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Car Brite - Product Videos I've never used this product nor do I endorse or caution you from using it. It's quite possible that diluted Woolite or all purpose cleaner will have the same results. But the video emphasizes several important things about cleaning fabrics: 1. Keep the seat...

YouTube - The Best Female Detailer In The Country Steam Cleaning Cars Truly bizarre. She claims to have 23 years of detailing experience, yet demonstrates it by steaming the gaps on already clean car. :confused:

There isn't much awareness of them, but I've found both publications to be useful: 1. Detailers Digest Detailer's Digest 6 issues a year. $15 for a yearly subscription Lots of useful technical and business information in DD. Each issue is about 24 pages long. 2. Professional...

BMW, Audi, and VW--for some reason--continue to apply "soft touch" rubber coatings to interior trim. It's nice when new because...well, it's soft to the touch. But it soon fails and becomes ugly. Process: 1. Clean thoroughly with SEM Plastic/Leather prep. 2. Clean thoroughly with SEM...

The latest edition of Detailers Digest: :think: :rofl

Customer left the top open in the rain. The rain water combined with food and dog hair in her carpet and mold and odor developed. She requested an interior and exterior detail and paint touchup of some minor scratches. Process: 1. Remove carpet. Wrangler carpet simply unbuttons and...

It's tempting to ruin a clay bar or saturate this damage with chemicals (solvent, citrus, goof off). 90% of this job was done with a pressure washer. Process: 1. Adjust pressure washer to 2500psi (normal detailing pressure is 1500 psi). 2. Use a tip with a fan of about 4 inches. 3...

This customer backed his car into a decorative stone and gouged the plastic cladding of his Legacy wagon. We came to his home and repaired this door damage and detailed his car, in and out. Pictures: Process: 1. Wax/grease remove. 2. Tape and mask off area. 3. Scuff entire...

The pictures: If you're considering going pro, be prepared for details like these. If 100,000 details were done in the US last year, about 20% of them looked like this. This is the kind of detail work that the average, non car-enthusiast pays for. These pictures...

This customer damaged his dashboard hauling PVC pipe. Toyota quoted him about $1350 for a replacement which he promptly declined. His wife made quite an impression in his rear bumper (don't they always blame it on the wife/daughter/son/mother?). Bodyshop quote: $1020. Pictures...

http://vettetube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=89124e2ce92984e04fb4 :whoah:

This customer is returning his SUV to Saab after a 36 month lease. It has bumper and quarter panel damage that has been estimated @ $1200 for repair. Saab may penalize him even more than $1200. The bumper damage is simple. He asks if the quarter panel damage will buff out. There's simply...

Before: After: Process: 1. Vacuum. 2. Mist Meguiar's All Purpose Cleaner on entire seat. 3. Spray stain spotter (we used an aerosol product called Lifter, but any stain spotter from your detail supplier will do) on darker stains. 4. Wrap triangular steamer head with clean...

Customer delivers car for detail and we remark bumper damage and offer a repair for $350 (usually we would charge $450 if the car had arrived for the bumper alone). Remove bumper. Clean, scuff, and remove wax and grease. Remove chrome trim. Heat dent with heat gun. Reshape with hand...

This is above average filth for a minivan, but certainly not the worst we've seen. The latex paint spill required a carpet dye: Pull all seats and find this: Rear before: Rear after: Built in child seat befores: After: Our shop floor after air purging...