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OK after five years of suffering Obsessive complusive autopianism and buying sixty five brands of products for testing and pro use, I want to narrow my numbers down and discontinue the use of various brands So here's my pretty much final list of products I'll be detailing with Shampoo -...

Did this a couple weeks ago, take particular notice of the wiper arms before and after Modified Ford Club - Jaffa's daily driver

last week while the shop was quiet I got out most of my paint correction products and did tests (2 x 2 ft sections taped up) with my rotary with LC pads to see just what difference there was between them all Lineup Aussie Gold diamond finish, clear cut & showroom glaze Sonus SFX menzerna...

This morning I dropped into bunnings hardware to grab some more 3M blue tape and halogen globe's and next to the phillips one that I buy were nelson brand 500w halogen globes and were only slightly deerer than the phillips model. These contain quartz and give off a brilliant white light...

To anyone who has tried a large amount of shampoo's Are there any available that take none to a very small amount of slickness away from the paint and that definately enhance the finish. I absolutely adored four star ultimate's wash until I noticed that the paint goes from butter smooth to...

So often I see shots of finely detailed cars with absolutely zero defects after machine polishing, however many times I always end up with a few scratches that simply won't come out. most do look like they are almost into the metal (slight groove in the metal) On this car, I had to switch...

Since I've been a sealant man for many years, until today I've not applied any wax since collinite 915 back in 2005. With sealers I apply with foam and let sit over night before removal and another coat gets applied that evening. so I tried to do the same with waxes, thinking that longer...

At the moment I am trying to source MSDS sheets for all the car care products I know of and gained access to the MSDS page I went through every product of a particular brand and found ingredients ranging from oxalic acid in a wheel cleaner (not nice stuff), engine antifreeze/coolant and pnp...

OK I'd like people's favourite final extra fine polish (for hand use primarly) or glaze that you use after all your polishing. A friend of mine here in SA does some great work and uses Blackfire gloss enhancing polish, All Finish Paint protection and Souvereign and might be going to midnight...

So far I've only used glare pro polish and have had great results on trims, glass and carbon fibre spoiler When applied to the paint by hand and then machine, yes it fills in alot of stuff and levels out the peel somewhat, however it will all come off with alcohol wipedown. My question is...

After finishing a quick detail on my mothers 2005 Ford Territory Ghia, I thought I would do some R&D on some products I hadn't used for a while. So Four Star paint cleanser was the first As I usually do, I test products on every surface of a car to see if it has any abilities beyond paint...

While surfing the net the other night, I found a site of a company in Panama City Florida who sell Hi Temp and other interesting products and do ship internationally So I sent them an email and they actually responded quite quickly Anyways I saw listed on their site, Extreme Power Cut plus...

Hi gang Somebody took wet sand to a showcar which I have in my shop at the moment and while doing his work, left 1200 grit sanding scratches on the clear lights on the back of this little pocket rocket So I thought ok I'll give them a going over with rotary and menzerna I decided it not a...

This may be slightly off topic perhaps but thought this was the best place to put it It seems that many of us autopians are quite closed minded about long life sealers that are not polymer based, new polishes that don't remove as much clear or any and other products that make big claims...

last night I found over a dozen vids from the foro detailers forum including the car care europe days plus some from clean and shiny. I was surprised at how loud the machines they were using are. My makita is so quiet compared to those YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. YouTube - Broadcast...

OK so each wash regardless of vinegar and car wash/Laundry liquid and temperature, the drying towels slowly get stiff and lose their absorbtion qualities Most of mine are four years old and still clean but lacking some (not all) the capillary action Is their anything at all that will...

Let's say I have to use a foamed wool pad and SFX 1 or prima swirl on a badly swirled car and then follow with yellow or an orange pad, in an effort to save clearcoat, can I go from yellow or orange to a black LC foam pad or yellow to white I'm doing a Ford F6 Typhoon in octane orange and...

This great sealant base/Chemical polish gave my paint a perfect mirror reflection and even hid almost all the mild orange peel when I used it last. I did it by rotary with an edge white pad some 16 months ago For some reason I have not been able to get it hologram free since It is a very...

Did a search but didn't find anything on this I'm getting serious about my own formula's and got some aquacheck testing strips with to see how my liquid products are in the PH area and to see how the products I use compare I started with my showcar suds which got a 7.5, 200MPH wash got 7.8...

While working on a black metallic two door Astra today, I got some nasty dusting with SFX 1 and Menz IP which annoyed me quite a bit I decided to add a few drops of 601 to the panel and worked in at 600 to 900 rpm with the rotary The SFX 1 was worked in at the 700 to 1150 rpm range with the...