Recent content by shuddleston

I pretty much only detail for a used car lot any more. I get paid one fee regardless of size or condition. Good news is most of them are fairly clean inside since they are cleaned up for auction. It pretty much evens out with easier vechicles and then harder vehicles with my price. I am doing...

I picked up a 97 Chevy Cavalier with 112,000 miles for my son. It has some clear failure on the back trim peices on either side of the rear window. I literally did like a 45 minute quick polish on this car last night - hit it with a real quick 3M rubbing compound and then a coat of PB w/C. Looks...

I have been gone for some time with a mid-life crisis and my mother passing away. I have put down the detailing supplies for some time. However, I have been getting the itch again along with a lot of calls inquiring about my services. Old customers, people that heard about me through other...

Here are a couple before and afters from a detail yesterday on a 2005 Ford former work truck. Equipment used to get off lettering: hair dryer (cannot believe I didn't burn this thing up), large plastic scraper, thumb nails, 3M adhesive cleaner (by the way this stuff is awesome). Took 3 1/2 hours...

I cannot be the only person that is having problems with the quality of this product. During a detail yesterday I had two white pads tear completely from the velcro (using porter cable with Pro Polish) and the other day lost the velcro on a green pad. I have had some partially separate in the...

So I did a quick wash on the TL last night and then decided to give the wifes Corolla a quick bath. I was drying it and was thinking to myself man this paint is in poor shape it hasn't been that long since I waxed it. Well after some investigating I found out that the kids painted their...

I wanted to post a quick pic of my new to me used '07 Acura TL base model car. It had alot of swirls and scratches, so I clayed, SS 2.5 w/Orange, PP w/white and EX by hand. It's been a lot of fun to drive so far!

Well I recently filed a worker’s comp claim due to damage in both of my ulna nerves. The ulna nerve is basically your funny bone nerve and can be damaged by resting your elbows on hard surfaces, etc. Basically I have pain in both elbows and permanent numbness in both of my pinky fingers. I...

This was a pretty quick detail on a very hot day took about 5 hours. The vehicle was in pretty good shape already. I about passed out when I finished the exterior and moved to the interior it was all black dash, carpet and leather seats. However, it was quality carpet so it actually cleaned up...

I attempted Zep carpet cleaner, Resolve, Spot Shot, diluted Dawn and wasn't able to get rid of the stain. Scrubbed, blotted and used carpet extractor with no luck. I am thinking its permanent and will now need carpet dye to repair unless anyone has a miracle product suggestion? I tried to get a...

Is there a good stain remover that I can purchase OTC that will remove a red stain? I heard Red Relief was good but not sure if you can get OTC. Will spot shot get red out? Job is tomorrow Cherry Limeade spilt on light colored carpet within the last couple of days.

I have had this PC for less than a year and the inner threads on the actual machine stripped out. I saw some posts about this on the flex but has anyone had this probleem with their PC. To be honest I never really used the handle much - so maybe it was loose and over time it striped itself...

I detailed this little Mazda Tribute a company vehicle for ex-ray tech machines. They sell cleaning solution, etc. Basically they spilt this photo chemical solution in the back of the vehicle - nasty stuff and it ran all the way down to the front of the vehicle. I extracted it and picked up...

I have looked through some old posts on here about yellow book but wanted to get an updated temperture on this subject. Honestly, it's a little late anyway since I purchased a small add already but do you get more price shoppers than anything? I picked up a small add and there are only like 4...

Just dropping in to say hi and I like the new site. I have been away for awhile the cold just shuts things down around here. Nobody is thinking about detailing their car especialy when they don't even want to pump gas - lol. Oh well plenty of time to get products and strategies in line for summer.