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I have had good luck with Griot's Garage dual action polisher, combined with an orange cutting foam pad and a correcting compound like Jescar's. Finish with off with a micro polish cream with black polishing foam pad and you're golden, and top it off with your preferred paint protection product.

I went to our local detailing shop called Shine Mate Polishing Pad in Yellow and I bought this and a corded drill and it seems to be working well with Menzerna PF2500. I also bought a 3" Orange foam pad and seems to flex better than the Grey heavy duty cutting foam pad.

Hello, Long time subscriber. I am having a hard time going into nooks and crannies to get a proper pressure. I have been using a 3" backing plate on a Griot's Garage DA using Menzerna PF2500 in white foam cutting pad, and a 5.5" backing plate with purple foam pad on PF2500 as well. The sharp...

Hello all! I recently decided to do a full front end Paint Protection Film, I have a full bumper cover when I got the vehicle a few years ago. The decontamination is what I am puzzled about. I am thinking of doing: -CarPro TRIX and gently massage problem spots with a foam sponge -Isopropyl...

Hi there, I had a 2003 and I did have a hard time keeping the plastic panels in pristine condition. I believe I used all I one cleaner and used a firm bristle brush.

Also bicycle shops will have this wrench as well

Its black paint I was able to remove using M105

The autobody that I went to deals with Ferrari and other exotics as well but they still managed to scratch the vehicle in various places, less scratches then what the dealer did

After 2 weeks of working on it part-time, I was able to successfully de-winter grime the X5

Here is the vehicle 1 year ago with OEM LSP: Menzerna Powerlock x2 Einszett 1Glanz Wax x4

I finally was able to fit a proper de-winter wash and shine over the course of 2 weeks! Pressure-washed, foamed, and carefully cleaned every panel using two-bucket method (2BM), and used blow-dry method to dry It is Black Sapphire Metallic, 2-year old X5, with GTechniq C1 (single coat) GTechniq...

Happened to me at both dealership and autobody shop long story short dealer messed up and tried to correct it, got worse and was taken to the autobody shop, free of charge It took a lot of back and forth and headaches with myself and the wife In the end I just corrected the paint work myself...

Out of all the color I owned, black is the most addicting and visceral in my eyes. Something sinister about having black with metallic flakes to show off on bright sunlight I regret nothing!

I had a chance to finally wash by Black sapphire metallic X5 after being coated with C1 and EXO v2 last February. Here are my steps and guaranteed did not induce any scratches or marring, panel by panel ensuring clean mitt and water 1. Foam, pressure wash, foam, then pressure wash 2. Foam...

I had the same experience even when I told them not to wash the car. They offered to detail and I agreed only to find out they left buffer trails and hologram using the 3M process with a rotary 2014 x5 with 6,000 miles only and had to spend 12 hours detailing

Impressive detail work on an impressive rare vehicle, this one is actually a well-sought Competition Package in exclusive Interlagos Blue paint work

Great work. I've seen this condition before and it is years of industrial fallout, city dirt and full neglect It should feel exactly as underneath your stove top vents caked with old cooking oil I wonder if a strong decontamination soap would have helped prior to correction

Hi there, While I have not used the Opti Coat and used GTechniq C1 and EXO v2 on top of it, based from experience it does little to no protection against fine scratches as to my old set up of Power Lock and Glanz Wax. The water beading does glide very well, comparable to AutoGlym HD Wax As for...

Yes, this one was bought back in 2011 and it had the recommended speed setting 5-6 for polishing and I have religiously followed that since. I am glad no one got hurt and it flew away from the vehicle and into the garage door. It separated so fast that I did not even see it fly off, I just...

I had the same issue with my 2014 BMW X5 on Black Sapphire Metallic and was successful with coarser foam pads Yellow foam pad on plastic panels Orange foam pad on metal panels Both on FG400 The speed setting I solely use is speed #6 Rotate your pads often when using speed#6 as you could...