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Is is just me or is this the worst year EVER for weather forecasting? A few months ago they called for rain almost everyday. While it did rain a lot, on some days it was sunny, they called for rain the day before. Today they said partly cloudy.....IT'S A DOWNPOUR OUTSIDE!!!!! I can't believe how...

Anybody use these? From what I've read they're inbetween a rotory and PC. I'm making a push to be 100% on my own by the end of summer so I made a list of things I don't have/would like to have. I've found most of the cars I do are what I call "half-way", not really bad but not really good. A PC...

This weekend I got around to using AIO for the first time on a whole car. I love this stuff. I topped it with SG and EX, then parked it out infront of my house to work on the Mountaineer for daddy's day. I left it out infront all night and SOME #%&@ING KID TOPPED IT WITH A BIKE HANDLE ACROSS...

I was at the Harley dealer the other day and noticed the windshields of the used bikes where horribly scratched. So much so it impaired vision. The businessman in me saw a good idea to make some money. The sales rep said that it's a problem they have with all used bikes and they just put up with...

I'm really in need of a digital camera. Price really isn't a concern as long as it's good. I can get Kodak cameras at the employee price through a source, but I don't know about the quality of any cameras. Are Kodaks good or are there better? I was told a top of the line Kodak would run me about...

Went to the Buffalo Shelby show over the weekend for my first show of the year. A 65 Fastback I detailed literally all last weekend got first in class and my 91 got an excellence award. Pretty much 2nd place but I found out quickly that convertables win shows, I had 3 people come up to me after...

Is it worth offering washes as part of your mobile service? My neighbor and this older guy in town have me wash/vac their car and it's more of a burden than anything. By the time I'm done with the wash/vac/dust/windows, I've spent almost 30-45min and only making $15. I keep thinking to myself...

How would I go about removing haze/nicks/scratches from headlights? Treat it like paint? I've heard people wetsanding before but I don't want to tear up a $150 headlight to find out.

I'm counting the days until "the man" I work for is myself. I went to the clerks office and filed my DBA today. I'm now Mobile Magic Auto Detailing. I'm not quite ready to go fully mobile as I still need a generator, but this kind of forces myself to get the business up and running. I'm now also...

I found two ads in the paper today for $75 complete!!!! That's what I'm charging this year, but I'm just doing it out of my driveway on the side, these were legitimate businesses. How can someone make any money charging that little as a business? I've looked into ad prices and the size of one...

Tell me what you think. I whipped this up in 5 min. It's just a generic card as I'm not 100% a legal business yet. By the way things are going now, I'm looking to go legit either the end of the summer or next year. This is to hold me over until then.

How do these two waxes compare? I've got a jar of Collinite but not #16. From what I've read they seem similar. Lots of beads, white, PITA to take off if left on, long lasting, etc. I like using Collinite for a final wax on customers cars because they love all the beading. What type of look does...

I had to ask myself this today. A truck came into work today from a body shop who sends it out to a local detail shop for clean up. I had to touch up some undercoating that was scraped off and figured I'd check out the detail job while I was at it. This was the absolute worst job I have ever...

Just picked up some #7 and haven't used it before. Any suggestions? I'm getting ready to prep my Stang for shows. What I plan on doing is: SSR2 SSR1 PP #7 UPP EX TS I've also heard this is a PITA to remove, will microfiber cut it or should I get some terry towels?

Has anybody used them or know anything about them? They're made by Meguiars for PPG. I got a bottle of SC1 (maybe SP1? forgot) Quick Cut Compound and it works great, I'd call it DACP on steriods. It cuts very quick, then seems to break down into a fine polish, there was no need for a polish step...

On another board I read that the SSR's have fillers/oils in them. Is this true? Wouldn't following them with Pro Polish strip the fillers/oils? Not that it's bad, I just want to make sure I'm using them right.

I found a fix for pad failure. For the hell of it I tried to reattach the Meg's pad that flew off the other day with some 3M emblem adhesive I had laying around. I put it all over the pad, stuck the backing on, then put a bead around the outside. After that it was left over night. The next day...

I was 100% sceptical about something you litterally spray on a dirty car and wipe off. I got home just now and it was 40 out and my moms dark red car had salt all over it, figured it would be good to try SW on. If it was going to not work, the salt and the dark paint would definatly show it. I...