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What happens to paint if you leave some gasoline on it? Some gas overflow dripped down on my paint yesterday. I blotted it dry with paper towels at the gas station, then dabbed it with some Opticlean when I got home, but it made me wonder what would happen if I had just dried it and skipped...

I went out to my car this morning to drive to work and found a ton of neon green splatter all over the side of my car. Apparently, someone decided to throw a container of neon green fluid at my car to celebrate the holidays. Luckily, the droplets were still wet. I started to spot clean with a...

I'm about to use Iron X on my wheels for the first time and had a couple of questions: 1. No need to worry about using it on factory brake calipers, right? As I understand it, it's aftermarket brake calipers with acrylic-based paint that I would need to worry about. 2. I've never seen a...

I have some stains on my factory wheels that wouldn't come off with APC, so I decided to hit it with Poliseal by hand and the stains started coming off slowly. I tried some Ultimate Compound it and seemed to work a little better, but doing it by hand was still a PITA. Would something like a...

Does anyone do panel by panel washing and claying with ONR like this: 1. Wash the panel with ONR. 2. While the panel is still wet, spray the panel with ONR at a clay lube ratio and clay as usual. 3. Wash the panel again with ONR to get rid of clay residue. 4. Dry. I've never used detailing...

I bought my car used about a year ago and the previous owner was apparently not a considerate person when opening the driver's door in a parking lot. The driver's door has several inches of paint chipping in a vertical line right along the edge that goes down to the primer. Is this something I...

It's commonly recommended here that an IPA wipedown be done between the polishing and sealant steps to strip the polishing oils that may prevent a sealant from bonding to the paint surface properly. Has anyone tested this theory by doing a 50/50 on a panel, one side with the polishing oils...

Would there be any problems using several different sealants and waxes with the same pad as long as I clean the pad thoroughly between uses? Or do most of you have dedicated pads for each sealant and wax? How about compounds and polishes?

Would Ultimate Compound complement my setup well? I have and plan to use the following products in the following situations: - Meg's MF cutting disk and D300 for compounding. - Meg's MF finishing disk and D301 for polishing cars where the sealant/wax used is not important. - Blue uber pad with...

When I came out to my car this morning, I noticed some water spots that were not there the night before. My guess is that one of my sprinkler heads is misaligned, or it was particularly windy when they went off, etc. I don't have time to wash the car until this weekend, so would it be a good...

I feel like it's time to invest in a DA polisher, but I need a bit of a push. I'll never have the time to do a full correction, but I recently had my car professionally detailed with a two-step polish and liked the improvement. I figure a quick polish with a one-step (I have a bottle of...

I've been experimenting with pressure washing before doing an ONR wash and have noticed that all of the water remaining on the paint after the pressure wash seems to dilute the ONR and reduce its cleaning ability. Would it make sense to take my leaf blower and quickly blow off most of the water...

Any tips on using a pressure washer to pre-rinse a car? I decided to use my Karcher electric (first time using it on the paint) to pre-rinse my wife's car before doing an ONR wash. I left the pressure setting at max (1600 psi?), kept the wand tip about two to three feet away from the paint...

Has anyone tried KSG over Poli-seal? I've been using KSG/KAIO on my car and wanted to try something easier, so I was going to switch to Poli-seal topped with OCW monthly. Over the weekend, I helped a friend with a KSG/KAIO treatment and realized that KSG isn't really that hard to work with as...

Any tips on how to get ice off a windshield easily without stripping the LSP? I've seen several websites mention mixing vinegar or IPA with water and spraying it on the glass, but I assume this will eat through the LSP. Is there another mixture that can be sprayed on glass to make deicing...

I bought a gallon of Meg's D-120 the other day and took a look at the instructions and MSDS (which make it sound like a biohazard). I noticed that the main ingredients were IPA and ethylene glycol, which happen to be used in windshield deicers and anti-freeze. Has anyone tried using it at the...

I've been using OPC to clean the interior of my car (using OPP as my protectant) and am about to order some Opti-clean. Are there any advantages/disadvantages to using one over the other? I understand Opti-clean is supposed to leave some sort of protection, but everything I've read is a little...

Do most people spray glass cleaner into an MF towel or directly on to the glass when cleaning the inside of windows? I was always worried that the overspray could damage the interior, but I haven't seen any evidence supporting that concern. The products I would be using are SIG and Megs D120.

A couple of weeks ago, I treated my car's dash and doors with 303 and the leather seats with OPP. Last weekend, I did a light interior cleaning with a damp MF towel (just water, no cleaners). Do I need to reapply the protectants or will they survive a wipedown with water?

When using OPP, are there any interior surfaces that I should avoid? The instructions say it should be used on leather, vinyl, and trim, but what about plastics and LCD screens, rubber, wood trim, clear plastics (in front of gauges, for example), etc. I assume that glass and cloth should be...