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I was reading this very interesting thread and wondered about the best method of payment. Cash only, checks, or credit cards? I'm especially interested in responses from the weekend detailers and the detailers on wheels, as to whether they accept credit cards from their customers. Thanks...

I just donated the first new car I'd ever owned to charity after owning it for almost 17 years. In October, I donated a 1987 Grand Marquis. Last Thursday, I donated my 1988 (my first new car). My wife took pics, which I am shring with you. It felt bittersweet parting with this car. I drove...

No, not a formal endorsement for the product. It just works! For 4 years, I had large oil stains on my garage floor. Now that I'm renovating my garage, those stains had to come off before I could lay down a new floor. So I used Simple Green, full strength, on the stains. I just poured...

Ah, it is sweet when the fellas compliment you on your "shiny", "clean" car, when you know that it really isn't that clean at all! Thanks to reading DC threads on how to detail my car, and thanks to the sponsors whose products I've bought, I've got a ride that will look "shiny" and "clean" to...

It's been raining, on and off, here in MD for the past week, and my Grand Marq is lookin' terrible! People who haven't seen my new car before tell me it's beautiful, but I want to cringe when they say that because they haven't seen it when it is CLEAN. There's no sense in my trying to wash and...

I've treated my car to its first bath but now I've got little green bits of fuzz fused to the weathstripping of my windows. How do I remove this fuzz, placed there by me when I used a terry towel? Charles

After studying this forum and another for almost a month; after ordering $$ of chemicals and accessories; after asking over a dozen questions, I finally cleaned and polished my 2004 Grand Marquis. I didn't "detail" it, per se, because that would have meant cleaning the interior, trunk, and...

I'm thinking about getting a bug shield (shown at this URL) - or not. But I wonder, how do professional auto detailers clean these shields, and how do you clean the surrounding areas? It seems like an awfully difficult task. Charles

No one here has mentioned using a power washer, whether it be the home variety or the kind at the drive-in car washes. There must be a reason for that, but I'm still a :newbie So educate me. LOL Charles

As I was reading Jngrbrdman's thread, "Detailing according to the Jngrbrdman", I followed a link to OCDetails that he suggested. There, a tutorial about claying suggests using Clay Magic (sold at premiumautocare.com). I Googled on "Clay Magic", and found its web site. At that site...

In another thread, on another forum, I swore I'd never use a touchless carwash. My mindset was on the poor results I've experienced with an older car that had not been detailed. Not all of the dirt came off, and the automatic dryer left all sorts of spots on the finish. But upon reflection...

I just read a few posts from this thread "First time with a rotary - frustration, reflection and admiration". I immediately got the heebie jeebies about using a machine to polish my new car. MF towels only, for me! (And yes, I know that I still have to be careful about being too aggressive.)...

Once I buy all of the wonderful car care products that have been recommended to me by DC posters, will I have to worry about them being rendered ineffective by the coming cold weather? I plan to keep the products in my unheated garage in Maryland. It generally gets as cold as 20 degrees and...

I've read many posts on how to clean and detail the engine. But how does one clean under the engine? When you professional details clean a customer's engine, do you bother with the underside (if the customer doesn't insist), or do you go all the way and really put some elbow into it? :lol...

I recently created a series of "How Do I?" threads. I forgot this one: My new car has a light tan interior. (What was I thinking when I shopped for this car on the Internet? I guess I had a brain :fart ) I've heard that you have to be very careful cleaning seatbelts so that you don't wear...

I hate to see older cars with the molded headlight lenses looking all clouded, dull and dirty. My 2004 Grand Marquis has the molded lenses. They are clear and shiny. How do I keep them that way? Charles

I want to keep my weatherstripping from rotting out over the years. What products can I use to clean and maintain them? Charles

I've always heard that you can't saturate a headliner with water because the fabric will loosen and droop. Years ago, when I had a 1988 Grand Marquis, I tried to clean a stain off of the headliner. I sprayed just a little cleaner (I don't remember what) onto a cloth and started dabbing. Well...

A member on The Motley Fool's "Buying and Maintaining A Car" discussion board referred me to Detail City this morning. I am awed by the enormous amount of information being shared by everyone on how to make and keep a car shiny. I just bought a 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis, my first new car in...