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    2023 Acura MDX Grill

    Bought the Queen a new 2023 MDX ASpec in silver. Did a clay with Jescar & Collonite. (Anyone have a different preference for silver? I have some Wolfgang as well) As I was doing the trim I noticed the grille is of a different texture? Maybe even a different type of plastic-ish material? It is...
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    Exterior Trim Coating/Dressing Applicators For Tight Areas ????

    Couple of my Toys have some very tight areas on the black exterior plastic trim. When doing a coating or dressing, I've been using foam "paint" brushes as they are the only thing I've found I can get into these tight areas. Anyone have any other recommendations, or, are these foam throwaways my...
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    Help......Interior Door Streaks

    Pic is not my vehicle or one I am working on, but is a best & worst example. Its a '19 Escalade I was looking at purchasing till I saw this. The rest of the vehicle is spotless & nearly perfect (it has been cleaned since photo was taken). Door panel looks the same. On my '15 GMC, I have similar...
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    Why do you use the brands you do, & not others??

    Different brands for wash. Different brands interior dressing. Different brands of wax. Different brands for.....oh, you get it With all the various brands AG carries, I would venture to say, none of them are really a bad product. Some of these products we choose due to the preferred finished...
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    Leather Help, QUICK. Only have 2 days...

    Church van broke down, so now have to use Acura MDX to haul kids to church camp and back (5hrs each way). I do keep leather interior kept up with Leatherique. Anything I should use on seats for this (hopefully) one trip event? If Leatherique treatment is enough, great. If not, what can I top...
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    Detailer's Slang ??? Personal sayings ???

    I am not in detailing as a business. I strictly keep it to my own vehicles. I looked online, here, and another forum for auto detailing slang. Couldn't find any, save slogans for businesses. Now, every part of society has slang terms, no matter how "professional" they may be. So.... What are...
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    Stool bucket combo??

    Due to a recent back injury, I cannot get down to clean wheels etc as easily as before. I have a mechanics stool that works well, but dragging waterhose, bucket, etc is quite the mess. To add to the difficulty, my driveway does slope just enough to the street and to one side a bucket on wheels...
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    New hard plastic tonneau cover. Products?

    I looked for an answer, but only tonneau cover questions were either for the soft type, or painted. Getting an Undercover Elite, in hard black plastic installed Monday. Any suggestions to keep it looking good, with semi-gloss shine? I do have Solution Finish I use already, but that is alot of...
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    HELP. Let a friend use my buffer/pads.

    Allowed a friend use my buffer and LC pads a couple weeks ago. Just got them back, uncleaned! Are the pads salvageable or does my friend need to cough up some green and buy me new pads? I have no idea what products he used as he didn't use my WG. Probably WM specials, but at least his car looks...
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    Fun Names and Sayings for Detailers/Detailing

    What are some fun sayings you have seen about detailing? What are some fun names detailers can be called? I have OCD; Obsessive Car Detailing I have OCDD; Obsessive Car Detailing Disorder If it doesn't shine, it isn't mine It ain't mine, if it don't shine Buffhead Have fun folks.
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    Removing Cover-All Trim Dressing product

    Needing advice. Took the Queens Acura MDX to the shop a few months ago. They usually do a quick wash and shine before giving it back. Looked fine when I left, it was clean (for the most part). Tires and trim had a shine to them. Well....after all this time and multiple attempts, i cannot get the...
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    If you can only have one..

    New member, but have lurked here often and been polishing and detailing my own vehicles (as well as a few for friends and family), for 35 years. I've always detailed by hand, but I am looking at getting my first polisher. I've seen the GG6 and 3401 seem to be popular choices, but I've also seen...
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