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Are you just scuffing the paint to promote adhesion or are you planning on taking it down the the level of the factory primer? If just scuffing just use a scuff pad. if taking it down to the original primer start with 120, then 320. Is the new paint going to have metallic flakes in it? Then you...

The single greatest tool to help me out after back surgery was my 4 post lift. I just raise and lower the car to keep the work surface directly in front of me. For the roof I use a platform and let the weight of the tool do most of the hard work. (mainly needed on SUV's)

Might be a nice deal if they offered to make one year of payments and pay for you to take it to the detailer of your choice 9including yourself) and pay for the full monty.

5000 grit wet sanding discs. Barely even makes the paint cloudy. Generally used as a last step before polishing.

As the movie said, "Greed Is Good" So........ Gift certificates. Any amount. Any quantity. :thankyousign:

That was the best, easiest to see the result, detailing write up ever :dblthumb2: Having the before and after pictures clustered in pairs was the best way to show the results of each individual type of problem I have ever see on here. Really liked the close up detail pictures of the wax removal...

I use (since I have a lot of it in gallon cans) either Naptha or Odorless Mineral Spirits. Neither one will harm the paint surface. Both will dissolve the glue. I have found both to work great for decal sticker removal too. I dribble a little along the top of the decal and slowly peel it off...

I bought a case of a dozen cans of Invisible Glass Spray right here. It was on sale including free shipping. So wait for a sale and buy a whole lot of it. Stoner Invisible Glass Aerosol Can 19 oz.Case of 12

What an improvement! :xyxthumbs: I hope she has either a mechanic friend or someone in the family to do a radiator flush and an oil change. Then flush and refill the brake systems. With those three things kept up it should go a long way. Except for the timing belt (it it has one). if it's a...

Best way is to buy lots more pads so you never run out of clean, dry pads. But what I do with mine is to wash them in a pad washer. Spin them pretty dry in a pad washer. Take them into the house and set them on a nice clean bath towel. Put another clean towel over them. Sit on them. Then move...

I took some 4 inch foam pads over to a friend's shop and tried two different methods. First I chucked the post on the backing place into a lathe and at only 300rpm I cut the pad with a single sided razor blade clamped in a steady rest. Then just slowly turned the traverse until it had cut all...

Those wheel just gleam now. The contrast between the spotless wheels and calipers looks amazing.

Yuck! That is the picture used in the dictionary under "neglected" Now it looks like it's still in the showroom.:xyxthumbs: And that pearl! It's just amazing. I expect that you have now got a customer for life.:dblthumb2:

I've posted this before, but it bears repeating. Go to Costco and buy whatever they currently have. Keep the box with all paperwork and your receipt. When it fails (and all inexpensive electric pressure washers seem to fail) return it and get another. Repeat as needed. Costco has a lifetime...

Walmart. A neighbor loves the place and he brings me back whatever I put on a list. I almost always have four 2.5 gallon dispensers on hand.

Yep. Lots of car forums will have the same people looking at their brand's for helpful repair tips. As well as the detailing sections of those forums.

On mt 23 year old Explorer all the factory coating had come off so I was about to powder coat them. But then I got a close out notice from Rock Auto and just bought two new arms and replaced them. So I'll start again from new. I wash them when I am washing the vehicle and then use the same wax...

Live Led Zeppelin on youtube. From 1969, 1987, and 2012. it's rally interesting to listen to the vast improvements in live audio recording over that time span.

The original deed on my house is from 1927 and it came into my family in 1938. My house that I use as my office is next door and was built in 1926. Same weird deed and no HOA. The deed states that we cannot sell the house to "Coloreds, Chinamen, or the Irish" I bet that's no longer...

Was it just years of neglect? Or did it get some other terrible treatment? You sure took it back to a like new appearance. :dblthumb2: