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I often use magnification to evaluate my paint, and like others here I sometimes use the 30X lighted magnifier from Radio Shack. It's a great tool and perfect for jobs like inspecting the edges of tools during sharpening. But I never really enjoy using it for paint inspection, as it seems to...

Stoddard dropped off a new '06 Audi A6 today when they picked up the S8 for servicing, so I got to live with the MMI system, which controls the navigation/stereo/etc systems. What a stupid example of technological overkill :rolleyes: It would be one thing if it only controlled things like...

Since I failed to get this when everybody had it in stock :o does anyone know where I can still pick some up? Shipping from the UK sounds like an expensive hassle...

I was gonna order a gallon each of my go-to abrasives (PI-III RC/MG). Well, I waited too long and my usual source is no longer shipping them, just the VOC-compliant PI-II and PI-3000 stuff. Being stubbornly insistent upon not fixing what isn't broken in my routine, I'd like to know where I can...

I just got off the phone with 1Z customer service and have some bad news: Due to the VOC regulations, three products, the "Pro" version of Metallic Polish, Express Polish, and WaxPolish Soft are being discontinued. The stuff already in stock is the last of it. The Express and WaxPolish...

I want to get an adjustable heat gun to use (instead of a hair dryer) for softening adhesives, removing badges, etc. Who makes a good one at a decent price?

Short story long as opposed to long story short :o Driving home from an outing with the dogs, I was stopped in traffic just over the crest of a hill. Precipitous drop-off to my right, oncoming traffic to my left, about ten feet behind the car in front of me. I saw a white Cadillac in the...

I find THIS very handy for wheelwells and undercarriages. Let's see if I can successfully post a pic of it..

I didn't want to thread-jack so I'm starting a new one on this topic. People have posted that they have paint which is both easy to mar/scratch/swirl and hard to polish. I don't get it and I've been at this for nearly 30 years (lots of Audis for the past 15 years or so). I have some...

A few people have posted their experiences with the Stage I so I thought I'd present it a little differently. If you're not familiar with either of the approaches mentioned in this thread's title you might have to do a little research to follow this. Note that when I tried the Stage I on a...

Many people know this song as recorded by The Band, but before *they* did it my wife had a 45 of it performed by somebody else featuring a female vocalist. The 45 disappeared after she moved out of her parents' house, but there's no question she *did* have this recording. Anybody know who...

Don't know if this is in the right forum, mods feel free to move it. My 9C1 Caprice is in 'Vegas for a drivetrain/personality transplant. While it looks *awfully* good for a 113K mile cop car, it really does need a paintjob. This would be a perfect time to have it done, and I can't find...

I see a lot of posts about how people are dissatisfied with the Cyclo brand 4" pads. What's the *functional problem* with them? I agree they look and feel cheap compared to other pads. The yellow cutting pads seem to wear sorta fast, losing their "cut" in the process. The green and...

I didn't want to thread-jack the "do you clay?" thread so I'm posting this as a new thread. Just curious about how you (real ;) i.e., Autopian ) pros handle rustblooms. The "pros" :rolleyes: around here never really eliminate them from the cars they do (seems like most car nuts around here...

Even though this comes up fairly often, I still find this topic sorta interesting. People often assume that clay removes LSPs, sometimes from their own past experiences and sometimes just by assumption. I do not believe the "proper" claying removes an appreciable amount of LSP, though it will...

Wasn't sure if I should put this here or in the Car & Driver forum, so mods feel free to move it. A recent post about checking the air in one's spare tire prompts me to advise that: If you run different wheels in the winter, be sure the lug nuts/bolts that you use on the winter wheels will...

I decided to start a new thread rather than post this on one of the existing Collinite threads. My wife's silver Audi A8 is usually done with either 3M Showcar Paste or Meg's #16. She didn't like the look of the #16 until I started using the "spitshine" method with Griot's Speedshine as the...

It just occurred to me that in a few PMs I've assumed that "EP" meant "Extra Polish" (another name for Ultra, the aggressive stuff) and in others I've assumed it meant "Express Polish" (the much milder stuff that's sorta like MP). Sheesh...I need to be more consistent :o Thought I'd just...

Disclaimer: this is *awfully* subjective and I didn't do a "control" panel the "regular" way. So this is all a matter of personal perception. Yesterday I washed Accumulatorette's A8 following a long road trip. Lots of bugs and tar, so I did a lot of spot-claying. It didn't seem to strip an...

on another thread, Beanbag posted: I haven't encountered this, though I'll frequently use the PC for a final pass with a milder product and/or sometimes use the white finishing pads (on the Cyclo) for my final work. The last time I used the green pads by themselves (with #80 on Audi clear)...