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Relatives are clamoring for Christmas-gift ideas for me, and some suggestions from the gang here could expedite things. I don’t get to frequent the forums nearly as much as I used to, so I’m really not up on what people are raving about right now. I need suggestions for a plastic polish and...

(Not sure whether a post like this really belongs in the Detailing Products forum.) It’s been about 5.5 years since I bought my PC, and I’ve finally just about used up the primary polish I bought to use with it, Sonus SFX-2. (I also have SFX-3, also bought back in 2005, but I haven’t used...

I just discovered that a bird relieved itself while passing over my 2004 Acura TSX (Nighthawk Black Pearl). The good news is that there were only a couple of shirt-button-size “hits;” they’re about a foot apart on the hood. The bad news is that they etched the paint, and that my attempts at...

Hi, everyone. Seeking your counsel. The hood on my 2004 Acura TSX (Nighthawk Black Pearl, 84,000 miles) was replaced two weeks ago. (Bare-bones explanation: rust appeared in a seam on the underside of the original hood when the car was still under warranty; dealer’s body shop tried to repair...

With my supply of Griot’s Fine Hand Polish running low, I decided to give 1Z Paint Polish a try, because of the favorable comments that I’d read about it here. If I’m remembering correctly, it was “nominated� when someone wrote to ask what the best hand polish...

Until recently I only cleaned my car’s wheel wells occasionally – maybe every third wash – and I never applied a product to give the plastic liners an improved look. Now I’m cleaning the wells pretty much every time the car is washed and spraying Stoner’s More Shine Less Time in the...

I took the PC plunge two years ago this month, and even though I’ve used the PC – and the products I bought to use with it -- less than a half-dozen times, I’m seriously considering a polish switch. I’m looking for help with the decision -- basically, opinions on...

When I bought a bottle of Menzerna Full Molecular Jacket (about a year ago), it came with a microfiber applicator (microfiber over foam). My first use of the FMJ was completely satisfactory, including ease of application and removal. When I was finished with the job, I cleaned the pad in the...

I’m going to be doing my annual early spring cleaning/claying/polishing/waxing and tire changeover (snows off, three-season tires back on) soon – maybe as soon as next weekend, and I really want to include an assault on underbody rust for the first time. When I say underbody, I’m talking...

While digging my car out after a 16-inch snowfall, I did the unthinkable. I slipped a bit as I drew the shovel back out from under the car, which caused the edge of the shovel to graze the passenger-side front door. The damage: a vertical scratch about three-quarters of an inch long just below...

Well, snow is in the forecast for Sunday and Monday night/Tuesday here in Massachusetts and I’m trying to decide whether to give my car an additional application of Menzerna FMJ tomorrow (Saturday). I put on two coats last weekend. I’m not going to have access to a garage tomorrow...

I spent part of the weekend prepping my driven-daily 2004 Acura TSX for its third New England winter. (I put on two coats of Menzerna FMJ -- my first use of this product.) The winter-prep chore includes putting on snow tires (mounted on steel wheels). As always, removing wheels and getting a...

I bought a PC, a Sonus DAS pad kit and two Sonus polishes, SFX-2 and SFX-3, back in June. I’ve used each of the polishes two or three times now and have managed to largely eliminate my first problem: polish splatter. The problem – if it really is one – that has persisted is difficult...

Has anyone had significant success at polishing a windshield to remove or at least reduce scratching or pitting? I have quite a few long scratches on the windshield of my two-year-old car, plus two years’ and 27,000 miles’ worth of pitting. I’m to blame for the...

Hello. This is my first Autopia post. Iâ€â„¢ve been considering joining the ranks of PC users, but thereâ€â„¢s been one factor causing me to hesitate: I live on the third floor of a multi-unit building, so I would be unable to plug in the polisher. (I do most of my summertime...