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LOL. Me, feeling bad? Made mistakes? I thought it was the other way around!! :) My "hard to believe" comment was directed at the product, and Bob thought it was him I didn't believe. If someone made a mistake or felt bad, it wasn't me. I have a forum mantra, going on 20 years now - "Try not...

Yeah like someone said, the process. For one thing, I still use a bucket for rinseless just like in that video. In fact, unless it's GDWM, I use 2 buckets. For another, the wash media is dunked in the solution whether GDWM or regular rinseless, again just like in the video. Finally off the...

Okay, I've seen that video before but I watched it again up to the point where they start washing. They're talking about and demonstrating a rinseless wash with the D114 at 1:128. That's not waterless. There's a huge difference between rinseless and waterless.

No, I didn't mean I don't believe you. I meant it's hard to believe a rinseless wash product could work as a waterless wash diluted that way. If it does, that's phenomenonal. You see, most products that are advertised as a rinseless wash needs to be diluted LESS with water to work as true...

Is that waterless, Bob? D114 is a rinseless at 1:128. You're actually diluting it even more with double the amount of water to use as a waterless wash?? Hard to believe...

Tell us more about your process. Do you scrub with the mitt, or do you just glide with very little pressure. Just one mitt for the entire car? Do you pre-rinse to dislodge dirt? With your 2BM, do you do rinseless or traditional? How do you dry - blot, wipe, etc. You didn't say what type of...

Use tweezers. There's least 2 different kinds that I've seen, the flat end or the pointy end ones. Ask your wife/girlfriend/sister/etc, if in doubt! :)

I've tried all of the above except the White Wax. The Opti-Seal lasted the longest at about 3 months on me - but we hardly get snow and salt here, it's mostly the rain, that incessant misty driving Pacific NW rain that lasts forever. Optimum Car Wax will last about 6 weeks here before I feel...

And then up here, they just used up 60 billion gallons of water to make fake snow. Wonder how many car washes that would make...

Thanks, Bob. :xyxthumbs: I did come across a "Distinctness of Image" definition for DOI (with regards to light) but it was too early in the morning for my mind to equate it to cars and waxes.

When we first bought our first SS fridge years ago, the salesman was demo'ing this aerosol can which he says is the only thing that works. What a crock. My wife found that a daily wipe with a damp MF cloth is all you need. My kids are older than yours, but that just means the smudges and...

D.O.I.? Declaration of Independence? Department of Interior? Died of Injuries? Date of Invoice? Death on Impact? Google wasn't much help either...

This is a pad that you can use during the wash, after sitting in your (preferably warm) wash solution for about 15 minutes. Here's a review: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/21927-review-pinnacle-safe-scrub-bug-tar-pad.html

Safe Scrub Bug & Tar Pad

Update: It's only been 4 days but I need to redo the right side tires because as everyone knows, the day after putting fresh coats, all 17-year-old kids promptly curb the tires! :) The left side tires look pretty awesome even after 4 days of monsoon rains. Sitting in the garage some hours...

Well, I got up early this morning and decided to put on a 3rd coat. I let the tires stand for about 2 hours, after which they seemed dry even in this cold & damp weather we have, and I swapped them in on the van. The 3rd coat created more shine than I'm used to, I prefer it toned down a...

Coated my winter tires today, before installation. It was about 45F here at midday and raining, so a little cold and very damp. It took 6 attempts at cleaning each tire until there was no more browning. (I know the instructions didn't say so, but I followed the Tuf-Shine method, to be sure the...

I ride my bike 11 months of the year (I take November off....), riding centuries and climbing Cat 1 mountains in the summer. I'm probably in better shape than 95% of people here, but I can only do 5 pushups, maybe 6 if I cheat... :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

I have other obsessions and addictions - detailing is only one of them. They come and go in cycles. It's got down to a point, I can pretty much time my annual cycles. And in my mind, detailing as a hobby fits right in to these yearly schedule. (Thinking of the annual 3-step polish, bi or...