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Yes, it`s me (again) asking for suggestions from my fellow Autopians for carpet shampoos and stain cleaners that you have used. I also am looking for some type of NON-SLIPPERY protectant(s) for vinyl floor mats. I know that Weather-Tech (the American-made aftermarket vinyl floor mat...

Since it is winter and chances are that your winter-driven vehicle has now seen its share of salt or other de-icing chemicals brought into your vehicle`s interior on your shoes and boots, it always seems that the carpet-type floor mats get salt-encrusted and then how do you clean them. First...

With the onset of winter and this recent cold snap in the Upper Midwest where I live, I would like to remind my fellow Autopians to bring in their car-care products INSIDE to protect them and your sizeable monetary investment that you have made in them if they are kept in an unheated garage or...

My mother past way recently at the age of 94. I was time. She was a public school teacher and guidance counselor in the small Northeastern Wisconsin town of Lena and had a profound effect on the young people (and other teachers) in this school district. Yes, I had her as teacher for one year in...

Once again, I asking my fellow Autopians what they use for quick-detailer spray to act as a water-drying aid after the final rinse in a 2-bucket wash. I know that some no longer use this, as microfiber towels technology has advanced to the point of thorough drying with the advent of Griot`s...

I am reaching out, once again, to my fellow Autopians for suggestions of a good non-acid wheel brake dust cleaner. I have been using Meg`s Detailer Line D140 Wheel Brightener diluted 4:1 for a long time, BUT I am looking for something a little safer (IE; non-acid) that I can use on ALL wheels...

This particular topic seems to come up on a regular basis (hey, don`t they all; especially if you`ve been an Autopian member for some time) but I am looking for suggestions for a One-Step (All-In-One) Wax or Cleaner Wax. My old stand-by Meg`s Consumer Line Color X is no longer made and Meg`s...

This particular topic comes as no surprise to this forum in light of the current major hurricanes in Texas and Florida and the Southeast USA coastal states and flood damage inflicted on vehicles located and titled in those areas. I know that somewhere Autopian detailers, whether professional or...

I am asking my fellow Autopians for product suggestions for matte-finish tire shine for show vehicles. I "strongly dislike" tire shine products that look plastic-y or shine "brighter" that than the car. My old favorite was Black Magic Matte-finish tire shine, but it is no longer available. I...

OK, so it`s late winter and living in the upper Midwest, cabin fever sets in (although the record-setting temperatures lately is more like late March in the upper 50`s°F and low 60`s than mid February and the Dayton 500 is almost here this weekend on Feb 26th). Being a long-time member and...

It seems that microfibers have recently gotten a lot of posts within this forum, seeing that there are a plethora of new microfiber types/weaves coming to market. I am looking to my fellow Autopians to list their favor microfiber cloths/towels for specific detailing tasks. Here is my list of...

Fellow Autopians: I am very much concerned about the possibility of legislation outlawing the use of microfibers due to the fibers showing up in water supplies and hence fish and wildlife. This stems from recent legislation in my state, Wisconsin that now outlaws the use of micro beads in...

I will begin by explaining, in Cliff notes, what I think jeweling/burnishing means, since it is not something you hear much about in detailing today. It is the ultra-micro finishing/polishing of a vehicle`s surface to a "jewel-like" finish. In times past, this was done to show cars or the...

This question seems to come up from time to time and is really an extension of the thread: http://www.autopia.org/forums/machine-polishing-sanding/184148-polisher-quandry.html started by Ronkh I am wondering from those of you who own and are skilled in using rotary polishers in the past (or...

I know that there are fellow Autopians who, from time to time, would like to insert a special symbol into their typed text new thread or post response. Here`s how you can do it using ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange, for those who are acronym-inclined) shortcut keys on...

While this may seem like a strange and totally unrelated topic to detailing, the economic impact it will have on all of us, and not just Autopian detailers , is already coming into play. There are both negative and positive economic implications for detailing in particular that I would like to...

In today`s local newspaper (Green Bay Press Gazette), a lawyer from Tennessee wrote a guest commentary about his state`s requirement for those who shampoo hair to be licensed and have over 300 hours in training to do so. The main points of his commentary are: 1) The cost of the license keeps out...

RE: Spray Nozzles (Continuing the Garden Hose thread) Rather than hi-jack the thread http://www.autopia.org/forums/everything-else/184032-garden-hose.html I thought I would start a new thread about nozzles. I am just wondering what fellow Autopians are attaching to their new hoses that they are...

Some of you have noticed that your apostrophe is missing when you post a response from contracted words like "dont" , "its", "theres", "cant", etc. Do NOT be alarmed!! Its not you. Its the "fix" that the Autopian programmers have come up with to work-around the syntax error 108 which EVERYONE...

Just as there are a plethora of car-care-specific chemical manufactures/companies/distributors/re-sellers that we all know by name and use their products, there are probably as many, if not more commercial and industrial cleaning chemical companies out there a well. My question is: What specific...