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Thanks. It took me a while to get it like that

This was the time it clicked for me, after I got done doing my mustang that was VERY bad when I got it. I have done many before on some crazy cars and I am always proud of my work, but this one I stepped by and went holy crap and I got a lot of business when I posted it up on FB when I had it and random people walking down my street saying wow that looks great.

I know this is probably a stupid question, but do I throw the sandpiper I just used away or can it be used again? If so, do I just hang it up to dry?

I have a few body panels off my car that I got when I purchased that will either come out great and I can sell them or I mess up and take them to the scrap yard. Lol.. thanks Adam. I will be looking for that video as well

Where can I get a good clear coat thickness gauge? Yea Chris, I been looking at them all day, but figured I would post up on here with some great detailers knowledge that usually doesn't find its way to YouTube or other sites

ell I know how to use a buffer/flex/pc and am very proficient at it, but I still find some things I am not able to correct 100% and what would fix those that I can not get I believe can be achieved with wet sanding and then buffing. I wanna learn how to do this. So when I bought my car the guy asked if I wanted stock spoiler and hood so I took them and am going to use them as my practice pieces. So if I mess it up, I mess it up. So I have to start somewhere and I have been doing some searching and looking on techniques and products, but still looking for more information. So what are the do's and don't s of wet sanding? How do I know too rough is too rough? What kind of technique do you have. Smaller area the better?

Okay, so I did my car this past weekend and it came out great All my scratches and such came out except on my wing. I am going wingless with my car so this gives me the perfect chance to learn how to wet sand. So give me the low down. What grit do I use or start with? I assume im spraying water? Is that just to keep the surface cool? how much spray? just a few sprays? Do it by hand and finish with my PC to get the sanding marks out? I have never wet sanding before, but I cant think of a better time to learn.

Okay, since I moved and rarely ever have access to a garage to do everything I need to do, I find myself taking my three buckets, and all my adams gear to a coin op and doing my car there. I do the wash properly still, but the thing that I can't do is dry it completely, meaning inside the turn signals and mirrors, etc.. I always used my mini air blower but its not battery powered. So do I have any options as far as something battery powered that I could take with me? I didn't know where else to put this question.

Car looks great!

Yup. He had 1200 miles left on his warranty.

I had an 06 AWD and liked it when I had it, but glad i got rid of it. The cost of maintaining it and driving it just wasnt practical enough for me to keep it. I doubled my mpg and cut my maintance cost in half going to my subaru and it runs just as good if not better than the SS. Things you gotta watch out for have been stated Tranny is weak add more oil if awd to prevent the oiling issue crappy mpg high cost of maintanence cost of filling up at 93octane But other than that I did like mine when I owned it, that being said. If I ever have kids and me or my wife need an suv, I would look into buying one or a Jeep SRT-8. Friend at work also has an 06. His spun rod bearing and blew up tranny.

I like them! Wouldnt change a thing

I have 4 buckets. And use two soap mits 1 bucket (from advance auto) for wheels 1 bucket (5 gallon adams) for rinse 1 bucket/mit (smaller adams) for soap and wash of top half of vehicle 1 bucket/mit (smaller asams) for soap and wash of bottom half of vehicle The cars I own and do, dont have mudflaps usually so I dont trust using my top half mits on the lower half even after I clean and grit guard them so I have specific mits for top and bottom and buckets to match them so nothing ever gets mixed up.. Everyone who watches me detail a car calls me crazy and over the top

I shoulda went flex, but im not unhappy with the PC, but after using it and seeing the ease, I definetly should of went flex