Recent content by HEK

A friend of mine backed her CRV into her father's car, she suffered a scuffed rubber bumper caused by the screws from the license plate of her father's car. She stopped by last night I used some tire foam since it worked on my previous cars to bring back the color of an old bumper but the marks...

Even if the number of my posts are minimal since 2003 I've been a reader of most threads and post and have to say THANKS to ALL of those who have helped me become a DETAILER at heart. I have made great improvements in my techniques thanks to reading post here and there...but have managed to...

So this guy at work tells me that my car is covered with it........I don't know what he means since he left early so I couldn't actually have him ponit it out, now I'm searching to see any pictures you guys may have posted with this condition.....IMO I think he is talking about something else...

So once you are done and want to use your PC to get some shine, what is your favorite pad or do you do the final touch by hand?...

What is the furry pad used for??.....I have seen it used as an applicator , called polisher, called buffer??.....what is the main use of this pad/ bonnet?... I've used it on my polisher for years as the final buff, and now with my PC I think is used as padding for the terry cloth...

I detailed this trashed Montero, 60K miles and the owner had not once vacuum the inside, chips/ paint missing etc...anyway when the owner dropped it off he gave me a bottle of this pink soapy fluid that could remove the "rust/ tarnished/ stained" spots on the rims, which BTW before I used it I...

So Friday I finally decided to detail my car, clayed it, polished it and finally used NXT.....outcome WOW.... Saturday it rained in the morning and then the sun came out strong...so I decided to rinse the car and wipe it down with WAX as You Dry........MISTAKE..... .all my work had now...

Is Friday and today here in MA the weather broke so I took it off from work...purpose use my new PC with other concoctions.... Yesterday I had washed the car with an unnamed car wash and spray it with Wax as You dry ... today after some driving around in the morning I purchased 3M Perfect It...

...to get an answer, or at least an explanation about this two issues..: I see lots of threads on fixing paint, some diagrams show paint over primer and how if you fill the scratch with paint and wet sand and buff ...done deal... I don't see the clear coat on the surface on the picture...

Do you guys wash the car your going to be working( detailing) the same day or wait for the water to evaporate..( of course after drying ..) I allways come accross an area that has pockets of water while I'm starting to apply the wax...any suggestions??..someone told me to get a leaf...

Ok who would be nice enough to help a noob...Either by linking me to a topic already beat to death or just reply with a list attachments I will need now that I'm going to order a PC... Thanks in advance ..( I thought an orbital buffer was the best thing since slice bread.... :nono )..well...

I take care of my car, but this past month on a warm day my wife decided to go thru a car wash (the one that has these nylon brushes that spin while you stay stationary)...and these brushes were apparently not totally free of ice. I washed the car by hand later on that month and noticed the...