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After coming back to Autogeek recently to see research what the best polishes and pads are these days, one of the threads got me thinking about getting a pressure washer and a foam gun. I was on Slickdeals last night and saw that Lowe's has Greenworks pressure washers for a very cheap price...

It's been a few years since I cared properly for our dd's. Getting ready to stock up for spring, and looking for suggestions. I have the GG6 and have a 2011 Buick LaCrosse (white tri coat) and a 2014 GMC Acadia (red tintcoat). What should I try this go around? I currently have the old...

Well I just got the Optimum MF cutting pad and wanted to give it a whirl last night. I'm pretty impressed. My experience is limited to Menzerna SIP with an orange LC flat pad, and I wasn't totally happy with it's ability to remove swirls. It does a nice enough job on my Pontiac's paint, but...

These pictures were actually taken a couple weeks after the fact, but I was taking some pictures for the Bonneville forum, so I figured I would throw up a few here. I did a Menzerna Micropolish followed by two coats of EX-P and one coat of 845IW. Another layer will follow in another month, and...

I just had an epiphany of sorts today. My Bonneville has some horrid black plastic trim that seems to have a painted finish, but it's almost more like hard rubber and looks like crap after a while. Since I bought the car last year it's become embedded with crap, and I found it is pretty easy...

Here is a little show of my dad's 1970 Corvette that I did last week. I only had the time to work on the paint, and it actually wasn't even washed, so the rest of the car still needs a little tlc to get it to proper standards. I only had four hours to spend that day, so I concentrated on the...

Has anyone had trouble with Aquawax becoming a hazy mess on their car, specifically the hood? I've used Aquawax about a half dozen times on my black car over the last few months, and the first few times I thought it worked fine. But the last two times I've used it, the hood looks like crap...

Now that the convertible is done, I turned my attention back to my '03 Bonneville. This car has some very hard, yet easily marrable paint. My old version of Hyper Compound couldn't even remove all the swirls, let alone scratches, on a yellow pad. Enter my new Menzerna polishes, and the SIP...

I just finished up on the baby. I still need to tackle trying to improve the trim, but that could take all summer, so here she is after the bulk of it is done. The car was in good shape, never polished by me anyway. When looking at the paint under the halogens, it was actually quite bad. So...

After some searching I didn't find much on the technique for applying glaze. I have the XMT glaze, and previously the couple times I used it I assumed it was like applying wax so I put it on at around speed 3, and moved the pc quite fast with no pressure. Well, the other day I actually was...

Well, I'm standing in front of the sink last night cleaning the three pads I used, and again I'm thinking how I'm wasting so much water. The cutting pads aren't too bad, I suspect because the soap doesn't absorb as much. But the polishing/finishing pads just absorb the dish soap I use and takes...

OK, I got a chance to test out the SIP versus my old formula of Hyper Compound. Below are pics from two different cars. Since I got two Menzerna polishes I had two of the low profile orange pads to keep things as equal as possible. I did both test areas the same, four passes in perpendicular...

I just received my awaited package this afternoon, a bottle of SIP and Micro Polish. Well, I was excited to see what the results would be. Honestly I had set myself up for failure, figuring it wouldn't be any different than the Optimum Hyper Compound I was using (old formula). Well I went out...

My order of SIP and 87MC should be arriving this afternoon. How much product do I need to use on the pad compared to Optimum? I get the impression I shouldn't need much, if any more.

I'm hoping to tackle the polishing of my red convertible that I've had for four years now. It looks good, but in the right light or the halogens you can definitely see a lot of fine swirls. Well this weekend I took some time to do a test section to see how aggressive I need to go. After a couple...

pictures over on the Bonneville forum, I thought I would share a few shots of my car after it's spring detail. Optimum Polish via LC white pad XMT Glaze Nattys Blue (x2) Now on to the next car.....

Two days in a row this week I came out to my car after work to find some sort of little yellow leaf type things on my car. They are like a half inch long, and very narrow, with the sides curled like a cone. The problem is they have something very sticky on them. They were all glued to my...

Well when I polished my car in the fall it wasn't perfect, but I figured I would tackle the perfection this spring. Well I've done about half my car so far, and I'm a bit less than pleased with it. I must have the same harder than heck clear coat on my Bonneville because I'm just not getting...

Since I'm sure most of us here love cars, I wanted to give a heads up on a car show I'm involved with. It's the Muskegon Main Street Car Show and benefits the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The date is Saturday June 23, and runs from 9-3. Pre registration is $8, and $10 the day of the show. We have...

Hopefully I will get around to polishing my car soon, and I'm thinking of putting on XMT Glaze and Nattys Blue. Otherwise I will go EX-P with Nattys. My question is when should I start over? I would assume if I get it waxed in the next couple weeks I'll want to redo it in 6-8 weeks. If I...