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If your paint has just been freshly sprayed and wetsanded (and that's it, no buffing yet), can a cyclo and, say, Menzerna PowerGloss, then SIP, then 106 be used to effectively pull out the wetsanding marks and do the final cut/polish? :think: The reason I ask is because I've never worked on...

Every so often I go and chop up a trashed bumper to try some new products/techniques/etc.... Was a bit bored today, so I did it with my favorite regime (cyclo/orange/SIP, cyclo/green/OPS, cyclo/white/pinnacle w/ polyboost). Would you be happy with this level of correction? It's some GM...

A week ago I polished (SIP, optimum poli-seal, pinnacle wax) my clearcoated carbonfiber dash. I left it in the way oof some fiberglass dust today, and when I went to wipe off the dust it left a few scratches behind (guess fiberglass dust is pretty hard). Trying to save some time I took out...

I had several of my carbon fiber panels clearcoated. Most came out okay, but one of them has a few hazy/cloudy splotches in it, right in the clear it looks like. Is haze/cloud in the clearcoat easily removable with some wetsanding or polishing, or does the clear have to be stripped and...

I've seen his name mentioned a few times on here and watched several of his youtube videos; he can't be serious with his idea of 'detailing', can he :think:

Just noticed this The Cyclo Polisher, Dual Head Polisher Seems just like the same mouse trap with a bit of a different marketting spin on it (less vibration)? :buffing:

Bought a CR Spotless unit 2 weeks ago - I cleaned 2 cars with it (using it only on the final rinse so as to not wear out the resin too quickly), both dried spotless. Fast forward 2 weeks to today - cleaned my Z06 with it on final rinse, turned around, and it was spotting like crazy. I looked...

I posted this on another forum I frequent, so I figured I'd also post it here to see if any other metal polishing people had any experiences/comments to share. Always willing to learn more. Initial Surface We've all seen the dull aluminum. Not much to look at really. These Will...

I played w/ my CRS unit today - it seems to be drying without any spotting, but man, does it take a long time to air dry, haha. One thing I noticed is that my initial TDS's range from 6-10....I live in the country and I know my water is highly mineralized, so I guess that accounts for it. I...

What would be a good place to start w/ a corvette hard clear and some 1z products (pasta intensiv and high gloss)? Green/HG, and if I don't see any improvement green (or orange)/PI? I remember reading several comments a whle back that PI is really abbrassive, so I'm afraid of overusing it...

Is it just me, or does this seem to last like crazy? I initially applied regular liquid sovereign to my dad's car (daily driver, parks outside), and it lasted about 2weeks before water stopped beading on it nicely. 2 months ago I applied liquid soverign with polycharger and it still beads...

Is 83 too aggressive to use once a year to polish things up? I've tried several products and I keep always coming back to green (cyclo)/83 - it just seems to remove the most defects/swirls and finishes out pretty well. I've tried following it with 80, but honestly can't see any difference...

I've been reading about reducing wash-induced swirls/marring, and it seems a lot of people are happy with their foam gun + crssplotless. I'm just trying to work through the steps in my head on how this would work (attach crsspotless) - rinse car with water - attach foam gun and foam car...

Not certain if this is normal or not - if I turn on my cyclo, let it run for a few seconds, then turn it off, one of the heads keeps spinning ~10-12seconds longer than the other. The same head that spins longer also looks "different" when the machine is on - the only way I can describe it is...

I was polishing my g35 (infiniti, black paint, known soft clearcoat) and observed that when I wiped it with my microfiber towel, I didn't leave behind any marks, but if I applied a medium amount of pressure to the towel (not much, just a little force), it left behind swirl marks/scratches...

What is your favorite cyclo regime (pad/products) that you've found the most success with for polishing out light/medium swirls? I've had fairly good luck with green/Meguiar's 83 followed by white/Meguiar's 80, but I am looking to try something else since I always love to experiment...

My normal cyclo regime is green/Meguiar83, green/Meguiar80 (if needed, white/Meguiar80), wax. This works great for my g35 and viper, and on my dad's i30. However, my z06 is kicking my ***. I spent an hour+ on the trunk with green/83, and took out, maybe, 5% of the marks. I was...

Several months ago when I detailed my black g35 I had good success with the following cyclo cycle: Green(G) + Meguiar's 83 G + Meguiar's 80 White (W) + meguiar's 83 W +_meguiar's 80 W+ wax However, it is rather tiring to go through the car 5 times! I'm just curious if there is any...

I'm detailing my dad's 8yr old q45 (never been clay'd, waxed, etc..., washed like once every 2 to 3mths :hm ) - had to go through 3 clay bars before I stopped pulling crap off the paint, but there's 1 area that is vexing me - on the rear lower quarter panel he's got a ~3'' scratch. It's pretty...

Going to detail my dad's infiniti i30 - 200k miles on it and the paint is in okay shape, but it has light surface rust spots (really really really tiny pin-***** marks, nothing huge and barely noticeable) I'd like to try to remove. Can I wetsand them out with some ????? grit paper then apply the...