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    HELP - Bird stain on 1-day old BLACK Porsche Cayenne

    Picked up a brand new jet black Porches Cayenne on Tuesday. Wednesday the front fender was splattered with bird crap. About the size of a dinner plate. By the time I washed it off, it had already marred the paint / clearcoat. Fine detailing clay did nothing. Hand rubbed some JW Prime on...
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    Which Menzerna for Porsche?

    Been searching alot, and can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for. What Menzerna products do I want (polish, etc) for a newer Porsche? It seems some of those products were designed for a certain type of Mercedes finish. What about Porsche?
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    HELP! I think I scratched the SH*$ out of my 911

    Doing my big detail today on a dark blue metallic Porsche 911. Car was only touched by me when I picked it up new. It had JW Prime, AJ, and P21S Wax. So, today, I washed, and then clayed with the grey Sonus clay. Paint is marred all over the car. EVERYWHERE. Clearly from the clay...
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    Clay then clean, or clean then clay? Porsche

    I'm going to be doing the full detail on my 911 this weekend. When I last detailed the car, it was new. I used JW Prime to clean, followed by JW Acrylic Jett, then covered with P21S. I want to clay this time. SOOOOooo, After I wash, should I clay, then use JW Prime cleaner, or the...
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    How to remove tar from tires?

    I autocrossed my 911 yesterday, and aside from chewing up the tires pretty bad, and getting lots of little pebbles lodged in the tires, I got HUGE chucks of tar smeared on the treads, when I parked the car on top of a spot where they repaired the pavement. It is so bad, the car has a wobble in...
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    Brand new Porsche C2S - Quick Qs

    My long awaited 07 Porsche C2S arrived yesterday (Midnight Blue). This saturday is detail day. I arranged to get the car without having the dealer touch it at all. I washed the car last night, as it's supposed to rain today and be cold tomorrow. Couple quick Qs: For the most part...
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    Finished first detail - Interesting observations

    I went out a bought a bunch of stuff last week and detailed my 2002 Pearly White Nissan Pathfinder, which had never been detailed. Washed a few times, but never detailed. Here was my process: Clear rims and tires with Sonus / Meguires NXT Wash w/ Sonus car wash Dry with Sonus Der Wonder...
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    Using all my new supplies this w/e - Newbie questions?

    I just bought a bunch of new stuff and play to work on my Pearly White Nissan Pathfinder this weekend which hasn't been waxed / detailed in ... well, never. Surprisingly, though, the color keeps swirls from showing. They're there, but very hard to see. It clearly needs to be clayed. Couple...
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    Help hiding a deep scratch

    I bought a used BMW that, come to find out, had some scuff marks on the rear bumper, as well as a fairly deep scratch on the front fender. None of these marks were visible when I bought the car. After washing it once or twice, suddenly the scuff marks became obvious. Now today (a few...
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