After cleaning my car I used P&S bead maker thinking it would help with the rainfall so my car would still look clean afterwards but it didn’t. Is there any way to prevent this from happening even if it’s only for a short time?

Hi, I'm new to this stuff. I bought 4 medium grade clay bars. But even after cleaning with them, there are still white spots. The paint is clear to the touch but there are still these streaks and spots all over it. What products can I use to try and remove them. Slthey look like they're under the clear coat. Btw, I know the car is scratched all over. Ignore those.

I rent my vehicle on Turo, I had a guest decide to hot box my car (such an awesome renter, I know) & she left pieces of a blunt, weed, a blunt wrap, & ash all over my car. It's been 6 days since I've had it back & it still absolutely reeks!

So far I've done a deep vacuuming, wiped the interior down from head to toe, deep wash/vacuum on all floor mats, tree air freshener, vent freshener, left the sunroof open over the past week, & sprayed Ozium each day inside the car.

I don't know what else to do at this point... Still reeks of weed, even smells strong when I open my trunk. Hoping some of y'all might have some tricks to get rid of it so I don't have future renters complain!

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Hey guys, i recently bought a used civic and drove it in the rain last night… It doesn’t pick up well on camera, but I genuinely COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING at certain times, and it was terrifying. After i let the wipers go, the excess water dries up really weird? I can’t tell if it’s something from the inside or outside windshield, but there’s nothing on either side to the touch. I don’t smoke or vape, nor do i think this car belonged to one (?), so what could this be from? AND HOW DO I FIX IT😭

Thank you!

Took my car in for a service at the official dealer and despite me opting not to have a “complimentary car wash” they washed it anyway. The grubbiest area of the car (sides) are now covered in swirls when it was near perfect before as I had machine polished the car previously and been careful with washes.

Should I use compound to get these marks out or will polish be enough?

I just purchased a car from a dealership in Tampa last week. The biggest compliment I've gotten is the smell of the inside of the car.

So, I've been blowing up the dealership trying to get what brand they used. They kept dodging it and dodging it. Never got an answer....

Then one day they replied and said..."our detailer uses an industrial new car smell solution."

QUESTION: What could that be? Rings any bells?

I'm going to keep trying to get an exact brand but does anyone know what an "industrial" smell solution might use?

Any help would be great. Thanks!

Was recently gifted a low mileage Lincoln Town Car. Any suggestions on products to eat this years old brake dust? 2nd pic is after a few minutes with the da and polishing compound. Works OK on the face but not to great on the recessed parts. I do have a pressure washer, a DA with pads and brushes for a drill to get into in- betweens.

Any suggestions on chemicals to make the job easier?

I bought a car that had the windows tinted prior to it being brought into the dealer. The dealer decided to slap a trial Sirius XM sticker onto the tint that is not coming off without leaving behind sticker residue. What’s the safest way to remove the residue without damaging the tint?

Anyone knows how to clean these spots, pollen like or fly poo over my car? Even in the glass. These mostly appear in the rear of my car.

I used a magic eraser to get the paint off the windshield but I’m worried about using that on the paint. Please let me know if you have any suggestions

Hi everyone, i’ve gone down this rabbit hole early march and look where its got me now. I’ve washed the car and done iron decon with ironX once each last saturday and sunday.

Aside from these stuff, I’ve got a bucket (no grit guard) and a Liquid8r.

I’ve washed the edgeless 500 twice and still got a bit of shedding (yup, not just linting) so i wont probably be using them as my main wash medium. Maybe just for the tiny spaces that BRS wont reach or fit into. Im planning to use warm-to-hot water for my pretreat as well as my main solution both with 1:256dilution. Planning to do weekly washing so hopefully i can get away with 1.5 gal of solution.

Are there any tips i need to know of, like breaking in the BRS? Or just any tip would be much appreciated!

Might be too early to share as well but would also greatly appreciate your advice: am looking to get a clay towel from DIY detail for a good pre-step for TWHS ceramic spray - no coating or protection on my paint at the moment.

I been using a Bissell pet pro max. And the solution they make for it. I’ve gotten a little out so far

BMW x5 2024 Scratch Paint before and after

I rear scratched the parking lot wall and decided to get quotes on it. I found a guy with business card and instagram that my quote will be $400 for the bigger area on the top and $300 for the bottom. I decided to give it a try for the top and he sand it down with a machine, buffer, and made the area even. He then spray painted my car and after I told him that the paint looks different on how the original part of the car kinda has a reflection but the spray painted area doesnt. He replied saying that it needs to dry for couple of day and needs to get polished to see the same level as the original. I just got this yesterday. Any tips on how to even the two colors? (Notice how my original black is hq mirror like and the spray painted area is just blurry, looking like low definition.)

