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About to use CarPro Essence Extreme* on my new Maverick. It’s the first time to use this product and first time polishing this paint. Tried to see if there was a consensus on the hardness of the Rapid Red Trimetallic that’s on it. Saw a lot of soft to medium but also a couple of hard. Most of...

November 8, 2022 - YouTube finally got to try the new setup I ordered from Obsessed Garage

The three vehicles… 1. 2022 First Edition Ford Maverick - brands new black and silver wheels 2. 2014 Lincoln Navigator - these wheels have had little attention pains to them even though we’ve owned it since new 3. 2008 Last of Supercharged MINI Cooper convertible - my baby and definitely want to...

Picked up our Rapid Red First Edition Maverick last night. They were really good about not doing anything to it at the dealership. Here’s the before from the garage last night: it takes me a while to get through any detail because of my disability. I bought some CQUK3 and DLux for it. I’ll use...

Have a First Edition Maverick on order. Looks to be coming early ‘22 with the news that came out today. Already instructed dealer no prep/detailing. My question is about what to do with the decals that come on this model… should I use the coating I’m using for the rest of the vehicle...

More learning curve for my first coating. For those scoring at home, the first part of May I put a couple of layers of CQuartz lite on my wife’s tuxedo black Lincoln Navigator. I didn’t put a topper on it and as close as I’ve come is maintenance with Ech2o.* I noticed the last couple of times...

The YouTuber ScottHD dropped his ‘final’* video of his Ceramic Coating video today. I’m not sure what to make of it. The hood that sits out back of his shop has reached 2 years and he tested the hydrophobicity (ie rinsed it) and then decon and clayed. Was really surprised that some of the...

After coating my wife’s Navigator with CQuartz Lite, I bought some Ech2o to clean it. Put it in a spray bottle at about 1:15 to use as waterless first. Worked surprisingly well. Think the combo of the product and the coating made it clean easily. Only bummer was that I had to go back and buff it...

Put off emailing about how hot my Griots G9 gets because it was suggested maybes I was holding it in such a way to block the vents. After making sure to try different ways, finally emailed about it. Got an answer really quick — “​You should not be using it to the extent of being untouchably...

Bought some Gtechniq G1 and the glass polish (blanking on the G number) to prep for it. Any tips on using the polish by machine? Microfiber or foam pad better?

There. I said it. I see often that folks say that you can’t beat a traditional wash with running water for gentleness to the paint. I don’t think I believe that any more. Yvan Lacroix talks about the polymers being there when you dry with the towel. I know he has a dog in the fight but it...

Got sent a bottle of Adam’s UV tracing leather/interior coating (Thanks Guz). Going to use it on my wife’s tan leather that’s a PITA to keep clean. Trying to figure out what to use before hand to clean the leather. I have Opt Power Clean (opc)*, the whole Leather Doctor kit, & ONR or GG BF...

I’ve been using Leather Doctor (Roger Koh) stuff for the last few years and it works pretty well. It worked really well on my old jag. However, my wife has tan leather in her car and it is a lot of work to keep clean. Was thinking about using a coating on it to make it easier to keep ahead of...

Wasn’t able to restart/sign in to my old account - cptzippy. Is there anyway to join it to my new handle/account?

With doing polishing again lately, needed some new towels for polish residue removal. Also, since I got into coatings, there’s the ipa/eraser/etc step that needs towels. What mf characteristics are needed for that? Got the Griot’s wax removal towels that Mike Phillips recommended in an article...

If you have a garage queen/Weekend car, what LSP do you use on it? Does it matter color? Metallic or no?

‘Self Cleaning’ evokes images of little molecules with microscopic spray bottles and microfiber in my addled mind. I know this isn’t the case. Today was the first time it’s rained while we were out driving in my wife’s car - a good soaking rain. The hood was clear shortly after the rain stopped...

Need to add some protection to my Astro Black MINI Cooper convertible. I have a couple of options to go with... 1. Prima Banana Gloss (and Slick to maintain) — or — 2. OPT Optiseal & Spray wax (and OID to maintain) I need to use both up so it’s a matter of which to use first. Or put another...

Got to thinking about this after the discussion of using toppers. Do they actually extend the life of coatings? For instance, if you were to use Reload every month, would you stretch CQUK from two years to three?

Getting close to completing coating my wife’s Tuxedo Black Navigator L with CQUARTZ Lite - hope to get front bumper, rear bumper, no lift gate tomorrow. Then comes the biggest challenge... the roof. I can walk short distances and stand for short times so I’m not always in my wheel chair but my...