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    Another nice WOWA sealant:Tropical DODO

    http://www.autopia-carcare.com/dodo-juice-tropical-mist.html After reading recently about this and having an addiction for WOWA sealants, I gave this a try this aft after my rinseless wash. I am impressed - it does go on 1/2 way between a detailer and a sealant, as it spreads very easily and I...
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    Opti coating Vinyl stripes

    Opti coating Vinyl stripes-done! Got my stripes on and as discussed here, wanted to seal them permanently with Opti-coat 2.0. The prevailing consensus is this helps combat dirt and abrasion for a long time. It is, in theory, a permanent micro clear coat. So the first step is to tape off the...
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    duplicolor tire shine?

    saw this on speed channel this morning- I like their paints...anyone use it yet?...great claims on TV....
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    Help! A unique water spot problem.

    My new Camaro has crystal clear paint. Not a mark anywhere...It has been 205'd with crystal seal and glows. But something in the condo sprinkler system left water spots on my hood in a 2 sq foot area of the hood that won't go away with a simple 205 and white orbital/pad. Did not even dent...
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    LSP sealant for vinyl stripes

    The new Camaro has some nice muscle car vinyl stripes on it and they are gloss not matte. The consensus is you can wax/seal gloss vinyl with anything you regularly use. So I was thinking about what I had in the closet - you guys decide: BF CS Opti Coat 2.0 BFWD Prima HM What's the verdict?
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    Clean and polish exhaust tips - advice please

    This is an area I've never really done as I've never had BIG tips. Mounted quad 4" units yesterday. On a big car, they look FANTASTIC: and wonder what everyone is using....I ordered this as a test - any one used it? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I am not looking...
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    A simple rinseless after Crystal seal last week.

    New car - meg's 205 on a GG6/white cool wave pad - 2 coats of Crystal Seal last weekend. Duragloss Rinseless and it bounces right back - amazing stuff:
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    Maintaining Vossen Wheels

    I searched but found nothing specific. I put these wheels on this week. They have a finish I have not worked with before: Matte, both on the machined and the black parts. It does not appear to be clear coated. Any tips on how to clean and maintain? - and pls mention specific products you might...
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    Question regarding 2nd polish

    OK - the experts needed here - This is a new camaro 2SS delivered last week. I did use Meg's 205, on a Griot's 6 and Blackfire sealant and it came out great -the paint is cured of water spots... see here: New 2ss water spots - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums -...
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    New camaro - delivered with water spots

    So I picked up the car from the dealer yesterday and it has water spots all over it -but did not want dealer to touch it...still thought it was easy to correct.. the before: Elastomeric sponge with waterless lube, Meg's 205 with a white cool wave CCS pad on a griots orbital, 2 coats of...
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    New camaro!

    got a great deal on a new V8 camaro - tomato red - got some water spots but just lot rot, not etch anybody got any tips? I'm thinking Menzerna 4500 first with white pad and then prima HM or CS or BF SRC, then CS?
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    And in this corner: CS vs HM

    OK..as a die hard CS user, I am intrigued when so many verterans give the HM a great review, so it's time to do the test. I received the HM today. This is my DD 13 accord in great shape (naturally) the surface has had a polish of Menzena 4500 a few moths ago, and CS since then. It is immaculate...
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    Quick and painless wheel cleaning:how to

    I don't want to waste my time laboring over wheels. It's not fun like polishing paint or applying LSP's .I'm not going to mention any products here as there are thousands that work. But if you want quick and painless cleaning of your wheels, do it often, and USE THE RIGHT TOOLS. If your wheels...
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    Takeda intake

    I have a new polished chrome takeda cold air intake I got for my accord. Here: http://afepower.com/shop/details_new.php?partno=TR-1019P&menu=gas&engine=2.4L&searchtype=vehicle&make=Honda&model=Accord%20Sport%20Sedan&year=2013&engine=2.4L&&brandID=78 Obviously it gets hot - not real hot, but...
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    BF GEP - roadtest

    written for our Accord website - copied here: www.driveacoord.net Believe it or not, time flies.....I know everyone thinks I detail my car every day but actually I have not done anything to it except rinseless wash since 11/29....so I went to the closet and thought I would try something diff...
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    another quick parking lot mini detail

    Brand new accord so we wanted to get a seal on it...will clay it and polish later when he has the time...but passed baggie test easily.... done in a walgreen's parking lot using Blackfire Rinseless, 8 MF's and one coat of Crystal seal - about 20 min or so with two of us doing it...
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    spiders in new car! Help

    Hey a little help from the experts here..mt friend has a new 2013 accord with 4500 miles on it and he has spiders that have made a nest behind the Navi system in the dash center and every now and then, the dash getss spiders running all over it...how do I get rid of them? - some type of bug...
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    A 15 min Blackfire detail in the sports bar parking lot!

    A 15 min Blackfire mini-detail in the sports bar parking lot! A friend had me do the BF 2 step process (no WD) on his new Ciivc about a year ago, ever since then all he has done is wash it and throw some Wolfgang Spritz on it (which I gave him) . He washes about every 3 weeks at a wand type...
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    please answer about PBMG products

    Gents: This was posted on a Honda site I moderate and I think it's a good question , how do you see the difference in these lines? "I keep seeing all these different products listed, is it me or does anyone notice all the same "types" of Products with different names and fancy labels...
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    need solution to situation

    OK, I have a few people that do not want their car detailed in the general way, in fact they really don't care about their car much. But have asked me to clean it up. Most of these are friends so I'm not into charging them much. They all need claying, polishing and sealing to do this...
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