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Process: Washed with Meguiars GC Clayed with Meguiars Clay Kit w/Clay Magic Lube O.C. via PC on an orange LC pad speed 6 O.P. via PC on an orange LC pad speed 5 J.W. Prime via PC on a white LC pad speed 5 (gave me some problems..) J.W. AJ-T by foam applicator (also had a tough time...

Getting kind of frustrated, I've been detailing friends cars this year and hoping the word of mouth would get me some steady side work. Problem is I'm in the wrong market, no one is willing to part with their money whatsoever...if I mention anything over $50 (not that I would charge that for...

Ok, I'm totally confused on what I want...one minute I want an SUV, one minute a wagon, one minute a coupe..I first started out looking for just a little 4 cylinder family sedan but I want something sporty with some minor luxury features. What I have been looking into is the Saab 9-3/9-2x, Acura...

I saw a few threads with people pre-soaking vehicles with "citrus cleaner" and then foaming the car. Just wondering what people use to pre-soak a car to break up bugs/tar/whatever (besides a little spray bug & tar remover like bug squah/long haul/etc) before using a real car wash and foam gun...

Anyone have one or had one and care to tell me anything about them? I am looking for a daily driver for my Evo and my gf's uncle is selling an 01 loaded, white with black leather...just wondering of any issues, reliability, things to look out for, etc.

Sorry for the lack of pics...I got started really late in the day, it was overcast for half the day and I usually have someone there to take pics but I was alone on this one. Process was: Wash with Meguiars Gold Class Clay with Meguiars Clay Kit Certain spots got Long Hauk Bug & Tar...

Stopped by walmart, saw a Meguiars stand...looks like Quick Interior Detail Spray and Wipes, Crystal Wash, Quick Detailer and Leather Wipes were all $4.47. Seems to be the lowest price online + no shipping costs.

Time to buy some new dvd's, list some of your favorite/best scary movies...I already have the ring 1/2, the grudge, salems lot, the fog, event horizon, blair witch project, excorcism of emily rose, exorcist, jaws and a few others I might have left out.

Brief prelude, I took a job with a guy with a repainted 7 series that a few of you might remember...car is a 2000 7 series, repainted by a guy who works in a body shop who did this on the side in a warehouse... I got the car, took some pics and proceeded to use Optimum Compound with an orange...

Still can't seem to get 100% swirl free.. Process was: Wash with Meguiars GC Spot clay with Meguiars clay kit Optimum Compound on a 5in orange cutting pad Optimum Polish on a 6in white polishing pad Collinite IW applied by hand Natty's Blue applied by hand in some certain places...

Process was.. Wash with Meguiars Gold Class/clay with Meguiars clay 6 Passes of OC on a 4in orange LC pad at speed 6 :wall 2 Passes of OP on a 6in white LC pad at speed 6 to correct micro-marring Fourstar UPP by hand to seal Varios interior/exterior dressing cleaning... This is a...

I'm in the middle of trying to de-swirl this 7 series repaint, I am using Opt Compound on a 4in LC pad at speed 6 and I'm overlapping and going slow and giving some pressure, all the little tricks to get a little more cut but theres a lot of swirls I can't touch..is there anything a little...

After doing a friends truck I was asked to take a look at his boss's sl500. Car had a clear bra line that he wanted touched up and some stains by the gas tank...didn't look like a big deal so I said sure. I call today to pick up the car and I get "well, I kinda want you to take my bmw tomorrow...

I hate windows much like everyone else, I find its tough to get all the cracks and crevices on front and back windows sometimes so I was wondering how many people actually use this tool and how useful they find it. I searched around but I got very few results, its relatively cheap so I might...

Is this stuff discontinued? Renamed? I dug up a few threads from last year about it and quite a few people listed it as one of their top products, I put in a search on froogle/yahoo and only came up with threads from old details, also searched meguiars site and autogeek for #38. Is it still...

I didn't get as many after shots as I had hoped, I should be able to grab some pics tomorrow of it...by far the worst condition paint I've dealt with, my little pc with OC and an orange pad could only make a dent on the dull/oxidized paint...I've been thinking about getting a yellow pad and...

Nothing too crazy, sad part about this car is it has under 10k miles and is garage kept...first paid detail for the season for me, testing out some poorboys trim restore on the vinyl and optimum compound/polish for the swirl removal. Before After

Haven't seen one of these threads in awhile...a lot of new products came out so I'm wondering; what are your must have's...what do you guys use/bring to almost every detail job? For me its usually: Optimum Poli-Seal Optimum Polish Optimum Compound Collinite IW Meguiars Clay Bar Kit...

I've been searching for an hour now, I keep seeing people fighting brake dust but I haven't seen anything like what I fought with yesterday. Car was a 2005 STi, factory silver BBS wheels...I sprayed on my wheel cleaner, started cleaning off the rest of the car...sprayed off the wheels after some...

In the best liquid wax thread I saw two people speaking about it, wondering if its availible yet? I searched and the only site that claims to have it is a european site, kinda weird since poorboys is an american company. Anyone know where I can get it or when it due to come out?