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I was giving my new (purchased last Summer) RAV4 a quick waterless wash the other day when I found something that surprised me: a spot where the finish may have caught a rock or something, that is rusting. I've got a few other paint chips also where I guess my poor baby's skin got assaulted by...

Even the description specifies: "The Cobra Arctic White is made of the same densely woven microfiber as our popular Cobra Indigo." So is color and price the only difference?

So what's the difference in the water that each of these products produce? I know that the CR system has a digital indicator that advises of when it's time to change the resin and a wheel/cart rack is available: but what about the actual water quality? Can you simply walk away from washing...

Is 3M's dedicated automotive tape any different from their regular blue painter's tape that you can purchase at any Home Depot/Lowes/Ace Hardware store? I tried looking it up on 3M's site to do a little research but couldn't find it. If it's truly better-suited for the job at hand then I'll go...

As the price of DA machines has become very affordable and more of us move in that direction, I ask this question: why haven't any manufacturers jumped on the 'machine stick' applicator packaging form factor as Dodo has ? This seems like such a logical progression. I've just acquired my DA...

My car currently has been treated to: monthly Meg's UQW weekly ONR wash w/ Optimum QD + Gloss Enhancer during drying semi-daily QD with Meg's UQD So it's slicker than grease currently. With Winter coming up I plan to use Poorboy's SSR2.5 followed by their Professional Polish in prep for a...

I'm confused. I've read on Poorboy's site that SSR1 is to be used with a 'finishing' pad (so I'm thinking blue based on this chart's definition of a 'final finishing' pad). AG's pad chart specifies a green pad. And this post that I found via search mentions using a white pad: Sooo based...

Crap! I picked up my new RAV4 at my friends garage after he had done it's first oil change and I was distraught to find these white spots on the interior plastic door panel, near the driver-side speaker: My buddy had noticed a smudge of road tar or something similiar on that little plastic...

I've been pondering the purchase of a Porter Cable 7424XP kit and mulling over the plentiful kit variation choices: I've decided that the 'Porter Cable 7424XP & Pad Kit' likely best fits my needs: - Porter Cable 7424XP Polisher - Porter Cable 7424XP Wrench - Porter Cable 7424XP Counter Weight -...

Just wrote Optimum's support staff: So I ask the same question of the AG community: wash a section, dry that section, move to next section & repeat -or- wash entire car, a section at a time, and then dry entire car

I've read the claims and documentation on ONR, and I've watched the video on Optimum's site. I read the dedicated thread here on AG. What I'm wondering is if it would be a safer play to spray a bit on (possibly the car's entire surface in it's entirety first) before gliding the ONR-soaked wash...

Clay Multi-topic Super-thread: (Poorboys availability, grade differences, etc..) I'm pondering making my first clay purchase sometime in the near future and noticed that Poorboy's clay is not among the prominent brands selection here at the AG store. Any reason that this clay has not been...

OK, I'm officially done with the cheap MFs from untested/unproven sources! I just got done washing and waxing (Meg's Ultimate Quik Wax) my car and as the daylight was starting to fade quickly I finished up the job. Everything looked great from what I could tell. Later on, once it was...

At lunchtime I QD'd my car to get rid of some unexpected water spots. The water spots are now gone, but my cheapo Costco MDs left little fibers all over the place. Time to get more serious about my choice of MF for applying/removing QD and spray waxes but which Cobra is best-suited for the job...

Some background 'case details' in case these facts are relevant for your answer: car in question is my new black RAV4 (1 month old) history: car had previously gotten it's first application of Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Wax about 2 weeks ago QD in question is Meguiar's Ultimate Quik Detailer car...

OK, so I'm feeling my way through all the various brands available for the various stages of exterior finish care, and from what I've gathered Meguiar's brand of products is a fairly well-respected product line. Maybe not as highly-regarded as some of the other brands like Pinnacle, Poor Boy...

I'm located over in NJ and I know I'm early with this topic but it just happened to cross my mind so I figured I'd throw it out here. I just purchased a new black RAV4 and have decided against taking it through the car wash down the street that I always used to use for my old clunker cars...

Greetings all. Just bought a new 09 black RAV4 and wanna keep it looking good, so I Googled up this forum and have already absorbed some useful info. I'm not an auto detailer by trade but who better to tap for better info than a detailing community, right? Besides my regular 9-5 I also...