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Meguiar’s Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner and a decent turbo nozzle will usually get ya 90+% of the way there. For the rest, chucking the right detailing brush into a 1/2” cordless drill makes it go quicker. Meguiar's Ultimate All Wheel Cleaner Demo - YouTube

Everyone has skipped an important piece of information… Is this OEM paint or has the hood been resprayed at some point? When I see this level of degradation it is almost always due to a low quality respray.

I had to deal with year old dried concrete once. Figured concrete is alkaline, so I used the only acid I had on hand - the red Meguiar’s Chrome Wheel Cleaner. Wasn’t a fun process but definitely got it handled.

Dude, you are my sort of people! I wipe my air/water/pressurewasher flexzilla hoses down with M40 and it does ok, but I’ll give them a proper cleaning via this method soon. Great post!

I've tried everything there is and I do this 10+ hours a day... Meguiar's M110 and M210 are my go-to 95% of the time and I keep a bottle of M101 close by for the extra hard stuff. With M110 and 210 it is IMPERATIVE that you follow the directions: slow arm speed and more pressure than you're used...

Eldorado2k that blue and silver Orbit one is even better than the red and black one you have. I have both. Use one at work and one at home.

Yeah, the strain relief inside the machine is too tight and pinches the cord. If you're proficient with some wire strippers and don't mind making your cord 4" shorter it's an easy fix.

Have you replaced the brushes since you've owned it?

You definitely don't want to compound or polish over them. Tape them off. Come time for an LSP, I've had success using Meguiar's Ultimate Liquid Wax over the OEM matte Dodge decals/stripes (among many others), but definitely test in a small, inconspicuous spot before attempting the whole thing.

I've been having fun with the new 8k Trizact discs too! Had a newer black VW with some hammered paint that was as hard as nails. I was reaching for the M101 and a PFW pad when my 3m rep walked in and handed me a few 8k discs. The 6" disc with a fairly stiff interface pad HANDLED BUSINESS on...

The big issue is wattage. Once you step up to 220V models you get some serious power.

I've got 2 25' Flexzilla hoses on my 2000PSI Ryobi (a 1/4 and a 3/8). Both are a huge upgrade. The 3/8 loses a little pressure but flows more water so I like it better for washing cars with.

I see that you've tried some very alkaline products (which would remove an acid based material). Try an acidic product just in case the black stuff is alkaline in nature. I ran into this once when someone drove through wet concrete (very alkaline). Hit it with Meguiar's Hot Rimz Chrome wheel...

I don't offer a 1-step, but there have been two cars lately that I got absolutely flawless with just D166. I knocked $75 off for each of those customers which landed them at $325 ($400 is my small, light colored car starting price here in North Mississippi). As far as I'm concerned, my...

I do a good many boats, I price them at $30/ft to correct all the gelcoat surfaces. $35/ft if the boat is black. The important thing to a complete and lasting gelcoat correction is to abrade away ALL of the oxidation. I accomplish this either via damp sanding with Trizact 1000/3000/5000 discs...

With only a DA, wetsand (dampsand). If there is much oxidation at all you're just going to gum up pads like crazy and take forever with a DA. I usually use 3m Trizact discs. Start with 1000, then do 3000, then compound, polish (if needed) and seal. If you owned a rotary I'd say throw some 3m...

If you're okay with doing one side at a time and jack stands underneath the vehicle, my method works great. I use the factory scissor jack that came with my MDX, but rather than turning it by hand, I put a 1/2" drive impact socket over the thing you'd usually hook the lever into. I then put a...

You can actually polish them just like paint (although you'll want to be conservative with your product/pad selection). The black that you see is likely just pulling off of the rubber seals that run along either side of the trim piece. I love using Meguiar's Ultimate Compound on the little...

I do great at car shows, usually without even being there. All I do are full paint corrections, and I leave a few cards with each customer. If I know someone is going to a car show I ask if they'll throw a card or two under their wiper blades. They're more than happy to and most have pics on...