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Sounds like a good plan. I need to coat the entire car. Next nice warm day I'll finish the car. I used the hood as test bed. If this coating will last a year I will be very pleased.

Water beads pretty up fine here is a pic it rained last night and this is how it sits after the rain

I followed the directions I used the SQ cleaner after the polishing. The temp was mid 50’s As far as water sheeting I have no idea it has only been about two hours since I coated the hood. I will find out when it rains. So far no rain it is on the way shortly. The picture was taken shortly...

So far so good this morning I polished and sealed the hood on my daily driver. No time to finish the car today. I will let you know how it comes out. It is looking like rain so I am not going to do the complete car until I have a nice day

Sometimes it is easier to wet sand out the flaws in the paint with anything from 1000 to 3000 to remove the flaws. Depends on how bad the flaws are you can even drop down a grade to more aggressive cutting paper. Then go over that with your jitterbug with your trizact 3000 and 5000 discs. These...

I much prefer a highly polished, glazed, carnauba waxed treatment on a car. The only issues with that is longevity. The vehicle will look great two maybe three months’ tops. My daily driver sits outside so if a coating will last longer and hold up and look good say a year. I would be very happy...

What coating did you use? I am going to coat my daily driver. Next week if I have the time I will re-polish the car. I polished the paint last week I used 3m pads and 3M ultrafine polish. I will see if I can pick up the gloss with some other finer pads. Plus polishing prior to using the...

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To be honest not everyone keeps a car clean. Here is a shot of my daily driver. It has been 6 months since the interior has been cleaned and it is long overdue. Winters up north are hard on an interior carpet. Here is the result of just going through the winter. Last weekend I did the exterior...

Good advice I was not talking about making napalm. I have seen detailers add a cup of gasoline to a couple gallons of hot water with powdered tide laundry. That homegrown mixture took out satins that any other product would not touch. There are plenty of APC products on the market. You just...

If I was to clean that car I would start off with a conventional fabric shampoo. I would use the least aggressive methods first. If that did not work chances are steaming may or not work either. If it was my car I would resort to whatever it took to clean it up. To be real anything that would...

On interiors that are filthy. Using common household products and a scrub may work out fine. Scrub the heck out of the stains then use a shop vac to extract the product. In the past I had to resort to engine cleaners to remove the spots. That was the only product that worked. Many years ago...

Thanks for the reply Putting tape on your pants or shirt is a good tip. The lint off your clothing does catch on to the tape and gives the tape less bite. I do not mind taping off trim. I will pass on putting tape directly on the paint work. We all do things differently. On a car that has a...

Nice polishing job! I understand why guys put tape on cars to polish them, on any auto especially with an older ride. I sure would skip any tape work on the paint. One never knows about paint work, if the painted surface was not prepared (sanded) properly. When you go to pull the tape off and...

IMHO it all depends on the condition of the car and the quality level of the detail. I can only speak for myself. A quick once over production type detail can be done in one day. I have done paint correction work on some cars that took more than two days to get the paint up to speed. And then...

Thanks for the help and replies. I ordered 3 LC Hybrid 5” pads should work out fine for my needs

I have spare 3M backing plate 09553 which is close to 5 inches in diameter at 125mm. I would like to set up a rotary buffer with this backup pad. Since the 3M pads are hard to get in the USA would these Lake Country Hydro-Tech 5.5 x 1.25 Inch Foam Pads work well with the 3m09553 backup pad...

Good reviews I just ordered the kit. I hope the product works . I never used a sealer I'm getting tired of the carnuba wax routine. For me the wax only holds up for a few weeks.

I polished my daily driver with 3m ultra fine polishing compound then went over that with Meguir's show car glaze flowed up with a coat of carnuba wax I used up old products I had laying around worked out okay I used a rotary wheel with 3m blue polishing pads