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I read this numerous times on this site. When using a rotary, this is critical advice. When using a UDM/PC is this advice as important? I ask due to the fact that with a UDM or PC, it is highly unlikely you will damage the paint. So staring out with an orange pad and a mild compound when a...

Is it true that a new car (or a newly repainted) new car needs time for the paint to cure and harden and therefore you should not put a sealant or carnauba wax on it till about 6 months afterwards? Or is this a bunch of bull?

Over the week, I have washed, clayed, compounded with an orange 5" CCS pad and Poli-Sealed with a white 5" CCS Pad. Also, if a day went between the mentioned stages, I would rewash the car to ensure I didn't grind any dust into the paint. Last night I washed my car and applied Jeff's Acrylic...

I would include a picture but the camera has decided it doesn't want to save pictures in its memory any more.:down Anyways, I polished my entire car using the 5" orange CCS pad using Optimum Compound with my UDM at speed 6. I discovered my paint is VERY hard because that pad/polish combo...

I am planning to use it as my final polish/base coat for Jeff's Acrylic Jett. However, I read the label and it said: Contains: Mineral Spirits (8052-41-3), Water (7732-18-5), Silicon Fluid (63148-62-8), and Carnauba Wax (8015-86-9). I thought I have read on here numerous times that a...

I am about to order some 5 inch CCS pads from Danase. I decided to use the 5 inch pads due to how many on this site have mentioned that the 5 inch CCS pads provide better cut (due to their smaller size) than the 6.5 inch flat pads when using a UDM. My question is, does it makes sense to use a...

I just got my UDM and will polish my car next weekend with Opt Compound and follow up with Poli-Seal. Many of the pro's on here use Poli-Seal as their AIO and do so because it is a great time saver which is critcal in that business. Because I will be doing my own car so time is not so...

How is autopia-carcare.com related to bettercarcare.com. While the backgrounds are different, the content of each site looks almost identical?

I was looking around at Excel Detailing and noticed they sold some 4 oz bottles of Optimum Compound and Poli-Sealant. I realize you only use a nickel size dab at a time but but when each time only covers a 2 foot by 2 foot area, that is quite a few nickel size dabs before the car is complete...

I have never heard of anyone hear doing so. It obviously would not hurt but seem a little redundant and a waste of time. The only reason I ask is because it is highly recommended by Home to wash after claying/before polishing -or- if you are not going to polish, after claying before applying...

From reading numerous threads, I have noticed many of the professional detailers will often use different brands of polish rather than sticking to a favorite brand of polish. The most popular brands I seem to see the pro's using most often are Menzerna, Poor Boy's, einszett and Optimum. For...

When using a quick detailer, you don't need to use the one that is sold with your LSP correct? In other words if using KSG or JW AJ, you don't have to use Sonus Acrylic Spritz or JW Quick Wash correct? Or if you are using an acrylic sealant like the two mentioned you should use a quick...

ScottWax may be the best person to address this being he is a cyclist also. My question being, will a bike rack mar my paint? If you ask any bike shop in town, they will say no but while I trust their knowledge of bikes, I don't know if I trust their knowledge of car paint. If drying a car...

When you do a full detail for a customer, how many layers of sealant do you put on their car(s). If a layer requires 12 hours to cure, do you go back the next morning to add another layer? Or when you do a customer's car, are you limited to doing only one layer?

Along with my Eclipse which I wash weekly, wax several times a year, will clay once or twice a year etc.; I also have a 1992 Ranger with a 4 banger which gets washed a few times a year and that is it. It is nothing more than a work truck - a go to Home Depot to get building supplies and take to...

Are Prime and Prime Strong considered AIO's or Paint Cleaners. The way people describe them on this site I believe they would be AIO's but I am not certain.

Does anyone know of some sites where I can learn more about this system?

I didn't see it on the Secret Decoder Ring. Granted I may have skimmed it to quickly.

I thought I recalled reading that a poster uses Klasse (not sure if AIO or SG) on their wheels to make brake dust easier to remove. Does it really work? If so, do you use an AIO or the LSP? Would any high quality sealant work? Klasse, Werkstatt, Zaino, Meg's 20 or 21?

Last year when I bought my Meq's Polymer Sealant 20, I also bought the Medallion Paint Cleaner. The guy who sold me the product said to sparingly apply the sealant. He said if you apply the sealant to thick, your not helping anything, your just throwing you money away. However, on the paint...