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Hey guys, I just wanted to say it was fun here on Autopia, but for now I'm gonna stop posting here for a while for personal reasons. I wish all of you the best of luck over the winter and holidays. Have a good one. Barry

Hello everyone. Hope all is well. I been real busy as of late and got a lot of things going and I thought I would share a new product I've been using. The product is called Finish-it and its manufactured by a company called HiLustre. HiLustre is a company based out of California, IMHO they are...

Economic Stimulus Sometime this year, we taxpayers may again receive an Economic Stimulus payment . This is a very exciting new program. I will explain it using the Q and A format: Q. What is an Economic Stimulus payment? A. It is money that the federal government will send to...

I'm at a point where I'm think about raising some prices. For a while now I have been discussing this with my wife and a few fellow detailers. I talked to a fellow detailer who pretty much insured me I'm worth what I have been thinking, yet he insured me I'm worth more lol. How do you guys set...

Hey everyone. Here is a car I was really excited to see! This car came to me with only 1700 miles. The owner drove down from New York City. A total of I think he said 3 and half hours away. I arranged a for a hotel room the night before at a local Marriot for him and he girlfriend to do some...

Hello everybody. I had the pleasure of detailing a 1999 Porsche that was beyond neglected. When in contact with this client he said he bought the car new and it was his garage queen for years. He mentioned that he moved and for the past five years the car sat outside in the New Jersey weather...

Any of you pros in here for a high class client in arizona preferablly phoenix?

Hey every one! Hopefully all is well. I’m going to have to keep these write ups short. Im extremely tired from being so busy. Between writing a few articles and one phone call after the next. Working with a few other business adventures life has taken a really hectic schedule on me. The...

First I must say the Dallas Cowboys are the worst. Next I cast my vote for a superbowl in PHILLY this year!!!!!!;)

Hey guys I seen this thing here on Autopia that got posted from DavidB. about Sema opening its door to a few people for a research team. I filled out everything they wanted and basiclly wrote my life story on the one section. To make a long story short I got this email today!!! I'm so excited...

Hey Guys, I'm sorry, but this is gonna be a short post as I'm super busy between Detailing and another business adventure I have going. :dance Anyway this is the first of several Corvettes posts I have coming, The next will be a 68 Corvette, Followed by a Bmw, and a 2010 Porshe 911 gt3? I think...

Hello everyone, this 1940 Chevy Master Deluxe came rolling into my house about two weeks ago. The client contacted me about my perfection package which is my most elite package. A total of a week was spent on this car going over every spot. My goal was to completely make this thing look like it...

OK guys tonight I was sitting at my table and a knock on the door came. It was a package filled with HD UNO and a Orange foam pad. Here is what the products look like. Now I'm gonna be extreamly honest here, If you know me you know I'm very cutthroat and to the point. No BS here...

well guys I have the honor of giving this a complete overhaul over the next couple of weeks. I thought I would share a few sneak peaks of the car. Here is how she came. You can see this one is gonna be a little in depth. I started the dismantel phase tonight. I took off both the...

Ok guys on my off time, I enjoy playing wii sports with the kids. Over time with a 8,7 and a 2 year old this disc suffered from some serious rids and swirls. Back in the day before mp3 players exsisted, I use to run my buffer over cd's and polish them out to stop them from skipping. Well over...

I was wondering does anyone know of a company that may have a wax and sealent blend? Im curious if this is possible? Can a carnuba hold a liquid form when mixed with a manmade polymer? wouldn't that be great to have durabilty and the deep wet look in one bottle? Anyone know of such a product...

I was contacted by this customer about a few concerns with his 2007 Chrysler 300C. During the conversation he said that his wife uses this car as a daily driver. He mentioned that from day one something about the paint just didn’t look right. After listening to him I came to the conclusion that...

Im curious, I often see everyone on here using things and advertising, This car got healthy readings. Maybe my point is what do you actually get out of these besides a picture for autopia?

Ok guys todays post is a hacked up 99 VW Beetle this was the worst I had seen in a while. On my last post I said I wasn't gonna do another write up until I had this special car. Well the car I'm talking about won't be here for a few more days so I thought this would keep you guys happy for now...

Do you really care about water run off