If you wanted to mechanize your cleaning process without breaking the bank, I made a cheap DIY pad cleaning station because I was having trouble getting Blackfire One Step out of my pads. Worked...
I just posted something similar to this here and on the sister site. Helpful folks chimed in with recommendations for: Tar-x (or other tar remover), 3m adhesive remover, and mineral spirits. Also...
My first thought was I'm looking forward to before and after photos from "detailing" the new addition. :D Now your cleaning sessions will be therapeutic for both parties involved....
Keeping on my theme of raiding the painting aisle at the big box hardware stores (just did a DIY pad washer setup for about $30), today while I was in the big green store I swung through the paint...
Yeah, I wasn't expecting it to be glamorous work, but in the end someone has to be able to do it. Was just curious if this was one where if you haven't done hundreds of cars it comes off like smoked...
My 2wd Electric Buggy from back in the day (Associated RC10 CE) had oil filled shocks. It was neat - you could drop it from at least waist height and it just landed like a wet towel (but didn't bang...
It's crazy the stuff they can pull out. The less time the metal has to "set" the better, and in some cases (sharp creases) it won't be 100%, but absolutely worth trying.
Wonder if it’s dirt that accumulated at the edge of the adhesive tape and got kinda buffed into the paint from the tape moving from the force of the wind pushing...
Just to clarify on my original post, all of this is preparation for paint correction, not just applying an LSP. I'm in the camp where I wouldn't clay unless I'm...
