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    steps to polish/glaze

    Could the experts verify that I understand the agressiveness of these products and that I'm doing things in the proper order: For a vehicle with no swirl marks or scratches: Wash Clay 3M Imperial Hand Glaze # 26 Carnuba For a vehicle with scratches and/or swirl marks: Wash Clay # 9 Swirl Mark...
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    Hand Glaze with a PC

    Guys, Can I "get away" with using 3M Imperial Hand Glaze with a PC at a slow enough speed to simulate hand application? It would be a shame to leave a nearly full bottle on the shelf when I get the PC. If I can use it, once its gone, should I just replace it with the Machine Glaze for the...
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    Sunny day, took some pics

    It was a nice day to spring clean "The DetailMobile": www.geocities.com/cmorrisse/truck.jpg www.geocities.com/cmorrisse/truck2.jpg www.geocities.com/cmorrisse/card.jpg Dang card kept sliding off the hood. www.geocities.com/cmorrisse/tailgate.jpg (obviously this is a photoshoped mockup for...
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    What last's longest?

    I'm trying to find what vinyl/rubber dressing lasts longest on exterior surfaces. For Rubber/ Vinyl, Here's what I've tried and how they faired as far as durability: Best (#1): Meguiar's #40 #2: Armour All (go figure) #3: Mother's Back to Black (smells nice, doesn't last 1...
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    Under Pressure

    How much pressure is too much for pressure washing a vehicle? Is 1900 PSI OK? My pressure washer will do 1300PSI or 1900PSI, I find that 1300 is kinda wimpy (compared to most self serve wash bays which I THOUGHT were only 1200PSI) I don't want to try the higher setting without checking with...
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    "I wash too much!"

    Lately, I've found myself with an extra half hour each morning before I head off to my "day job", So I've been washing "the Detailmobile" daily. Unfortunately the trip to work includes a long dusty road, and when I arrive I can see all of my drying strokes covered in dust, (looks quite...
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    Couple of products let me down

    Well, just a couple more weeks before I go live with mobile biz. (The Yellow Pages ad came out yesterday, guess I really have to go through with this now- scary!) Anyway, I was doing the first Spring detail on my detail truck and was trying a couple of products that I'm just not completely...
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    Eastern Canadian Mobile Detailer

    Hi All. Just in the process of getting a new mobile detailing business started up here. Here's the temporary URL: www.geocities.com/cmorrisse/ The site will eventually be "parked" at www.hillvalley.ca
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