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"he" likely does not - but apparently his company does, using his name :) Page Not Found | Facebook I did find the forum, thank you!

Because I'm not planning on removing the wood from the interior, lots of taping and covering will be involved - and likely a 3" backing plate with smaller pads than what I have now (6").

Wow...no, I did not know that! Thanks for the update. Does he post on a forum sponsored by 3D? I'm at their site and don't see a link to a forum, but I do see plenty of social media stuff and videos out there with him.

Thanks. Yeah, I do plan on keeping my car for another 5 years or possibly more, so I think it's worth it. I know the films have gotten better over time. I figure, instead of that cutoff less than halfway up the hood, just do the entire hood once I buff out enough of the swirl that I'm satisfied...

Awesome thank you!

I'll consider myself lucky - I did use a "Oxiclean free" generic type of detergent as that's what we always use. Thank you!

I have some swirl (not sure ### the last owner did...) and hazing on the interior wood trim of my car. Is there anything that can be done about that short of having the wood trim replaced? It has coats of lacquer on it of course so wondering if there are any detailing tricks here.

On this same topic, not to hijack the thread but it's been dormant for a while - I have some 3M paint protection film on my 2014 Benz, and Mike, you had mentioned maybe don't go too abrasive on it (use swirl remover but not a rubbing compound) when trying to remove paint swirls. I did just a...

The damage on my panels isn't nearly as bad as the damage in the first photo of the black paint above. There are significant swirls even after a couple attempts to mitigate. After reading the posts I'm going to give it one more try with different products and see how I do.

Just saw this response - will read this first! (Re: my above post)

This is great info. All the work I've been doing lately is to my 8 year old daily driver, a Benz E350 with black paint and a LOT of swirl. I haven't got all the scratches and swirl out yet but have made progress. But perhaps buffing the entire car once (not using the best method but pretty darn...

Thank you! I did not catch the name of the tape that Mike was using on the Chevelle in the Test Spot video, want to be careful not to just use what's laying around. I just used regular laundry detergent to wash the pad. Is that a no-no? I know there are purpose specific detergents for pads...

Thank you, this is more what I was looking for. Seems there's a lot of different methods on the forum but I'm happy to use some purpose-specific products. I did see Mike's video on test spotting when buffing the paint, and he did clay the glass with a regular clay bar, which I've already done...

Wow. I should have watched this before the last two Saturdays spent with my Griot's buffer. I'm only halfway in and will watch the rest, but I did not prime the orange pads. Otherwise I think I did a good job of ensuring I had good technique, but may not have the right product mix. I was using...

I did try a regular clay bar that didn't have much effect on the glass - may have improved it a little but not much. I know there are glass "cutting" pads out there so I just assumed a polish pad, by comparison, would be a fool proof way to clean it up nicely.

Any recommendation for a different sealant?

Now that I'm comfortable using my Griot's buffer, I'm assuming the Griot's brand glass polish pads are just fine for the windshield and glass roof. Because there are a lot of different approaches on this thread, for a novice, I'm assuming I need to: clay the windshield (done this past weekend)...

I will do more passes this weekend. I'm assuming since I just clay-barred the whole car a few days ago, I don't need to repeat that, just give it a good wash and buff away, then add wax on the panels I re-do?

Thank you...so when I attempt again, should I use the rubbing compound first w/ the orange pad given it may need that extra level of aggression, or do you mean just use the finishing polish and white pad but more passes/possibly more speed?

To clarify: I did at least 3-4 passes per section initially, then went back and did the same (sometimes more than 3-4 passes) on the second attempt...I did not just pass by the area once and not go back over it - sorry if that didn't come through clearly on my post. And still, I feel I didn't...