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My roommate and I are rarely home with his being a barfly and me a workaholic and active member of other fellowships and the occassional detailer,lastnight after finally making time to scrub the tub surround I decided to apply a coat of collinite IW in hopes to make it easier to maintain a clean...

I picked this car up friday night which is when I took the before pics at the car wash where I did the clay work, so the before pics are'nt the best. The sky here in Carlisle has been completely overcast so the after pics also are'nt the best as I had no sun to show the reduction in paint...

This was a no touch engine detail. All I did was spray 2 cans of Gunk Engine Bright on the engine bat and wait ten minutes. Next I washed at car wash using high pressure soap setting, Being careful not to spray directly onto electrical stuff. Next I rinsed on high pressure rinse setting, Being...

I have'nt given this too much thought until now but this area between the third brake light and the rear window can be a real sore thumb on a really nicely detailed car. What are some of the different methods you all have used to clean this area? I have just been trying to run a mf towel with...

My car was relatively inexpensive and is almost paid off and I was thinking,(usually the start of trouble). What if I used something like SSR3 and leveled the defects out of my clear and then used prepsall and cleaned it and had my old body and paint boss spray several coats of clear paint only...

This is the most beautiful paint IMO. Really neat the way it changes in different light. My process is as follows wash at hydro spray with lambswool mit and the wand soap,clay with clay magic blue clay,wash again with blue coral car wash concentrate and mit,used cyclo with L.C. orange pads and...

I will be polishing a 69 red stingray soon and I am not sure if they came with single stage paint enamel or laquer. Have any of you worked with these cars and if so could you please explain the correct procedure for removing swirls. this is original paint. Thanks.

Has anyone here done a car that has a unpainted carbon fiber hood and if so what process did you use to detail it? Can they be polished?

This was a quick detail to help sell this car. I used Megs paint cleaner then a single stage polish with C.A.S. casnesse swirl remover and L.C. orange pads on Cyclo topped with Megs tech 2.0 paste. Sorry no before pics.

I got bored so I detailed my mom's 93 olds. dawn wash megs paint cleaner CAS canesse it finnessing compound with cyclo cutting pad(yellow) megs nxt 2.0 paste turtle wax black-n-shine on rims and tires this one did'nt pay but it did get me a nice steak dinner.

This was just a wash and wax but I thought it was nice enough to post. what I did was 1. wash with eagle one concentrate. 2. polish with megs paint cleaner. 3. hand apply nxt 2.0 paste. 4. no touch tire care for wells. 5. AA extreme shine gel on tires. this was a huge truck, Im not sure I want...

has anyone here used this stuff? bondo black restore? I bought it at wal mart and I used on an old toyota p/u it seemed to do a nice job but I have'nt seen the truck since. I have some high end details coming up and do'nt want to risk it until I know more about the durability.

I have an appointment with a broker and appraiser of antique and classic cars on tuesday. He has a 57 Bel-Air that he just brought in. His own toy to restore. He wanted to see if the paint could be rehabbed so he was playing around with a rotary on the front fender only and he wants me to do the...

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I hear a lot of talk of paint overspray removal working as a detailer hand in hand with commercial house painters. I personally know a lot of painters and want to cash in on this opportunity for bussiness. What procedure do you guys and gals out there on this forum use to remove overspray from...

how do you guys handle a price estimate if you don't know what condition the vehicle is in? is it best to ask them to bring you the vehicle for an assessment of the condition or just work up a service description with set prices? I have had bussiness proffesionals from other fields say "never...

what do you think one of these sprayers is worth? I have a friend who bought a van and this thing was in it as he bought the van for his plumbing bussiness he just wanted it out of the van. I saw the thing and thought wow this would make a nice mobile detailing setup, all I need now is the van...

This Toyota was really oxidized and scratched up, It just sat out in the lady's driveway for years. Washed and clayed with megs QD and clay magic then ran megs paint cleaner with a cheap 6 inch polisher, Used a Cyclo with LC orange cutting pads and a heavy swirl remover from local supply, ran a...

I saw this liquid glass stuff and read the side of the can and it says that steel wool is required to remove it with mineral spirits. Sounds dangerous. Have any of you guys ever used this stuff and if so how did it work out for you? looks like something that I would try only on my Hoop-D wagon...

Is white diamond a trademark of poor boys world or is it a general term for a particular type of product? what is it used for? How about black hole? what used for? The local supply house has a white diamond on their shelf and I was thinking maybe poor boys world supplies them with the stuff...