thesacrifice
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What sort of tools and process are you fine folks using? I'm talking about gaps between body panels, rubber molding and the areas in between, door handles etc.
Nooks, crannies, and crevices
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imported_Shaun Carollo
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If I am removing polish/wax residue that somebody else left, I will try to get most off with a wash mitt during the wash step. If I am removing my polish dust or wax residue, I will use a folded microfiber.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
Compressed high pressure air is a detailer's best friend.
I personally use q-tips with each end soaked in my own QD solution (nothing fancy, just S&W, Megs FI and nanowax spray)and the residues just slide right off and the next time you have to clear out the crevices, it's 2x easier to get off because of the small amount of wax in the solution. Ah, the things I've thought of during English class 
thesacrifice
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OOooh, I've been using dry Q-Tips, would have never thought of dipping them in a QD....nice trick. There were a couple ares in the rubber molding I had to take a toothpick too, there has to be something better.
Eliot Ness
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I have some of these Detailing Sticks that work pretty well. I like them better than Q-Tips because one end is tapered and the other end is kind of flat.thesacrifice said:
Eliot Ness
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I think someone said they found something similar in the cosmetics section at Walgreens for pretty cheap.... but I'm not sure of the quality. I wouldn't make a special order just for these, but I picked them up a couple of years ago when I was ordering some other stuff and they have come come in handy at times.lemans23 said:^^ That's pretty slick, although I dunno if I can justify the price
I use this Meg's detail brush... I made a big mess a few weeks ago with a spray sealant, and I still haven't been able to clean up the terrible mess I made, especially with the grill and in the crevices of the headlights, despite the brush and even IPA. It's so ugly 
I even put a pockmark in the clear on my front bumper when my brush slipped in my effort to get rid of all the white spots... :sadpace:
I even put a pockmark in the clear on my front bumper when my brush slipped in my effort to get rid of all the white spots... :sadpace:
Accumulator
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I have a collection of wooden sticks, from cut-down wooden clothespins (I'm showing my age here 
) to whittled swab sticks. I use them bare (fray the tip with a razor blade and soak with QD, be very careful so you don't mar stuff), or with tiny bits of cotton wool (pulled off Q-Tips), or with MF for larger areas.
I have some long sticks cut from paint-stirring sticks that I use, wrapped with MF, to polish deep inside fender gaps (e.g., the back side of the front fenders, reaching in with the doors open). Also various foam and cotton swabs.
And echoing what Eliot Ness mentioned, ladies' makeup sponges come in some useful shapes, especially the triangular wedges. They're nice and soft too.
) to whittled swab sticks. I use them bare (fray the tip with a razor blade and soak with QD, be very careful so you don't mar stuff), or with tiny bits of cotton wool (pulled off Q-Tips), or with MF for larger areas. I have some long sticks cut from paint-stirring sticks that I use, wrapped with MF, to polish deep inside fender gaps (e.g., the back side of the front fenders, reaching in with the doors open). Also various foam and cotton swabs.
And echoing what Eliot Ness mentioned, ladies' makeup sponges come in some useful shapes, especially the triangular wedges. They're nice and soft too.