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I went to Wal-Mart today to see if they had Mother's or Meg's on clearance. No such luck. But they do have a wide array of Meguiar's consumer products that I've never seen before. There is a leather cleaner/conditioner in a red consumer bottle. It's called "one-step leather" or something...

I need to get some new jacks (I like to have two for tire rotations), and Kmart has some scissors-style hydraulic jacks (like the kind in your trunk, but hydraulic) that are cheaper than the floor jacks. I hate the floor jack because it won't go in the factory lift point without damaging the...

Actually, I'm more interested in tricks you all use on mats since they can be removed and thus more tricks can be used. I decided to wash my floormats today. I was surprised how dirty they were after almost a year and a half. I vacuum them often and get up spots when they occur. Anyway, I...

I tried out the Poorboy's Spray & Wipe today. I'd washed my car last weekend (hosed outside quick, then QEW in the garage). The car was dusty with a very slight salt dusting to it. The Spray & Wipe worked great and feels very lubricating. However, I noticed substantial streaking from it. I...

Well, in my quest to find a leather conditioner that smells like leather, I just got some Pinnacle Leather Conditioner. To all of you who said it smells like leather (http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16690), do you have some different formulation? This stuff smells...

I have a question for you pros, since you charge to detail, about when you polish a customers car. If a customer has a car with some reasonable oxidation or swirls, how do you approach this? The wisdom always spouted is to start with the least aggressive product/pad and work your way up. But...

Well, I've gotten around to trying a few of my Christmas gifts. I thought I'd post my initial impressions. The other day I used Protect-All QEW on my wife's car. It was fairly dirty, but not gray from salt or anything. It was quite easy to do and seemed to be quite gentle. I was...

Well, my sister brought her new Explorer by today. I had sealed it with Klasse SG back when she bought it a few months ago, but the paint on the front was rough and in need of claying. So today she brought over some clay and we washed and clayed it. The clay was Mother's, and it is great. It...

Ok, a little background. I didn't used to hate drying the car. I used to just wipe it down with a nice chamois and that was that. Then I read the "perfect drying technique"... It never occured to me that my drying was a perfect chance to scratch the car. So I changed my technique. I've...

If you are new to detailing, and are having a hard time understanding all the steps and procedures everyone is talking about, you probably need to invest some of your own time to learn the basics. Sometimes asking specific questions won't help if you don't understand the big picture. The...

My wife's car was recently at a body shop. It was rear-ended by an SUV at low speeds. The bumper and trunk were punched-in a bit. They replaced the bumper cover, and repaired the trunk. Apparently they buffed out some of the rest of the rear end, perhaps while blending the paint? When I...

If you manually type in the product number for the Detailer line products, you can get the catalog description and some idea of the price (usually priced in bulk). Just change the number after the Code= part. You can find the codes listed in other posts (I remember seeing other's listings and...

My car has Solar-Ray glass, which is basically a film in the glass that blocks UV and a fair amount of radiant heat. I also live in Virginia and have to put an annual inspection sticker inside my front windshield. I would like to remove this sticker myself before the shop razor-blades the crap...

I am specifically thinking about trying #62 Car Wash Shampoo and Conditioner. It sounds like the more appropriate product than #00 Hi-Tech Wash. #00 sounds like it is specifically for washing a car prior or while doing paint work. It also sounds like it is a bit too gentle for everyday...

I have seen a fair amount of references to how Meguiar's blurs the terms "glaze" and "polish". However, I'm not really sure where that comes from. The accepted (and common-sense) definition is that a polish will have some abrasion and thus provides some polishing action. A glaze will not be...

I did an exterior detail job on a family member's 1983 Chevy Caprice. It was dark blue on light blue two-toned. The paint was really dull. It also had this sort of pattern in it from oxidizing. It looked sort of like water was sitting or had dried on the paint everywhere, except that's just...

I washed my car this afternoon as it got up to almost 70 here. I used the Blackfire shampoo again and then the QD as I dried it to remove any water spots. The car looked awesome and very deep. Then, I decided it was time. I got out the Souveran, opened the top, took a sniff of the lid, and...

You know how there is always some controversy over which products layer and which don't? Well, for some reason that popped into my head. I don't have the answers, though... However, a lot of times people talk about the product, but not how they applied it. I'd bet using a polishing pad...

Winter is coming, right? So we need some long-lasting protection on our cars. I have 4 coats of Blackfire on my car, plus I got the QD and the shampoo to keep it lasting through winter. I have a hose that I can adjust to output warm to hot water, so I will probably be able to wash my car once...

I was checking out some ZR-1 websites because they are such cool cars (I miss the 'vette sometimes). One of them had a FAQ that included a question about why American cars tended to have orange peel. The answer was that the EPA only allows so much solvent in the paint, so it means that the...