Recent content by Hawk75

Thanks. Haven't seen that in the local stores, I'll look online to order.

Using the tuff shine tire brush. Went 1 round with the Mothers before I ran out. Switched to the Turtle Wax Hybrid solutions tire cleaner, 2 bottles and did 2 rounds on each tire. Crazy but if there was any improvement it was minimal. Had some basic TW tire cleaner in garage so tried that as...

Yep that's the one

Hey all - hoping someone has a good solution for this. I put new BFG KO2s on the wrangler back in August. After a month or so I started getting the browning on the tires. Not a big deal, I've dealt with it before on new tires. I started with just dawn soap and water and a tire brush as that has...

Thanks everyone. I will mention that I tried doing a 2x2 section on the door next with the rupes yellow pad. I increased the force I applied and I went very slow. I did about 4 very slow passes. I was hoping going very slow, increasing pressure, and keeping my area small would help, but I did...

Hey all - I'm working on my wife's 2019 pearl white Volvo XC90. It's been through plenty of car washes and has scratches that show under the right light and angle. Without a flashlight, the paint looks glossy and it still sparkles. So, I figured I could use 3d One and a yellow rupes pad to...

Thanks all. So a couple questions on how to proceed 1. Setting up the lights as described above, do I need to purchase some LED spotlights or will the halogen spotlights I already have work? Any other lighting recommendations? 2. Since the 3D speed/white pad didn't correct, is 3D one and orange...

Thanks everyone! Desertnate - what you are describing is similar to when I can see the scratches. In the garage, setting sunlight coming in at an angle, and me looking at a side angle view just right. Then they all appear!! All other times the paint looks flawless with great gloss and sparkle...

Hi all - need some help as I'm having issues with scratches that are only apparent in certain light. Here's the situation. Wife's 2019 Volvo XC90 pearl white, been through plenty of automatic car washes. However the gloss, sparkle and shine are all great. I've completed a wash, iron remover...

Hi everyone - picked up some 3D speed and used it on a couple different cars in the last week. First I used it will white CG hex pads and second with yellow rupes pads. My white CG pads are now pink and my yellow rupes pads are orange. I've always washed my pads under warm water with pad cleaner...

Thanks. I have 3 of each and have probably used them 6 or 8 times total. I wash them with warm water and pad cleaner each time and air dry them. They still look and feel new. Sounds like I should be good for a while longer before needing new pads! I did read a review of 3D speed where the guy...

Great thanks everyone. 3D Speed and Collinite on the way. I'll start with the white hex pads and move to orange if needed. If I'm still not getting the results I'm looking for I'll pick up some 3D one. Question on pads - how many uses can I get from each? I wash them with warm water and pad...

Great thanks! I'll give 3d speed a go. Would you suggest I use the orange hex or white hex pad?

Thanks for the reply and the welcome!! I was thinking maybe I should describe the scratches and swirling and I can be educated on what I call light �� Looking at the car 95% of the time, I can't see any swirl marks or scratches. The paint has nice shine to it, the metallic...

Hi everyone - first post on the site but have been reading a lot! I'm a newbie who bought CG stuff a couple years ago to get started. Guess the marketing got to me. Torqx polisher, orange, white, and black CG quantum hex pads, and VSS. The past couple years I've used VSS/orange pad followed by...