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I'm getting some bodywork done next week. I have some nasty damage on my dirver side door, I'm getting a new panel. Anyway I want to detail my car before winter. How long should I wait after the bodywork to polish the paint? Should I just skip the polish and throw on a coat of Collinite for the...

Pics to come. Waiting for my friend to upload them off her memory card. What kind of durability can I expect from FMJ and Mystery? The car will be exposed to the elements as I do not have a garage and its parked on the street.

I'm doing my "season opener" detail very soon and Im thinking of topping FMJ with a wax possibly Swissvax Shield. What cure time should I wait, if any, after applying the FMJ before the wax.

This picture isn't of my car, but its the same setup as mine. How would one best tackle sealing off this intake setup for an engine bay detail?

Well today is my birthday, and my father wanted to give me my present before he left for work. I opened the box and inside was a 10" orbital buffer with 3 'pads'... "applicator, polish, and terry." It isn't the Porter Cable 7424 that I wanted, but I couldn't say it wasn't the right product...

With this summer NJ weather its hard to find an overcast day to do a full detail. I find myself only being able to work for a few hours early morning or right before the sun fully sets. Needless to say that's not enough time for a detail. Would there be any issue washing and claying the car one...

Hey everyone, I'm the owner of a 2006 Chevy Cobalt LTZ. I'm pretty new to detailing, but I'm learning alot from this site. Here are some pics of my car from April of this year. My friend and I used to Meguiar's 3 step system. As my first real 'detail' ever I think we did an alright job. I look...

These pics are from my parents 87 Chrysler Fifth Avenue. To put it nicely, it was never cared for aside from the occasional drive through car wash. What exactly is this white stuff on the paint? What if anything could be done to get it looking decent? Is a respray necessary? I'm not looking to...

Would it be alright to use Zymol's Cleaner Wax (the low end $15 Zymol) over Meg 7 Glaze? The cleaner wax is supposed to have abrasives in it, would that strip away the oils applied via the glaze? Also, if the Cleaner Wax is alright, could I layer Megs Gold Class on top of it for extra protection?

Hi everybody, in the next week or two I'll be doing my first serious detail on my 2006 Chevy Cobalt LTZ. I spend a lot of time with some guys who are very serious about auto detailing and I've tried to learn as much as I can from the, as well as some lurking I've been doing on these boards. I...