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I'm not the right guy to ask about WG polishes, I've never used them. When you say you're getting swirls when you wash, what are we talking about here?

I ONR my black car, have you tried that? The water where I live spots and ONR is basically magic in my opinion. My black car will swirl over time a little bit, but Menz SF 4500 is enough to bring it back and that stuff supposedly has very, very little cut. I guess my question is, when you say...

You have some interesting questions in this post and I hope a regular chimes in here. swanicyouth brought up my first thoughts as well. Are you sure you actually got that paint perfect and it's not the oils masking anything? You said you used IPA. I've never used it myself. I HAVE used...

I've watched these Junkman vids in the past and the reason I don't particularly care for them is he talks nothing of the cleaners or soap being used. He talks about how it doesn't matter how high the pressure is, sure, but that's only part of the equation. A GOOD touchless car wash uses harsh...

AGREED!!! I was going to say the same thing, I think they pretty much etch as soon as they dry. Rain doesn't seem to this. What a bummer. My car could use a good SF4500 polish, hopefully that's enough to take them out. I'll go m205 if not and hopefully that does it. Never again. I...

Ah, I thought about that, but I've had OPC dry on paint before I think and it didn't happen then. I could be wrong, but I really don't think that's it.

Man o man. Today I went outside to clean my wheels with my new Daytona brush. The face of the rims wasn't bad at all, but the barrels had never been cleaned in the ten years I had the car. I used OPC. I wanted to get the tires perfect too to use UTTP. Well, when I was done cleaning and...

lol. got any pics?

Oh my goodness, I don't know if I want to do that, lol. I did buy some UTTP for the first time, but I haven't used it yet. When I swap my wheels out this winter, maybe I'll clean those wells and then coat them with it, just as an experiment to see how long it lasts through a harsh Nebraska...

Also, do you guys agree, that no matter how careful you are, your black car is going to get some fine scratches and swirls in it no matter right?

Thanks for the words of advice. I'll try to keep that in mind. Last year, I corrected my car significantly with 105, 205 and sf4500. Not every panel received the same treatment. For the most part, my car looks very nice for a ten year old black car. It has clarity (lack of swirls) and gloss...

Honestly I was shocked at some of the things I saw. If I can figure out the streak problem, I'll be okay I think. Hey, at least I know the thing works. I work in my garage a lot and really needed a detailing light. I'm hesitant about halogens because they get really hot, none of them seem to...

I hear what you're saying, but you know, we're all kind of OCD, lol! A lot of times after I'm done ONRing, I'll take a fresh clean towel and wipe the whole car down really quick just in case I missed any thing. That was before I had a Brinkmann, we'll see how it goes tomorrow. I found streaks...

Holy crap it shows everything. I have black car too. My life may become a nightmare now. Also, I noticed LOTS of tiny, tiny, tiny streaks from the last time I washed with ONR. This was a problem for me in the past, but seemed to have gone away, or so I thought. Generally I dry my car with...

Holy crap. Who would have guessed?? That's awesome, I'll have to check it out. I think something is wrong with my speed dial and/or trigger.

This showed up on my facebook feed and it creeped me out for a second, LOL!

Just curious how others do things. Your post gave me some insight on what order to do things, thanks. Personally, when I spray my towel instead of directly spraying the dash or whatever it is I'm working on, I feel like I have to use more product because the towel soaks it up so fast. This...

Right, I've got that much. Where do you include trim dressing? Windows? Do you dress the dash before or after you clean the inside windshield? Do you clean tires, wells, and wheels first? Do you dress them before polishing, washing the rest of the vehicle, etc? Basically, there are a lot...

Have 3m blue, green and Meguiar's masking tape too, lol. I've got a Sherwin Williams right by me so I'll check them out for the foam brushes; thanks.

To be honest, I've been trying to determine what the correct order of everything in a full process is. Is there such a list that you know of? I don't expect the tire shine to last all that long, but I've had pretty good luck with Optimum protectant on some trim on my own car, so this should be...