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I've read a lot about Quick Shine being a great QD, and also about ONR being good as a QD. Is there anyone that has used both that can comment? I want a good all around QD, but it will mostly see duty cleaning up my convertible that gets a bit dusty in the garage. I'm planning to get some...

Well I got my car back from the body shop the second time after blending the fenders they never did after painting my hood. When I inspected it, of course the fenders were nicely swirled from his "polishing". I assume the clear in this area could be thin since it's blended in. Should I be at...

I got my car back from the body shop after repainting the hood on my black Bonneville. My fear was realized of it not matching unfortunately. The car actually appears to be a very very dark brown from viewing it in full sun or bright lights. The repainted hood looks to be a true black though...

Ah the joys of driving!! I had the privilege of having what I believe was a license plate hit my car this morning on the way to work. I just caught it kicking out from the back tire of the car in front of me, and it smacked flat on my windshield. I was hopeful it didn't crack it since it was...

Well I had a fun one this morning when a car in front of me kicked up what I believe was a license plate that hit my car. I thought it hit just my windshield, but once I inspected it at work when it was lighter out, I found a nice foot long scratch on the hood along with few marks on the...

Has anyone had experience with the Cobra Deluxe MF versus the MF's from Pakshak? I'd like to pick up a few more for drying and I like the prices at Pakshak. I have a few of the Cobra Deluxe Jr. from Autogeek and they work quite well for drying. I see some feel that WW's can leave marring, so...

Since it was such a nice day today (well, sunny anyway) I took a few free moments to wash the DD. After three months I'm pretty happy with the performance of the 845. I'm debating whether to add a new coat to ensure protection, or to leave it be to see how long it lasts.

OK so I did a search and all I can find are threads on repairing a few miscellaneous paint chips. I have a 2003 Bonneville, and it has where the rear quarters flare out just in front of the rear wheels. So thanks to this genious design, the flares on both sides of the car are just littered...

I went to a local self car wash today since my water hose was frozen. I figured I would wash the car and then use their rinse. Well some old guy I presume was the owner saw me washing and said "oh no, no bucket washing!" So I asked why not, and he proceeds to lecture on me "would you go to a...

Yesterday I was thinking about the possibility of looking for solid cars that maybe are commanding low dollars because they haven't been properly maintained by polishing, etc. Then giving them a good detail, and then selling for (hopefully) a profit. So has anyone here ventured into this...

I was bored at lunch so I did some searching on the fabled #16 paste wax. I found that it can be purchased from www.seriousperformance.co.uk. They do ship to the US, and it's about $28 US dollars including shipping.

At Advance Auto this weekend I saw a "fire hose nozzle" by Carrand. Has anyone tried it, and if so how do you like it? The picture showed a setting that looked like it might be useful for sheeting. It would be much easier than having to take the spray nozzle off the hose and creating a mess.

I'm thinking about upgrading from our 5 year old P&S type camera. It really is lacking when taking pictures that aren't in optimal light, sunny day pictures often look washed out, etc. I see a lot of you guys that post in the Click and Brag that get really good close up shots of the paint when...

Some of the comments I've seen recently about not ever owning a black car intrigue me. So what is more important to you, having a clean looking car (ie: silver), or having a beautiful color car that looks dirty quicker (ie: black)? For me it's a no brainer, give me the black or other dark...

I'm curious what the focus is of everyone here when they detail. I wonder because of comments I see periodically about the color of car people own. People complain about how hard it is to keep up on a black car, and how light colors are so much easier. To me that doesn't make much sense. I'm...

I have a bottle of Megs leather cleaner/conditioner that I have actually yet to use because I was using the last of another brand. I see that most seem to typically use a two step process of a cleaner and then a conditioner. So is this stuff decent as a one step product? Or is is maybe better...

Long winded one here, but has anyone ever had Folex appear to make a stain worse and/or take multiple applications to get one out fully? I just bought some for the first time and used it a bit on the floor mats of our truck with no problems. Well I thought I would try it on our carpet in the...

This kind of seemed odd to me, so let me ask, is Optimum Hyper Compound supposed to be watery? I've seen people mention it about the old Polish, that it was watery with clumps. I thought it was strange when I used the two products because the Polish (new formula) is really thick while the HC is...

This is our toy. Obviously it's not driven in snow, or rain. It gets driven maybe a couple thousand miles a summer so it sees some road, but I want to make it look really good. It's not a #1 show car and I don't have the big bucks so I'm not going to be buying Zymol. But I would buy a couple...

I think I must be a true Autopian now. I did my first detailing of something other than a car. I actually tried to polish my bathroom counter (didn't work, but added some EX-P for a better shine), and then coated a few things around the house with EX-P to shine them up and make cleaning...