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Does having a metalic paint with the metal flakes and all, lead to less swirls being seen? I only ask because I just noticed this the other day, in the sunlight and at night in the light of street poles, etc, it seemed that paints with metalic paint didn't show nearly as many swirls and that...

why is it that no matter what i do, my hood /always/ spots up after it rains? i never see anyone else's hood spot up nearly as bad as mine, and i'm sure they don't put in nearly as much time as i do (read: they use an auto car wash). last week i put on a fresh coat of s100 wax. it...

I finally got around to putting on S100 last week on my black car. It looked great! It was so easy too. When it rained, I was excited auctally, I got to see how the water beaded so well. Being stuck on 95 was no fun when it was raining, but once it let up and traffic let up I was ammazed...

Well it rained lighly this morning. By the time I got to the garage at work I had a few "drops" of water on the car. At any rate when I got back this afternoon it was dry, but the areas where there was water had these spots on there. They were kind of whitish, dried and "raised" above the...

I've got about 75% of my car done, I didn't have a chance to do the hood or the front fenders, but I have the roof, side doors, rear 1/4 panels, hatch and roof done with AIO / One coat of SG. I haven't wipped off the "residue" (Hardly any...) of the SG but I do not see any difference between...

I'm more than certain I'm using enough SG, but I don't even see a haze after I applied it on my car. I did it outside so there was enough light, but there was hardly any kind of haze or anything on the paint. The car is sitting in the garage now to "cure" but I'm curious if I did anything...

I started out with the back of my car to "learn" my method (since I hardly ever see it). I washed then dryed it. I then opened up my 100 mg bar of claymagic clay and first I noticed it was real sticky. I sprayed it once with the QD included. Next I went to break it into 3 pieces which I...

I'm going to start a major detailing today. Wash, Clay, AIO, SG (1 Layer), Maybe another tonight and a third tommorw morning then S100 topper. I have a garage but I can't use the hose inside. I am planning on washing it outside, taking it inside claying it then washing it again outside...

I am going to clay my whole car for the first time this weekend but I am confused how I should do the sides of the car which are vertical. I have read that I should apply as little pressure as possbile - which is easy for the hood and the roof, but doesn't seem as easy for the doors and...

I'm about to place an order at CMA for some AIO and SG. However, I have a black car, and on their site it says under cons it says: "Some enthusiast feel the shine is too "sterile" on dark color cars." Is this true? What do they mean by it, does anyone here use it on their black car? I...

I can't wait for a free day and some nice weather to clay my car. I had bought some clay back last summer, but never used it. Today I got the idea that maybe I could remove some of the paint (from my garage) that I "got" on my bumper. It couldn't have been more obvious, white household...

its spring, i've got some free time, so i plan on taking this weekend to detail my *black* nissan pathfinder. auctally, the last time i truly detailed it was last august, and boy was that fun :eek: anyway, its got 9 months worth of junk on it and one bad winter. i've been taking it to...

I have 2 of the Wash mits from CMA, however they lint way too much and are coming apart. Are there any "good" wash mits that I can buy at a local store (Pep Boys, Walmart, etc) that anyone here woudl recommend? Speaking of bad luck, I washed the car this morning as I had a bunch of free...

I purchased QEW this week and want to give it a spin. I have a few questions though. First my car has a bunch a salt film from the waistline down. Its not as "thick" as it was after the first snow storm back in November, but it is somewhat coated. I was thinking of going to the Touchless...

my car is covered in salt / road spray! the front bumper, the whoel rear, and the lower half of the doors are totally gray! (note my car is black) you can not see anything, it has gone from totally clean and shinny black yesterday morning to completly covered! i take it to a touchless...

while i was parked in the garage a few weeks ago, someone felt it was nice to scratch a little message on my black car in the dust. it read from the rear passenger door to the fuel door, "matt is a dork". This person knows who I am, but that doesn't matter. Its winter so I go through the...

I've noticed that when I QD with some QD Spray and a MF towel that it usually leaves behind these little tiny white specks. My car is black so upclose I can really notice them. The specks are small. Anyone know why this happens, how I can prevent it and what is causing it? Thanks

i'm leaving tommorw morning for vacation for a week (about time) however on the way home tonight as i was leaving the garage (it was dark outside, light in the garage) i noticed a bunch of whiteish water spots on the hood of the car (it was raining this morning)... as its dark outside, and i...

I noticed today on the tops of the side doors of my black car that there are these spots, almost oily in the paint. there seems to be a bunch of them, they aren't large however. its hard to describe it, so i will do my best. first it was not sunny, but a cloudy day. these spots are...

I posted a thread with pictures of my dirty truck. Here are the pics of it. http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16747 However, I was able to rinse off most of it, and it looked fairly good. I was going to take it through a Touch-Free eariler this week, but I was...