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This particular topic seems to come up on a regular basis (hey, don`t they all; especially if you`ve been an Autopian member for some time) but I am looking for suggestions for a One-Step (All-In-One) Wax or Cleaner Wax. My old stand-by Meg`s Consumer Line Color X is no longer made and Meg`s...

This particular topic comes as no surprise to this forum in light of the current major hurricanes in Texas and Florida and the Southeast USA coastal states and flood damage inflicted on vehicles located and titled in those areas. I know that somewhere Autopian detailers, whether professional or...

I am asking my fellow Autopians for product suggestions for matte-finish tire shine for show vehicles. I "strongly dislike" tire shine products that look plastic-y or shine "brighter" that than the car. My old favorite was Black Magic Matte-finish tire shine, but it is no longer available. I...

OK, so it`s late winter and living in the upper Midwest, cabin fever sets in (although the record-setting temperatures lately is more like late March in the upper 50`s°F and low 60`s than mid February and the Dayton 500 is almost here this weekend on Feb 26th). Being a long-time member and...

It seems that microfibers have recently gotten a lot of posts within this forum, seeing that there are a plethora of new microfiber types/weaves coming to market. I am looking to my fellow Autopians to list their favor microfiber cloths/towels for specific detailing tasks. Here is my list of...

Fellow Autopians: I am very much concerned about the possibility of legislation outlawing the use of microfibers due to the fibers showing up in water supplies and hence fish and wildlife. This stems from recent legislation in my state, Wisconsin that now outlaws the use of micro beads in...

I will begin by explaining, in Cliff notes, what I think jeweling/burnishing means, since it is not something you hear much about in detailing today. It is the ultra-micro finishing/polishing of a vehicle`s surface to a "jewel-like" finish. In times past, this was done to show cars or the...

This question seems to come up from time to time and is really an extension of the thread: http://www.autopia.org/forums/machine-polishing-sanding/184148-polisher-quandry.html started by Ronkh I am wondering from those of you who own and are skilled in using rotary polishers in the past (or...

I know that there are fellow Autopians who, from time to time, would like to insert a special symbol into their typed text new thread or post response. Here`s how you can do it using ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange, for those who are acronym-inclined) shortcut keys on...

While this may seem like a strange and totally unrelated topic to detailing, the economic impact it will have on all of us, and not just Autopian detailers , is already coming into play. There are both negative and positive economic implications for detailing in particular that I would like to...

In today`s local newspaper (Green Bay Press Gazette), a lawyer from Tennessee wrote a guest commentary about his state`s requirement for those who shampoo hair to be licensed and have over 300 hours in training to do so. The main points of his commentary are: 1) The cost of the license keeps out...

RE: Spray Nozzles (Continuing the Garden Hose thread) Rather than hi-jack the thread http://www.autopia.org/forums/everything-else/184032-garden-hose.html I thought I would start a new thread about nozzles. I am just wondering what fellow Autopians are attaching to their new hoses that they are...

Some of you have noticed that your apostrophe is missing when you post a response from contracted words like "dont" , "its", "theres", "cant", etc. Do NOT be alarmed!! Its not you. Its the "fix" that the Autopian programmers have come up with to work-around the syntax error 108 which EVERYONE...

Just as there are a plethora of car-care-specific chemical manufactures/companies/distributors/re-sellers that we all know by name and use their products, there are probably as many, if not more commercial and industrial cleaning chemical companies out there a well. My question is: What specific...

OK, so this is an "unusual" request for suggestions on how to prepare fire trucks and safety equipment for the upcoming community celebration and parade season. My reason for asking is that their are many volunteer and full-time professional fire fighters and first-responders who may peruse...

I asking my fellow Autopians for suggestions to replace or equivalent substitutes for the Meg's compound/polish duo M105/M205. I have used these exclusively up until now, but after having dusting issues with M105 and LSP-compatibility issues with the trade-secret oils (TSOs) used as a lubricate...

This question begs to be asked because of the advent of long-throw (large-displacement stroke) random orbital (OR) polishers currently on the market; namely the original innovative Rupes Bigfoot and a host of knock-offs, including the Griot's Garage's BOSS. I know that Rupes and Griots each have...

I am posing this question about these two Meguiar's over-the-counter (OTC) waxes/sealants to fellow Autopians for their thoughts and opinion. I would think that there are literally hundreds of forum lurkers (AKA, non-posting guest readers) and detailing do-it-your-selfers who buy OTC products...

Recently my wife's nephew asked if I would clean his 27' aluminum-clad camper that he was going to sell in the future. His camper was badly streaked with black streaks from the rubber EPDM-type roof. My first attempt was to use just car wash soap, but to no avail. Then I tried Meg's Detailer...

Since this is the beginning of the bug season in the upper Midwest, I am looking for suggestions of car-care products, pads, and methodologies to safely and effectively removing bug splatter from the front bumpers, grills, and windshields of vehicles. For myself, I just use a good car soap...