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I didn't wash many cars last week because of the rain storms we had so my cars today were a bit junked out more than usual. I decided to time myself on a Porsche 911, now even though the car is small it was pretty dirty and after a week of daily driving plus a few thunderstorms it was pretty...

I was so looking forward to detailing this incredible, super-sleek, super-sexy jaw dropping Ferrari but sad to say that I turned it down as it would have taken far too long to detail, perhaps 10 hours on the exterior alone. Reason being is that some one somewhere used a rotary on it and either a...

Well my detail descriptions are now, I am pretty sure, getting rather boring. For example, I detailed this red C5 two days ago and used the new Optimum compound with an orange pad to level out the rather heavy halo scratches and after that I used Optimum Polish and two different grades of...

I am wondering if we have many gamers/multiplayer here and if so which games do you all enjoy. I mainly play PC games and enjoy UT but I am real big right now on Call Of Duty and United Offensive. I play for a clan and we have some great fun killing each other :laugh: Nice stress reliever...

This is the hood of a black, single stage, Lexus. It is the hood that I used to demo Optimum Polish and Optimum Car Wax while at the World Car Care Expo held here in San Antonio back in April of 2005. Ron is keeping it at his shop for right now until he makes a sign out of it for his...

This car is just simply beautiful. I detailed it late in the afternoon on Saturday and I used the new Cyclo Pro Shine pads on driver front fendr and driver rear door. I used the 8000 and then the 12000 grit pads. I wanted to see if some issues had been worked out and it seems they have...

Ron and I went out today and took out some dings and then tried to revive this sad Porsche. It was a nice pink color when we arrived, sadly heavy overcast skies and rain didn't allow us to get really good before shots but we do have a few. This is the front end, notice the low sheen, lack...

A new client asked me to detail his 02 Vette for an upcoming car show (today actually) so I spent the good part of Thursday tuning up his ride that was fairlly clean to begin with. Washed and clayed it then went to work with the rotary (Metabo) and some of the new buffing pads by American...

This is a regular client and he called me the other day to come by and remove some hard water spots that he got while parked next to some sprinklers. The water spots were not coming off with just the ShoKar Prep so I went to some ValuGard Clear Coat Compound. This did a better job but still...

Fortunately for myself......and also Ron, this event was held in our great city of San Antonio. We missed the first 2 days due to work but we did get to attend Friday and Saturday. Ron and I were like kids in a candy shop, there was just isle after isle, row after row of companies showcasing...

This is an odd design and change.....great even though I have one ya know I gotta get this one just to try it out:eek:

Doctors car, his wife, also a Dr., can't stand driving in it anymore so she says, "Give it a FULL detail!" I picked it up Monday mid-morning and dropped it off Tuesday mid-afternoon. Now when someone says "full detail" it means to me to give it the works, I believe a "full" detail is from...

Did a quick detail on this Dr's very dirty and neglected black Boxster yesterday. After the wash I used the LC orange pad on a few areas with the rotary and Optimum Polish. The whole car got polished with an LC white polishing pad and OCP. Finished it out with OCP again and my Cyclo and...

I have tried out these metal polishes. First off I noticed the packaging. Great packaging, easy to use and easy to open bottles. Instructions are written well and they each come with a polishing cloth, although about the only thing you can polish with it (due to its small size) is a nickel...

Now this engine is not very dirty to begin with but it's all I had at the time, besides it is for demonstration basically. Here is a few BEFORE shots. My aresenal of tools Dirty front fans and grill A somewhat dirty engine Used Hi-Temps APC to clean the engine, English...

If you are tight on space but need a powerful vacuum then look into this 5hp model by Rigid. It can actually be mounted on the wall and it comes with an extra long hose. Since I am mobile that won't work but it is light enough to carry with no problem and it takes up so much less space...

I would like to post up a piece of one on Wheel Cleaning to get some feedback. So I would appreciate your comments. Make sure your wheels are cool to the touch and out of direct sun light. Spraying your wheel cleaner on hot wheels can cause streaking, discoloration and also pretty much makes...

Several days ago I posted up a thread on the confusion many of us are having over some new products on the market and those soon to join the market. These new products are applied like our traditional quick detailers but they are designed to be stand alone toppers or sealers. Products like...

This is, next to a red Porsche, the oldest car I have. I have been doing this car for 14 years, since day one! It now is clicking close to 220,000k miles:shocked It has had some paint work but it is at least 85% original. The owner is thinking about getting a new NSX but still going to...

Just a few minutes ago my good friend, fellow professional detailer, and Autopian called me relating how it was raining and his morning detail would be cancelled. 5 minutes later he called me again to tell me that his work van had been broken into and they stole the majority of his equipment...