Opeth

I dont know if you are supposed to put anything on after MSW for 12 hours while it cures. You'll have to let someone else answer that one. After that though DS would work fine.

Diamante VRX

I just did my G8, for the first time, last week. It really wasn't that hard or scary. I was obviously worried to start, but I just taped up anything i felt would catch excess product, i.e cracks, slits, seams, vents, black plastic, etc. As for the hood vents, I taped around the seams, but i did polish the top of them. They did just fine. The hardest places will be the front wheel flares. It is tough to get that sharp swooping angle. Make sure to tape up the sidemarkers and GXP badges. I know the clear coat is soft, but dont be too worried about it. Just ease off on the pressure on sharp edges or the peaks of curves (like on the hood or rear fenders) The GXP front fascia is different than my GT so I dont know if there is enough paint to warrant using the PC if by hand. I have too much plastic on my mine to risk use the PC. One more thing tape off the roofrack rails. They SUCK to get wax or polish off. I dont' know the color of your GXP, but if it is black, one thing i found is not to use too much MSW. It will take forever to get off, i.e. it will leave dark blotches which require a lot of elbow grease to remove. But it you do get them, dont worry. Just make sure to use very little product and put it on evenly and very thin. That's about it!

I thought about that, but don't cats claw things when frightened?

Am I going crazy, or was there a second page to this thread? I think it disappeared. I'm a little too young for senility. Well, I was going to quote and answer Superduty's question, but I can seem to find the post anymore. He asked "why cant the cat be kept out of the garage?" Well, I do not have a garage, but a carport instead. I think the old woman who lived in my house before me used to feed the cat. It would always come around meowing and sit on my back porch. I saw it on my car one day and, not actually aiming for it, sprayed the area with a hose. It bolted. The other day was first time its been on my car in probably 3 weeks.

whoops. probably should have searched first before starting a new thread. Thanks for the help!

Not trying to offend any cat people out there, but I do not like cats. As of recently, when walking out to my car in the morning, there have been cat paw prints on my car. The stupid thing has been walking around the roof and hood of my car. A) I don't want it doing this because it gets dirt all over it Not to tout myself, but my car it very clean and slippery and if this cat starts to slide my paint is going to be introduced to some claws. I have only seen the cat once. Any ideas for how to keep the cat away from my car?

Well its his car; I guess he can do whatever he wants with it. I just like washing and cleaning cars.

He hasnt been to the beach in a while. I think he not only doesn't click his feet when he gets in, he scoops up sand with his feet. I don't know how it doesn't bug him.

I didn't actually get to clean it today because he didn't feel like bringing the car over for ME to wash. Apparently it was too much of a hassle to have someone wash his car for him.

haha. thanks for the help. I'll try the suggestions. It actually makes me angry that he won't wash it. It could be a nice car. How the hell do you get that much sand in the floor mats?!

I'm getting ready to detail my brother's car for him. He has never washed it, I know its a shame. However, he has some (what looks like) mildew and mildew stains on the exterior rubber trim. What would be protocol for removing this? APC? VRT? Thanks

It does that in SC too. Rains for 10 minutes and becomes oppressively humid.

Don't know if this has ever been said (this is my first post), I just figured out that the sprayers fit soda bottles. Like the 20oz mountain dew bottles. I wanted to dilute some APC, but didn't have a spare bottle. Looked in the recycling bin and Eureka. Obviously, I washed it thoroughly, but it fits perfectly.