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I recently had a conversation with a coworker wherein he told me that heated garages are really bad for cars that see a lot of snow. The problem being that the cars accumulate a lot of road salt along with the snow and ice. When they get parked in a heated garage, the snow/ice melts and wets the...

This week the weather is going to be in the low 40s here in WI. I was planning to do a quick detail job on my car in the next week before the snow starts flying. Then I realized I would have time to do a full detail this week (which it needs) that I had originally expected to put off until...

As we're currently seeing some big changes and advancements in the polisher category, it's a bit hard to keep up with various options, either current or promised, to be released this year. I think Forced Rotation machines is the most evolving niche right now (since long-throws went through a...

All else being equal (pads, compounds, technique adjusted to machine) is there a certain type of polisher action that gives better results for getting that 'concours finish' we're all looking for when final polishing? I assume a long-throw machine won't do anything better, but maybe save some...

I recently moved into a new (actually, very old) rental house with a two car garage that has a nasty concrete floor. It's cracked and pitted in several spots, and won't clean up well no matter how many brooms I kill in the process. I think I'll need to spend some money on a floor covering...

My beloved 2001 Audi S4 had a close encounter of the worst kind with a deer a couple weekends ago. It came running full throttle out of the tree line on a narrow country road mid afternoon directly in front of me, and had a very brief union with my car's front end. It scrambled off into the...

Metallic silver Audi paint that will dull nails. Just curious if you guys/gals think it would be worth the effort to follow M205 with Ultimate Polish? I have a lot of UP sitting around (and a wide range of pads), and don't mind the time involved since I usually do a full of weekend of spring...

Since I really hate using clay, I think it's time I moved on to a different product. I only detail a few cars a year (mine, relatives) and it's not so much an issue of time. I'm wondering if any particular format gives the best results (on a car with minimal contaminants), and if ease of use...

I've got a 2001 (made in Oct 2000) Audi S4 that is my only car, so it's a true daily driver currently having 156k miles and 16 years on the clock But I'm sure it's not the oldest (or highest mileage) daily driver in the group. Who can beat that?

My 16 year old Audi S4 has a black leather-wrapped steering wheel that needs some care. It has gotten a mottled look in spots over the years, most likely due to the original dye or paint wearing off. Same thing happened to my previous A4 (it had an identical steering wheel). I remember reading...

I came to the conclusion this weekend that my car's clear coat is harder than steel. Literally. To get any correction on my S4 a couple months ago I had to pick up some foamed wool pads combined with M105. The RIDS just barely came out with that after a half dozen passes. So last week I picked...

I decided to clean years of grime off my leather steering wheel a few weeks back and put some leather conditioner on it afterward. Apparently I did too good (or bad) of a job. It's way too slick now. Any suggestions of how to get the appropriate amount of grip back?

I've got an Audi S4 with incredibly hard paint. To get any decent amount of correction on it with my GG6 I had to go to foamed wool pads with M105. And even then it took at least 6 passes to get 90% correction. Then I went over it again with ThinPro orange pads and FG400, and finally SF3500 with...

For the past 10 years or so I've gotten essentially all my movies from the local library. I haven't rented a movie from Netflix, Redbox or any streaming service since the Blockbuster days. Everything I could ever want is available free if I go on my library's website and add titles to a queue...

Here's what my car looked like when I got home from my evening commute last night. Spring in Wisconsin is so fun.

I figure this might be the only place to ask about wiper blades without getting a 'deer in the headlights' look. Most people don't think about wiper blades at all. Hell, some people don't use them at all, and peek through months of grime. But I'm fanatical about having a clean windshield, and I...

Barnfind Ferrari 250 GT California Spider sells for US$18 million Simply amazing.

Is there any benefit to putting wax or sealant on brake calipers? I would think they would heat up and quickly destroy anything you put on them.

It's a light silver Audi S4 that will be properly prepped and cleaned with WGPPE before the LSP. Since my previous detailing was almost exclusively Pinnacle Souveran on non-metallic black, I prefer a 'two foot deep dripping wet' look rather than high shine. But I understand the difficulty of...

hey everyone. I'm Brett. I first started checking out this site back in 2001 when I bought a brand new black Audi A4. I think I was a member back then (can't remember my original user name, if that was the case), but once I got a decent understanding of how to detail non-metallic black, I used...