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  1. octane

    what fluorescent tube temperature for garage?

    So we (the wife and I) bought a new house just outside of town with a big acre lot, and a big garage... I got a deal for 4x32w T8 fluorescent tube fixtures, but I don't know what color temperature to choose, I know that the CRI is important to get 85+, does 4000k make sense? 6500k...
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    einszett Closes the Next Chapter Begins nextzett

    anybody else see this, "The founders of nextzett will maintain the products our customers have come to know and love such as Cockpit Premium, Gummi Pflege, Kristall Klar, Plastic Deep Cleaner, W99, Ultra Gel and Klima-Cleaner while improving on polishes and waxes. " good news I guess...
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    product that does'nt bead?

    so a guy that I've known for a couple of years now, just bought a new black mustang GT, and he want's me to work on it, but he doesn't want beading on it because it leaves water spots if not dried correctly. he really like that DP coating I put on his explorer 2 years ago (probably all gone...
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    bodyshop vent (long!)

    so a while back, guy lost control and hit my wife's car and the car next door on a residential street. Insurance recommends a body shop, we get an estimate, I explain to the guy doing the estimate that I am very selective with the quality of the work, I expect no more orange peel than the rest...
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    PPF and coating question

    Hi guys, I'll be working on silver BMW 335i Xdrive that has the full front clip done in PPF (the most expensive kind that is self healing) and the owner want's a light polish before I apply CQ UK on it, should the polish the front clip and then coat it normally? last time I did the car, I...
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    anybody try 1Z lotos ultra ISF pre wash?

    found this, looks nteresting! but before I buy 10 liters of the stuff, it would be nice to have a review http://www.1z-usa.com/content/msds/ISF-900915.pdf from the msds it look like pretty potent stuff..
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    What causes orange peel?

    My wife had the rear bumper on her car replaced following an incident where someone texting and driving preferred hitting cars vs hitting a stray cat... the new bumper is full of orange peel, the backup sensors (including one that they broke during reinstall) were glued in place, lets...
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    3 months into my winter treatment: sonus Ion.

    Today was a warm day compared to the -15F we had for most of the week here in Ottawa, so I decided to take out the propane heaters and wash the cars in my winter car shelter. 3 months ago I applied CQ Uk to my car, and Sonus Ion to the wifes car. the CQ Uk is still beading like the...
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    Stuff like this makes my day/week/month

    So I've going to the same dentist for the last 12 years, at first he had an old beat up Corolla, then a BMW 335i, and now a BMW335i Xdrive with M3 sport package, so he's into cars, but with 3 young kids he's too busy to take care of his cars like when he was younger. A while back...
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    So any chance this will buff out?

    Guy tried to avoid a stray cat, hit my neighbors jeep patriot, jumped the wall, and stopped on my winter car shelter, hitting the wifes car, the venza will probably need a new bumper or a least a repaint, since the paint on the corner is all cracked, the shelter will need a couple of new...
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    first time working on paint protection film

    So I will be working shortly on a new BMW M3 with full front clip PPF, is there anything I should be careful with? I plan on doing an Ironx decon, fine clay bar, then seal it up with DG105/601 thanks
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    CQUK and water spotting

    a while back I polished my car and applied CQUK on it, and in the following weeks it was coverred with waterspot that carpro's water spot remover doesn't remove, this is just from rain, car was never hosed down, and water around here is very soft (150ppm). now a customer asked me to...
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    I'm really starting to hate my car!

    It's a black clearcoated 2012 Rav4, tried twice in the past to put OC2.0 on it, but it just didn't stick (used the same steps on 3 other cars, and those came out perfect with good beading/sheeting even after 2 years) so I decide to take a full weekend to polish all the swirls out of it...
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    crack in gelcoat

    Hi, finally got around to work on my own boat, a 2008 Doral outboard, and found this next to the motor, should I be worried? Is it just a surface crack or will water get in? It's a quarter inch above the water level.
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    Menzerna Top finish machine glaze

    Let me start off by stating that I own a 2012 BLACK toyota rav4 with very soft/finiky paint I tried in the past optimum hyper polish, and megs 205 with horible micro marring, was never able to finish out nicely. Tried Sonax perfect finish, and results where great with 2 slow passes. so...
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    products that have fillers without being "a glaze"

    I've worked on a couple of brand new cars that after a strong foam wash all these swirlmarks appear even before I actually touch the surface with a wash mitt. So that leads me to think that the dealership put them in during the prep, but filled them in. So any products out there that have...
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    Canadian Shipping

    I'm gonna vent here, worst that can happen is that someone actually gets it... In the past I ordered a couple of gallons of stuff, to get an email saying that an extra 60$ was to be added over the 50$ I aleady paid for shipping... so right off the bat I learned that shipping to Canada with...
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    How long does megs d151 paint reconditioning cream last

    what's the average protection from megs D151 paint recondition cream? would there be a problem topping it with some collinite after for a better protection, or is it a waste of time?
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    what to use on a fiat 500 convertible roof

    First time I work on a car with a fabric roof. Would 303 fabric protecter be a good choice? I don't have many products besides the CarPro fabric stuff and the 303. Any tricks on what to do? Thanks!
  20. octane

    what yearly maintenance on Opti Coat

    last year I opticoated a friends F150, and still has good beading, but the guy wants a full maintenance, what would you guys do? should I do a light claying, or stick with IronX and TarX? would a paint cleaner/pre wax cleaner damage the coating? thanks
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