List of Abreviations

Whats with all the TLA's in detailing (three letter acronyms) :)

Here is a list from detailing world giving the common and uncommon abbreviations used in detailing. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=134803


#00 - Meguiar's Hi-Tech Wash
#1 - Meguiar's Medium-Cut Cleaner
#2 - Meguiar's Fine-Cut Cleaner
#3 - Meguiar's Machine Glaze
#4 - Meguiar's Heavy-Cut Cleaner
#5 - Meguiar's New Car Glaze
#6 - Meguiar's Cleaner/Wax
#7 - Meguiar's Show Car Glaze
#9 - Meguiar's Swirl Remover 2.0
#10 - Meguiar's Clear Plastic Polish
#16 - Meguiar's Professional Paste Wax
#17 - Meguiar's Clear Plastic Cleaner
#18 - Meguiar's Clear Plastic Detailer
#20 - Meguiar's Polymer Sealant
#21 - Meguiar's Sealant
#26 - Meguiar's Hi-Tech Yellow Wax
#34 FI - Meguiar's Final Inspection
#36 - Meguiar's Hi-Tech Cleaner
#38 - Meguiar's Tire & Trim Dressing Gel
#39 - Meguiar's Heavy Duty Vinyl Cleaner
#40 - Meguiar's Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner
55- Raceglaze signature 55 wax
#62 - Meguiar's Car Wash Shampoo and Conditioner
#66 - Meguiar's Quick Detailer
#80 - MSG Meguiar's Speed Glaze
#81 - HP Meguiar's Body Shop Professional Hand Polish
#82 - SFP Meguiar's Body Shop Professional Swirl Free Polish
#83 - DACP Meguiar's Dual Action Cleaner/Polish
#84 - Compound Power Cleaner
#85 - Diamond Cut Compound
#96 - Medallion Premium Leather Cleaner
#97 MPPC - Medallion Premium Paint Cleaner
#98 MPPP - Medallion Premium Paint Polish
#105 - Meguiars ultra cut compound
#205 - Meguiars ultra finishing polish


#1000p - Finish Kare High Temp Wax
#425 - Finish Kare Anti Static Quick Detailer
#476 - Collinite #476 Super Doublecoat Wax
#845/#845IW - Collinite #845 Insulator Wax
915 - Collinite Marque D'Elegance Wax
#4 - Britemax Black Max
#5 - Britemax Extreme Elements Sealant
#6S - Britemax Spray & Shine Detailer
1Z - Einszett products
203S - Menzerna 203S medium > fine polish
303 - 303 Aerospace Products (mostly refers to Protectant)
3MFI - 3M Finesse-It products
3MPI - 3M Perfect-It products
3MPIIIFG - 3M Perfect-It III Finishing Glaze
3MPIIIMG - 3M Perfect-It III Machine Glaze
3MPIIRC - 3M Perfect-It II Rubbing Compound


AB - Bilt Hamber Autobalm
ABC - AutoInts ABC 3 step paint decontamination wash system
AC - Bilt Hamber Autoclay, Air Conditioner/ing
AG - Autoglym products
AF - autofinnesse products.
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AIO - Klasse All-In-One
APC - All Purpose Cleaner
APC+ - Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner Plus
AS - Auto Smart products
AW, A/W - 50/50 Alcohol/water mixture, Duragloss Aquawax, Bilt Hamber Autowash
AZ - AutoZone

BA - Black Again
BA - Banana Armour
BBT - Big Blue Towel (MF)
BCS - P21S Bodywork Conditioning Shampoo
BF - BLACKFIRE products
BF II - BLACKFIRE reformulated detailing product
BH - Bilt Hamber products
BH - Black Hole (Glaze - poorboys)
BL- Raceglaze black label wax.
BOS - Best Of Show (swissvax)
BS - Bullsh...Nah, just joking - Born Slippy (Dodo Clay lube)
BSP - Meguiar's Body Shop Professional products
BTBM - Born To Be Mild
BV - Blue Velvet

CB - Clay Bar
CBT - Autopia Concours Buffing Towel
CCC - Concours Car Care
CD/CCD - California Car Duster
CFDW - Copied from DW
CG - Chemical Guys
CG - Crystal Guard Sealant
CK - ClearKote products
CM - Clay Magic
CMA - Classic Motoring Accessories
CMW - Carnauba Moose Wax (clearkote)
CP/1ZCP - Einszett Cockpit Premium, Eimann Fabrik Clear Pearl detail spray
CR- Swissvax Crystal rock wax.
CS - Ceramishield (Concours Car Care)
CT - Cotton Towel
CW - Cleaner Wax

DA - Dual Action machine polisher (Americanism for Random Orbital)
DACP - Meguiar's #83 Dual Action Cleaner/Polish
DAS-6 - Kestrel's Dual Action Polisher
DC - Digital Camera, Meguiar's Deep Crystal System
DG - Duragloss Products
DJ - Dodo juice
DW - Diamond White
DW - Detailing World

