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Well picked this up about two weeks ago now. Was actually pleased with the condition I got it in, thought a detailer had actually prep'd it. The car seemingly zymol'd according to the dealer. Anyway my steps were .... Pre - soak with gilmour and hyper wash, 50ml in the gilmour. The...

Hey guys just wondering how you figure out how much soap to enter into the gilmour. I tried it yesterday with 1z but I used quite a bit and would like to have a more accurate way of measuring. Once I figure out a way of doing it, im going to do a test for all the shampoos I have like I...

Hey guys long time no post lol Well I picked up the car on sunday and as you can imagine it was a tad swirled :doublesho pics dont really show it that well but it was just washed all its life at a valeting place. Well I assesed the paintwork and after a few attempts with various...

Hey guys how are you ? I have been contemplating this idea for a while now and I have basically got a list of some cars that I like and would like to own, unfrotunately I can only buy one until I win the lotto :spot So here are some of the cars, could you please help me with the engines...

Well today my girlfriend traded in her punto for a mini cooper. I must say I am very impressed with the build quality and even more so with the paint it is hard as nails. -Menzerna Power Compound with LC high gloss cutting pad at notch "2" on rotary -Menzerna Finishing touch glaze with...

UPDATED PICTURES ON PAGE 2 :spot I was feeling slightly under the weather today and had given the car a full clay, de tar on friday. Since then it was just sitting in the garage, so this brings us to today. I was thinking what was easy to put on, didn't require much curing time...

Ok heres the problem I face, there is a question I have been given but I am damned if I can make ends meat of it. Basically the questions asks, by using dimensionless parameter try to normalize the Navier Stokes equation. Now my Uni friends though you differentiate the equation I have...

Ok so I wash my car on friday and notice this large scuff, I know I never hit anything and I do park in a car park frequently so someone has bumped my car :( The process was 4.5" pad LC Orange with ssr2.5 4.5" pad LC White with Machine Glaze #3 Here are the befores After...

This is owned by a buddy off of Astra-sport.co.uk He asked if I would take a look at his car and so I did lol! Exterior Wash Body Solvent Safe D Greaser Clay 1Z Ultra DACP AIO VM #80 #21 NXT Interior Turtle Wax leather cleaner and conditioner SMP Vinyl Protectant...

Well I went nuts on the car today. Since the garage is nearly finished I basically just got to try some products out that had been sitting for a while. First up Nattys blue vs Zymol Titanium. The car bonnet was split in half, the zymol side got HD cleanse and Titanium, the Nattys Blue...

Hey guys its just to let you guys know that I am currently planning a detailing day, similar to what Meguiars offer stateside. I have a lot of interest so far, as it will be a first for the U.K. there will probably be Magazine coverage as well as a fairly large class. I invisage about 40...

Hey guys! Im planning a detailing day and I just wanted to ask some questions. 1. Would you be willing to pay if you were not using your own supplies. The money would also cover some burgers and drinks etc? 2. What would you like to learn from a detailing day? 3. Would you like a...

Well here we go quite a few pictures and some details! Car Plan triple wax shampoo One capful for the foam gun Dwell time 5 mins Cleaning ability 2/5 (score out of five?) Foaming ability 4/5 Dwelling 5/5 Excellent foam produced this would probably dwelled for 10 mins since it was...

Well there it is in all its glory, small I know but that is all the space we have as we also have a double garage behind that (now a games room) lol!! Just got to start on the ceder cladding and slating the roof.

Hi guys wonder if you can help me a little here. I am looking at adding a pitched roof to the box construction and I would like to know how you go about building the roof have any of you got some pic's I could take a look at. Just now the concrete is down and all that is left is the...

Hi guys, I am looking to do some Market Research on this product I have had some help come up with. It is basically a torch for spotting swirls and microscope all in one. Now this tool is valuable to myself without being an all in one, but, if it was all in the same casing and only...

Hi guys wondering if you can help me here. I have the idea of importing polishing products from the US to UK for my fourth year project. The company state side, offers great polishes and many have been tested on this site. They offer them in large bottles but I was looking at re bottling...

OK well, most of you will remember the whole, detailing vs valeting. This is EXACTLY the reason I wish to remain a detailer and make it quite clear I do not valet. First of this car is 6months old, it has the following after being "prepared" for a customer. Cobwebs Burns on the...

Hey guys, well this is my dad's form of transport. The good old reliable land rover discovery (disco). It has about 28K miles of neglect and various questionable washing techniques. But, today I took care of the washing part, this was NOT polished, although it was given a full interior...

Hi guys, Im currently starting building a new garage it will be 7m by 4.5m... I want a heater but not sure what to get. Here are a few options. Would these cut it? http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010415145 http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010412138 I don't want...