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  1. erobertson

    Noob here

    Welcome! You'll find this a great place to learn and discuss all aspects of detailing.
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    Opinions on wheel safe tire cleaners?

    Amazing Roll-Off is a safe cleaner and does a good job on the wheels and wells. Amazing Roll-Off Spray it on and watch the dirt roll off!
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    California Duster

    You really need a light touch on dark cars and shake it out after every few strokes on the paint. I find it more useful to quickly dust off the back glass and trim areas on the SUV as that area is a real dust magnet.
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    Removing Blue Jeans from Leather

    1z einszett products work well for this as well. Here's a link from their web page on the how to. Leather Stained by Blue Jeans
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    What method do you use for water left after washing

    Air compressor and dedicated leaf blower.
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    Hello from Missouri!

    Welcome!
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    Taking the Plunge

    Welcome! This is a great place to be.
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    Happy Birthday Mike Phillips

    Happy birthday Mike! Thanks for all your hard work and informative advice.
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    Karcher Foam Lance

    The bottle will hold enough to easily foam an entire vehicle including up to a small SUV. At the moment I'm using Meguiar's NXT Generation Car Wash only because I have a couple of 64 oz bottles. The wash is used straight with no dilution and the pressure washer has enough suction to pull the...
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    Karcher Foam Lance

    The foamer works great but found the solution needs to be left pretty concentrated. This will result in using a lot of material. Cost for the attachment is certainly reasonable.
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    Need a recommendation for a leaf blower

    For the money the Troy-bilt from Lowes is hard to beat!
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    Best dressing for engine bay?

    Megs Hyper-Dressing mixed 4:1 leaves a nice satin factory like appearance with minimal effort and reasonable cost.
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    Substitute for 303 Protectant

    I find myself keeping several products on hand. The Wolfgang ETS is great for trim on the door plate like aluminum logos and trim under hatch backs, etc. Megs Hyper-Dressing works wonders under the hood and you can mix to shine level desired. Einszett Vinyl/Rubber Protectant is great on...
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    Terry Cloth ???

    I take small pieces of terry cloth and compound like M105 to work deeper scratches out by hand. Use just a couple of fingers and keep the pressure over the scratch while applying generous amount of compound so the area stays wet. The terry cloth has a deeper bite and will level off the area...
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    Optimum spray gun

    The gun will fit most standard 32 oz spray bottles. Although a bit pricey, it is really pretty cool to use and works great on truck and SUV tires. Many water based dressings can be sprayed with it but try to keep the air pressure down to slow up over spray. I only do my vehicles but really...
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    Machine washing your detailing paraphernalia with your clothes...?

    Definitely want to separate out from regular laundry. Also best to separate out by what is on them; wheels towels, glass only, others. You can get small laundry hamper and separate out leaving in the garage until after enough detailing sessions to have a decent load.
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    Is this the way to do trim?

    You can use a small soft Plastic guard placed next to edge to contain the dressing, sort of like edge guides when painting. Silicone spatulas from kitchen supply or 3-4 inch mixing spatula for fiber glass repair (try a boat shop like West Marine) works well and with practice you can do this...
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    Removing compound from cracks and crevices.

    You can also use a small bristle art brush dipped in favorite cleaner. Find one that is very stiff like for oil painting and wrap any exposed metal in tape. Over time you will collect variety of sizes and shapes which will clean up any crevice likely to come across. Take you fingers and hold...
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