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    Mothers Synwax FX - Shelf life / cleaners

    I love this stuff, but I've two questions about it: (a) Assuming a lack of freezing temperatures, what sort of shelf life might I expect with it? My bottle is a couple of years old or so. (b) I know it has cleaners, but is it a safe assumption that those cleaners will be sufficient to...
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    Most efficient way to strip off remaining sealant?

    Is the going advice here still a 50/50 of IPA/water? I ask because I've got DGPS + 845 sitting on my car, and I'd like to start from a clean slate and tinker with other LSPs. I don't imagine a Dawn wash would cut through all of that, and I'm not sure if cleaners present in Synwax FX /...
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    Mothers stuff (Spraywax, Synwax, etc.)

    Anyone still a big fan/user of Synwax FX, Reflections, and so forth? Just curious. I know those products had a bit of a "yeah, they're real store-bought sleepers" crowd here (including myself, as I quite liked Synwax last I used it).
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    DGPS + 845 = persistent haze; why?

    Last week, I spent an afternoon #83'ing my car, followed by 1x Wolfgang's DGPS. It was left sitting for ~20 minutes, buffed off, and that was that. The following afternoon - something like 20 hours later - I, in my inability to ever leave anything the hell alone, decided to top that with a...
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    Strip day-old Wolfgang DGPS to go with KAIO w/ 845?

    Curious if it's worth it. Car's been freshly polished w/ #83 and is currently topped with Wolfgang's sealant. Durability claims go both ways with that stuff, but it's pretty universally accepted that KAIO + 845 kicks all sorts of *** in the longevity department. If WG lasts a couple...
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    Now that I've #83'd and DGPS'd, what now? More DGPS, or... (and drying advice)

    Two things. 1: So we've got a fantastically clear forecast over the next week, prompting me to spend some long overdue time with my 7424 and my car's paint, the results of which will probably be put in C&B later. But since I've got a lazy day tomorrow, I'm wondering what I should do tomorrow...
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    Stripping 845 IW to use a straight sealant...

    What's the best course of action? I washed, clayed, DACPd (and did a crappy job at some spots), and decided to slap on some 845 IW. I'm thinking I ought to go back to polymers. What would be the easiest way to remove that IW? Strong Dawn wash? I really don't feel like going over the car for a...
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    OTC products comparable to what we use/order here

    Curious as to what OTCs you guys think are worth it. My $.02: Mothers Synwax Meg's Endurance, if only for appearance and longevity ...
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    Reformulated Meguiar's Gold Class Wax... hmm.

    Once upon a time, when I first got interested in taking good care of my vehicle (and in my pre-Autopia) days, GC was the first wax that I ever used. This was years before this reformulation I hear about every now and again here. The main thread I found about it is this one; for anyone else...
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    Using a cleanerless LSP over an existing LSP?

    The last thing I used on my car was NXT. I've been wanting to go back to my Wolfgang DGPS for awhile, but I'm wondering how smart it is to use a straight LSP with no cleaning ability like that (pretty sure it's cleanerless...?) over an LSP that's already there. What kind of effects on durability...
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    Maybe I should try something ... different. Here's the stuff, you tell me!

    Like the sig says, car is a black 2003 Corvette coupe. Wash: NXT, Eurow sheepskin. Clay unnecessary, DACP on my 7424+yellow/white CMA... maybe, if the spirit so moves me. The oh-so-fun LSPs sitting in the garage: #26 with or without #7 Gold Class, paste NXT, liquid Synwax FX AIO...
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    Learning another language

    Took a couple years of Spanish in high school - never made below a 95 or so on anything. Can't speak it worth a damn now (21 years old, college junior working on psychology/pre-medicine.) Taking French in the Fall (didn't want to take Spanish again!) - obviously, applied practice and...
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    Polishing headlights - What to use?

    Dad's got a 2002 ML320, and there's some sort of extremely stubborn film on the lenses. It feels like it's on the outside and is slightly brownish/cloudy. What sort of products might one try to remove that crap? There's no rotary available, but I do have a 7424, and he has a Dremel with...
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    Black '03 Corvette - Klasse, Wolfgang, and friends

    Sorry, no befores here (it wasn't even that bad before!) 1: Sheepskin mitt + GC 2: AIO by PC, white CMA 3: Wolfgang sealant by PC, black CMA Wondering about the 12-hour thing with Wolfie's sealant and whether I should go put another one on right now... Meg's endurance on the tires...
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    Wal-Mart MF - 8 pack "Detailer's Best" (Hometex), 14x14, 70/30, $4.86 - any good?

    That's basically my question. Picked up three of these 8-packs they've got; I know there's been a bit of WM MF discussion here, but I don't believe they're all on the same product / were from different companies. Anyone have any comments on these?
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    Microfiber Tech - "Ultra" towels, any problems?

    http://www.microfibertech.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=4 Anyone have any comments to make on these? Was planning on ordering them tonight/tomorrow AM since my current OTC microfibers are pretty worn and leaving little pieces of towel on things, heh :p (The plan was to order...
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    Good, cheap source for microfibers?

    My store-bought MFs are getting pretty worn and have had long, fulfilling towel lives; I was wondering what the great place for MFs is these days. Not sure if there are any new mfrs in the mix or anything since I haven't really been following; where might I be able to pick up a bunch of quality...
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    Dear Mom - I finally tried Mothers Synwax

    And let me tell you, it's some ... interesting stuff. Mom, call Mothers (!) and complain about the packaging, PLEASE! It's absolutely horrid. It's nice to look at and maybe dance with, but obviously, form > function here. The cap/flip-top, as some of my friends at Autopia said, is...
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    Mothers Synwax - Durability?

    Basically, everything I've read about Synwax is great, particularly the bright shine it produces (as opposed to the darker version of its Reflections cousin) and its supposedly amazing ease of application. That, of course, leaves me to wonder about its longevity. What's the word these days...
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    Cheap products (specifically, LSPs)?

    Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places, but I was kind of curious as to what the cheapest Autopia-approved (more or less) product is and where it can be bought. I've got lots of LSPs laying around as it is - Klasse twins, NXT, P21S, Wolfgang's sealant (which I used today after DACPing a...
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