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I bought a bottle of Einszett Lederpflege for my 2003 BMW 325Ci. How do I know how much of the stuff to apply? The leather just seems to drink it up. The bottle says to wipe it on and then buff off the excess, but there is very little excess. After I let it sit for a minute, there is no oil...

I have a 2003 BMW 325Ci. Let's say I'd like to do half the trunk lid with Z-PC and my Porter-Cable. I have a fresh pad on hand. How much Z-PC do I put in the pad? I have heard everything from 2-3 to 10 "pea-sized drops". But with a dry pad, it seems like that much will simply be absorbed...

I have a 2003 BMW 325Ci. It sits outside for most of the year, and gets washed rarely, but once a year I go over it with my PC and put a zillion layers of Zaino on it. It ends up looking pretty good. I am preparing for this year's detailing, and I noticed a very nasty looking spot on the...

I'm looking for a good detailer in the Santa Fe / Albuquerque area. Any suggestions?

Yes, I'm an idiot, and I drove 200 miles with my gas cap flapping in the breeze, scratching the hell out of the gas filler door. I would've driven longer, if a friendly fellow motorist hadn't pulled up next to me on the highway, pointed at the rear of my car, and made a wiggling motion with...

I recently ordered some white 6.5" pads from CMA, and upon unpacking noticed that one of them does not have a perfectly concave polishing surface. It has a perhaps 3.5" long, 1 mm high, and 6mm wide bump running across it, slightly offset from the center. Is this normal, not normal but not...

Last summer I bought a PC 7424 to use on my 2003 BMW 325Ci (Electric Red). I used a white Lake Country pad and 3M Perfect-It III Machine Polish, and got decent results, although not as much swirl removal as I would have liked. It also took me a hell of a long time (eight hours, maybe more)...

Last summer I bought a PC 7424 to use on my 2003 BMW 325Ci (Electric Red). I used a white Lake Country pad and 3M Perfect-It III Machine Polish, and got decent results, although not as much swirl removal as I would have liked. It also took me a hell of a long time (eight hours, maybe more)...

Some stupid ditz rear-ended my BMW a few weeks ago, and I just got it back from the body shop last week. The rear bumper was the only part of the car that was repainted (replaced, actually). So, now I'm wondering - what kind of car wash shampoo should I use to wash the car, now that I have...

I recently cleaned, polished and waxed my 2003 BMW 325Ci. After sitting outside in Boston for eight months with only infrequent visits to the touchless car wash (I was in school, and had no time to wash it), as well as a few incidents with the dealer washing it against my wishes, it was in...

I just did my first major detail on my car, and have a bunch of dirty Microfiber towels that I need to clean. Some were used for removing tar, others for removing various Zaino products, others for glass cleaning, others for drying, others for removing 3M PI-II Machine Glaze, etc. My...

I just bought a PC 7424, along with a 6" flexible backing plate and some 6" pads, from CMA. Their site recommends that backing plate / pad combo, so I didn't do much thinking about it. But, reading on here, it seems like the consensus is that using a 5" backing plate is better, because it...

I just ordered a PC 7424 and a 6" backing pad, along with some 6" pads from CMA (3 yellow and 3 white). I have a few questions about how to use it properly, and what products to use. I have a 2003 BMW 325Ci that has paint in fairly good condition. It's never been polished since I bought it...