and depth to it. I intend on using Blackfire paint protectant and put a coat of S100 over it. My question is what is the...