EF - Eimann Fabrik products
EFBO - Eimann Fabrik Black Opal
EFCC - Eimann Fabrik Carpet Cleaner
EFCP - Eimann Fabrik Clear Pearl instant detailer
EFCV - Eimann Fabrik Clear Vision
EFHI - Eimann Fabrik High Intensity cleaner
EFPW - Eimann Fabrik Power Wash shampoo
EFSR - Eimann Fabrik Spot Remover
EFTR - Eimann Fabrik Tar Remover
EGP - Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection
EK - Meguiar's Engine Kote
EO - Eagle One products
EOSR - Eagle One Scratch Remover
EOWS - Eagle One Wipe n Shine (quick detailer)
EX - Poorboy's World EX Sealant with Carnuba
EX-P - Poorboy's World EX Pure Sealant

FB - Forever Black products
FC/FCC - Fine Cut Compound
FCP - 3M Fast Cut Plus
FF - Final Finish (usually Menzerna PO85RD/RE or 106)
FG - Field Glaze (Zym0l)
FG - Finishing Glaze
FG - Fast Glass (autoglym)
FI - Meguiar's Final Inspection Quick Detailer
FK - Finish Kare
FMJ - Menzerna Full Molecular Jacket Paint Protectant
FP - Menzerna Final Polish

G220 - Meguiar's Dual Action polisher
GEPC - P21S Gloss-enhancing Paintwork Cleanser
GG - Griot's Garage
GS - Grout Sponge
GW/1ZGW - Einszett Glanz Wax

HC - Hard Candy

HDW - High Definition Wax (Autoglym)
HI - Eimann Fabrik High Intensity Cleaner
HIC - Eimann Fabrik High Intensity Cleaner
HG - Hand Glaze
HT - Hi-Temp Products
HTH - Hope This/That Helps
HTYW - Hi Tech Yellow Wax (Meguiar's #26)

IG - Stoner's Invisible Glass
IHG - 3M Imperial Hand Glaze
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IM(H)O - In My (Humble) Opinion
IP - Menzerna Intensive Polish
ISO - In Search Of, I Seek Out
ISS - Instant Show Shine (autoglym)
IPA/ISA/IA - Isopropyl Alcohol (99% - not Rubbing Alcohol @ 75% pure)

KSBF - Koala Soft Buffing Towel
KSG/SG - Klasse Sealant Glaze

LC - Lake Country (Pad manufacturer), Leather Conditioner
LF - Light Fantastic
LG - Liquid Glass
LP - Lime Prime
LPL - Lime Prime Lite
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LSP - Last Stage Product
LS - Pinnacle Liquid Souverän wax
LT - Last Touch (Meguiars)
LV - Lexol Vinylex

MDC - Meguiar's Deep Crystal range
Meg's/Megs - Meguiar's products
Menz - Menzerma (range of polish)
MF - Microfiber (suffixed typically with cloth/towel/etc)
MG - Machine Glaze, Meguiar's Mirror Glaze products
MGC - Meguiar's Gold Class products
Mod - Moderator (middle rank site staff)
MP/1ZMP - Machine Polish, Einszett Metallic Polish
MPLC - Meguiar's Medallion Premium Leather Cleaner
MPPC - Meguiar's Medallion Premium Paint Cleaner
MPPP - Meguiar's Medallion Premium Paint Protection
MSLT - Stoner's More Shine Less Time spray
MT - Microfiber Towel
MW - ClearKote Moose Wax

ND - Nevr Dull Metal Wad Polish
NFS - Need For Speed
NLD - Natural Look Dressing (Poorboys)
NLTG - New Look Trim Gel (Chemical Guys)
NP - No Problem
NSFW - Not Safe For Work
NWS - Not Work Safe
NXT - Meguiar's NXT Generation Tech Wax

OB - Orbital Buffer
OC - Orange Crush
OCW/OCP - Optimum Car Wax/Optimum Car Polish
OG - One Grand Products
OGBW - One Grand Blitz Wax
OGOHG - One Grand Omega Hand Glaze
OGSO - One Grand Show Off Instant Detailer
OID - Optimum Instant Detailer
ONR - Optimum No Rinse
OP - Original Post(er), Orange Peel

P21S - Detailing brand (typically Concours-look Carnauba Wax)
PB - Pep Boys, Peanut Butter, Poorboys
PBS - Pinnacle Bodywork Shampoo
PC - Porter-Cable Orbital Buffer 7424 or 7336
PCM - Pinnacle Crystal Mist detailing spray
PCW - P21S Concours-look Carnauba Wax
PI3/PI-III - 3M Perfect-It III product
PI II - 3M Perfect-It II product
PITA - Pain in the A$$
PH - Purple Haze
PM - Private Message (min of 10 posts needed before accessible)
PP1ZPP - Einszett Paint Polish
PPCL - Pinnacle Paint Cleaning Lotion
PPG - Pinnacle Paste Glaze
PS - Pinnacle Souverän Paste Wax
PUPP - Platinum Ultimate Paint Protection (also UPP)
PW - Pressure Washer
PW+ - Eimann Fabrik Power Wash +

