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Be careful. I used ScratchX to remove water spots on a black car, applied it by hand. Little did I know, it left micro-marring behind. It did the job in removing those blasted water spots that were...

Guys, I'm having an insane amount of trouble capturing photos of swirls on camera with a white car. I have a Pikes Peak White 350Z (its a pearl color), and it has some INSANE paint defects which I...

Hey AG,

I'd like some advice on how to maintain my paint properly after a very tedious detail job almost 7 months ago.

So here I am 7 months later, and my car still looks damn good. Except...

I have Menzerna Super Finish.... my lightest polish. But it has no cut. Do you think it would still work? If so, should I reduce the speed on the PC as well? I'll need to use my blue pad with Super...

This micro marring you guys are mentioning seems to fit the description. I just inspected it again (it's cloudy today so the sun isn't really beaming down on it so I can snap a photo) and there...

Hey AG family, how you all doing?? Great I hope. I'm stumped here, I was hoping someone might be able to help me out.

So recently, about a month ago, I got some water spot etchings into my black...

Mike!!! I need your help!!! I recently detailed my car (about a month ago, don't know if you remember my thread I posted in the "introduce yourself" section), and so far I've been keeping it very...

Thank you guys, thanks for all the kind words. I'd like to think I did a good job, especially the car being black and all. Imperfections really stand out like a sore freaking thumb. It's hard to...

This is exactly what I'm talking about right here. It DOES look like ash imbeded into the paint. You can't feel them, you can't clay them, you can't buff them out. They're just there. My front...

Many thanks Rohn. It makes me somewhat relieved to hear someone besides me is having pad issues, haha.


Yes I completely clayed the car prior to polishing. You have to! It COULD be white paint...

First post, first detail w/pics. Hello all!


Just wanted to say hello to the Auto Geek community, and I'm so very glad to be a part of it. Special thanks to Mike Phillips for his instructional...