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Nice! My wife test drove that exact car but ended up getting a pre-owned E350 coupe in red instead.

EXOv3 stayed the "cleanest" and after a wash decon they all beaded/sheeted well, except for the wax. Here is CQuartz Finest after 23 months in MN weather. Still holding up very well and zero wash induced marring. It all comes down to regular/proper washing. https://youtu.be/X_ra01YcYlo

Same here. I'll have ear plugs in to protect from the tool noise and have music playing in the background.

Unfortunately, no. I can't stand all the little "fuzzy bunnies" you get from new wool pads but I also hate using them after a wash or two. I actually really like the double sided wool pad by megs, the W5000. It's always centered, which can be a pain on the Solo pads, and it's better at getting...

we definitely need the "like" button back! :)

The severity of texture/orange peel in film varies from manufacture to manufacture. In the image I posted the film edge is just below the beam/spot from the flashlight. The swirls to the left and right of the beam are in the paint and there are zero visible swirls in the area below where the...

Keep in mind most of those car washes have tiered packages and the higher priced ones have their "clear coat" protection, which will make the water bead. So just because it's beading doesn't necessarily mean it's the coating. The marring is from abrasion and abrasion over time will wear away at...

I will agree the example was a bit extreme and probably not the best, but it's all I had on hand. Knowing how body shops are it was likely more of a result of a dirty pad used over and over again and a nasty compound. My intent definitely wasn't to scare users away from the rotary and I actually...

So I was working on a clients car last night and was reminded of this thread when I went to remove some water spots from his coated vehicle... This car was coated with CQuartz Finest 23 months ago. It was in for a wash, decon (IronX/TarX), removal of light waters spots from a sprinkler, and...

Coatings aren't really the best option for owners that plan to run their vehicles through automatic touch washes and I've even talk some out of doing a coating for that very reason. You can use a product like Essence Plus to help minimize the appearance of swirls, but personally I think that...

I won't argue that, but the point you're failing to understand is that the rotary and twisted wool leaves significantly deeper defects in the paint than a long throw DA with a MF pad will, often requiring an additional step to properly refine the paint. That additional step often negates any...

10x??? I'd say you clearly haven't spent much time with a DA if you think the rotary is anywhere near 10X faster. Here is an example of a body shop removing wet sanding marks on the right with a rotary and twisted wool pad vs. me removing wet sanding marks on the left with a 21mm DA and a MF...

As a rotary user for 28 years now I'll agree to disagree. I'll agree that the rotary can cut super fast when equipped with a twisted wool pad and heavy compound, but the finish it leaves behind will require far more work to refine then say a DA with a MF pad and that same compound. Now if you...

The timing of you posting this product is hilarious as it saved me a lot of time and headache last weekend!!! :)

Griot's Bug and Smudge Remover! A good client of mine had his BMW 335i and brand new Jeep SRT8 sprayed with something while they were parked in a storage area. Apparently they were doing some construction on the building and something got sprayed onto the vehicles but no idea what it was. On...

I'd be more leery of multiple coats after seeing all of the solvent "pitting" issues posted in a private FB coating group lately...

Great review! I have a bottle now and I may give it a go this weekend, though the car I'll be working on is white. :/

I've has this happen with several products as well. This image was with Rupes UHS, though I don't recall it impacting performance much, if at all.

Glad to hear it wasn't your fault and that you had documentation. :dblthumb2: That being said, burns happen, especially on older cars where you don't know the history. Burning and edge is one thing, but if you've done your homework, taken multiple PTG readings, and still end up going threw on...

I'd say it's likely something got wet then, and if that's the case you'd be on the hook for it unless you had them sign a waiver. I've never had a factory security system go off like that but plenty of aftermarket ones back in the day. I've pretty much stopped doing engines now because of all...