Recent content by humbucker426

I regularly do a 40% IPA wipedown before applying sealants and waxes. But then I came across a thread here which says that it's unnecessary and would only just heighten the risk of marring. So for 1 of my client's cars I skipped the IPA and went straight to the sealant. But I had poor results...

Nice work!

I actually once had the experience of having to detail a car during a power black out. I bought a cheap power inverter and hooked it up to my car's battery. I was able to polish the car using a griot's 6" DA. I had to leave the car running the whole time I was doing work so that cost me around 2...

Let the touch up paint cure first for at least a week before paint detailing.

Looks like they just misplaced the grommets. You can simply buy them from your local hardware store.

Such a great deal. Too bad I missed up on it. Can't wait to get hold on my own bigfoot one day! :-)

Tough luck, but that's already permanent. First time I saw tire damage due to scrubbing though.

I always use a DA polisher for waxing. Griot's set on speed 2, black wax foam pad, and souveran is my favorite choice.

Not quite clear on the pic, but it seems like acid damage. I've worked on a toyota van than had the same problem as that but the ENTIRE GLASS was covered. I tried all waterspots remover and glass polish but no luck. A glass expert told me acid rain could've possibly eaten through the "soft...

Really informative! However, one thing I like to do is after folding it in half initially, the second fold would be into 3's. So I'll have 9 sides of clean cloth.

Can you use it for MF pads?