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I've always used very little pressure when washing our cars with Meguiars Gold Class shampoo. I've recently switched to using grout sponges, and I've been able to use one sponge to produce lots of foam, and another to clean the paint. I've noticed that when I wash softly and gently, the water...

Went to Target today and bought a Vroom Micro-Chenille Wash Mitt today for $5.99. It's extremely soft. I don't think the CD test will be necessary :) I'm just worried and wondering whether the strands will begin to fall out after a couple of washes. Hope not... Oh, and I bought a 4 pack of gray...

I bought Meguiars Endurance Gel a while ago, and I definitely like it a lot. However, I haven't been able to find a time saving method to apply the gel. I'm currently using toothbrushes to apply it to the tires. Saves a lot of product and helps me get into crevices and such, but it is very time...

I was wondering, in the presence of all these Opti-seal threads, whether Aquawax could also be applied with a foam pad like Optiseal. When I use a towel to spread the Aquawax, a lot of it gets sucked and wasted into my MF towel. Of course, once it's primed and everything, it's not much of a...

..while I was waxing the van. :hairpull I began my wash at around 9:00 and after washing wanted to wax the van to add another layer of Collinite 476S. However, after I was halfway through waxing, the landscapers come to do their spring cleaning... cleaning ALL the crap that accumulated during...

In the case that I might need a good mechanic in the future, do you guys from Long Island have any strong recommendations of mechanics that have done a good job and are honest and trustworthy?

I've searched and found some info, but I have a few more questions about Home Depot's grout sponge. I've decided to get away from my Meguiars Ultra Plush Mitts which have began to clump up and am now looking for new mitts to use. I can't find any Eurow washmitts at Walmart, so I'm essentially...

I have a bottle of white lithium grease that I've always been using to lubricate my door hinges and such. Today I saw some silicone spray lubricant and bought it for the heck of it. I understand the silicone does not attract dust/dirt, which is a big plus for the antenna of our Acura which is...

Before I knew better, I washed my wash mitts together with my MF towels. The result is that I have tons of lint on my MF towels. When I use it on glass I can see the trails of lint it leaves behind. What should I do to remove this lint, if possible?

Sorry, no pics :) I've noticed that after waxing a car thoroughly and after a few weeks, the trunk, hood, and the other horizontal surfaces show significantly decreased beading compared to that on the vertical panels. I understand that the horizontal panels are exposed to the air when the car...

We just installed a storm door onto our front door (did it ourselves, my dad and I :)), and it has a brass doorknob. I've heard a lot of brass finishes tarnishing due to wear and in general, the outdoors. I was reading the maintenance procedures, and the instructions say that the material is...

There's often mention of people using polishes and having their pads "cake up". I don't really understand what is meant by caking up. I was applying Collinite 476 on my black pad a while ago, and after I finished, I decided to keep the product on the pad and just put it back in my plastic bag...

Is there any way to figure out how deep the marring is on a car by looking at it? Today I was washing my car, and I induced a LOT of marring. :grrr It was very disconcerting, considering that I've been trying to improve my wash technique for at least a year already... But I believe that the...

So, as some of you may know, we had some sleet/freezing rain/snow here in Long Island. Last night it was just some sleet, nothing too hard. Today however, there was a thick layer of ice all over the grounds and, of course, the cars :) After the sun came out, the ice came off fairly...

Does anybody know of any video of people using ONR/QEW/etc? I've seen all the tutorials with the pictures, but I think that a video would be a lot better for me to understand details when using ONR. If an autopian could actually make a video, I would be eternally grateful :)

From Autoblog. Do I see a hint of orange peel? :)

I've been doing some research on polishes that I need to have for my spring polishing. The prices of Meguiars 80/83 and OP/OC are about the same, so I'd like to get some opinions regarding which polish you guys prefer. Also, I would also like to know the equivalence between these products...

I got this from slickdeals.net. It's a link where you can plug in your VIN number and a car report (just like Carfax) comes up. It's free, so it can't hurt to try it out. http://fostermotors.earthcars.net/cgi-bin/autocheck.cgi?dealerid=koonscollegeparkford&vin= The VIN # goes at the end.

This is kinda weird, and I have no idea why... But Duragloss AW by itself doesn't bead. Here's the situation: We got new vinyl windows installed in our house today, so I decided to immediately put on some protection while everything was still clean. So I sprayed the glass with Stoner's...

Is it possible to perform spit shining with a PC? Now that I have a PC, I'm constantly thinking about all the new things I can finally do with it. Usually spit shining is using water to freeze the prior layer of wax so a new layer of wax can be layered onto the paint. Since the PC can apply...