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It's a daily driver, so I was driving it every day!! :) So your plan is to do the detail every weekend, and driving the car during the week. My approach was to detail a panel (sometimes two) each...

I stopped using Armor-All almost 30 years ago. That's before the Internet, usenet, forums, groups, etc. which is to say I wasn't influenced by anyone. Solely based on my own experience. I...

That's how I've done it the past year. I find it refreshing to do my daily driver 1 or 2 panels at a time!! It took me over a week to complete, but the biggest difference is that I'm "fresh" when I...

Paddle shifters only if it's a DSG (dual clutch trans).

Otherwise, stick!!

:eek: Holy cow, that's about double the manufacturer's specs on mine!! Not until I got a torque wrench did I realize I tended to over-tighten, and that's not jumping on or kicking at it either.

^^^ This.

I think people call it GDWM for "Garry Dean Wash Method". And "all those years ago" is roughly only 2 years ago, (correct me if I'm wrong). However, I remember seeing posts by other people from...

spazzz beat me to it. I've noticed what expdetailing is trying to describe myself. And usually (in my case) the lighting was low, like in a garage in the evening with only a couple of incandescent...

Day 43 (6 weeks):
This cellphone shot was taken on my dirty van & tires before an ONR wash today. The previous wash was 6 days ago, with a couple of rainy days in there so the sheen was a little...

I have 3 coats on mine. If I remember right, it was around 45°F in my garage, well below manufacturer instructions. After 15 minutes, it was still wet (I touched it.) I ended up waiting an hour in...

:iagree: I just finished an ONR wash on my van this afternoon. There's many variations on the rinseless method. You don't have to use so many towels as cardaddy said - I believe he's referring to...

Let's go Giants!!!!
Ooops, where are they?
Alrighty then, Hawks and Colts. :)

You need these in your dryer:

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/Dryer_Balls.jpg

Curious why you only give it 7.5/10 and saying it doesn't deep clean. Did your drying towels still come out soiled somehow?

My MF towels which have been in the dryer probably more times than some of my shirts look like your orange towel, if not fluffier.

If it's the dryer, it's YOUR dryer. No issues here either. All my MF towels go through the dryer (and I've gone through two dryers since I started detailing.) I still have my original orders of AG...

You got that right!! Everytime I see my tires all dark and black with a semi-sheen and here we are in the middle of winter, I smile a little inside.

:iagree: That's the surest way to tell. Even when paint is dirty, swirl marks can be visible, so I would add that even if you inspected after washing/drying but you didn't inspect before washing,...

Like Bob, I changed out the counterweight in my PC before I used it the first time. And never changed it again even for smaller 3" backing plates.

Here's Mike Phillip's reply, when asked if...

Rain is something my vehicles see a lot of, living here in Vancouver BC. I'm trying the Pinnacle Glass Twins this winter. It is so-so (so far) - the Rain-X performs much better at initial...

If you're in the business of detailing, then you'd probably need many types of wheel and tire cleaning tools because they come in a variety of shapes, sizes and designs, not to mention the condition...

My wife and I have moved away from dryer sheets a while back, around the same time I started this crazy detailing hobby/addiction. We use dryer balls such as these:
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Looking forward!! :)

Let me get something straight offhand - was the streaking before or after the Mother's spray wax?