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If anybody does find an adhesive that works for reattaching velcro to backing plates, I would like to hear about it. I have a household scrubber with a proprietary backing plate that needs repaired as I can't get a replacement. Just removing the oe adhesive (yes, 3M Adhesive Remover, old...

What Dan said about those [expletive deleted] Trade Secret Oils in the M205.

Lonnie- Heh heh, AFAIK, your two examples (Malm's, so-so polishes but a very underrated wax IMO and Zaino, whose ZAIO and Z16 I still like) are both still unavailable OTC. Sorry, couldn't resist when I saw that Malm's reference! I got my oldest Cyclo5 through Malm's back in the early '80s :D...

Boongie- That sounds great! This is the kind of thing you don't want to get out-of-hand and the shops will be able to fix things right. Perfect way to go IMO, although I sure appreciate the hassle and wish you didn't have to [fool] around with it.

Boongie- Unfortunately, those do extend under the windshield's trim and are thus most likely a ticking timebomb with regard to future (potentially serious) corrosion. But the good news is that the chipping doesn't appear to have fully penetrated the E-coat so maybe you'll get lucky and do OK...

Setec- It's hard to keep up with Yours Truly's, uhm...accumulating. The Sonic was a spare dog-hauler that just sat there unused on its Battery Tender until the A8 got totaled.

Dan- OK, thanks for the info. If I ever do run out of QDs I'll have some new choices to consider! Setec- Yeah, a Chevy Sonic! I have a *GREAT* tech at the Chevy dealer five minutes away; I simply love the simple/functional interior with limited Tech and heated cloth seats, and I actually...

As for "fringe productlines", I just KISS by not buying them unless I have a very good reason. No celebrity/automaker-label stuff, no mystery-source stuff, nothing much new at all unless I run into something that I'm certain I can somehow improve upon. Though I did buy a bunch of GG's Ceramic...

Dan- Q about your take on the FK425: Could you expand on "..it didn't do anything amazingly, it was just a mid pack performer...", I guess I don't get how some other QD would be better, what "better than FK425" would constitute, and what your preferences are. I use QDs primarily as Drying...

I'm not posting much either, but I do try to answer Qs if I have something worthwhile to contribute.

Dan- HA! I expect they just drive 'em through the carwash like everybody else around here!

Dan- Yeah, my FK, and lately the GG Ceramic stuff, are as brightly reflective as I can stand. Everywhere I look these days I see vehicles that are just so shiny that I think...[EDIT!]..well, that look isn't for me. Heh heh, yeah#2, some houses can, uhm...eat your life before you know it.

Bull6791- Ah, you have the 845! OK, see what you think the car needs after you wash it and apply the 845. (I'm changing gears here now that I see why you're interested in 845/OptiSeal.) What do you plan to do with the G9 when you get it? What *issues* do you want to solve with it? With the...

Bull6791- I wish we had somehow responded to your initial Q differently...this has sorta gone down a rabbit-hole with all the different stuff being discussed but nothing actually getting done. We've never discussed the topics I consider truly important here: - what are your facilities...

Jacobpockros- Glad the GG stuff worked so well. IF that dash isn't leather, I'd use it on that too. I just used it on all the interior [synthetics] and it worked fine.

Bull6791- The process would be basically the same with a different LSP. I have no experience with OptiSeal and can't comment on it. You seem determined to use either 845 or the FK, so...OK, do that. If you decontaminate it, you'd better plan on doing some sort of correction before you do the...

Gotta log off soon...but the FK lasted so much longer than anything from Collinite that there was simply zero comparison. But, of course ;) one person here, who lived in AZ, found that the 845 lasted *longer* than the FK! Utterly opposite my experience (over many, many years!) but that's just...

Bull6791- Just saw your "can you.." post as I was about to log off...here's a quick take that oughta cover the bases OK: -Wash the car -Decontaminate if necessary (method and severity of contamination should determine whether it's part of the wash process or a separate step) The car should now...

Bull6791- IME, the primary benefits of FK1000P (now named Big White Marine or somesuch) are that it lasts longer than anything else I've used (except now-unavailable coatings) and protects so well against birds/bugs that I don't have to clean them off to prevent etching. Whole different...

Bull6791- Sorry about muddying the waters by mentioning that Einman Fabrik Clear Pearl. I sent some to Tyler (was it really *THAT* long ago?!? Oh man...) and couldn't help but mention it. Eh, never mind.... I've never tried the Collinite 520, just used their 845 and 476S. Those were among...