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Might be a little early, but i'd rather be preparred. I'm thinking of launching a mail campaign for my existing customers. It would be a card/brochure explaining how they can get a deal on 4 maintenance washes/vacuuming through the winter months, where the last wash would be a full spring...

Try not to drool on your keyboards! This restoration took roughly 10 hours. Lots of body panels to work on and all the chrome needed polishing too. The engine bay needed a good bath too (i forgot to shoot after pix of it though, sorry!!!! ) The owner claimed he shipped the car from Cincinnati to...

I'm still kinda seething over this after Barry talked me "down from the ledge" shortly after. I'm just really pissed that this touch up paint looks like 10 shades darker than the body paint and the touch up tube came from the dealer?! :grrr Ding: Bondod: Sanded: Painted...

I'm 5'2" . . . this thing was a MONSTER. and this was the way it looked lowered! Normally it's airbags lift it another foot or so. Oh, and the horn is from a Freight train. I wish I had my real camera but the cell phone pix will have to do. I was working on another vehicle when this thing pulled...

I was talking with a Jaguar owner today who has white interior. It's very dingey except under the floormats where it's all bright white. So i'm curiuos if it's safe to add bleach to my shampoo to help restore the brilliance?

My friend's black 95 Z28 is really hammered. He's considering having her painted and asked if I would want to take a shot at it. I decided to use it as a learning lesson. Keep in mind, this hood is really REALLY bad and it was my first time wet sanding anything. You can see there is still...

I have an all black trailer. I typically just leave all my compounds and chemicals in there day and night. Is there any reason to believe that the heat will ruin the capabilities of the chemicals?

My wife...the most "anti-car" person in the world, helped me clean 4 cars lately. She did really freakin awesome. I just gave her instructions and she never stopped going. Pretty impressive!

Had a great opportunity to work on some classic muscle this weekend; you can keep your fancy euro cars!!! First up is a beautiful 1968 Buick "Special." The engine was in need of a thorough clean up since the owner had wet sanded the car. So I put a garbage bag around the air filter, wrapped the...

no more weekends and late nights after work. I've handed in my two weeks notice to the day-job boss and plan to be fruitful with my detailing endevours. My question to you guys, do you think I should cut my prices at all? Click for ts|s service page. I initially went in with what I thought...

Hi, I have a client who wants his cars maintained once every 2 weeks. Wash + interior whipe down/vac. Simple. Now I've dressed his interior with some nice leather protectants on the dash and seats, so I don't want to use a serious cleaner on them and remove that protection. Can you suggest...

this is annoying. A customer booked me to come fix a door scratch 2 weeks ago. Today is his day and all of my attempts to contact him have gone south. I sent him a email confirmation yesterday, I called once earlier this morning, i called again and got throgh-he said he's got a tire issue and...

Hello, I've heard that Imron paint is hard, but can be polished. What would you suggest to go at it with if using a Flex?

:think2 "The Devil's in the Detailing" There ya go, no charge. I think it conjurs up some neat imagery. I'm thinking retro pinup girl with horns and a tail

ts|s...short for "third shift studios." The brain child of mine from years ago when I would stay up late at night doing freelance web/graphic design after coming home from the traditional 9-5. Months back, Autopian member rdorman, Rick, contacted me and mentioned he would be in the Cincinnati...

Ok, so my friend's 95 Z is in need of serious help. Its got some very deep maring and rids. a lot of scratches through the paint. It's a hopeless case but damnit I really wanna turn this thing around for him. Today I took my flex over and did the hood with a yellow kompressor pad and M105. it...

I'm trying to compile a list of waxes and sealants that have little to no static cling. Ones that won't gobble up every bit of pollen and dust as you drive.

I feel like I had some hit n miss areas here and I'm looking for input as to what I may have done wrong. This little car took quite a while for me working on it and i'm just not stunningly satisfied with some of the after shots considering what I've been able to do in the past. Look at the...

So i had to throw away a pad for the first time yesterday. It was my white LC Kompressor pad. I had a back up, but I was just curious if it's typical for a pad to only last about 5 cars? I had not cleaned it and left compound it it for 3 weeks at one time, did that damage it?

Looking at the photo-you'll see swirls are like C-shaped. Is that from improper use of a rotary?