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We have had this cabinet type thing in our family for probably more than 40 years, and with a brand new polisher and an impending snow storm on the way it was the only thing I could find to test my new polisher out with. So what I did was wash with Poorboy’s APC Clay with clay magic red 2- 10...

Good evening all, I just booked an estimate for tomorrow night for a full correction on a black 05 Dodge Magnum. I want to be as prepared as posible for this estimate. The perspective client is the house keeper of one of my best clients. I intend to do a test area on this car tomorrow and I will...

I just picked this van up so I don't have to work out of my buick anymore. Though it did'nt run. I spent a couple hundred and all day working on it today putting fuel pump, new strainer and a fuel filter in it and now it purrs like a kitten. Seems to be a good running van with no oil dripping...

I found a 96 GMC Safari conversion van for next to nothing. The van does not run right now. The current owner said they tried spraying a bit of starting fluid into the air intake and the engine started but shut off pretty much immediately. I would think this rules out crank sensor or computer...

Bill (njcarting1) and I were talking about our Dad's cars so I thought I would do a quickie on Dad's T/A today.Dad never washes his car so I was'nt wasting much time on this one.The passes I did with the rotary were very quick. The process: pre soak w/ PB APC pressure wash the lumps off hand...

I posted this in the off topic forum because the guy (a customer) wants a good reliable power washer for lots of different uses such as washing driveways, decks, brick,tractors, and the occasional car wash. He is a guy with a lot of common sense meaning he is not likely to blow the clear coat...

this is just one after photo of this car after being one stepped with Polis W/ Sealant and trim restoter only. PWS W/ Cyclo polish pads TR with 1" paint brush

Anyone out there own one? if so what do you think of it?

I am in the market to purchase a conversion van. I would like to hear somesome experience from some of you who have done conversion vans. Maybe in the way of suggestions of what to stay away from when shopping for one such as decals instead of painted on graffix, or how to identify problems with...

Yes folks he was my best friend, His name was Rodney K. Hough, MD. I feel so lost now. Some of you may know him as my doctor, The owner of the car that I detailed at this summers Poorboy's World detailing weekend. This man played a huge roll in me becoming the man that I am today. I will Love...

This guy called me for a wash and wax 14 weeks ago. I show up and wash the car , then using my cyclo with light cut polishing pads I polish the car out using nothing but EXP on the pads. Hit the trim with trim restorer and wipe the entire car down. 2 hours worth of work. 12 weeks ago he calls me...

This car belongs to my newest client. He asked me to do a spot and let him know what could be done with it. I am suggesting that he stop now and consider having it painted. I did the test on the trunk lid and it is a deffinate case of clearcoat failure. The test was done as follows: cut with...

Hi everybody, This is the car that I took to the Poorboys detailing weekend. This was one of the roughest cars at the event so I worked on the exterior only while at the event. The people in attendance at the detailing weekend had a chance to see that the interior of this car had some rather...

My buddy called me one day after I detailed his bike for him and told me that he spilled super glue all over one of the hard bags while trying to glue the emblem back on it. It is of course black paint. He said he immediately got some gasoline on a rag and was able to get most of it off but it...

I recently did a paint correction on a friends Saturn Vue. While I was working on her Saturn, her boyfriend (my friend) did some work on his own car. He had Joy soap and Meg's gold liquid paste wax. I convinced him to try something new. I mixed him up a bucket with some real car wash concentrate...

I did some correction on this Saturn this weekend. It was scratched up really bad. Process wash..Megs Hyper wash Clay..Blue Clay magic Lube..S&W Cut..Transtar Tri-Cut-2 Makita Edge Med.Cut Pad 6" Green Finish..PB SSR 1 Makita Edge Finish Pad 8" LSP..EXP Hand Applied Thanks for looking and Sorry...

I have this black dinali to do full exterior correction on this weekend and I have this question for those of you who do scratch repairs like this one. The scratch is in the clear and is not quite down to the base coat. So my question is would you fill this scratch with clear or would you use...

I found this deal on craigslist and picked all of this stuff up for $100. I was wondering have any of you guys/gals used this Tri-Cut stuff?

One of my co- workers approached me to day and told me how he and his three year old daughter washed his Sante Fe last night, while he was washing the "other side" he snuck around to "BOO!!" his daughter and finds her washing the driveway and his black paint too with the same sponge:idea She...

I know this girl that that is going to Kuwait for 1 year and it contacting me through a friend to detail and prep her car to remain under a car cover for the year that she is gone. Has anyone here at the City done this type of prep work that might suggest a good process/product to preserve the...