Recent content by Coach Steve

Greetings fellow geeks, I'm working on a truck that has a retractable black metal bed cover. The surface is textured so dirt gets down in all the textured areas. Now that it's clean, it's still faded and gray looking. What can I put on it to make it appear dark black without any gloss,?

Does anyone know? It seems that since everything went to hybrid ceramic formulas, they're not mentioning it on the bottle for some reason. Was that the trade off, gloss for uv inhibitors?

If you mix up some Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle just soapy enough to provide lube for a clay bar to glide easily without stopping, you'll definitely remove any wax present. Polishing followed by an IPA wipe will accomplish the same thing.

That's right in line with, If you think it's expensive hiring a good detailer, try hiring a bad one!

I'll chime in here... Your finish is my passion. * Under my logo on my card and site. What's the difference between a detailer and everyone else? A detailer doesn't stop at "good enough". When I'm running behind on a job and need to let the owner I need more time, I always include the...

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...and should you consult a doctor if it does or doesn't last for 4 hours? Hmmm....

You missed the point of my post completely. And thanks for giving me the option of not using them if I don't want to. I was under the impression Ithere was an obligation somehow. JUST KIDDING! Saw the opportunity to to be a smartass and ran with it. What I meant was, I'm tired of a the copy...

Not that I'm aware of. Some require that they be applied only by someone who has gone through their respective training program and become a certified installer. :laughing:

My best customer is a guy who has several vehicles I take care of, some of them on a weekly basis. 3 cars, 1 truck, 2 Sea-Doo's and their trailer, a 2-seater RAZR with $30,000 of addons & upgrades, a brand new 4-Seater Can-AM UTV, a golf cart, an enclosed trailer, a 55' Toy Hauler and a flatbed...

Referrals are the best, aren't they?! Everything's been done for you before they drop off their car. Gotta love 'em! I stopped seeing vehicles with the sticker in the windshield a couple of years ago. Now, the big profit center for dealers is subpar coatings that are guaranteed for a year and...

As much as the detailing industry and its participants (Translation: us) are uber-hyper-pro ceramic coatings, the auto body and paint sector sees it as a complete waste of time and money and rolls its collective eyes at the entire subject. Getting back to the topic of this thread, I...

That's true but, coatings are unique to the industry in which I represent and participate as a means to pay my bills and provide my livelihood so it's with these exaggerated statements that I take issue. As a result of these inaccurate statements, I am put in a position of having to properly...

Is it possible to polish a ceramic coated vehicle to remove road film and light swirls without compromising the coating? How much does the coating degrade on its own over time from the elements, driving, etc.? This industry has overhyped and overstated the abilities of a ceramic coating to the...

I don't know about anyone else but, I'm so completely exhausted with the whole ceramic era of detailing. Coatings, hybrids, infused this and that... Enough already! I'll be glad when the next big breakthrough hits. I guess I'm just venting but, it can't just be me.