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for the last 3 years i have been using opti-seal.... for the last 3 years i've been having issues with gloss enhancers..... we just recently bought 2 new cars. a green mazda 2 (2012)and a black mazdaspeed 3(2012). i have a red mazda 3 (2010) i also own a 1987 mazda rx7 that i restored, show...

optimum products are known for their deep polish and lovely finishes. i love using their products. tonight we used optimum hyper compound, with a Flex buffer, and a Foamed Wool buffing pad on single stage enamel stock white paint. i have this issue with the lake country pads as well. after...

i have made this post before. and its been a year, and i am still having issues..... its not me, how could it be, it happens on all our cars. mazdaspeed3 mazda 3 rx7 the paint surface is very refined, i use optimum polish and seal on my vehicles to keep them looking great. i use a flex buffer...

for Halloween i thought it would be cute, er, i mean bad azz to do this to my car, since every one hates how the new mazda 3 look like they are smiling. materials and tools: plastic "for sale" sign 3m double sided automotive tape scissors heat gun to bend plastic with out breaking it 5 min of...

ok so... i recently bought adams detail spray. a whole gallon of it. i also just bought 2 new cars. a red 2010 mazda 3 and a black 2007 mazdaspeed 3. i also have a red 1987 mazda rx7 that i have wet sanded buffed and pollished... when using the adams detail spray on my 2010 i noticed blue...

should i expect every single swirl mark that dances around the sun's reflection to disappear? i just used 105 with orange LC ccs pad, 205 with black LC ccs pad, and then opti-poli-seal with white LC ccs. followed by opti-seal i checked my work after each step. deep scratches vanished when i...

ok, so my friend just became an adams dealer here in texas and he sold me a gallon of adams detail spray, he showed me how it worked back a month or so ago, back when it was cooler. well its about 80 degrees, surface temp of car is about 105 (infa-red temp gun) and i was using the detail...

so my scion XD is covered in swirls. right before thanks giving, it was night time and i had a 4 gallon bucket filled with 3-4 gallons of water. i put 2 ounces of Optimum No Rinse Wash & Shine: clay lubricant, optimum rinseless wash, no rinse car wash, optimum detailing products into about 3-4...

so sunday was the car show. it was foggy and damp out with sunshine late afternoon in forcast. i drove out at 9am 45 min to get to the race track for the show. when i arrived i had a mess on my hands. i had meguiars detailer with me and a bunch of microfiber. i started low and made several...

i wanted to say thank you to those who made this happen for me. its been such a long time in the making and it was the people on this forum who helped me with the final stretch. special thanks to : steve anthony ron mike joe (the flex is awesome) and the mods who made it possible for me to...

ive been reading up alot but i cant really find the answer . what exactly makes a glaze, a glaze? to my understanding it is an oily like product that nourishes the paint and deepens luster while giving a slight polish. but i also thought a glaze was to fill in imperfections similar to pinnacle...

Porter Cable 7424 Backing Plates- Dual Action Hook & Loop backing plate for your porter cable 7424, The best backing plates for the Porter Cable 7424 i bought the 5 inch backing plate as shown in the link above. quite disappointed in the lack of "flexibility" it does seem that the basic...

well i just cant aford 250-300$ for a flex. curious if any one on here has one they'd like to sell me. just getting the word out there.

i am on a tight budget. i will be returning my northern tool rotary buffer, it heats up and smells like burning electronics and the worst part is it creates holograms (could be user error but oh well) and i rather just return it and get a DA orbital buffer i am on a tight budget, i am looking...

4 Part Process Still Has Swirls? ok i am using 3m compound with 3m wool head then a yellow foam head, i then used perfect it polish for dark with 3m gray head, then i used finesse it finishing polish with blue polish pad. but i STILL have swirl marks from the gray pad. what is wrong, what...

so i know pinnacle has cleansing lotion that cleans as well as fills minor imperfections i know mothers and meguiers has cleaner waxes but what about something that just CLEANS. whats the best product or type of product to use after wash, before or after clay bar and before pollish and or wax...

what do you guys do about the lower back pain that comes with doing detail work? i have worked threw shoulder and arm pain but the lower back pain seems to be pretty frequent. i often just plop down on the cold concrete of my garage and lay flat and let my back adjust and that usually works...

so i wet sanded with 1200 because thats what the guy at the body shop said to use. but after buffing i still have deep sanding scratches, not dull, but just texture on paint from sanding i was using a wool buff head for driver door and driver front fender with 3m cutting compound 05973 (old...

hey there! names jessica. i am 22 and just finding a new love of detailing and automotive body work i have been working on my 87 rx7 for 5+ years now and i just recently finished body work and a paint job. moving on to wet sand and buffing i am loving the work. trying to learn everything i can...