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So my wife realized the other day that she has a couple of mouse droppings in her 2016 Mercedes GLE. Actually she noticed them in our newborn’s car seat base. I vacuumed everything out well and wiped everything down with sonar interior cleaner and CG nonsense. I also found a mouse nest in the...

Was just cleaning up my garage tonight since it's going to be 70º here in PA tomorrow and figured it would be a great day to detail my new 2019 RAM 1500. Just organized my polishing pads and cleaned some that looked dirty, and figured I'd take the backing plate off my 3401 and make sure all...

Just got a new 2019 RAM 1500 in Flame Red. It’s actually a nice 45° day here in Pennsylvania so I want to give it a quick once over to protect before I can do a good detail on it in the spring. I have PNS, Collinite 845 and a few other things sitting around, or I could just do a quick polish...

Was all set to do a two step correction yesterday on my pearl white 2017 Subaru Forester XT. Unfortunately my wife was out and my 3 year old daughter had enough playing outside by the time I washed, clayed and iron-x'd so I needed to do something quick. Did one pass with HD Speed so I was...

Hi all. I'm in the market for a new Shop Vac. I've heard really good things about Home Depot's Rigid brand. I'm looking at both of these: RIDGID 14 gal. 6.0-Peak HP Wet Dry Vac with Auto Detail Kit-WD1451 - The Home Depot and RIDGID 4 Gal. 6.0-Peak HP Wet Dry Vac with Detachable Blower...

My wife picked up her brand new Mercedes GLE 300d on Monday. The dealer refused to comply with my request to leave the plastic on and not detail it, and my wife didn't want me to fight with them about it. After having my local MINI dealership give me free extra swirls at no charge, I was...

So I've been thinking about getting a pad washer for a little while, and looking at the Grit Guard and Lake Country systems. There's a big difference in price, so I'm trying to figure out the real difference, and if it's worth the difference in cost? Anybody have experience with both of these...

My wife and I wound up trading our 2014 Subaru Forester in to a Mercedes dealer sight unseen. My wife explained that I'm an obsessive amateur detailer and they can be assured that the car is in awesome shape. She failed to mention that this car is like the shoemakers children....it never gets...

My parents' 2015 Alpine White BMW 328 was fully polished with CarPro Essence and coated with CQUK the week it was purchased. Just noticed two high spots on the hood. Any tips for removal? Should I polish the whole hood again and recoat, or should I just try to polish out the high spots? Will...

I've wanted to do a coating on my 2013 MINI Cooper S since last summer, and with nice weather coming, I finally pulled the trigger on Carpro Essence, CQUK, Eraser and Reload. I've watched Corey's videos on Youtube on applying CQUK, but figured I'd get input from everybody here....you've always...

With an early spring approaching I'm thinking about my spring cleanup for my vehicles. I have a '15 Subaru Outback and a '13 Mini Cooper S. I'm thinking that I'd like to coat both of them this year and I'm trying to decide between Optimum Gloss Coat, CQuartz, CQuartz UK or one of AG's house...

I have a friend who has a Honda Odyssey and she knows I'm a detailing fanatic. She really wants me to do her interior, and that's not my strong suit, but I'm willing to try to help. She's a mom with three kids, and the cloth seats have stains on them...most likely from juice. I can't spend...

DIY Garage: Car Cleaning I mean..who dries a Viper with a beach towel?!?!

So I finally have a Flex 3401, and I'm about to order the LC 4" changeable backing plate, but I also am not sure which color 5" pads I should get if I'm going to get the 6 pack. Right now I'm a weekend warrior, doing my own cars and maybe a car or two for other people on weekends here and...

So once the weather gets warm, on weekend mornings I'm typically at least washing two of my family's three cars, and most likely doing something detailing related to one of them. This past Sunday I did a two step paint correction on my 2013 Mini Cooper S. I only have a small garage in my...

Anybody have a recommendation for a good 50' hose for a SunJoe SPX3000? It's a 1/4" hose with M22 fittings on both ends, so I suspect pretty standard. The 20' hose it came with is a little short since I cannot walk around an entire car without moving the pressure washer, plus the hose is a bit...

I've been looking for an electric pressure washer for a while, and today Home Depot has the Sun Joe SPX3000 on sale for $159. I know it's not the best pressure washer, but I think for light use with a foam cannon it's probably pretty good. Should I pull the trigger on it at this price?

I was about to buy a Rupes Mini to go with my Rupes LHR-21, but I keep looking at the PE-8. I've never used a rotary before so I'm just curious what the learning curve is with this particular machine, or if I should just go with my first instinct to buy a LHR-75e? Any advice? Thanks in advance.

I know they're two completely different machines but I was about to pull the trigger on a Rupes LHR-75e to go along with my LHR-21, and a few people suggested that I get a Flex 3401 so that I'd have the best of both worlds of forces rotation and long throw. I love my Bigfoot 21. It's buttery...

I'm about to order a Nanoskin Fine Grade was mitt, and am wondering if I can use UWW+ as a lubricant for it? Any advice? I've also read regular shampoo, like CG Mr. Pink works well. Thanks in advance.