Recent content by Contradiction

Hi everyone, I recently bought a different car and it came with much of it covered with PPF and a 4-6 coating from SB3 Coating Alpha. I was a real skeptic of both products prior to this, but even with the ceramic being applied almost 6 years ago the difference I see in water beading and...

Hi everyone, I`m way late to the party on this topic and I`m sure this has been beat to death already but please bear with me here. I`m guessing the professionals on here have probably already had customers ask these questions. I need to schedule an oil change appointment soon and I`m trying to...

Hi everyone, Newbie to detailing my own car here and I want to detail my car tomorrow. I need to wash my foam orbital pads before I do it and I`m concerned that they will still be damp or even wet tomorrow if they don`t have enough time to air dry. Is that going to cause any problems? Or is...

Hi Everyone, I had my wheels powdercoated a basic semi-gloss black a couple years ago and overtime they have faded some. It looks like something I was cleaning them with might have etched or made them "chalky" looking. I could even see drips from cleaner on some of them. So to top it off...

Hi everyone, So I`m going to take my 1984 VW Rabbit GTI to a higher end detailer soon with the intent of giving it the first real thorough detailing on it since I bought the car. It`s old single stage paint and it`s in generally good shape, but it could definitely use the detail. Since I`m...

Hi everyone, It`s car show season and that means driving 2-4 hours to a show and having a crap load of bugs on the car by the time I get there. Normally I take the time to stop before I get there and give it a proper wash, but there are times where I just want to get there because there is a...

Hi everyone,   I just got my car back from the body shop today after I had my hood repainted due to storm damage and I was wondering if you can recommend any bug and tar remover that would be safe for fresh paint?  I found a thread on the Meguiars forum that lists "body shop safe" Meguiar's...

Hi everyone,   I own an 84 VW GTI and I'm trying to find good period correct floormats for it.  The problem is that naturally anything 30 years old is going to likely show some wear and tear and I don't want to buy a set of generic "one size fit's all" mats from Walmart.   So there's a...

Hi everyone, I am frankly not at all a detailer, so I'm looking for advice before I bring my car to one in the future and have them do a professional wet sand and detail. So I just picked up a 1984 VW Rabbit GTI with single stage enamel OEM paint. At this point I am all about...

Hi All, I have 2 different needs at this point. I'm looking to find a body shop that can do some collision work on my 02 VW Jetta and I also want to find a detailer that can do more of a high end "Paint Restoration" detail on my 84 VW Rabbit with single stage paint. Any recomendations for...

Hi everyone, I am frankly not at all a detailer, so I'm looking for advice before I bring my car to one in the future and have them do a professional wet sand and detail. So I just picked up a 1984 VW Rabbit GTI with single stage enamel OEM paint. I have the expected small rock chips...