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Originally Posted By: swalve Originally Posted By: daman Power...them cheap ones you buy from them stores have no power,good enough to apply wax is about it. The motor in the Craftsman has never bogged down. That's not my problem with them: it's that the random orbital action wants to move...

Originally Posted By: bretfraz Originally Posted By: roushstage2 LOL, I hope you aren't serious. Yes, that's exactly what it is. A direct competitor to NuFinish and F2001. Ask Mike Phillips and he'll prolly tell you the same thing. Clipped and pasted straight from Meguiars.com: Meguiar’s®...

Dish soaps are actually fairly harsh detergents and will do a great job cleaning pots and pans with baked on grease - they'll strip wax, no doubt about it. Compared to a good quality car wash soap they are very harsh. But is that a bad thing? Well, for the odd wash or two before a complete...

Originally Posted By: RTexasF Thanks for the disclaimer. It sounded like a commercial and then I read the last line..... sure enough it was. They do make some good products but you know d a m n good and well this gent will not get the results desired without power equipment regardless of the...

Meguiar's has three new products out for 2009, all of which make use of very specialized abrasives technology trickled down from their high end professional products. These products are just now arriving on store shelves and should be available at most larger auto parts stores as well as...

Originally Posted By: JustinH Thats how the pros do it. I love that line. I've seen it used for all sorts of waxes, polishes, tools, etc. Makes it sound like all pros do everything the same way. The pros I know (and these guys have prepped cars for Pebble Beach, RM Auctions, Amelia Island...

Originally Posted By: sunfire He didn't even use the 2 bucket wash method. Which proves he has no idea what he's doing. He is just contaminating the wax with dirt and oil from his hands. The two bucket method is critical for routine washing, but if you're washing just before machine polishing...

Something to think about regarding clear coat failure: it occurs where the color coat and clear coat meet, so the failure is working from the middle out, not the top down as many think. Plus, once it's started it's almost impossible to stop, even if you shoot some new clear over the area. Since...

A common home remedy is peanut butter but it's a bit messy. Since it's actually the oils in the peanut butter that do the trick, any light vegetable cooking oil and a soft toothbrush will do the trick. If you prefer to stick with an auto care specific product then NAPA Auto Parts usually stocks...

I started working for Meguiar's on April 21, 2008 and any comments I may have made regarding Meguiar's products prior to that time were based 100% on my personal opinion of their products. For the record, I walked away from a 20 year career in commercial print/direct response marketing sales...

Originally Posted By: sprintman They are a bit late. Chief chemist had already departed to start his own company making far superior products. smart Wax http://www.smartwax.com/?_kk=smart%20wax&_kt=d38e7adc-8d50-430d-b113-fb118c438042 That was quite some time ago (exact timeline escapes me...

Originally Posted By: bretfraz Not much "mom 'n pop" about Meguiars as of late. An equity investment firm bought majority interest in Meguiars a few years back so Barry could buy out the rest of the family. Most of these firms build companies in order to sell them later on, which is exactly...

Trying to pull out 1000 grit sanding marks by hand is the primary reason you haven't been happy with your results in the past. Why won't you go to finer paper? Meguiar's introduced a new compound at SEMA last year, M105 Ultra Cut Compound, and it's amazing stuff. You can use it by hand but...

Originally Posted By: bretfraz I'd be careful comparing a small, family owned company like Poorboys to an industry giant like Meguiars. Industry giant, perhaps, but we're still family owned. Originally Posted By: bretfraz Even the large car wax companies only staff one full time chemist...

I see you've got a couple of posts here about spray waxes. Are you just looking for a booster type product or a true wax? I don't know of a single spray wax that will hold a candle to a true wax or sealant. Most everyone who makes a spray wax will tell you this too. You really should apply an...

Yes, both Meguiar's APC and Windex will completely strip off any wax.

Originally Posted By: tpitcher Thanks...... It looks like that is more of a restorer if the pipes are blue, etc. I am looking for more of a preventative, super high gloss chrome polish. Meguiar's just came out with a new Chrome Polish in January of '08 - excellent product for the use you're...

Originally Posted By: Lyondellic One last thing, why is wax not fully able to protect against bird bombs and H2O clear coat etching? It seems like it should. This is a common misconception about waxes/sealants. When you consider that things like acid rain water spotting and bird droppings are...

You can keep a vehicle virtually swirl free if you are extremely particular about how you wash/dry etc. I last did the full blown machine polish job on my car in March of 2007 in preparation for a show in Arizona. There wasn't a mark on the thing when I was done, and in the 14 months since then...

Originally Posted By: 06VtecV6 Originally Posted By: LexusAussie Originally Posted By: Mike-in-Orange Originally Posted By: 06VtecV6 Originally Posted By: bretfraz Originally Posted By: AzFireGuy79 A clay bar will work wonders on overspray and it wont hurt the surrounding paint like harsh...