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My guess is when dirt, dust, and road film mixes with it, it's going to streak no matter how pure the water is. 100% of the dirt is not going to be pulled up into the wash media.

A baggie test, LOL. Don't rub a baby on your paint.

This is very true. No LSP will stick well to a vehicle with contamination on it. Oxidation can be very hard to recognize on certain colors. Bonded contaminants can be present too, a baby test will tell you for sure. That being said, I've also been underwhelmed with many of CG offerings in...

Not all cars do. Up until the last 10 years or so, you almost never find them in vehicles made by the big three. I actually retrofitted one into my challenger. It never had one from the factory, but many chargers and 300's did. With very minor modifications, the air cabin filter enclosure...

Use Meguiars D114 at waterless wash concentration (1:128) for a QD. I also use it as a drying aide at normal dilution (1:256) and I think it's helped keep the car cleaner, longer. I have no direct proof (just a hunch) but I believe maybe the gloss intensifiers in some soaps seem to cling to...

The chemical guys second skin coating was reported to sheet far more than it beads. Look into that.

If it's a single stage laquer type paint, try Megs #7 or 3M imperial hand glaze. I don't know if anything will fix actual cracking, though. Here's some info from the man...

Is the pad actually turning? Might be too much pressure.

Your question is exactly why Mike Phillips recommends doing a test spot first. There's no surefire way to know without testing out different combinations. That being said, as a general rule: the pad aggressiveness and abrasive chemical aggressiveness often need to scale together. You...

Mine doesn't leak a drop, but their included plastic hose-to-machine coupler is very easy to cross thread, and the more times it happens, the quicker it "jumps" the threads with the slightest touch. You could eliminate the adapters and see if that solves it. If you're sure it's not that...

I've had trouble with tuff shine coating sticking to my wife's new tires. I read up on them and found that some tire companies (hankook, Yokohama, and bridgestone, maybe others) have started to use an orange oil extract to alter the grip of the tires. I believe this may be interfering with...

Haha haha, I can see a new thread titled: "how do I get dried blood off a coating?"

Yeah, I'm going to be really careful with this one about what gets run over. The thing that makes me smile the most is looking at the side walls of the tires and knowing that the Dlux should keep them that brand new rich black color for a good year and a half. Just need the rain to stop to...

Lol, yes it included roll and an audible sigh. She did mention later that her father insisted on washing the riding mower after every usage, which I typically do with the push mower. I figured that coating it might make the clean up go that much faster.

It's fine to be old school, It's not to be old fool.

On the harder side, in my experience.

Welcome to your new full time job. Keeping a black car clean. I usually work the night shift.

The optimum spray wax doesn't always play nice with black. I think you'll be more than happy with 3 coats of KSG by itself. No need to wait after the AIO, just get after it. The AIO will do its best work when applied by machine. That seems to work the cleaners in the best. AIO is an easy...

HAHAHA, that's been done already my man! Daddy put a coat of PB natty blue on that for his little girl. It's a garage queen, LOL.

That was a separate project over spring break. I used a McCullough steamer to clean all the tile in the house. Our entire master bath floor and the shower enclosure is tile. After I cleaned it on hand and knees, I sealed it with stone sealant. If anyone thinks claims on car coatings are out...