Ty m80s.
Seriously tho guys, get a bunch of soft, thick microfiber towels off ebay (or amazon, whatever you prefer). Also get at least one of those microfiber mitts, I have ordered a bunch more so I can do each wheel with one, they make hands on cleaning so much easier. If you have a pressure-washer, foam cannons for them can be had for pretty cheap, consider one. You can also get claybar off ebay for a couple of bux, I ordered one to test, gonna see how it deals against one from a 28€ kit from local autoparts store.
If you wax, always claybar first, the result will be so much better. Also, if you do polishing, antistatic nanowaxes are the shit, get one with those dimpled pads and go at it, that final finish is the tits + you've just applied a pretty good wax on your car.
If you do debadging, don't bother with hot air guns, just get the badge off, doesn't matter how much adhesive you leave on the paint if you just have a drill and buy one of those stripe removal discs, I prefer the tractor wheel looking ones. Some also call these taffy wheels, because of the smell and color of them. If you want to reattach loose door moldings, this is the perfect tool, then just clean the surface with alcohol or lacquer bensin and use 3M VHB double sided tape to reattach.
I just reattached my passenger side door trims today, took them off with a little help from a fishing line to cut the adhesive that was left, then washed it with a supercleaning gel to get all excess dirt off the adhesive left on the door panel, went at it with the taffy wheel, washed it, claybar'd it, washed it, polished it, finished it, washed it, sealed it, washed off the rest of the excess sealant, rubbed sealant off the trim location with white spirit, put trim back on with fresh VHB. The old tape was shit to get off the trims, would have bought new ones but colormached cost too much :(
I also drive more carefully these days.
