Recent content by Joel_MD

Hi everyone, I was looking at my old threads and noticed my last Click & Brag was in 2009! So I`m a little out of practice... Last spring my wife was able to pick a new company car. We spotted this beauty in the local Toyota showroom and she fell in love with the color. Toyota calls it...

Hey everyone, I was a big detailing enthusiast late in the previous decade. Dues to some changes in my life, for several years I largely stopped detailing cars except for minimal routine cleaning. That changed recently when I bought a 2016 BMW 550i in Carbon Black. This car was the catalyst...

Hey everyone, my elderly mom lives in Burnsville and has a low-mile, 2008 Chrysler minivan that could use some attention from a pro. I live in Maryland so it`s difficult for me to take care of her car the way I`d like. I`m looking to get someone to go to mom`s house and do a thorough...

Hi everyone, I`m in the process of buying a 2005 Sea Ray 390 Motor Yacht. It has a lot of fiberglass! The boat is in very good condition for its age, and the current owner has kept up the gelcoat remarkably well. I`ve had smaller boats before, and must admit I was never very good about...

Hey y'all, there are a few of the Meguiar's professional products that I really like, including Hyper Dressing, Wheel Brightener, and the low-foaming APC+.  The products are effective and inexpensive.  I read that Meg's discontinued the APC+ product, which is disappointing.  For years I've been...

Hi everybody, I'm seeking a reputable mobile detailer to clean up my mom's black 2008 Dodge Caravan. She lives in Burnsville, MN. I communicated with Rasky and found that he is booked up for months, so I am seeking somebody else. A couple years ago I found a forum member named Greg, who did...

This 2000 300M is our third car; handy for airport trips and taking Heidi to the park. It's always parked outside, usually under trees where it takes a beating from sap and birds. After spending a week in Nevada doing Air Force Reserve stuff and another week on a vacation with my wife, Heidi's...

Howdy, y'all, it's been awhile since I posted anything here. On Sunday night and Monday morning a half-foot of snow hit this area. I drove around quite a bit on Monday, and the salt and melting snow really did a number on my Dodge Ram 2500. It was killing me to see my truck so dirty, and...

Okay, so my Griot's sheepskin wash mitt fell apart a few weeks ago, and I needed some sort of replacement. I was at Lowe's yesterday and decided to buy this: Is this the $1.99 grout sponge that everyone is talking about? It was the only thing labeled "grout sponge" that I could find at...

This is my first Click & Brag! I hope the photos work. Woke up this morning, had some coffee, checked the weather, and decided to do a little exterior detailing on my 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel. This vehicle is outside 24/7, so I try to wax it often. It was polished about...

Today I tried Wheel Brightener for the first time on my wife's BMW wheels. Holy Smoke! That is some powerful stuff! For anybody who struggles to clean powder coated wheels, I would recommend it. Just make sure you dilute it properly, otherwise you might burn a hole in your asphalt driveway!

I have had a PC 7424 for awhile now, but have never been thrilled by it. I have three cars, all with fairly hard paint, and have never had much luck with removing swirls and such. A couple weeks ago I went crazy on Autogeek.net and bought a Makita 9227. I also bought a quart of Meguiars #105...

I routinely detail a couple of daily drivers: a 2006 BMW 325i with gray leather interior and a 2000 Chrysler 300M with black leather. I have been using Griot's Leather Care for the past couple of years, but the bottle is nearly gone and I would like some ideas for a replacement. I like the...

I recently acquired a new Porter Cable and was eager to try it. I have a 2000 Chrysler 300M with a windshield that had never been polished, so I figured that polishing the windshield would be a great way to start using my PC. I bought a 5.5" Lake Country Glass Polishing Pad and some DP High...

Has anyone ever tried to polish the last few inches of a stainless steel tailpipe? I'm not talking about bringing the shine back to a factory polished tailpipe tip. I mean can you bring a plain stainless steel pipe up to a respectable shine with a few grades of sandpaper and some metal polish...