Love how he will show u how to clean anything from a Rolls Royce to my 2016 Camry without judgement or acting as if he’s too good to do it, and always keeps the same enthusiasm..... you sir always have a subscriber in me!! THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO
I'm just still patiently waiting for Larry to receive his well-deserved RU-vid plaque for all the time, effort and insight he's offered into helping this community. Another great upload!!
Today I have used this technique to polish the insides of the door handles of my 2013 Mercedes C-Class. Worked like a charme with Meguiars M105 for compounding and finished with a basic 2 in 1 Cream Wax and Polish I had lying around. There was very little compunding haze, so this was sufficient. Admittedly, some deep ridges did not get out by compounding, so I assume they would need sanding. I didn't go that far today. Thanks Lary for this awesome everyday hack.
Thank you for this helpful video! I bought a car with horrible door cup scratches on ALL four handles! Looked so bad, I had to do something about it. New to detailing, I was able to remove the scratches using this technique. I'm thrilled! Tip: A guitar pick fit perfect for wedging the door handle open on my car.
Thank you, this worked for my Porsche. Without any power tools. Only three micro fiber towels. One for compound, one for polish and one for wax. This winter I washed my car, and when drying I got a little rock caught in my micro fiber towel. This put a long zig zag scratch in my driver's door. I used the technique and materials here. Though I did not press as hard while compounding. The compounding took the longest. About 20 minutes. I started with light pressure, to see if the scratch was coming out. Worked my way up to medium-hard pressure. Polishing was very quick, one application of light pressure. Then waxed. Looks awesome. Thank you!
Yet another excellent video by Larry. I love the tip about putting a piece of plastic in the door handle to prop it open! Thanks for all of your helpful videos!!!
Hey Larry, have you thought about cutting up a 6" cutting and polishing pad into long 3/4"-1" wide strips that you hold on either side moving it up-down and back & forth. This way you could contour the strip to the door handle pocket as you cut & polish.
Hey Larry, ever thought about making a review about electric polishing machines? I'm not sure these machines can maintain a constant torque in order to make a good finish. Btw great video as always :)
Great, Awsome!! Matt is super cool I found you’re channel from Matt’s channel awesome work! Thanks. I have the the 3” mini and it just never disappoints and always awesome results.
When I cut clear bra by hand, I make a template by covering the area with masking tape, using a marker to draw the countours on the tape itself, then removing the tape and cutting out that shape I've draw in clear bra. Save the guessing or trial and error, and you can reliably re-make the same piece or even scan it and use it to cut the film digitally.
Been watching your videos and they’ve been a lot of help for fixing issues on both mine and my wife’s vehicles. Thank you very much for what you do. I’ve got an issue that I’m hoping you can help me with. I have a New Edge Mustang Cobra and it has leather seats with a suede center inserting the seats. I’m the 3rd owner of the car and for the most part the seats are in excellent condition especially giving there age. The only thing wrong with them is that in the suede sections of the front 2 seats there starting to develop a pile affect similar to I guess what cotton bed sheets tend to do over time. I’m hoping there might be a way or a trick to maybe correct or remove the piling affect from them without having to completely replace or re- apoulster them. Would you maybe have any tricks or advice that I might could try to get rid of that piling affect that has started occurring? Thanks
You can get a squeegee in there, something like the tucking molding trim squeegee may work good on something like this. Haven't actually have tried it, but I'm sure it would probably work if wanna use a squeegee. Great info vid, thx. Cheers, A
Awesome! : ) It reminds me my first detailers experience years ago. At that time I did not know that after correction the naked paint must be protected. Any guess how long a carnuba wax last under the door handle? W/o clear bra of course.: ) Thank you for the vid Larry, a quality one as always.
Great video Larry ! Can you do a video , HOW to remove Residue from rear bumpers? like carbon / build up from the exhaust :) Which product would you recommend :) thanks!!! cheers!
What products do I purchase? If u said in the video I missed it and its not clear in your description. Do I purchase the Ammo Paint Regimen Kit? I have a ton of scratches on handle from previous owns wife wedding ring it seems… Let me know what to buy so i can attempt to remove them, Thanks!
Hey ammo! i know imn kinda late, but how can i prevent swirl scratches on my car? aside from bad carwashes, is constantly using compounds to remove light scratches ok? or is that going to lessen the life span of the paint? thanks!
Hey great video Larry! I’ve learned a great deal from watching your videos and I love your attention to detail. Is there a video of yours where you demonstrate how to get scuff marks out of hard plastic like the dash or back of the seats!? What is best to use on hard interior plastics? Thanks
It look me 3 Days to compound and polish my car. Its a EK hatch, a repetitively small car. i will definitely go over it with a polisher again in the future.
If I don't have a polisher what should I use when touching up paint that was keyed down to the metal with filler, primer, paint, clear coat? I know to do it by hand but what compound and polish do you recommend?
Any advice for doing this on a black 2013 VW Passat? Scratch depth and consistency appears slightly less than demo vehicle, albeit the majority of scratches are in the handle recess itself. Using multiple rounds of extreme cut compound stepped through to final polish applied with microfiber and heavy pressure as shown. It is definitely showing big improvements, but still visible scratches when looking from angles. Nothing is down to metal or catches on a fingernail and I can remove similar scratches using a DA. Doing extensive prep before coating and sealing the hell out of it with layers of armor. Paint on this car is very sensitive, literally a fingernail tap will leave a mark. Sorry for the text wall everyone.
I would say that we don't need profesional polish tool. Because i don't polish too often, i bought foam for polisher, and cut screw to use it on drill, downside if someone is not paying attention, burning clearcoat if super easy as i read. But it works.
Okay so I’ve never buffed or polished my car or any car before. I bought compound and polish, but don’t know what pads to use for each. I have a wool pad but that’s it. Help!
Lastly, kinda wish had Playlist of all your tools & products that you use. Know a pain, especially if in diff vids, but makes easier to do a search for a particular item or vid. A suggestion, is all Thanks, A
Looks like a dog was scratching at that door handle. Nice work cleaning it up. Just did my sister's Yaris, same color, used scratch x and it was real quick.
It’s funny, I looked this up to do on my car and he’s doing it on the same exact car! I don’t have nails though I always assumed it was from dirt or debris 🤷♂️
Thanks, I may just take the 2 minutes to take the handle off first though. Usually you dont even need to take a door panel off for the exterior handle.
just wondering if you have a video on restoring door window trim?(Rubber next to glass) mine is old,and showing wear.Do you have a video on rubber restoration on cars?
