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My Fleetwood had the entire passenger's side fairly eaten up thanks to a Subaru back in October, and was finally re-assembled back to normal a few days before Christmas. The new paint is a perfect match and looks great (the entire passenger's side, essentially), but the rest of the car, like...

My brother recently bought an '86 Buick Regal. For 20 years and 73k miles, it almost looks amazing--thank a garage most of its life for that--but it still has a few areas that could be improved. Mainly, the sides are very glossy and look great, but the hood, roof, and trunk suffer from...

Still using the free Geocities site (I know, I know, but it's not a highly trafficed place....), but will probably upgrade it soon to lose ads, increase transfer amounts, etc. Regardless, thought I'd post the link and see what some of you think about my web work: DK AutoSpa Keep in mind...

When we first bought this '93 Fleetwood, the white vinyl roof obviously needed a good cleaning, but wasn't like it is now. Back then, we knew from experience that a good scrub with bleach worked wonders on the white vinyl roof on the Roadmaster we had just bought a few months before, so...

After a stupid move of using Mean Green (generic Simple Green) to clean the whitewalls on our cars and white letters on our truck, that cleaned wheel but turned the wheel finishes cloudly (ESPECIALLY on my Caddy), I moved on. I now use Amazing Roll Off, which cleans the tires just as well...

For the past two years, I've been pretty religiously using a combo of Klasse AIO followed by multiple coats of Platinum on our cars, since they sit outdoors 24/7 and I need both the best protection AND a great look. Really like the ease of use of both products, but am starting to think it's...

If any of you remember, we traded our Onyx Black '02 Avalanche in for an '04 Summit White Suburban in June. The last time it was fully detailed was about a week after we got it, so several months now, and I had done: -Clay -1x AIO -3x Platinum UPP Used only synthetic b/c white is never...

In a very simple way too--traded the Onyx Black '02 Avalanche for a new Summit White '04 Suburban! Having all 3 cars be white is just a dream come true to a detailing fanatic short on time! Miss the black shimmer when it was really done right, but don't miss anything else about it! Some pics:

Typically, most of our 3 cars get washed about once a week, and fully detailed every couple of months. When I wash, it is always necessary to do some pretty heavy tire cleaning (especially since two have whitewalls and the truck has white letters), and I've found that Mean Green (from the...

Okay, quick question. I just started trying to remove the swirls on our black Avalanche, but as I guessed, Meguiar's #9 is quite weak. The swirls really aren't that bad, but I notice them and I want to get rid of them. So far, applying the #9 with my new PC seems to have brightened things a...

Okay, I just got a call on Friday night from a lady who had been very highly recommended to me by someone who has had me do her Toyota twice and her husband's black Ram once. Anyway, she has a '99 Buick LeSabre, beige over beige, with 30k miles that they just bought a month ago from someone who...

Okay, I had started a thread before describing and showing how swirled our pure black Chevy Avalanche has gotten in the past few months, and now I have the supplies to fix it. I just need some quick tips. First of all, I ordered and have the PC 7424 with bonus kit from Coastal Tool. I also...

From the day we bought our Onyx Black 2002 Chevy Avalanche Z66, I swore I would keep the paint perfect and I did, at least until a few months ago. At first, I used Klasse AIO and SG. Then I added several coats of Platinum UPP to the mix and loved the look even more. Then, last fall, I started...

Okay, so here's the deal, and I need a quick answer. The last car I did, a '96 Toyota Avalon, was so extremely well-liked by the owner, she emailed all of her friends in the area to tell them about me (and I got a copy of one of the emails from one of them). A few days ago, I got an email from...

Well, finally, within the past month, business has picked up and my weekends for the next month or so are booked. Got a call in January about doing a guy's '98 Suburban and his wife's green Caddy Deville. The weather got screwed up for a while, but I now have the Suburban scheduled for next...

I've been having a few issues lately with the stupid freezing weather. First, last weekend, I had to wash the Avalanche. It was only the second time in a year I'd let it go without a wash in more than a week, and it needed it. Problem? It was about 33 degrees. Washed like I usually do when...

As most of you know, I tried out a small detailing business this summer, but due to many different reasons, never had a chance to get much business. Now that Christmas break is only in a week, and I have 2 weeks off, I'd like to get a few jobs to do, weather permitting. Any ideas on how to get...

I spent 10 hours yesterday on my weekly Avalanche detailing, this time using my Zaino that I got back in June. Up until now, I've had 6 coats of Klasse and 6 or 7 coats of Platinum UPP, most all of which were still on the truck yesterday. Now, I must say, I did my own made-up procedures, and...

Well, tempted by "auto care usa"'s idea on advertising, I gave his DMV Violation ads a try. Using pink computer paper, I placed three on each sheet, with auto care facts on the back. I'd given out some on a few cars at the grocery stores Thursday evening and didn't get any response, so I went...

Okay, here's a few simple questions for you guys: 1) How much would you charge to clay a car? 2) How much to do the engine compartment? And, just to see if you still think I'm out of wack, take a look at my pricing page on my website: DKAutoSpa To put that in perspective, I've...