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I had to get a dehumidifier this week and as I was dumping the water that it generated, it got me thinking is it deionized or distilled? There are warnings that you are not supposed to drink it or water fruits or vegetable plants, but can you use it for detailing?

Someone on one of the car forums I frequent made a post that his dog leans out the car window and the dog drool that fell on the door has etched the paint. Do you think that’s possible?

When I first got into detailing, Optimum was everywhere and had the buzz. I stocked up on Opti-Seal, ONR, polish, spray wax, etc. Of course there is ebb and flow in any industry and I haven’t bought anything in a while. I just looked for OPT products here at Autogeek and there are only a...

The past two cars I’ve owned have suffered clear coat failure. I had each for over 10 years. The first five years of their lives they lived in the garage. My wife and I would take turns getting a new car on a five year loan. After one car was paid for, the other would sell their current car...

I just bought a new stove with the “glass” cooktop. I’ve found that if you even put a pot remotely close to it, stains magically appear. The stains are a bear to remove since you are limited to mild abrasives to clean the surface. In my research, I found a couple YouTube videos of guys using...

BMW will display an X6 at the Frankfurt Auto Show that has been coated with Vantablack paint. Vantablack paint is made with carbon nanotubes that absorb 99% of the light hitting on it to produce the blackest blacks ever. What topper do you use on this? LOL.

Listen to my tales of woe due to trying to do too much in a short period of time. I was on vacation the first half of the week and planned on doing a light detail on my Mazda CX-5 (Iron-X, Clay, wash with ONR, light polish with AIO and top with TW seal and Shine. I was planning on doing the...

There’s an ad that pops up on YouTube for Mirror Shine sealant(?) by Torque Detail where the guy says “Do you care about your car?” and then proceeds to put the bottle of the stuff on the car hood so it slides off. If you really care about your car, you don’t do stuff that can possibly scratch...

I have a small chip on the roof of my car that is starting to rust. I know I need to use some sort of abrasive step to clean out the rust, but I was wondering if using an Iron-X type product applied before hand would help.

I’ve noticed when I use my microfiber towels to clean glass that there are really fine lint particles left behind. They are maybe a millimeter long and extremely thin. They do not have any noticeable color and just transmit the light through them. I guess they are not noticeable on paint...

I recently bought a couple of packs of microfiber towels and I’ve run out of room in my three drawer plastic cabinet located in the garage. I’m going to have to cull some old towels but I still want to get something else so I can organize them better along with wash mitts, foam pads and...

Every year it’s the same struggle with the expired registration sticker that you put on your the license plate. At least in Florida, when you renew your car’s registration, you get a small yellow sticker with the expiration month and year. I always try to take off the old one, but I think...

I assume most places these days use the stick-on weights on the wheel barrel to balance tires. When they remove the old weights, they always leave some adhesive behind. How do you all address this? I’ve tried Goo Gone and similar products and scraping with some wooden or plastic scraper, but...

I finally started detailing my new Kia Niro. I washed the tires with Meguiars soap and the body with ONR. Then I broke out the dreaded stink bomb. I bought the 1 liter bottle with separate sprayer. I put the feed tube in the sprayer top and screwed on the bottle but it wouldn’t spray. I had...

As I mentioned in other threads, I just got a 2018 Kia Niro in “Metal Stream” aka metallic dark grey. The hack at the dealership did the bare minimum to “prep” the car. I think he just hosed it off and dried it and sprayed tire shine. He left the protectant strip on the chrome window trim and...

Ok folks. I don’t mean to step on any toes but I have to ask. I got into detailing when I bought my BLACK 2006 Honda Accord and back then you clayed a new car to remove the rail dust and other embedded contaminants from your paint. And you clayed older paint to remove accumulated...

I recently “inherited” a gas powered generator from my in-laws. Basically, my mother-in-law got tired of it taking up room in her backyard shed. This generator was loaned out to someone during the last hurricane and it took a while for him to be convinced to give it back. Well, I finally got...

Reviews of MUFF(???) tell you it’s not supposed to be applied on glass, but they never say why. Why?

I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of watching YouTube detailers and there’s the idea that if you do a maintenance wash you shouldn’t apply a refresher coat of whatever product because the soap you used is not strong enough to remove traffic film, so you end up sealing that grime on top of your...

I have a 2006 Black Honda Accord. It was garage kept for the first 5 years and I got into detailing to keep it looking good. But then we got a new car and the Accord was relegated to the driveway in the hot South Florida sun and rainy summers. I also lost my enthusiasm for detailing and it...