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I was looking for some more 3M products (machine polish, SMR for light colors, and IHG) and I couldn't find them anywhere, but most of the local stores had the equivalent in Meguiars line. How can one be better than the other I guess is my question, whne in essence they do the same thing...

OK well maybe it's not unbiased... I'll let you all decide. Please disregard my user title! :D :D Alright I recently was suckered into buying some s100 since all of you talk about it, and I was feeling left out. No one likes to feel left out, ya know? :p Anyways, I recently did...

I feel so guilty to my Zymol roots! :D I went to the local harley dealer this morning and spent $24 on some SEPC and some of the wax. I plan on SMRing the jetta, following up with SEPC (is this really necessary?) and then topping with s100 wax. However, I'm not going to do the SEPC or wax...

And this is a pretty good body shop, they do lots of custom restores, mostly on corvettes, and my previous car had some paint work there and they did a great job. But for some reason, on the jetta, they decided to wash the car with what looks like brillo pad, or a steel wool pad. I can't...

As the title states. I only have one white car and I don't want to buy another bottle just for that one car. I'd be interested to know what the difference is between these two products (light vs. dark). Thanks! - Anthony

Looks like I won't need a fine cut cleaner after all. After researching stronger 3M products I may need to use for my sisters beetle, I decided to go give a try with the SMR and a cutting pad. Well, I truly was impressed. Before: After: That was just one application, and there...

OK, I'm looking for something stronger than the SMR, and I was told to get this, 3Mâ„¢ Finesse-Itâ„¢ II Finishing Material, 16 oz, PN 39003 Sounds good, right? So I apply that with a cutting pad, then I follow that up with the SMR with a polishing pad and I should be set for swirl...

Someone got into my car with gum, or something similar, on the bottom of their shoe and now the passenger mat has gum stuck to it. I can't seem to remove this with any cleaners that I have. Any ideas? Thanks. - Anthony

Today when I was there, and all the other weekends I go, I see people with some pretty expensive cars using the brush to wash them, and scrubbing their wheels and wheel wells with the foaming brush and then going straight to the paint and brushing away. Last week there was some guy behind...

This doesn't look pretty, the picture doesn't make it seem as bad. The person that hit it also didn't leave a note or anything, so I don't know who did it, although I think it was one of my neighbor's son's friend, because I was parked behind their driveway and I have seen a white car over...

OK, I'll make a long story short, but I'll start out by saying that ICI paint is utter crap. Anywho, my younger syster went to LA this semester of college to intern with CBS, so she left her car at my parents house and it's in desperate need of a detail. Half of the car was repainted, it's a...

The other is 15% polyester.... I don't know if that is just counting the edges and such, but I was just curious. I have never used anything but 100% cotton towels on my cars, and I only use these towels on the wheels. So, what would happen if I used an 85% cotton towel to dry the car with?

A few things I noticed: - 3M SMR leaves all kinds of dust all over the car - it's quite the pain in the ***. - Use a paint cleanser/gloss after the 3M SMR. I almost didn't do the HD-Cleanse after the SMR, but boy, I did half the hood and the gloss it leaves is amazing, so I did the whole...

I've read lots and lots on here about different paint cleaners, (Zymol, P21S, Klasse, Zaino) and I am curious as to which one you guys think is the best all around. Easiest to use, best results, etc - but I don't want price to be a factor. Also on a side note, it seems that everyone on...

Since it just snowed about 6" here, and my Jetta was outside (I leave my BMW in the garage), it got snow covered. I cleaned off the windows with the normal brush/scraper thing, but I didn't touch the paint. Now it's not really that safe to drive with 6" of snow on the car since it blows off...

I would assume not, but just asking to be sure. And what about a glaze after SMR? Isn't the SMR similar to a glaze also? Also, since most paint cleaners have some abrasives in them, doesn't it kind of do the same thing as a swirl mark remover? And finally, how often can one use a...

Right on the edge of the quarter panel next to the trunk... it's like the paint was just removed. It's perfectly smooth. I wonder if I rubbed something against the paint when putting something in the trunk, but I doubt it. I wondered if this was from the pressure washer, but I checked all...

I ask this because from reading all the posts and the how to's, I notice that everyone uses a compounding pad for the SMR. I just got my pads today from CMA and I don't want to waste a white pad on SMR if it's not going to do anything.... I mostly just have spider webbing... I'm pretty...

I usually do it by hand, but I figure since I spent 150 bucks on this nifty little buffer, I may want to use it for something other than SMR. So..... can I do it? Or should I stick to doing it by hand like Zymol says. Thanks. :cool:

I took my BMW saturday evening to the coin-op high pressure wash becuase it had some salt on it, and I wanted to remove it. I did the soap, then did there rinse, the normal stuff. I then drove home, the zymol pretty much beads the water off when I drive home, and then I put it in the garage...