Recent content by Thomkirby

Car is a 2004 VW R32 with cloth seat inserts. This is a 17-year old car so it is going to be a risk. Headliners can often fail but are not terribly expensive to replace. The safest method would be using a light MF towel dampened with a interior cleaner, thinking of 303-Multi-cleaner. If the...

I have a test vehicle I want to try to correct the headlights with one of the new kits from Griot's Garage or Diamondite. Does anyone know if they would work for turning these lights back to clear? I am proficient with sanding method but would like to try these new chemical based kits to see...

Agree with Sharply Dressed but if you can stick a fan in the car and circulate the air overnight if you have a garage.

Just inspected a new customer's car and the issue on the interior is the spilled drinks or something that has dripped down over the speaker grills in the doors. These are single line drips and not the entire grill panel (thankfully). What method or tools do you use to clean them and not over...

Mike has left the building it seems, I was hoping it would have been a transition period, not a period. Really a loss to the Forum and the written word on detailing. Sad, but I know that Mike will bounce back, he is too young to just lay by the pool.:laughing:

Mike has left the building it seems, I was hoping it would have been a transition period, not a period. Really a loss to the Forum and the written word on detailing. Sad, but I know that Mike will bounce back, he is too young to just lay by the pool.

Faces look like new, but did you scrub the wheel barrels to match? Last time I did a car like this I completely destroyed one GG Long Wheel Scrubber brush. It did all four wheel barrels but went into the trash afterwards.

I have used up my two bottles and it is just a nice easy coating product. Now their asking price( high) and once they have a 'sale' price then are in alignment with many other from the AG store. I prefer the AG product lineup.

I recently applied it in full sun, it was a surprise how well it appllied and removed. Key is 'jack be quick' method, apply small sections and remove once it hazes . I too also only apply it to the MF applicator sponge and then to the paint. Good stuff.

For those that polish out old single stage that is a metallic color like this truck. White polishing pad turns black? Cleaned it out by hand using my Dawn solution and pad cleaner Per Mike’s experience this black comes from the aluminum flakes within the paint. A learning experience I...

Finished tailgate polish with Blackfire One Step and then waxed. Pulled it out of garage for final photos Beauty photos And it is ready to go to another car meet! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Results for unstable paint We finished up today with rubbing down our second coat of No. 7 Glaze. I did try a light polish on the tailgate with a white polishing pad. Polish was PINNACLE Advance Finishing Polish with a LC White foam pad. Interesting that pad turned black and indicated the...

Yes, the test was the tail gate and so far the owner is pleased, even had him helping this afternoon. Applied a coat today and with Father's Day will come back and do the second coat in a couple of days. Truck is a 1968 and all original paint for the most part. Owner removed the hood emblem...

I agree with The Guy, you are going to be fighting yourself to use the Wolfgang SiO2 Rinseless prior to the application of Solution Finish. Just use some standard car soap for the short term. I use that WG SiO2 rinseless now on a regular basis on my own cars and a few customers. It will not...

I glad you mentioned the work required on the roof. If the hood looked bad then that roof was ever more so. And with those roof panels that becomes a bigger job with the raised metal work. Most people rarely look or wash the tops and it creates a bigger job when it comes to doing it 'right'...