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This is the friend of mine's car who's helping me set up my detailing business, so I thought the least I could do was detail his car for him at mates rates. It wasn't in terrible shape, but the previous owner had taken it through tunnel washes quite a lot so there was a fair amount of...

This was the first detail for my newly formed company so was kind of special to me in some respects. Itâ€â„¢s also the first detail Iâ€â„¢ve done for full up money (no mates rates etc) and for somebody Iâ€â„¢ve never met before â€â€œ so I wanted to make...

This was a friendâ€â„¢s car that he left me whilst he was in the US on business. I had it for two weeks so decided to go totally overboard with it. The paint wasnâ€â„¢t in bad shape (one plus of hard Audi clear) but it was in real need of a thorough going over as he rarely...

This is a friends brother's car and was my project for today. Whilst it gets cleaned on a failry regular basis, that only extends to a wash and dry - I don't think it has seen any love and care since he bought it new back in 2002. The inside was a challenge as well becasue it was so tight...

Is there such a thing and if so where from? A friend of mine is wheelchair bound but still likes to keep his 645 convertible looking as good as he can. Obviously he can't reach the middle of the hood, truck or roof without the use of a brush, but wondered if there was something slightly more...

My business partner has just traded his SL55 AMG for a new 997S and wanted me to detail it this weekend just gone. With the weather being traditionally British and him wanting me to drive him a few places in the middle of the day, I didn't get much time with the car at all. In the end all I...

I cracked open a brand new bottle of SSR2.5 to use on a black 645 cab I was detailing today and was quite alarmed to see that I used 3/4 of it by the end of the day. Is this "normal" or do you think i was being a bit too liberal with it? If it's normal I think I'll be investing in a big...

OK I've searched and read all the posts regarding bird poop but they all deal with how to remove the actual poop - I'm in need of help with how do deal with the etching that they leave behind. A friend's car that I'm detailing has a massive bird poop etch on the roof and I'm at as loss how to...

Having seen that Souveran is £39.95+£5.95 postage from Motorgeek, I thought I'd look into how much it would cost to ship over a single pot from the Autopia Car Care store after applying the relevant discount coupon. The answer - $72.86, or at today's exchange rate, £38.77...

A friend of mine who's getting me to detail his 996 Turbo and X5 4.8is also wants me to give his wife's XC90 a quick "once over". I've seen this as a perfect opportunity to invest in a one-step product to see what I can achieve. The problem I'm having is, which product? I guess it's got to...

Well it's been over a month now since I detailed my car with #80, #7 and #26 so I thought I post some pics as to what she's looking like now. She got a coat of #16 a week after I did the full detail but since then has only been washed weekly and had a coat of Megs Last Touch twice. I...

This was Saturday's project! A friend of mine's WRC blue WRX STi PPP. He got it six months ago and said he handn't done anythng to it other than wash it once a week. The previous owner obvioulsy didn't know a thing about detailing because the paint wasn't in great shape - swirled to buggery...

Was detailing a friends blue WRX STi today and was amazed at how "hard" the clear seemed to be. His car was swirled beyond belief, but nothing too deep or serious, just thousands of what I'd call "normal" swirls. Anyway, I take a look at it and figure #83 on a polishing pad (Sonus green)...

Was detailing my Mum's Freelander today that hadn't seen any proper care in the 4 years she's had it. It was swirled/scratched to buggery and I wasn't particularly looking forward to contenting with them as #83 and Sonus orange pads was the most aggressive option I had. Needless to say after...

I've got a friend's WRC blue Subaru WRX STi PPP to detail this coming weekend and have decided to use a few products that I haven't really used yet. It has quite a few swirls on it so will tackle them with #83 and #80. My question though is whether it's worth using AIO after these to "strip...

Does Clearkot Quikshine contain any waxes/oils etc that may cause bonding issues underneath a sealant? I've got Meg's Last Touch as my wax/carnauba based QD and am now looking for one that it free of wax etc and wondered if Quikshine fits the bill? Thanks, Ben.

As per the title really. I'm setting up a mobile detailing business and was wondering what you seasoned pros use? I know it would be a lot easier to use a petrol driven washer but I have to take noise into consideration - I can't be turning up at a clients house at 9am on a Sunday morning...

I've got a black SL55 to do shortly and am going to use Vanilla Moose topped with EX-P and then probably #16 on top of that. What should I use as a base for the VM? I'm thinking AIO but is it really necessary? I'll be using #80 for swirl removal so should I then go AIO, VM, EX-P, #16 or...

I mentioned in the Wheel Wax thread that I use Hyperturismo's Wheel Wax with great results, so I thought I'd take a before and after picture of one of my wheels after it's had time to get dirt on it. You can see what the wheels looked like after I polished them in the BMW120d Sport thread...

I'm thinking about getting some portable lights to use in my garage when the great British weather has forced me inside again to detail. What's the best light for this purpose? I've got fluroescent in there at the moment (not a great deal of it though) and from my experience it does a...