Recent content by quantim0

I am wondering what everyone's favorite water based tire dressing is. I have been using Z16 for a while and it looks good and I'm almost out and due to personal reasons I refuse to give Zaino any money. What dressings would you put as comparible to Z16, or possibly even prefer. I would like...

So I got new rims for my car a week or two ago, but I don't have a good camera. I borrowed my parents camera and took some pictures after a quick detail. I wanted to see how P21S looked over this sealant and it seems like it just added depth without altering the color. Too bad its protection...

Recently I have been wanting to try out Tropi-Cares line up. They are a paying sponsor on the GTO board I frequent and people have nothing but good things to say about them and their products. So during their recent detail bucket sale, I decided it was as good a time as any to put an order in...

So with all the lovebugs currently smashing into cars here in Fl I have been removing them from my car 2x a day. I decided since I had time tonight to wash the car and get all them off completely. Also I wanted to put another coat of wax on the front just to make sure that I am completely...

I am learning how to use a rotary and am having some trouble. I am practicing on my gfs 97 Grand Prix and not making any progress. The paint is in really bad shape, tons of swirls, scratches and oxidation. I have not had a problem getting the oxidation off and getting the panels looking black...

So I have tried a few different waxes on my car and none have completely satisfied. Souveran muted my metal flake too much, P21S had lackluster durability, Megs #26 worked ok but I felt dirty topping my car with a $12 wax. So I finally decided to pick up some Max Wax at the recommendations of...

This is my friends car. We both have GTOs and he was jealous of how mine looked. He wanted his car to look like mine. So we traded cars on Tuesday night and I went to work. The car was in horrible shape. There were water etchings covering every square inch on the horizontal surfaces. Swirls...

I just bought some rims from a friend. They are Boyd Coddingtons and they are cleared on the hub with a polished lip. My friend isn't exactly a detailing guy, so the rims had lots of swirls in the clear. I took my PC with some OP on an orange LC pad and after 5 mins of work took about 90% of the...

I am going to be working on a friends car tonight and I will be trying out my new Optimum products I got this week. I was wondering which of these combos would be harsher: OP on an LC Orange pad or OC on a LC white pad? He has the same car as me and our clears are pretty soft and thin. So I want...

Seems like these 4-in-1 (FIO) are coming pretty quickly now. Well it rained here in Fl yesterday and it seems that all the roads in my area are dusty and the car gets gross after a rain shower. So I just got my 1 gal of FIO and went to work in the garage. Took about 45 mins max. Process...

So my neighbor asked if I could help get his new used Tacoma ready for a trip up to SC that he is taking. He bought the truck a month or so ago and it's been kept outside without being washed. I forgot to take some before pictures, but the car was really dirty. The rims where really dark grey...

I had my car in the sun today for the first time in a week or so and I noticed these lines in my hood. They appear to be lighter in color then the rest of the hood. They happen to be where I tried to get some light swirls out with my PC XMT2/LC Orange pad combo. You can see the lines right next...

So I received some new products and went to town. I had to strip off my P21S first. - Sprayed tires and wheel wells down with DP Exterior Cleanse All: great stuff, removed everything from my tires and wheel wells. - Cleaned rims with DP Wheel Gel: I had new tires installed and the...

My fiance's friend wanted me to clean/detail her car. So being that I needed the practice I took on the job. This is her DD that had gone from Fl to Georgia twice and not been cleaned. Needless to say there were some bugs that were plastered on pretty good. Car was pretty dirty and had some...

Hey everyone. I just joined up and wanted to introduce myself. I just got my GTO in May and throught I knew about keeping my car clean until I came across this site. Now I am humbled and wanted to show off my first good detail on my car. I don't have any before pics, but due to my poor washing...