QD - Quick Detailer spray (generic term derived from Meguiar's 'Quik Detailer' product, unless brand prefixed)
QD+ - Poorboy's World Quick Detailer Plus spray
QEW - Protect All Quick & Easy Wash
QS - ClearKote Quik Shine (detail spray)
QW - Meguiar's Quick Wax

RDS/RiDS - Random Deep Scratch(es)
RG- Raceglaze products.
RO - Reverse Osmosis (water filtration method)
RO/ROB - Random Orbital Buffer
RM - Red Mist (Dodo spray sealant / uber QD)
RMT - Red Mist Tropical (as above)
RMG/RMMG - Clearkote Red Moose Machine Glaze
RP - Reflection Perfection
RR - Rainforest Rub
RV - Fieldcrest Royal Velvet Cotton Towel
ROTFLMAO - Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off

S100 - S100 Products (specifically S100 Carnauba Paste Wax)
SCW - 3M Perfect It Show Car Wax
SD - Show Detailer (Serious Performance)
SFP - Meguiar's #82 Body Shop Professional Swirl Free Polish
SEC/SEPC - S100 Shine-enhancing Cleanser
SFS - Silicone Free Spray
SFDW - Stolen from DW
SHD - Bilt Hamber Surfex HD
SIG - Stoners Invisible Glass
SM2.0 - Meguiar's #9 Swirl Remover 2
SMR - Swirl Mark Remover (usually refers to 3M Swirl Mark Remover)
SN - Supernatural (Dodo premium wax)
SRP - Autoglym Super Resin Polish
SS - Saddle Soap
SF/SSF - Snow Foam, Super Snow Foam
SSB - Stoners Speed Bead
SSCK - Smooth Surface Clay Kit
SSR1 - Poorboy's World Super Swirl Remover Light Abrasive
SSR2 - Poorboy's World Super Swirl Remover Medium Abrasive
SSR2.5 - Poorboy's World Super Swirl Remover Medium/heavy Abrasive
SSR3 - Poorboy's World Super Swirl Remover Heavy Duty Compound
SV - Swissvax
SW - Poorboy's World Spray and Wipe
SWMBO - She Who Must Be Obeyed

TBM - Two Bucket Method
TC - Tropi Care
TF/1ZTF - Einszett Tiefenpfleger
TFR - Traffic Film Remover
TS - Tire Swipe foam pad
TW - Turtle Wax products

UDM - Ultimate detailing machine (random orbital machine from Autopia)
UDS - Ultra Deep Shine (autoglym)
UDT - Autopia Ultimate Detailing/Drying Towel
UF - 3M UltraFina
UP/UPP/1ZUP - Einszett Ultra Paint Polish
UPC - Platinum Ultimate Paint Pre-Cleaner
UPP - Platinum Ultimate Paint Protection, also PUPP
UV - Ultraviolet Light (slowly damages skin, paint and automotive interiors)

VM/VMG/VMW - ClearKote Vanilla Moose Wax Hand Glaze
VNB - Vac n Blow Vacuum

WB - Wheel Brightener
WBR- Wolfs Body Wrap
WD - White diamond - (glaze - poorboys)
WG - Wolfgang Car Care Products
WM - Wash Mitt
WOWA - Wipe On, Walk Away (eg. opti-seal etc.)
WS - Water Sprite towel
WW - Waffle Weave MF towel
WWB - P21S Windshield Wash Booster
WWFMC - What Wax For My Car (joke)

YCW - Yellow Cream Wax (clearkote)
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

Z - Zaino Bros. Products
Z-1 - Zaino Show Car Polish Lok
Z-2 - Zaino Show Car Polish for Clear Coated Finishes
Z-3 - Zaino Show Car Polish for Regular Paint
Z-5 - Zaino Polish for Swirl Marks and Fine Scratches
Z-6 - Zaino Ultra Clean Gloss Enhancer Spray
Z-7 - Zaino Show Car Wash
Z-8 - Zaino Grand Finale Spray Seal
Z-9 - Zaino Leather Soft Spray Cleaner
Z-10 - Zaino Leather in a Bottle
Z-12 - Zaino Clear-View Glass Polish
Z-14 - Zaino Plastic Magic Cleaner & Polish
Z-16 - Zaino Perfect Tire Gloss
Z-18 - Zaino ClayBar
ZFX - Zaino Flash Cure Accelerator Additive [For Z2, Z3, & Z5]
Z-AIO - Zaino All-In-One
Z-CS - Zaino Clear Seal
Z-PC - Zaino Fusion Dual Action Paint Cleaner Swirl Remover