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Hey guys, been awhile since I posted. Moved to Germany back in August with the Air Force, and bought a 2019 Golf R US Spec with 13k miles! Pretty much my affordable dream car, always wanted one. ANYWAYS the mods have begun, and one of the purchases was a Milltek Exhaust with titanium tips...

Just got the word we’re moving to Germany in August with the military for 3 years. Incredibly excited with a good bit of nerves to boot. My wife and daughter are coming with, luckily my daughter was so far ahead in high school she’s graduating a year early with one summer school class. So she...

NEW Griots Garage G13!!! I am SO glad I waited for this polisher, almost pulled the trigger on a Rupes 3” as my G8 just doesn’t cut it for what I need it do to. I had messaged GG asking if a new 3” was coming and they said they couldn’t exactly say but that the SEMA release would be worth the...

Buddy just got back from Japan and brought home a little souvenir. The car had been repainted 2 years ago to factory color so paint wasn’t in terrible condition. Used the Rupes Yellow wool polishing pad paired with Griots FCC, SOLID results. Finished off with 2 coats UK and 1 coat Gliss. GTR by...

So my new to me 2020 Subaru Legacy had a tough first part of life. 15k miles of what I’m guessing were weekly tunnel washes. Not to mention what I assumed were a million rock chips on the entire driverside of the vehicle. I had a little time to kill before work and wanted to start addressing the...

Man not how I wanted my weekend to start! The Jetta thats in front of me hit the Kia in the intersection, bounced off a curb, spun 180 degrees came over the median and hit us. Watched it all happen and as soon as I saw it spin I just grabbed my wife’s hand and said we’re going to be okay...

Man this car had some dead paint! 200k miles and 31 years old will do that. Customer said he just wanted it to shine and be protected. So I cut with Griots Garage Fast Correcting cream and an orange pad (I didn’t want to risk any burning with such old paint) followed by CarPro reflect and...

Cleaned up my daughter car Well she finally turned 16 today...her driving instructor made it a point to come talk to me after her test to tell me what a good driver she is. Proud dad moment! We got her a 2001 Jetta with 155k miles that had some pretty tore up paint, among other...

Took my new G15 for its inaugural run. LC MF pad with plenty of CarPro Clear Cut on the pad and after doing the hood I could feel how hot the machine was. Was cruising on speed 5 minimal pressure and kept it moving, not sitting still. Went to blow out the pad and soon as the I hit the air on...

Still a new product, so company’s longevity claims are hard to confirm. It’s a spray on Graphene coating, that you level down with a MF block, then wait for the flash spritz and buff off. My car had some paint work on the drivers side fender to back drivers side door few months back, so fresh...

This 2011 Camaro only has 30k miles but it was pretty beat up. Customers budget wasn’t where I wanted to be with work needed, so I set out to do a simple 1 pass polish and top with Zymol’s Atomic Graphene Shield. BUT then I messed up and did a test hit with a yellow wool pad on the hood, and...

Griots is rolling out a new polisher, while I’m still waiting for them to fix the G21 redesign?? GR3 Mini Rotary Polisher - Griot's Garage

So Zymöl is stepping into the graphene product line up, and making some very strong claims. I’m very excited to try this product! Thoughts? “A groundbreaking patented protectant that is incredibly strong, hard and resilient with a high gloss shine that’s harder than any ceramic!Zymöl Atomic...

This car spent most of its life in Germany before being brought over. A body shop resprayed the front and rear bumpers 2 years ago and then let an inexperienced person use an rotary. There were buffer trails all over this car and signs of clear coat failure in a few spots. Customer hadn’t even...

Been trying to book this car for a few years but our schedules never matched up, owner is a local business owner that does over the top garage transformations and also sells the entire Griots Garage line up along with the Zymol line. When I first got into detailing I’d go up and pick his brain...

Man this paint was straight sandpaper before I started. I had a fine grade clay towel that didn’t do anything, got a medium grit and that took care off the problem. Owner didn’t think I’d be able to get it right, glad I showed him wrong. He was blown away when he saw the car. second time...

2014 S-Class had a previously installed ceramic coating. This is after a iron X foam bath, heavy iron X treatment and full reset wash. I’m using the fine grade clay mitt Clay | John Wilkinson | Flickr

When I do a full on paint correction followed by either a sealant or ceramic coating I haven’t been doing a mechanical decon. My process is Iron X entire car, let dwell while doing wheels and tires. I then rinse car and follow with Iron X snow foam, let dwell then rinse and finally hand wash...

What is your go to towel for wiping off coatings this year? I was using the orange towels from CQuartz, and washed a few just to see how they’d do....they were good for one more use.

What are my option for stepping down to a smaller pad? Seems that this,Griots Garage BOSS 5 inch Backing Plate, is discontinued. And i can’t figure out if this,Griot's Garage 5 Inch Vented Backing Plate, will work on my polisher. Thoughts???