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I recently did a spring refresh on my motorcycle and went old school with the Klasse twins. I cam across some Carlack products on eBay and thought I would give them a try just for fun. I’m guessing the detail spray will be a lot like Sonus Acrylic Spritz, maybe.

Those of us who have been here a long time surely remember the reputation this car wash had. It was "strong" and would "strip your protection." While that may have been true, I always really enjoyed using it. It cleaned well, sheeted water, had a cool translucent purple glow, and I was really...

What are some ways your mental approach/mindset to detailing have changed as you`ve gotten older and wiser? For me, a few things come to mind. 1. My sanity is worth more than perfect paint. Perfection is not reality. 2. There is only so much clear coat to work with. Glazes and fillers can be...

Something I`ve been thinking about lately and I`m probably way off base here, but I am curious what others think. Let me preface this by saying I`m not necessarily a ceramic coating fan. I haven`t had the best experiences and I don`t enjoy the process of application and removal. I did apply one...

Curious how you all are dealing with bird bombs on your ceramic coated vehicles. I’ve got Adam’s Graphene Coating on my Acura RDX. It’s been great EXCEPT for bird bomb etching. My car got splattered with bird crap at work today. It sat out in the 95 degree sun all afternoon and baked it in. When...

Anybody got any experience with this product? It looks interesting based on the videos I`ve seen. I assume it`s a cleaner wax of sorts, but most of the uses I see listed are cleaning so that gets a little confusing. I found it interesting that it`s touted as an old formula from the 80s or 90s...

I noticed the BoS Paste Wax is not currently listed for sale on the website. Curious if that means it`s temporarily unavailable or has it been discontinued?

I think I`ve decided coatings aren`t really for me. I have given them a fair shake, most recently with Adam`s Graphene Advanced coating. I fully understand the benefits of a coating, but I`m just not sure the extra time and effort required before and during application/removal is worth it for...

I joined Autopia back in 2003 or 2004, I don`t remember exactly. My original screen name was BlackSunshine, which I saw floating around on here when I would peek my head in from time to time and it was definitely not me. Anyways, when I joined I was a college student and had just bought a new...

I still check in from time to time but have to say I don't recognize most of the usernames these days. 

Yesterday I found some time to clay the Regal and try out my new Duragloss products. It had been a long time since I'd used anything other than Optimum Car Wax, so I was a little out of sync (and lazy) so I put the 601 and 105 on a little thick. I waited a few hours, but they were just not...

I've got an order of Duragloss coming in. I ordered some 601 Bonding Agent and am wondering how it compares to the old Zaino Z1. It sounds like you use it the same way as the Z1. Just curious what to expect.

Hey guys, I figured I would post this here and see if anybody had any suggestions for cleaning behind the quarter window louvers on my Mustang. These are adhered the car and can't be easily removed. Water gets behind them and dries to the glass and the slats are pretty narrow... way too...

Hey guys, I just picked up a new truck. I've been a car guy for several years now, so washing all the real estate on this is going to be a new experience for me. It's not gigantic by any means, just a basic 4x4 F-150, but I'm used to washing much smaller vehicles. Short of standing up...

A few guys have asked me about my car so I thought I'd put up a couple pics. These were taken with a crappy camera, and this was no full detail by any means. Just pulled it out of the garage, gave it a once over with QD and snapped some pics. Last time I detailed it, I used...

I am needing a new machine polish to use on my Corvettes. They have the typical hard clearcoats and are silver in color. I am interested in the new Meg's polishes, but am not too familiar with them, and I am also interested in the SIP/106 combo. I am open to any suggestions, however. I...

Hi all,it's been a while since I started a thread like this (or like any other, for that matter) as I've been busy just enjoying the plethora (over abundance?) of detailing supplies that grace (clutter?) my shelves in the garage. I got bit hard by the detailing bug and wanted to get my hands on...

:p FINALLY smells good!!!!!!!!!!! I hadn't realized they changed the fragrance till last night when I Z5Pro'd my C6. :bounce :woot: I am so thrilled with the new(er) Zaino products. I have been wanting an AIO that would make ZFX optional for so long, and now we have it. ZCS is cool, but...

1Z Lackfinish. I had been wanting to try this for a long time, but was waiting to put together an order from PakShak before ordering it. I got it today over my lunch hour and used it on my slightly dusty/buggy Corvette which has Zaino on it. I was pleasantly surprised at how nice this QD...

So the second time I used my new ZCS, I dropped my ZCS only Zaino applicator pad on the garage floor. In the trash it went, I'm not taking any chances. I don't have any other Zaino applicator pads that haven't been used before. What other kind of applicator pads work well with this stuff...