Recent content by fprintf

I swear I did a search, and am somewhat embarrassed to read that very excellent article that describes exactly what is happening to me. The 7424XP that I own does great getting the 6 5/8" (i just measured!) CCS pads moving over flat surfaces, but throw any curve and it just bogs down requiring...

When I use my PC7424xp with the 6.5inch pads it seems that the weight of the machine alone will stop the pad from rotating. And when I watch videos with Mike it looks like he is applying some downward pressure. Is it solely that I should be using 4" pads with this machine? Or should I be...

The worst part about detailing a white car is that it is so difficult to see where you've already done a section. I found when claying, or applying Klasse, that I couldn't see what I had done. Now I just do it by feel, and a little guesswork!

No it isn't worth it, don't bother.

I have the green G clean from Home Depot and have exactly the same experience as others - very weak foam and no matter how I adjust it it goes through soap like crazy. Even when going full soap the foam hardly dwells on the car. A waste of $19. I'll look to a hose mounted foam gun next since I...

Argh! I was cleaning about 20 microfiber towels (my "paint safe" ones) in a 5 gallon wash bucket, something I do when the family el presidente is home and doesn't want me using her washing machine. Anyway I tipped it over to dump out some of the water and almost all of them slithered out onto...

That looks about what my car looks like also. Perhaps it is the local hard water but the foaming is only OK and it dries really quickly, even at 50deg in the shade!

Yes, and earlier in the day I had used my new PC7424XP on my wife's Volvo to some pretty good results. This was using Meguiar's 205 to do some slight correction, and then applying Meguiar's NXT 2.0 as a wax. But since the Klasse was recommended to be applied by hand, that is what I did for both...

Dummy me didn't read the directions and used only soap in the plastic reservoir. No wonder it didn't last long! It could also be that my 2500 psi washer throws too much volume of water!

I bought one of these G foamer things, and it didn't work very well at all. It went through 8 ounces of soap in about a minute, and honestly didn't create much foam at all. User error? If I turned "down" the rate of soap application I just got more watery foam. Time to read the rest of the 20...

On the subject of claying, I was so petrified of scratching my car that I tried the clay in an unobtrusive spot in the rear corner of the roof. I did it correctly and it made tiny scratches, so I chickened out. I was relieved when a plastic baggie test revealed mostly smooth paint. Maybe it was...

I have a new Mazda Miata with a black hard top roof. The car is known to have rather soft paint, so I treated it really well. The car had zero scratches when I brought it home the other day, and I've been reading and really worrying about my first wash/detail. Here is what I did: 1. Rinse with...

My name is fprintf and I am completely new to vehicle detailing. I live in the Northeast US, Connecticut to be exact, where we have had a very very mild winter. As a result my wife and I made an impulse purchase, now that our kids are teenagers and we don't need to haul them around so much...