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    32oz DP Poli-Coat sealant

    Two brand new 32oz bottles of DP Poli-Coat sealant for sale. Original Detailers Pride labeling, but the same product currently sold. Asking $20 each, shipped. Also a 99.9% full bottle of Poorboy's Trim Restorer. Only used once, to test. $12 shipped. MTM Hydro foam cannon, used a handful of...
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    E46 M3 Alpine White detail

    The owner of this Alpine White M3 was introduced to me by a fellow E46 M3 owner at a recent Charlotte Cars&Coffee. After a few conversations, we settled on a time this past weekend to get his car cleaned up for an upcoming M3 get together. Since time was a definite factor, I managed the interior...
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    E46 M3 Alpine White detail

    The owner of this Alpine White M3 was introduced to me by a fellow E46 M3 owner at a recent Charlotte Cars&Coffee. After a few conversations, we settled on a time this past weekend to get his car cleaned up for an upcoming M3 get together. Since time was a definite factor, I managed the interior...
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    Broken links

    Just a heads up, but most of the links to the store at the bottom of the page are broken. So are the store specials on the right on the home page.
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    Anyone have a list?

    Lately I've been thinking about starting a checklist of cars I'd like to one day detail. Don't ask me why, but it just popped into my head, so I figured I'm probably not the only one who thinks of weird crap like this. Does anyone else have a "dream car" detailing checklist? If so, what's on it...
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    1993 300ZX Cherry Red Pearl

    Here's another recycled write-up that many of you have seen before. But I really dig this car, plus I'm bored right now, so I thought I'd share with this new-to-me forum.:D Earlier this summer I detailed a car for a friend of mine who had recently bought a used Nissan 300ZX. It wasn't perfect...
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    06 Audi S4 Cabrio-Brilliant Black

    For all of you TID and L2D guys, let me apologize for boring you AGAIN with this detail. I haven't been as busy this summer as I'd like, at least not with fun details, so I thought I'd bring back a couple of my personal favorites and post them here. I also want to apologize for the lack of good...
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    Howdy

    Hello folks. I finally made my way over here to see what there is to see. I hope to meet some new peeps that share the detailing passion too.:cool:
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    135 quick clean-up/OptiGuard application

    This 135i belongs to a friend of mine, who takes good care of it. As such, no real correction was needed except for a couple of spots that required a little extra attention. There are no before shots since the car was recently washed and in great shape anyway. All we wanted was to boost the...
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    2011 Le Mans Blue 335i

    Today I had the pleasure of working on a newer BMW 335i in gorgeous Le Mans Blue. This car is only about 6 months old, but the owner washes it himself either by hand(carefully!) or through touchless washes. As such, the paint was in great shape so after discussing some options with him, we...
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    1993 300ZX in Cherry Red Pearl

    This past weekend I detailed a car for a friend of mine who had recently bought a used Nissan 300ZX. It wasn't perfect, but for a used car with over 150k miles on it, that's to be expected. And he's at best the third owner of this car that he knows of, maybe more. So I was working with an 18...
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    Red Metallic Venza and OptiGuard

    Recently I'd talked a friend of mine into letting me OptiGuard his wife's one-year old Toyota Venza. I've helped apply OptiGuard a couple of times before, and currently have it on my wheels and glass, but when I've used it in the past it's always been for customers of other detailers. This...
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    Finally detailed my new DD!

    I recently picked up a 2010 Mazda3 to replace my aging, abused and neglected 96 Honda Civic. It came from a dealer about 2 hours away, and I requested they deliver it as-is. So I received the car in a fairly dirty state, and over the next 3 weeks either weather or other details kept me from...
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    06 Black Audi S4 cabrio correction

    I had the pleasure this weekend of working on one of my all-time favorite cars, an Audi S4 in Brilliant Black. The owner has had the car since new, and while it is in great shape for its age, it needed a little attention here and there. First off, I want to point out to anyone doing an Audi...
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    05 4Runner Pre-sale

    A friend's wife is a vet who uses this thing as a dog hauler. They are getting ready to sell it, and wanted a quick spruce up beforehand. It has about 75k miles on it, so it's seen some use. Plus, there was more dog hair in the hatch than I've ever seen before. The whole thing took about 16...
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    Big Thanks to weekendwarrior and Michakaveli

    I just wanted to take some time to say thanks to David and Chris. These guys took the time out of their schedules to help with the correction of my car, a 2004 IR BMW M3, and to answer the barrage of questions I had regarding polishing in general and my own techniques in particular. I really...
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    3 Kids vs. 1 Pontiac Torrent interior

    Hey guys, this is my first click & brag so please go easy! This Torrent belongs to a friend's wife. They have 3 young boys, so this thing is a kid-hauler through and through. I did an interior for them once before on a Honda Pilot belonging to his in-laws, so I've seen what these kids are...
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    "Looks" QDs vs "cleaning" QDs

    Just curious if there has ever been a thread posting peoples opinions on which QDs are better at cleaning and which are better looks-wise. From personal experience, I've found M34 and PB S&W to be the best at cleaning, at least from what's on my shelf. And from my own stock, I haven't really...
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    Hazing while stopping PC on paint

    Hi everyone. I'm having a little issue and was wondering if the experts could help me. I've run into a problem twice now, on 2 flat black cars, that I'm having issues resolving. While using the 105/205 twins, when I'm done with a section and turn the machine off to wipe it down, there is an...
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    Pros using PCs for full details-Question

    I guess really this question would be directed to anyone with a lot of PC experience, but I'm curious how certain pros do it. I know some like gmblack, David Fermani and scottwax will do details using only a PC or G110. My issue is every time I get to spots where a vertical panel meets a...
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