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Here's my post on the other board, I didn't notice there was an eco friendly one when I posted it. Link: http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing-product-discussion/131164-anybody-ever-try-sal-suds-soap.html

I did the whole car with FF and LC white pad. Is there anything to be gained by doing it again with say a black or blue pad? It's a metallic gray car (VW) with clear coat. (Not really dark, not really light)

I have a bunch of about 2 year old Cobra towels and some of the older ones have suddenly started to lint. I didn't wash them with anything linty and I'm not a detailer so I don't use them all that much. Is it normal for once good towels to start leaving lint behind?

This is a biodegradable, earth friendly (more so than Simple Green and a hell of a lot stronger) concentrated soap that is very strong, even highly diluted, and rinses cleaner than anything I've ever used. It cuts grease like crazy, makes amazing suds, cleans micro's great and even takes...

I usually detail in the open garage in the evenings, and get eaten alive. I got five mosquito bites just yesterday. As soon as I turn on all those fluorescent and halogen lights every flying pest comes right in the open door. Mosquitoes, moths, flies, gnats, and many more. Today I tried...

I have been using Megs QD in the purple bottle but it's running out and I have a full bottle of the Sonus Glyde so, is it OK, since it's not really a QD?

I usually SG my windows but haven't done so yet this year so I decided to try the AIO diluted about 6 to 1 with water and sprayed on the glass, and it left them nice and slick/shiny with minimal effort. And this was without cleaning them first, so this was used as a cleaner and wax. They...

I've been doing my first couple panels with a PC and I thought you only spray water on the pad, and if it completely dries out. But the Menz Micro Polish says to spray the panel of the product on it dries. Now this happens in only about 3 passes, but the pad still has liquid polish on it (a...

I finally started polishing my ride today with my new PC. I used Menzerna intensive polish on a LC orange pad. The car looks great, or so everyone tells me, but it has about 8 years of water and bird spot etchings (I guess) on it and has only ever been clayed and hand Color X'd by me, and...

I never thought much of Lexol conditioner even though I used it for years because before the internet that's really all there was. I would wipe it on "Wait a few minutes" (like 5-6) and wipe it off - still wet. Then I read on one of the sites to let it dry before "buffing off" and there's a...

Or am I doing something wrong? I always hear people say - Oh I just soak it in a little dawn (or other) for a few minutes and then hand wash the pad. - Well I just ran nearly a half a bottle of dawn over a CCM red pad with WDGPS in it and it's in the washing machine right now because I was...

Landscaper blew dirt/leave bits all over GF's nice clean Altima Coupe, and later she was flushing out under the sunroof wind deflector with the open hose and for some reason water came through, staining the headliner. What's best for cleaning this dirty water stain? Also, I'm only assuming...

My next project is taking water spots out of a "Winter Frost" 08 Altima Coupe which is supposed to be a three stage paint with what I think are ceramic pearl like granuals in the middle stage (again I think). I've got a PCxp, intensive polish and micro polish, and several CCM pads - orange...

I wash it vigorously in Pinnacle and DP products, I wash it vigorously in Dawn, and lots of it, and still when I wring it out, my hands get covered in the wax. Am I doing something wrong? Do you have to actually pinch out every last bit of it to get it clean? If so, what good is the detergent...

I just did my first ever hood with a PC. I'm using Menzerna micro polish on a 2 year old Altima. The paint's not that bad and was pro detailed once over the summer (not great). How long should it take to get the polish broken down? I'm going very slow ( 1"per sec) moderate pressure on 4.5 with...

I've got an 02 VW Passat in Silverstone Grey Metallic clearcoat (in pretty good shape actually) that's going to be my #1 victim with the new PC and supplies I now have. I was just wondering what you all can tell me about my paint, like hard or softness, etc, before I get started? Thanks.

I got my first quartz halogen light the other day and I really don't see swirls in it the way I've seen some of you guys post in pictures. In fact I couldn't see any no matter how I held it. But as I was looking I saw that the CFL in the regular light fixture on the wall of the garage was...

I just picked up a small single 500w halogen light but it doesn't seem to be very bright. What are the factors besides wattage that effect how well these things work, if any, and could it's small size (small reflector/bulb) be the reason it doesn't seem very bright?

I've got many layers of Klasse SG (About 10-12) on my Passat and it looks great, but the paint underneath has some light swirls and blemishes because I didn't have a machine back then, so I'm going to strip and polish it with some Menzerna Intensive and then Micro Polish and a new PC I just...

Hi everybody, I just joined today after lurking for a few days. I also recently ordered my first Porter Cable 7424xp and some Menzerna polish + Wolfgang sealant and will probably be looking for advice on how exactly to use these things without screwing up too badly. I only just really started...