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I have all my detailing "stuff" in the garage. Problem is I live where the temp drops below 0 C for the better part of 3 months. I've notcied some of my products have separated during the winter months but from what i remember, giving them a good shake in the spring seemed to do the trick...

How long does it take on person to detail ur average vehicle in average paint and interior shape. I find I ussually log in about 5-6 hours. But heres my problem. Its ussually takes like 8-9 hours. heres why. I hand wash the vehicle and thuroughly clean the rims and tires and dry the...

I've been using the Meguires pads and DA backing plate and I already went through one backing plate cause it stoped holding the pads, after about 10-15 uses with multiple pads (even when the pads were new) so I went out and bought another backing plate. Today on the new backing plate (about 3...

For those of you detailers in the Northern Parts with winter climates that include snow,salt and just plain bad weather that makes cars dirty. What kind of slow down do you notice in the winter..what do u do to cope with it. just for numbers sake say you did 30 cars a month in the middle...

I've been detailing cars for some cash on the side for about a year now. I'm now in the process of registering a business name and getting a Government grant becuase Im still a sutdent and Here in Ontario it is offered to us. My question is what do you figure it costs (just supplies such as...

I detailed this 2004 VW tourag with about 19,000 km on it that was beign sold by my old boss. The truck was already in beautiful condition inside and it only had some minor swirls on the outside. The previous owner had some good taste. He put on after market ABD aluminum trim on the window pilar...

I have a decent size garage (2 car but only 1 can fit cause of all the toys in it) and I would like to give it a bit of a face lift. I suppose the floor would be a good place to start. What can you guys recomend to put down on the floor. Tiles are too much for me. I hear this epoxy stuff...

Is it just me or do you guys find that polish is hard to remove.(i use megs #83, 83, and SMR. seems like all are relatively hard to remove) When I use #22 high tech yellow I find that stuff is a dream to remove. It could be my technique though. I ussually do the whole car and then I go back...

I did a huge multistep detailing about 4 months ago. Now I went over the car with certain steps more than once. I was dtermined to get all the swirls out and upon completion I looked at the car in Direct Clear sky sunlinght and I had come so close that I felt satified. Almost all the swirls were...

here's a quick pic of my 4 month old Zaino treatment. All I do is give it a once over with the Zaino QD and it looks like the day (or 3) that I did the full out treatment. I'm amazed at how well the water still beads too! well worth the time and effort in my opinion.

Meg's #82 Body Shop Proffesional Swirl Free Polish and Megs #9 Swirl Remover are both rated on the bottle as having the same abbraisiveness in them. What is the difference then? Is it even noticeable? which one is more recomended? here

what would this diamond cut 2.0 #85 be used for? Is it very aggresive to the point it would introduced fine swirls in order to remove hairline scratches? how does it compare to DACP or #82 or #9.... im confused on where to start with the abbraisve level and how many steps from soemthing that...

I just picked up the meg's PC 6" backing plate along with a cutting pad(burgandy), polishing pad(yellow) and finishing pad(beige). The store I went to had the whole line-up of mirror glaze products, I was very anxious to buy a whole bunch but held off because I wasnt sure what i wanted or...

Alright, here's the scenario... A frined ;with a REFLEX SILVER VW GTI 337; and I ; with a SHWARTZ BLACK BMW 325is; have been surfing around autopia and decided to give our cars a good multi stage detailing. We've waxed our cars numerous times with different products and had relatively good...