Recent content by Crashpuppy

Thanks, Conquistador! It's easy to get tied up in knots analyzing detailing products if you're not careful. While there are a few products which have been shown to not be the best match for each other, they do seem very few and far between, especially if complete failure to perform as...

Greetings, Time has come for the spring detail (even though we had more snowflakes in the air again this morning), and going through my box of detailing goodies, I discovered the Ultima Paint Prep Plus that I had bought last year as a prep for the winter's Collinite 845. I'd like to use some...

Sounds like an intriguing newcomer in the coating derby, but I have a question or two about maintaining it. 1. Since Nick noted that it doesn't like sealants or waxes on top of it, I assume that something like BF Crystal Seal as a top-up would not be a good idea. If that is the case, what...

mreed2483, I recently applied Duragloss 501 with the PBA and mixed the two right on the pad. It's 4 parts polish (501) with 1 part PBA, so I put 4 equal-sized drops of 501 on the pad, then 1 same-sized drop of PBA right in the middle of the drops of 501, then blended the whole mixture by hand...

Greetings from the home of the (just barely) National League-leading Pirates! I have come to love rinseless washes as I shuffle slowly toward an eventual heart transplant. I have used BLACKFIRE Rinseless a few times, and the fact that arm motion is limited to two easy cycles (especially the...

These aren't the Pirates we're talking about, so at least he's not likely to get run over by the zamboni during practice... And it's a natural shine, not plasticky and artificial!

Greetings, BillyJack, Ecrissman, and lokichaos... thanks for the welcome! Bill, the car will be sitting outside UPMC South Hills for a few hours later this month. Maybe I should throw the stuff I'm ordering into the back seat, so when I come out a nice shiny, eyepopping car will be waiting...

To all who have welcomed me to the forum, grateful THANKS! It's true that any imaginable question you might have about detailing a vehicle has already been thought of, asked, and answered here. Really great community to be part of! KBsMB, I bought my previous car at Moon Township Hyundai, so...

Thanks for the advice, bobble. THIN and 24 hours it is. You're not kidding about 845 and applying thin. I finally resorted to heating it until it was about the consistency of tap water, then putting a spray head on it and applying it like BF CS - one spray per average-sized panel. It hazed...

Kudos received and gratefully accepted!

Thanks, Rider, for the input. I was looking at the TPS and Crystal Seal again over at the AG store, and it really does look like I might be going that way very soon. Doesn't get a whole lot easier than that for the result you end up with. I assume that with a booster coat of CS every month or...

Cash XRS, Neither can we... but on the plus side, the team president did get arrested for drunk driving this off-season (yes, that almost qualifies as a plus here)!

07gtcs, Thnaks for the input on the BF stuff. It really is tempting to give it a try... some of samples picture I've seen here and elsewhere are terrific with a fairly bright color, as my blue is in natural light (which, unfortunately, we get little of here in Pittsburgh). Oddly enough, our...

Gentlemen's aggreement accepted on the Pens/Flyers! :xyxthumbs: As for the Pirates, you have to remember that the minor league team down in Washington PA understands the game better than the big boys at PNC Park. How else to explain the new "ace" 36-year-old pitcher taking batting practice for...

I'll happily concede the Phillies, and maybe even the Eagles (blasphemy in these parts), but not yet on my beloved Pens. :) You might want to check back after 15 more concussions/neck injuries/heartbreak of dandruff, though... which ought to be by the middle of next week, at the rate things...