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While not a vehicle, I thought you lot would be the ones to ask about what product(s) you might use to clean and protect rubber coated Olympic weight plates. These typically get handled with hands covered in chalk dust. They're kept indoors and generally away from direct sunlight. Maybe some...

I have baked on white emollients (grease) from RainX winter washer fluid that I can't get off from my glass and paint. I've tried white vinegar, mineral spirits, Dawn, Meg's D114 diluted 1:10 with water and WD40. I have the RainX Extreme Clean cleaner to try and am if that doesn't work, might...

I have a 2014 Kia Sorento with perforated pigmented finished leather front seats, non-perfed back seats and glossy coated leather steering wheel. I feel really confused by the various leather cleaning/conditioning products since they all seem directed at non-finished/raw leather. I've looked at...

This past weekend I washed my cars ('05 Forester and '14 Sorento) for the first time in months since winter. I don't have water restrictions and have my own hose/water access. I had been using the two bucket method with either Meg's Gold Class soap or ONRWW, grit guards and microfiber mitts...

Firstly, let me say that I've never machine polished a vehicle. I've gone as far as doing Iron-X decon, clay bar and then hand polishing with Poli-Seal. Secondly, I have two daily drivers that sit outside year round. They've both been through machine washes and hand washes in their lives. I've...

Any links to where I can get iron remover (iron-x or equivalent) in larger volumes, like 1gal+? I got through quite a bit of it with three daily drivers.

Hi folks! I'm confused about the subject of road grime as it relates to clear coat protection for daily drivers. I've seen several videos about how pH-neutral soaps do not clean road grime off the clear coat. I watched a video where a pro-detailer washes his clients car with Purple Power and...

For a softer paint (Kia, Subaru), I'm wondering what set of pad colors to buy/start with for either of these two AIO's. I was thinking a set of Blacks and Whites. The Red might not be helpful for other than applying a wax or sealant and I thought maybe the Black could be used for that anyway...

I've read that modern (my vehicle is a 2014) plastics and rubber parts used on cars typically have UV inhibitors engrained into the materials and many of the window glass also has UV blocking coatings. What's the point of using detailing products that claim UV protection? What products...

I just borrowed a HF rotary polisher from a friend to use to try to polish out some scratches on a sliding glass door on my house. I'll be buying the LC R4 Evolve 5" backing plate, Rayon 5" pads and Ceriglass. With that said, I started to look into what I'd need to outfit this rotary with small...

Other than Optimum are there any other product lines that will allow you to work forward without having to wipe off/chemically clean between each step?

I'm considering having my car professionally detailed since I just don't have the time or budget to invest in the tools necessary to perform a satisfactory job for my family's daily drivers. At some point much later I may invest in a DA/pads/product so I could do seasonal AIO, polishing+waxing...

I realize this isn't an automotive application, but thought maybe some combination of automotive detailing products might help me. I have a Anderson sliding glass door that some how or another, not sure how, got scratched on the exterior pane of glass. Most of the scratches are deep enough to...

I'm putting together my kit for my first jump into the rinseless pool and I'm looking at the ONRWW and wondering whether or not it's fine to use on all the exterior glass?

I have one of those 2005 Subaru Forester's where the lower body panels and front and rear bumpers are unpainted plastic. They've faded quite a bit over the years and I tried the BFTTR on the top section of the rear bumper where the worst of the fading exists. Unfortunately, it didn't make any...

From the descriptions, the WG ETS works on plastic parts/trim/rubber/metal and wheels. The OOS works on paint, plastic trim, wheels and I've read people have successfully used it on glass too. I'd like to know if anyone knows which of these can be an AIO for protecting the most amount of...

I've poked around here and I keep reading about this rinseless or waterless wash magic stuff or not using a hose to clean a vehicle. I've also watched a few videos, but I've got questions: 1. What are the pre-requisites for doing waterless or rinseless washing? What sort of condition does the...

I've already made several posts, but thought I'd drop a line in here and see if there were any other AG's in my area. I'm in Northern Ocean County. Are there any meet-ups around here for the detailing doers?

I'm overdue for a wash and I've been trying to think of a good way to clean my Sorento's undercarriage of salts and other gunk. I usually have used Simple Green full strength, let it sit for a few minutes and then rinse it off. However, I've recently read that the Simple Green might accelerate...

Finally, after nearly 3 weeks since I bought it I was able to make an attempt to clean my newly purchased 2014 Sorento. Previously I had a 98 Prelude and my body certainly took a beating in dealing with the additional interior real estate and mess therein that I found. I spent about 1.5 hours...