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Up til now, Ive generally bought the 'urban myth' that S100 is the same thing as P21S; just about half price. I just returned from BMW Techfest, where numerous tech seminars were held, not the least of which was a detailing seminar conducted by none other than Larry Reynolds of Car Care...

The other day, I drove up to Bristol to keep my dyno appt. It was forecast to get all the way to 40 degrees, so I figured Id better do it then, as the next two wks are supposed to be well below freezing. When I got there, though, the pipes had burst, and the rollers were under 3ft of water. No...

My Alpine White '99 M3 has 50k miles on it, and, as you can imagine, the appearance of the front of the front bumper and air dam areas is no longer pristine, clean, and shiny. Ive seen many that are worse, especially dark colored cars, where the stone dings, chips, and marring seems to show...

Has anyone else ever heard socalled 'experts' exclaim that Waxing your car doesnt cause it to shine; Polishing does. Waxing simply adds protection.... ? Seems to me that most of us would disagree with this evaluation. Yet, I recall seeing this stated in a number of different places, although...

I just received a bottle of Pinnacle Soveran Liquid, which Ive never used before. It doesnt state on the bottle that it needs to dry or haze before its removed. So can anybody who has used it confirm that you can use it similarly to the way I use S100/P21s paste, ie, just wipe it on, and...

I love S100. I find its the only paste wax that I can really apply easily by hand to my white M3. Even when I dont feel like doing a whole 2 or 3 step process using the PC, I still find I can lay down a quick layer of S100 by hand with no fuss/no muss in under an hour. Its great for this. Just...

I have mostly Meguiars pads for use with my PC and with a rotary, if I need the strength. I know that the cma pads have a concave shape to them, and the meguiars pads are flat. And I know that they are both well made and effective pads. But my question concerns equivalencies. For...

Did you ever walk by your car, in a certain light, and notice a water spot, or light scratch or swirl, which you hadnt noticed before? Does it drive you nuts? Wouldnt you like to get rid of the offending imperfection right then and there, and not have to wait til you do the entire car, or...

Dont shoot me. But, I live in a hirise condo in the NY Metro county of Westchester, and as such, I dont have the facilities to handwash my car, although I am a complete fanatic about it, as Ive spent a small fortune on it. Its a white '99 bmw m3 with many Dinan components including a...

Does anybody know, approximately how much good body shops charge to prep and lay down a nice 2 stage white paint onto a bmw M3 sized hood? How bout Hood and front bumper/spoiler? Cheaper to get them done together?

I own a Condo in a Hi Rise Lux bldg in Westchester County, just north of NYC. We have a 6 floor communal garage with no assigined parking. I usually park on the lowest level where the best cars seem to park, and theres less danger of door dings..If I want to do any work, theres enough light...

If you saw the first thread on this subject: http://autopia.ws/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14227&perpage=20&pagenumber=1 it was about the Gurureports Durability grade discrepency seen between the Meguiars #26, and the Collinite Super Doublecoat product, plus the comparison of this...

I had written to Meguiars, asking them about which form of #26 Hi Tech Yellow Wax is likely to last longer, the liquid or the paste. Here is Meguiars response: "Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for your interest in our products. With regards to which wax will last...

Last night, I reviewed again that excellent review of the waxes in gurureports...And I noticed something that was quite an inconsistancy. If you notice, the number of carnauba products which had measureable beads left at the 8 wk cycle were very very few...Matter of fact, I think the...

Last night, I was determined to get some scratches out of the hood, where the dealer had put them in the clear coat layer...I got out my PC, with yellow Meguialrs pad (polishing pad), and my 3M FCRC, and went to work... There were 2 types of scratches I needed to address...One was what Id...

Ive read several reference to a Video from David involving a PC and a Wool pad, but, Ive not been able to locate it...Can someone please direct me to either the link or to where I might find it? Thanks.

Anybody interested in a variable speed rotary buffer, which will give you from 1000 to 3000 rpms and cost you just 25 bucks? Harbor Freight has a sale on their Chicago brand rotary for just that...NOt the best in the world, but I know there are alot of guys who would want to pick this up to...

Im enclosing a quite from Larry Reynolds of the famed carcareonline.com. Larry has been an outspoken advocate for car finish detailing for several years now, and is well respected in the field....So, when he comes up with the following statement, which seems to totally disagree with the...

Can anybody compare and contrast Finesse It and Dual Action Cleaner Polish? Theyre often recommended for situations where you want some thing a little more aggressive than SMR, and a little less aggressive than something like Meguiars #2 FC Cleaner, or Perfect It II FC Rubbing Compound...

Or should I say 'aggressiveness'? Either way, Ive been told that relatively speaking Meguiars #2 Fine Cut Cleaner is a tad more aggressive than Meguiars Dual Action Cleaner Polish. Where would you guys place 3M Finesse It in terms of aggressiveness? With a tub of 3M Perfect It II Fine Cut...