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    Glass Polishing Refinishing going wrong .... HELP PLEASE!

    I have the CarPro Pads and the Cerium Oxide using a Flex Polisher. I also have a water atomizer spray bottle. I have been working on the glass for an hour and much to my dismay it seems to be adding chicken scratches into the glass on the 2000 Corvette I am working on. This doesn't seem normal...
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    Dr Colorchip color match problem

    I applied Dr. Colorchip and as shown in the photo it does not match the car color at all. Does this darken or change color once cured ? If not then this color is wrong and I supplied the proper paint code which is PBV. Also I tried the smear technique and each time I do it, it turns the...
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    Paint Correction Issues and Question

    I am trying to correct the paint on 2011 Blackberry Pearl Jeep Liberty. I washed the vehicle and the began paint correction using a Flex Buffer and Orange/tangerine Lake Country Light Cutting Pad with Wolfgang Uber Compound. I then switched to a Grey Heavy cut LC foam pad and then went to a...
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    Old touch up paint removal and fix with dr. colorchip

    My girlfriend applied factory touch up paint to a bunch of her chips and deep scratches on her 2011 Jeep Liberty (Blackberry Pearl color). The touch up paint is uneven with blobs and also the color has changed drastically from the rest of the paint. When she first did it, it matched for the...
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    CR Spoitless Foam Gun Pressure Washing and Iron Questions

    Hoping someone can answer this as I am a bit unclear. I am looking at getting the CR spotless system. Also looking at a foam gun and pressure washer ? can all of these be hooked up together my water last I knew was around 8 for hardness on a scale of 1 - 10 or around 220 TDS. There is also...
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    Want to order tonight, need some help with products and order of using products

    Okay so I have a few cars I need to correct that have paint chips and some deep scratches in the clear and a few down to primer and need to order some supplies but I am not sure if I have picked the right things QUESTION 1:List of products correct and in correct order of steps? 1. Wolfgang...
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    Bumper Sticker Removal - HELP

    I have a friend who put several bumper stickers on the back of his Chevrolet HHR. He is now looking to sell it and it needs paint correction. He has seen me detail other cars and wants me to do this for him. I have done paint correction before but have never had to worry about bumper stickers...
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    Damaged Carpet and interior plastic trim any way to repair ? recommendations

    How can you repair damaged carpet in a vehicle? My girlfriend just got a used 2011 Jeep Liberty sport and discovered a 3 to 4 inch wide hole by about 1 - 2 inches tall near the seat in the floorboard we both missed this when looking at the vehicle and I remember their was a large rubber...
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    Being too fussy ?

    My girlfriend just bought a used Jeep Liberty Sport Blackberry Pearl color. Of course the day she looked at it, it was all shiny. I know they use a cheap yellow filler wax to make it look like this. One car wash later the wax is gone and now the entire jeep has swirls. I am sure this from...
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    Scratches

    After washing all of the road salt off I have just discovered an entire 6" row of horizontal scratches running almost 12 inches across the side of my dark blue 2012 Charger. It looks almost like a cart was run across it. Some of it is down to the white (primer) I know their is no way to buff...
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    spider lines

    I have a 2012 Charger, last year I bought blackfire's fire over ice kit, and I also got the SRC Compound and SRC Finishing Polish. while it did remove some of the marks it did not remove all. I used my poirter cable 7424XP polisher and 3 different LC pads which I kept working a 2 x 2 area...
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    Need some help with removing old wax & applying Blackfire

    Okay so I got my order from autogeek which consists of LC Hydro-Tech Low Profile 5 1/2 x 7/8 inch Foam Pad 2 Tangerine, 2 Cyan, 2 Crimson Blackfire DUO Src Polish and SRC Compound Blackfire Fire over Ice Kit The car is a 2012 Dodge Charger (Blackberry Pearl) It was previously buffed out...
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    Micro scratches in clear coat

    I have a car that is 3 months old it looks great except when it is in the sun and certain other light you can see straight lined scratches or what looks like chicken scratches or semi circular scratches in the clear coat. I have ALWAYS hand washed and dried using only microfiber cloths. I don't...
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    Attack of the birds

    I have a major problem my now one month old brand new car is being attacked by various Robins, even with a car cover over it they wont stop. I was going to put a blackfire finish on it but now I am seriously wondering if this is bad idea. Is there something in te meguiars car wash that...
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    Two week old car long scratch on roof

    I can't believe I was so stupid... I have a brand new 2012 dodge charger. It was very dirty so I took it to the self car wash. I was wearing a jacket intially but then realized I might make contact with the car with the buttons... well aparently I did and didn't know it or someone scratched my...
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    New car swirls

    New Car Swirls I just got a new 2012 charger which is a dark dark blue color. Unfortunately I have noticed it has swirls and spider lines in the paint which is very noticeable in certain light. I have researched another website and this one. I think I am on the right track after talking with...
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