Recent content by Lotuseffect

I have been doing PlastiDip on wheels for people, emblems, etc for about 9 months now. Lately I am getting more calls and requests to do more of it. I dont advertise it on my website or anywhere really because I just dont get as much enjoyment out of doing it as polishing swirled paint to a...

Inspired in no small part by Charlie Hahns. Front side Back side I completely ripped off Charlies "Cosmetic Enhancement". I just loved that phrase, it perfectly encapsulated the point I wanted to make rather than "Paint polishing" or "Buffing". My wifes been handing...

Been using this for a few months now. In all honesty it is by far the best product in its class and living in FLorida I have tried most every other brand due to the damn love bug season. This stuff is just fantastic. If you are running out of your regular bug remover I would strongly...

I really love it. Getting new business cards made as well, as well as revamping my pathetic website.

So I went to pick up a customers Silver 06 CTS-V after servicing and bring it home for a detail. I had to wait a bit so I walked through their lot. Every single vehicle has very bad swirling and spiderwebbing. The entire side of the highway near the dealership is under construction to widen...

So I thought about what Dave Fermani said about posters who only post pics or just in click and brag. I decided I would just make 1 click & brag thread per month, and spend the rest of the month replying in threads I thought I could add something relevant to the discussion. So here goes. It...

They are the cloth option seats. They are a kind of low pile woven knit. I spent the better part of 2 hours on one seat. I used biokleen traffic lane cleaner and lots of agitation, didn't even make a dent. My steamer is in the shop but the customer told me he had 2 previous detailers steam...

I am a very happy customer so far with the following products I have tried from 3D/HD. My questions are more related to my "go-to" regular order products. I welcome any feedback from users, employees, Ben, Tunch, etc. I just want some solid opinions because I am due for a pretty big order to...

Great customer brought me in his FJ cruiser having already done his Mazda 5 wagon. All in all there was some bad swirling but the main problem was very hazy paint and a lot of organic fallout all over the car. His neighbor has a large tree which dumps leaves on this car. Unfortunately I...

Had it all planned out. A great friend who together with his wife has a great photography studio was all set to come take some before pics, and then return the next day for the afters. So of course it rained and we only got afters with no real good sun pics, and even rain on the car. Anyway...

A customer approached me to detail his wifes 06 White accord. After talking to him about what he wanted we settled on a 2 step detail. The car had some good swirling as the customer told me it was well maintained in the drive through car wash with every fill up...:frusty: I didnt want to take...

Just had a consultation with a potential customer and I am wondering if anyone would have done something different. Customer lived in a very exclusive gated community. Wanted me to detail his 3 cars: escalade, Nissan gtr, and a vette. In discussing with hihim exactly what he wanted he...

So, this car is the daily driver for the customer whos wife I cleaned up the Escalade ESV. He was very pleased so he agreed to a 1 step polish. The interior was well maintained. I immediately notice the vehicle is just covered with tree sap. He says, "I know you cant do much about that." I...

With the sheer size of this monster I didnt have time for many pics at all. Customer wanted a interior detail with a 1 step on the exterior. I pologize for the few pics, but if you have ever detailed one you know why I didnt have time for many pics at all Finished pics as the sun was...

I had a 06 accord white I was doing a 1 step on today I was gonna go with UNO on a orange lc flat pad. I tried a couple test spots and I needed something a little more aggressive. I grabbed my mf cutting disc except instead of priming it with d300 then going to UNO. I primed it with UNO...