Recent content by philliptmurphy

Recently our 2003 IS300 paint on the trunk lid has been showing a very weird problem. The clear coat seems to be intact and is smooth - this seems to be under the surface. The paint has been cared for since new, car was usually garaged, but for the last two months has been outside as my daughter...

I purchased a 2003 Lexus IS300 for my daughter to drive and decided to go ahead and do a full detail on the paint. I did a test section on the hood and was very please, so moved forward. Here is a before and after of the hood test section... Once I moved to other sections of the car, I...

Went out in the garage this morning and the sun was out and walked past the car and saw this, so couldn't resist taking a picture. Thanks for all of the help from these boards. Meguiars Ultimate Compound, Klasse All-in-One, Klass Sealant Glaze (three coats), topped off with P21S 100% Carnuaba...

I have learned a LOT from this forum by searching, reading, and taking the advice I find here. So, I thought I would post my first full paint detail. The car was not in terrible shape - pretty good really. It is a 2012 BMW 328i with about 34,000 miles on it. Few scratches here and there...

I would like to polish the hard black plastic between the windows on the door frames. When I search, the polishes for plastic are either for soft black plastic, or clear plastic. I am not sure what to do with this and afraid of making things worse. 2012 BMW 328i. Here is a picture in case my...

This is a serious question (and maybe it has been discussed and I don't know what to search for)... How do you KNOW that a product is on your car? For example, I see comments similar to this: "I put on brand X of wax, and it stripped my sealant right off!" How do they know that? And then...