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The Jeep Grand Cherokee I am detailing today was covered with "bee poop"...the small globs of yelllow that you find on the paintwork and windows. The owner of the Jeep spent Sunday afternoon at her favorite lawn and garden center buying annuals for her garden, bees pollinate flowers, bee poop...

Emergency scratch removal... a tip to share Mrs. Gonzo and I just spent a week in lovely Sedona, Arizona. We had a rental car (a white 2004 Dodge Stratus) and before we left the rental car company at Sky Harbor Airport to head to Sedona, I had to do a quick check for any damage to the vehicle...

:grrr :grrr :grrr :grrr I learned a valuable lesson last night... :o Don't try to back out of the garage until the door is all the way up! I put a small "pluck" dent and scratch in the tail gate of the Jeep :grrr and knocked the left side bottom panel of the garage door off the track...

On the PBS show Motorweek aired this Sunday 23 November 2003 there was a feature about "concourse detailing". The feature was shot at the Pebble Beach Concousre d'Elegance and they had commentary from Chuck Bennett from Zymol. Zymol apparently has a team of detailers that does the final...

On the shout section of Autopia's home page, a few Autopians are asking about installing heaters in their garage. If you are installing a heater that uses natural gas, fuel oil, propane or kerosene...it must be properly vented to the outdoors...justopening a window won't do! The big problem...

I detailed a 1999 Tahoe for one the guys I work with on the FD. He dropped the truck off the night before, and I put it in my garage for the night, and I didn't take a good look at it. When I took it out, I noticed a huge brown stain on the passenger side glass and door, with streaks running...

I had a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee to detail today for one of my brother firefighters. It had a scratch on the hood caused by someone putting a box on it and dragging it off, and a few door hit scratches in the paintwork. I wet sanded the hood scratch and door hits with 2000 grit wet/dry...

I was detailing a 2000 Buick Century today... loaded with scratches..so bad I had to pull out my rotary polisher to begin the buffing process! After I finished using the rotary, I was in the process of removing the foam cutting pad I was using when the entire backing plate came apart. It'...

It was time to redo the Rain X on the vehicles in the Gonzo stable, and before I did, I initiated a search on an old thread and looked up a way to apply Rain X. The thread was http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?threadid=10366&highlight=rain+x The post was called Anthony's Rain X...

I got to try out the S100 today.. I detailed a 2001 Nissan Sentra (radium silver) for one of the firefighters on my group. the process.. Washed with Meguiar's Gold Class. Tar removal with Solv-all solvent. Washed again Clayed. Polished with the PC with Meguiar's #2 fine cut cleaner...

I got my Porter Cable 7424 polisher yesterday ( I detailed a 1994 850 Wagon in exchange for the polisher). The Volvo (a non clear coated red) came out FANTASTIC! :spot Today I used the PC to detail a silver 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis for one of my brother Firefighters. ...again, Fantastic...

I have been thinking about getting a Porter Cable 7224/7336 polisher after reading everyone's positive experiences with them. I presently have a GEM orbital polisher ( it uses terry bonnets, weighs 18 pounds and is a bear to use on vertical surfaces) and a Makita rotary polisher. A neighbor...

:( I got into a "bumperthumper" this morning with the F-150 ...I hit the van stopped in front of me and pushed my bumper in. It was a low speed collison, the airbags did not deploy, neither I nor the other driver were hurt, it just depresses me. The bumper will have to be replaced. All...

I should have played the lottery last night...I had three "close calls" during the day! Close call #1: the wife and I drove up to a friend's house in New Hampshire to see their new Golden retreiver puppy. On the way home on the highway a "little yellow schoolbus" tried to get into my lane as...

For the last two weeks, we have some form of preciptiation every single day..snow storms, snow flurries, freezing rain and sleet! Thwe days have been warming up to the high 30's to low 40's causing the snow and ice to melt, only to refreeze after the sun goes down In response, the city and...

Last night, while going through the "bill box" my wife came across the registration renewal for the Jeep. It turns out that she was driving on expired plates for a month and a half! :nono Today I went to the Registry of Motor Vehicles to re-register the Jeep. On my way home, I pulled...

Has anyone ever detailed an airplane? We have a small airport in my community, and the owner of the airport asked me if I would be interested in detailing aircraft at his facility. He would provide the water and electricty, I provide the materials and the talent. Most of the work would have...

I was cleaning the carpets in the house with our Hoover steam vac this morning...the small rugs were laid out on the garage floor. I noticed that the hardwood floors in the kitchen, dinign room and entry hall looked a little "dull". I washed the floors, then put a coat of of Meguiar's wax...

Do you check out a vehicle before making an appointment to detail it? The reason I am asking is that this evening I had a "discussion" with the wife...someone had called me ( a referral from another client of mine) and asked me if I would be interested in detailing her 1995 Lincoln...

1) I don't make enough money :( 2) My brand spankin new Camry suffers from orange peel :eek: 3) All those swirls on my Altima are my own #$%@ fault :scared 4) I exhibit numerous obsessive compulsive tendencies :shocked 5) My priorities are questionable :sosad 6) My wife thinks my...