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A friend has a '99 Mercedes C43 AMG with silver paint. I've detailed it a couple times, each time noticing a few areas of straight lines that look like scratches. They polish out, and then come back the same as they were before after about a month, and in the exact same spots. I'm almost...

I tried searching around for an answer, but have only seen ONR as okay to be used as a QD. Is there a dilution ratio people are using as a waterless wash? I've been using UWWP+ for my waterless washes and have been very happy with its performance, but just picked up the ONR w/carnauba and...

Unfortunately I've become one of the many frustrated G110v2 owners out there, and I've decided to put together this short review for others to be aware of when considering this DA polisher. The long story short is that I have now cycled through 4 of these polishers within a little over 1 year's...

My brother bought a '95 Formula Firehawk a couple weeks ago with grey leather. Very well maintained and straight car, but it still needed some attention to bring back the like-new look inside. Here's a quick 50/50 after spraying Optimum Power Clean diluted 3:1 on the driver's seat and...

Anybody had any problems using ONR as a clay lube? I have V2 of ONR and have been using it for the last two details I've done but am having a problem with my Griot's paint clay getting MUCH softer and gooey when using ONR than I recall it ever being using the cheap Megs Quick Detailer. It's to...

This past weekend I did a one-step detail using Megs UC on a 1964 1/2 Mustang for my cousin. The car was repainted about 3 years ago and the quality was not the best. However, I was surprised to see how much it actually cleared up just from using Megs UC on microfiber cutting pads. I can't...

I really like the spray bottle that Fog Fight is packaged in and was wondering if anybody knew of a place to buy them. I'm looking to make a trunk kit using several of these spray bottles...if it comes to it I might even buy some more Fog Fight just for the spray bottles!

Did this repair as a favor to my gf's sister and I wanted to try out the new Optimum mf cutting pads I'd ordered. Starting out least aggressive, in the context of how bad the scratches were, meant trying the mf cutting pad w/M105. Unfortunately this combo didn't make a huge dent in the defects...

We finally had our first sunny spring weekend here in Seattle and there's nothing better in my book than a day spent in the sun cleaning my car. Ever since I started doing a foam bath pre-soak and rinsing with a pressure washer, before continuing with a normal hand wash, I have seen zero...

First, thanks to rwright for sending me out a sample of the product to give it a try. :xyxthumbs: My only previous experience with rinseless washes has been limited to ONR v2. Aside from it not releasing dirt out of the wash media I have liked how well it performs. But washing with a mitt that...

While out purchasing a car battery yesterday I found myself in the car care section of the store and discovered that Autozone now carries the 32 ounce bottles of Meguiars M105 ($31.99) & M205 ($24.99). That's the first time I've seen those two products at a local store. An employee said they...

I'm not sure if it's just because of the design/offset of my wheels, or if there are other options out there that won't allow the water being shed off the wheel when driving in the rain to leave big streaks across the tires. It drives me nuts seeing this and is almost kind of embarrassing...

After reading another thread on the site mentioning Fog Fight being a royal pain to use I had pretty low expectations for how well it would work for me. Last night I decided to give it a try and have mixed feelings on the product. ***One note, my windows are tinted and I have no clue if this...

My Dad just bought this 2012 Mustang GT 5.0 brand new a couple weeks ago and after taking a look at it I told him he had to let me fix what the dealer had done to it. Lots of DISO going on, with enough scratches in it to the point that it looked like the car had been washed with a push broom...

So my girlfriend brought home some new microfiber drying mats from Bed Bath & Beyond the other day and they are oddly similar to the Cobra Guzzler HD. Has anyone seen these? I'm doubting that it's of the same quality, but interesting nonetheless.

I've seen some praise being heaped on the Griot's Paint Prep of late so yesterday evening after I washed my car I figured I'd use the remaining 1/5 of the bottle of Paint Prep that I had to strip off the Griot's Sealant from my car so I could put a coat of Wolfgang Deep Sealant 3.0 (WGDS) on it...

I did a little searching but came up empty. Based on the tons of positive reviews of the LC 5.5" flat pads I picked some up for myself. I have to say that aside from them being thinner (7/8" vs. 1 1/4" thick) which seems to allow for more aggressive polishing I prefer using the 6.5" pads as...

A friend of mine bought this a couple weeks ago and asked me to detail it for him. It's a 1998 Dodge Viper GTS. The original owner modded it to look like the GTS-R concept. It also has ported heads, cams, exhaust, intake and makes 475 whp. On top of that the car has racing coilovers, a...

I'm detailing a friend's Viper that he just bought and the previous owner apparently didn't like to clean the front wheels after racing it. The brake dust is literally baked on to the wheels. So far I've tried: Griot's heavy duty wheel cleaner and heavy scrubbing with wheel brush Meguiar's "hot...

I'm just curious if anybody here can identify what the issue with the paint was on this Subaru that I corrected for my friend (door and also beneath the side view mirror). The defects had a rough texture to them, and when viewed closely it looked like different amounts of paint/clear was missing...