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I got a DP Turbo car dryer and used it this weekend on my car. The car has been recently, within a month, been coated with Getechniq Serum light so it beads water like crazy. In using the blower for the first time, it does a great job of getting the water out of the nooks and crannies, but it...

This morning a guy scratched my headlight lens with his pickup tire. I need your expertise as to how you would fix it. You can see the scratch from the side of the lens and going across. It is not deep (i.e. can't catch fingernail in it), but is scratched. Thanks

I bought new Vorsteiner FF wheels for my car and they are to be delivered on Tuesday. It is my understanding that these are flow forged, painted, and clear coated to order. I am guessing that these shouldn't be coated right away. Would you think that 60 days in hot Texas would be a sufficient...

I may just be messing at this point, but I decided to get some Wolfgang Fuzion to see how it looks on top of my car. The car has PBL Coating topped with PBL Sealant. It may or may not make any difference in the look, but I decided to try it. The question has to do with something Todd Helme...

A little history to start. I am a hobbyist and learn something every time I work on my cars. When Pinnacle Black Label Diamond (PBLD) came out, I purchased the Elite Kit and the sealant. When I went to do my car (a 2013 Mercedes SL550) I figured out that I didn’t have the right stuff (tools...

Next weekend here in Central Texas is supposed to be nice and I have time to finally do the full correction and coating of my car. I like to have everything in order, so I put together a list. The car is a 2013 MB SL550 which unfortunately was at the dealer for 255 days so it has light swirls...

A friend of mine just got a Lunar Blue 2006 Z06 which has probably lived an average life body wise. The paint is highly swirled, but otherwise looks pretty good and the paint feels really rough with the baggie test. He has asked me to help him clean up the outside (the interior looks pretty...

It's been cold in central Texas. After the weekend freezing rain and Monday's freezing fog the car was looking pretty shabby. The beading on the sides leaves little dirt spots. It finally got above freezing today and I just bought ONR during the Black Friday sale after reading the threads...

I took advantage of the long weekend to put the long term application on her 2013 Murano. The steps I took based on the good advice I got here were as follows: Foamed the car with CG Honeydew. Cleaned the wheels with Sonax and a Daytona brush Washed the car with a two (2) bucket system...

I have two (2) of these on my hood. and two (2) of these on my sides They each have two (2) chrome fins in a black plastic field. My question is what products, tools and techniques, etc. would you use to clean, polish and protect these? Thanks in advance.

I am going to put the paint coatings on followed by the sealant in the next couple of weeks, but I decided this weekend to get started with the wheel coating and the glass coating. First the wheel coating. I have a 4 post lift so I pulled the wheels off of my MB and cleaned them with Sonax...

I just received my Pinnacle Black Label package with the polish, the paint coating, the tire coating, and the glass coating. I also added in the sealant which I understand can be applied over the paint coating after 24 hours. My questions are the following: Is there a wait time between the...

We are in the "rainy season" here in Texas where we get 1/2" to 3" rain it seems like weekly. My car is waxed with Collinite 845 and my wife's SUV has Griot's garage sealant both recently applied. With the rains we get hundreds of tiny dirt droplets on the sides as the splatter from the road...

I am sure that I am probably the last one here to find this out, but I love this stuff when drying the car. Last night I wanted to quickly wash my car before it got dark since we had a large rain event here in central Texas and the sides of the car were caked with splatter. I use a foam gun to...

Detailing is a hobby for me. I like the finished look of a good vehicle, but I only have two (2) vehicles in which to practice the hobby. My wife's SUV and my roadster. Earlier this week I decided to go through all of the items I have for detailing to organize them by type and to throw away...

My wife has a 2013 Nissan Murano. She doesn't like to keep it up and I would rather work on my car so as not to be upset when she doesn't keep it up. I was thinking about one of the nano coatings to minimize the upkeep needed. What would you suggest and why?

What I learned from detailing my car this weekend. Good detailers are underpaid. It took me about 15 hours to do the car. Using a Fenix HP11 Light shows a lot of defects. Ignorance before I started was bliss. The Porter Cable can really not spin 6.5" pads. I had to go down to a 4" for...

I am an amateur detailer. I have a couple of months old 2013 SL550 that is Mars red. I have clayed the car and put on a coat of FK Pink Wax with good result, but decided that I wanted more pop. I did the hood last night with Klasse Aio followed by Collinite 845 with my PC DA. It looks good...