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No matter how often I clean my windscreen it develops a kind of fog or dirty haze inside after 2 - 3 days of cleaning it. I say dirty because it's not a basic fog that goes away it sometimes has a brownish tinge to it. I'm unsure if it's a chemical of the dash or my dash mat (washing it today...

I have a bright silver car that I plan to apply Optimum Gloss Coat to. The car does have swirls but I can only see them when the lights hitting it in a specific angle. Can't see anything in bright lights or sunlight. Im just wondering if it's worth compounding and polishing the car since I...

I've been coating my rear windscreen with Collinite 845 and it does a nice job at making the water bead. The issue I'm having is that the water tends to bead but not flow off the glass. I have a rear dash cam so like the glass to remain as clean as possible so the license plates can be...

Hello all, The car hasn't been washed in 4+ weeks so it's accumulated a fair amount of dirt. First hit it with warm water and DG901 in my foam cannon followed by two passes washing by hand with DG901 as well. To my surprise i'm still finding stubborn caked on dirt in certain areas. On the...

Hello all, I've started to notice an odd brown haze/fog all over my windshield and rear view mirror. anyone have an ideas what can cause this ? Sorry for the bad photo quality, it was hard to capture it properly. Thanks for all the help :xyxthumbs:

Hello all, Looking for some feedback for those that have used Gloss Coat, how many CC's did you use ? The car is a Kia Optima with a pano sunroof and i'm not sure if I should go with the 10cc pack or 20cc pack? I plan to do two coats. Thanks everyone and have a great new year !

Hello all, Sorry for the stupid questions. I'm thinking of coating my car with Opti gloss coat. The instructions call for using Opti polish 2 but would I need to buy a compound to use before the polishing step ? Can I use Meguiars ultimate compound ? or should I stick with all optimum...

Hello all, I have to decide which paint coating to get for my car but i'm struggling to figure out what the difference between all the brands are. The car is a silver Kia Optima. Something easy to apply and has top notch protection as it will be applied to a daily driver which isn't garaged...

Hello all, I'm looking for a DA polisher to prepare my cars paint. It will be a one off job and used maybe once or twice so don't want to spend a lot of money as a result. I came across the Meguiars DA power system which gets good reviews. The car is a Kia Optima bright silver and swirls...

Hello all, I'm finding it harder and harder to spend time detailing the car. So i'm considering just applying a coating to it myself. Plus really like the fact it protects against bird bombs. Is the aftercare process just washing the car ? or do I still have to polish out scratches, clay and...

Hello all, Just wondering if ive got collite 845 on the car but wondering if it's fine to use a spray wax after I wash it to help keep it protected? Someone told me it's bad to do it as you're putting wax on top of contaminated paint. Also does duragloss 901 is fine to use in a foam...

The previous owner of my car has left a plastic object stuck to the front windshield. The object is held on by a huge chunk of adhesive and no amount of pulling seems to remove it. looking at the cheapest and easiest way to remove this but not sure what that might be. I originally thought heat...

Hello all, I'm going on a 14 day cruise and will need to protect the car from bird bombs, especially under the hot Aussie summer. It will be a one off use or maybe once a year use thing whilst I travel. My main concern is do the covers scratch the car even after washing ?

Hello all, I've bought a used car and due to getting some damage fixed and heavy rain, i've finally gotten to around to washing the car after 4 weeks. I've noticed though that certain small sections of the car the paint seems "dirty" like the paint is stained with a slight tinge. You have to...

Hello all, Bought a second hand car and i'm having an issue where the wipers leave streaks every time I use it and sometimes they chatter. I"ve tried clay bar and that didn't really do anything. The car is only 3 years old. Do I need new wipers ? Thanks

I've found many posts about caring for microfibre towels but non for caring for your wash mitt. In the past I have been lazy and just left it at the bottom of the bucket to air dry. Now days I rinse under water to get all the gunk out, leave it outside to dry on the line and then put it in an...

Hello all, I'm looking for a leather cleaner and conditioner for coated leather. I'm thinking of either going Lexol or Duragloss but i'm open to other suggestions ?

Hey guys, I need to find some cheap brushes to clean up my engine bay plastics, scrub my perforated leather seats in my Kia, clean the vinyl door handles etc. I live in Australia so i'm limited on whats available to me and i'm trying to keep this on an extreme budget I thought maybe I could...

Hello all, I'm trying to decide on which tint to get on my car. The cars parked all day in the Aussie sun so I want something that will block out the heat but also something which looks nice. My two tint choices are. 3m Color stable for just under $300 or Suntek CXP for about $70 more. I've...

Hello all, My car spends all day baking under the hot Australian sun. I'm currently using Collinite 845 and I'm happy with it. I was considering combining it with 476S to improve the protection and increase the time between details. I was thinking of applying 2 coats of 476 and one coat of...