about to try some british made Microfibre pads, look to be the best design so farby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
no liquids, just some bulk microfibre thats good enough for wheels, tyres, arches and door jambsby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
the optimum compounding pads that I just got had the glue fail. however I found out that they have sorted out the problem with the next batch onwards. used the same glue as for the polishing pads which I love so much meguiars ones I never used but have read on forums about so many of them delaminating Meguiars are probably not interested in making the best products despite what they say. itsby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
great items, fantastic on the rotary too the optimum pads. definately better build quality than the meguiars ones.by svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
totally agree with you Budby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
thats true, I dont post much anymore. am a replier not a thread starterby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
I just use prepsol to remove tar instantly, steams not bad eitherby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
I like using IPA or steam to remove polish residue, fortunately I'm using water based formula polish and not solvent, I hate that sticky solvent stuffby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
non acid multi purpose cleaner, not dedicated wheel cleaners. dont work on cars with filthy wheels luckilyby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
meguiars and AM are good products but not the best. Same goes for griots and zainoby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
bill I am no chemist although I am getting damn good at understanding the ingredients that go into all products in every industry what I do know about diatomaceous earth is that its an abrasive used in low to mid grade finishing polishes. Polishes - abrasive or not, decontamination liquids and many other products are needed for proper automotive surface care, you cant just decontaminateby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
Martin wright aka the master detailer may of been a little old school in his methods but the guy could polish cars very well considering he had parkinsons I never saw him damage headlights and my god he could remove scratches from modern car paint brilliantly. ok he should of used a block most often but hey, no big deal RIP Martin Bill - cars require correction a few times in their lifesby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
where I work part time, we do work for Lexus dealer, the Porsche Centre, Suzuki dealer and one or two others However they are happy to pay more than the prices listed in the original post. we're just lucky I guessby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
still dont like them, believe in them or use themby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
I'd get a steamer over a tornador also.by svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
wow thats friggin awesome concourse. I love single polish systems also. myself - combination of worked for dealership, worked for really good detail shop, 10 years of research and sharing knowledge on forums and buying all the latest tools and products and doing tonnes of R & D However in the next several years I'm going to get some training from Renny Doyle, Todd Cooperider, Barryby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
how is something charged - I've never understood how some things are negative and positive, how do you make a product one or the other yes everything holds wet grime, nothing you can do about that, gotta wash it offby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
whenever I do leather, I just clean with warm water and coat with permanon at 5 to 15% with water keeps them protected without making them satiny or shiny and also makes them supple without greasy dirt attracting silicones, waxes etcby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
Thats spot on. I'll never hire anyone as I prefer to do quality over quantity work and do it all myself (only do exteriors anyway) and then work part time for another shop that does the exotic cars which hires people much easierby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
yes bud alot of products especially hair shampoo's, dish washing liquid and many other things contain the same stuff and often a really crappy formula at that Profile - that's interesting. It's not perfect but the ease of application and applying as many times as you want makes it great working on every surface of vehicles is another Bud - I doubt that glare has anything inby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
some of the japanese glass coating Bud, from what I've been toldby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
Bud - I totally agree with you about steamers, they can't do everything interior wise and you still need all the things you listed including extractors and rotary shampooers etcby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
yes they do mate. An acrylic product is no match gloss or protection wise as a silicium/glass based product And yes the glare and restructure marine products do fill and fill alot and each product used after the previous lock it in permanon may not be the cheapest stuff but omg its insane and replaces alot of other products such as trim dressings, glass cleaner, interior protectants with gby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
I highly doubt that, how often the car is washed, where its stored and how its cared for are all factors that determine the life of a coating Fallout still sticks to sealed paintwork so removal of that is necessary whenever it occurs, thus the need to reapply more coatingby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
here are my final thoughts on the common back and forth arguments between the members. 1. WAX I do not like wax, never use it, its a dinosaur and its greasy, smeary and doesn't really offer very good protection However wax does not cause swirl marks, bad polishing and washing techniques and tools do - PERIOD!!!! yes I do agree with Bill on one point. Wax should not be used. many oby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
The permanon aircraft supershine that I now use is water based and a spray on gloss improving coating made from silicium/quartz and some isomeric polymers it works on all surfaces. it features an electrostatic bond that happens instantly some other products take hours to days for them to cure properly the gtechniq c1 cures with the molecules within four hours conventional waxes and sealanby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
nothing wrong with rotaries, only the dickhead behind the wheel DA's are great tools indeed but much improvement is coming to them very soon. we've seen nothing yet Bill - lots has moved on since poorboys brought that stuff out. Compounds are obsolete, foam pads are still great but now we have ten different types of pad materials for more than just defect removal. microfibrepads, raby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
concoursgarage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The forum is overun with the same long winded > discussion on the best sealants, paint perfection, > polishing and washing techniques but very little > almost nothing on interior detailing. > > What none of the paint perfection customers need > perfection interior detailing? Gina I doby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
It's pretty simple gang To clean wax and solvent based polish residue off injected resin, urethane, ABS, soft and hard rubber trims and textureds, I use this - Milestone Lemon proof - on textureds gently wiped in with a soft bristle brush it works great. works on anything A steam cleaner helps too, The lemon proof is not solvent based or contain any ingredients that hurt the materiby svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
trim dressings are a complete waste of time instead I use coatings that darken them Opti coat, Permanon supershine, Gtechniq C4, Ark barrier (japanese hardened glass coating)by svr73 - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts