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So my buddy stopped by....He knew I was taking the day for myself. :nono Never a good idea to let friends know what your doing.....He stopped by and asked if I would take care of his Caddy for him. :( So much for a day off, not to mention it was in a less than perfect condition to say the...

Quite a few months ago I helped my buddy correct the issues he introduced into his car http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-brag/122804-trails-holograms-oh-my.html He called me again and said he needed help. This time "you just do it". Unless he was a friend I probably wouldn't have taken it as I...

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Now that the weather has changed, for now, here in Jersey I can get back to detailing. I had prepped this car a few weeks ago in the freezing cold...It was miserable. Put the car cover back on and waited for the weather to change. Sure enough one warm day and the customer calles me for a...

I had a visitor from the "South" this past weekend. DJ Mayo from Reflections Detailing came up and visited for a few days. I knew I was in for it when he showed up with his own case of soda. I am still finding cans all over :) Get a couple of those in him, his sugar high, and he gets...

Hey guys, I had a customer contact me about a E39 BMW 528. I did this car over a couple of days. I took some inital pictures before washing. You might notice the name on the back of the car...:confused: on a BMW....A full Race BMW...:) Its Geoff from Full Race girlfriend's car that has some BIG...

A customer called me I knew I was detailing his car this week, he asked me grab his car from a dealership local to me and get it done. Not a problem :D I knew the owner and knew he took care of the car I figure one step at least...Was I wrong....:o This is what I started with...OVerall not in...

How do you guys eductate your clients after your detail? I was making a write up to give to them to help them understand why never to go to an automatic car wash, and basic things on how to wash themselves. I just wanted to be able to give basic information to an average customer to show that I...

A customer dropped off his RSX on Friday evening around 7:30 for a full paint correction. I had 24 hours before he was coming back to pick it up and drop off his buddies VW. I knew I had a long weekend in front of me :) I called in my helper cause I knew I would need it :D It was drizzling all...

I had an Altima to correct today. The owner is really funny, she dropped it off an apoligized cause she didn't vacuum it before. I worked on this car about 6 months ago and the paint was in great shape. Sure enough I got it this time and she washed it regularly and "very carefully" :o It had...

I have been working on 16 BBS wheels from a race team recently and was contacted for work on an RSX...:D Me and the fiance went Saturday to inspect the car and we discussed the job, exterior paint correction only, I got it dropped off today. :) I called my buddy whom I have been "training" to...

Did another set of lights tonight, fiance's sister so it was a free bee, but I hope to get paid in other ways ;).... The only thing I used from the 3m kit was 2 pieces of 800 grit paper on their holder. After that I went to my wet sandpaper from Meg's. 1500-2000-2500-3000. I finished up with...

So I prettymuch finished up my garage and sure enough I have to go do a detail somewhere else...:doh So I packed up my stuff and went down to his wharehouse. I just did his Z06 and I have my own key to his wharehouse so its almost a second home for me :D He has like ten cars and I do all of them...

It was a boring SUNDAY...I just finished up the Lexus Paint Restoration And was tired, doesn't matter cause the little lady said to me the other day, "look at my car and your a detailer" :grrr So I decided I would just do a one step on it to make it look good then seal it for the winter. Sure...

I had some free time today so I decided to work on my fiance's Acura TSX. Her rear window is tinted which really shows water spots and marks on the glass. It really was pretty bad, and they were pretty stained into the glass. I had bought this scrub a couple weeks ago and never really had a...

On Wed evening I had the owner of this restoration pick up his car....Mazda Protege Restored Needless to say me and the woman were exhausted from that. I knew I had "Tom's" Lexus coming to me on Thursday so we slept in :D It was truly a pleasure working on his car. He is a very knowledgable...

This car was without a doubt a challenge. It sat for about 12 months and was brought to me for detailing. Needless to say it was NOT in good shape, it help some surprises for me also....Not good ones either. I got the car and washed it with Chemical guys citrus wash and clear....As usual I...

I so had been looking to get back into an RSX for a while. I decided I didn't want my ridgeline anymore so I found an 02 with low mileage and decided to go look at it. Its a stock 02 with 49K....This car is a cream puff thanks so much Dylan :D Really he took great care of the car maintance wise...

Over the past two days I worked on a z06...I was prepping it for sale. It was supposed to be a quick easy cleanup...I forgot the owner NEVER washes the car...:( I gave him a great deal on this one cause I have to do like 5 of his other cars....Quick write up on it I didn't have time to document...

Started my garage renovation tonight....Spackling the ceiling tonight...And moving $hit out...Will get a ton of crap out tomorrow, trying to open it up as much as I can....Tomorrow I will paint the walls and the electrican comes to run wires...The electrican is a buddy....I am gonna rewire the...