Recent content by jakeru

I've noticed the same issue on a different (but similarly dark-colored) car with different polish. (In this case was menzerna super intensive polish, or super finish 4000). Unfortunately, I started touching up paint chips with touch up paint before noticing something was in them. (D'oh!) At...

PFPE oil-based products have potential to be the most effctive, longest lasting, and most gentle on rubber, from what I've gathered - but also the most expensive. An example of a product in this category is DuPont Krytox oil or grease. Some auto manufacturers (VW, BMW) also have weather seal...

Coming from experience using rain-x (initially good, then got chattering wipers, and came notice how quickly it wore off and ultimately, came to regret ever putting it on my glass in the first place), I've been very impressed with the durability of aquapel. I think the initial water-shedding...

I use a natural/boars hair, 1" round pastry brush with plastic ferrule. I find it a versatile tool which can be used for other detailing needs as well. (E.g., cleaning along trim, getting into nooks and crannies). I do use a sort of a twisting motion to get the bristles around the lug nuts...

Probably caused by ball bearing failure in the eccentric spindle. These bearings have tough lives, as the high centrifugal forces of their eccentric motion can tend to sling out the grease past the rubber seals. Once all the lubrication is gone, it's just a matter of time until the bearing...