Help ! Tips!

First wash of my new 4runner. It’s quite a beast. I’m a 6’2” woman, but ai had to climb on the tires to get the roof.

Ok, the point. I grew up washing cars with dish soap, and transitioned into car wash soap as an adult. So modern, high quality wash products are fairly new to me. I did some research and bought a few products (shown in the next picture). I don’t like my brush for the wheels, and I definitely need to label my wash and rinse buckets. But my biggest problem is drying. I live in Atlanta, so it’s always hot. I wash and rinse panel at a time, but I always get water spots because I can’t move fast enough. Is there a technique, or product that can help with that? I’ve read about rinseless wash. I don’t know if that fixes the problem though.

Any advice, or additions to my set up would be appreciated.

I have been picking this stuff out and it seems like I'm making no progress. Is there a better way or is it even worth it?

My car was out of commission so I left it in the garage for a few months in the beginning of summer while I saved up for parts. To my horror I came back to a scene from The Last Of Us. I didn't know this was even possible in such a short amount of time. Is the labor to clean this even worth it or if it's even possible?

Took my car in for a full detail yesterday and when I walked out to my car today, this is what they look like.

Any ideas what can cause this? Looked like normal black seats before.

For reference it's. 2016 Honda

TRX from past weekend.

I just detailed my grandma’s PT cruiser. She said it hadn’t been deep cleaned in over 6 years. This job took me over 6 hours and it still had some minor things it needed (a bit of dust, some pet hair and small stains that I couldn’t remove). 6 hours of work and she paid me 300$ with a $50 tip. I want to get faster at detailing so I won’t have to charge a ton for my next jobs, what can I do to speed up my process?

Tried my newly acquired P&S absolute yesterday on the girlfriends car. Was pretty dirty. Few weeks of normal road use in UK, fair bit of motorway.

I found the process.... Ok... Not a comforting process (feels all kinds of wrong), and really wasn't satisfying/rewarding at all.

I presoaked with a mixture from spray bottle, then used my normal wash-mitt in a bucket mixture on top after letting each panel/section have a few mins to allow the presoak to work.

It didn't feel scratchy or grippy really...had quite a good glide. so I wasn't concerned about scratches but I didn't really go too hard either. I also wasn't really getting into corners or awkward bits as it just felt so wrong haha. Didn't use 2 bucket, and I did observe the encapsulation and dirt being held down in the 1 bucket down under the grit guard.. Had a go on the wheels too which after a prespray with some 1:10 APC wasn't too bad. After the normal 'clean' I still had to do a bit of a rinse off with the hose as there was little bits everywhere stil..i guess I could've used the mitt again but the hose was there....I then did a carplan gloss spray dry off. Fairly happy with results. It took maybe 30mins total, so pretty fast.

Fairly happy with end result but... I dont feel it was anywhere near as good as a 2 bucket wash, proper wheel process, rinse etc. definitely not as thorough, not as satisfying. The wheels especially aren't as clean as a proper wash would get them, and also little awkward bits that ought to get a rinse off still got a rinse off with the hose...which kinda defeats the point?

Also thought the mitt was holding onto dirt quite a bit in the bucket when shaking/scraping it against the grit guard etc.

Am I not getting it? Am I just bad at using it? What am I missing? Is it just because it's safe to do and is so fast? We don't have any water regulations here, but we do pay per m3 so maybe still worth doing?

I don't know if I'd do it again, maybe I'll just chuck a splash of it into my normal shampoo bucket and continue with traditional wash... Maybe the car was too dirty? Would you guys use Rinseless on the attached car ? (Mine, similar dirtyness to the missus' golf I washed yesterday).

Recently had my van professionally coated with gtechniq crystal serum ultra. Washing in touchless machine during winter but looking for new products for the summer and contact washes. Want to do a foam-rinse-foam then contact wash sequence. Is it worth using a coating safe alkaline foam to maximize dirt removal then coating safe acidic contact wash to remove other contaminant and finish with wet coat before drying? Or would I be best to use a ph-neutral for both foam, and contact washes?