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    Impressed by retail offerings

    I see that also. Some AA stores will have a big dedicated section for Griot's products with polishers, pads and an assortment of MF towels and other stores only have a few bottles on the shelf mixed in with other brands and no towels at all. Probably based on the demographics surrounding the...
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    28 year old single stage paint

    You guys in CO will be able to go skiing on 4th of July this year! That Miata should clean up really nicely. Does not look 28 years old
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    Is there a wheel coating that is worth it?

    I applied OptiCoat 2.0 to my wheels back in 2015. Still easy to clean. Don't bead as well as before. I have used Carpro Hydrofoam as a second cleaning about a half dozen times and add a little protection in the last 2 years.
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    Mckeeys 37 Ceramic Question

    i just bought a new bottle 2 weeks ago directly from M37 and there was no eye dropper, but 2 sprayers
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    Harbor Freight DA polisher N/A. Alternatives?

    The HF DA is still available. I bought another one about 2 months ago. It has gone through 2 redesigns. At least on the cosmetics. Same machine. I still see them on their monthly sales flyers.
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    I'm SO confused - PPL & Ceramic Coating

    Coatings are not the all the same. Look at the postings by Budgetplan1 on here and Autopia forum. He has probably tried more coatings than anyone and he uses them on the fleet of work vans/trucks at his employment. So he gets to form an opinion on the coatings after several months of real...
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    Vinyl Top Treatment

    I have never tried it but Solutions Finish might work well on a vinyl top to restore. 303 or something like PERL would work to maintain. WETS, M37 Trim Restorer or UTTG would maintain it better most likely.
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    Optimum Car Wash - Review

    Did it clean the car? Not much opinion expressed about its cleaning ability.
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    Essence after Swirl Removal

    I wipe the car down with M37 N-914 at about 1:32 dilution first. I do that for every car before sealant or wax even if it does not say to on the LSP bottle. I only use Essence primer to finesse polish. I don't try to get any correction out of it.
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    Orange Peel Removal/ Reduction

    When I bought my new to me Ford Taurus it was about 1.5 years old. It had very minor swirling, but I knew it was going to take at least a medium polish to get them all out. There were places on the car that noticeable orange peel and other panels where quite smooth. I couldn't stand the...
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    Festool Rotex sanders/polishers for da car

    I got that price wrong now I think about it. I think I paid about $460 for the machine. I have never used the delta sanding pad attachment on the RO 90 DX before, it has sat in a drawer. I wish there was a cheaper version of the machine without the sanding pad and attachment mechanism, but I...
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    Festool Rotex sanders/polishers for da car

    No. Your Festool RO machines are the equivalent of the Flex 3401. Actually they are more akin to the Makita geared forced rotation DA machines where you can switch from free spinning to gear driven. I own a RO 90 machine and I use the Buff & Shine 4" pads on it. They have a 3.5" Velcro...
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    Help - How to safely remove yellow overspray paint

    Goof Off Professional Strength Remover works wonders on dried road paint. Worth a shot before you start trying to mechanically remove it.
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    Bird got me!

    Its the sudden temperature drop of the bird poop landing on a very hot sun heated panel that causes the clear to mold itself to the texture of the poop. That's why you can have high spots within the etching that are higher than the surrounding paint. Autoglym (UK) did a study on this about 10...
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    Bird got me!

    Must have been very hot glass. I wonder if its just the glass coating that etched.
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    Running water into an attached garage?

    You could you that PVC flexible piping so you don't have to worry about too many soldered connections. Not sure if there is an insulated version of it.
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    How many here are still using the Porter Cable DA?

    I have 1 newer PC with a 4" BP that usually gets used on every car. I also have an older PC with a 6" BP that I use to apply sealants that gets used sometimes. But if you are asking is it still my main polishing tool...No.
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    Deep talk about wheel cleaners - alkaline, acid, pH levels

    I am not see any of your photos in either post unfortunately
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    Deep talk about wheel cleaners - alkaline, acid, pH levels

    How else do you explain that white worming affect? It always seems to start where the wheel has been chipped from road rash or from the impact socket at the wheel lug holes. It always looks like a strong cleaner has worked its way underneath the clear and or powder coat.
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    Where did the purple aggressive clay disappear to?

    Gyeon has the an aggressive claybar also. And it is purple.
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