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    Where do you get your Distilled Water?

    Distilled water and DI water are essentially the same when in reference to detailing. They will serve the same exact purpose. Distilled water bought from a grocery store is free from ions to the point it will not conduct an electrical current. I have personally tested this myself in a lab...
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    How to approach businesses for waterless washes

    I lived right outside Sydney in Botany for about 2 years. Left in 2013 when the AUS dollar was more than US. The government there really loves extorting money from the public haha. I was seriously thinking of ways to anonymously destroy speed cameras. And they can #### off with their $100...
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    Where do you get your Distilled Water?

    What's with mentioning medical saline water? It's a saline solution with dissolved sodium, which is an ion, which is basically opposite of what de-ionized water is meant to be.
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    How to approach businesses for waterless washes

    Also, i think dealerships are the worst place to approach for this kind of work. I've done quite a bit of marketing in the past approaching all types of businesses, and won't even bother with any dealerships anymore. They can hire guys specifically to do that kind of work for near minimum...
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    Interior Dressings

    It lasts quite a long time. It's probably the bottle I refill the least out of all my cleaning products. When I was working worth my buddy's company, we would do an average of 2-3 cars a day 6 days a week with full int/ext, and i would say we only had to refill the 32oz spray bottle once a...
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    Swirls in Chrome /stainless side step bars

    None of your detailing products will probably work. I'm a welder by trade and used to custom fabricate stainless handrails and they were either a brushed finished or mirror finished. Either way I had to grind down the welds and polish them. Even the brush finish had to get polished down so I...
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    How to approach businesses for waterless washes

    $51 is the price of a case of beer there. $48 for a fifth of alcohol when it's on sale. Pack of cigarettes over $19. The average price of a new car is about $50k. The single level townhouse next to the one I lived in was a two bed room, about 1100 sq ft with a one car garage that didn't even...
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    CG Butter wet wax question

    I used butter wax in the past on every detail that didn't opt for a sealant, which we used JetSeal 109 at the time. Like everyone else says, it's really easy to use, and doesn't stain trim. We literally just put it on the whole car with a DA (except the wheels) and it wipes off easily. Looks as...
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    Most regretted detailing product purchase

    I noticed that too. Other than smells nice. And it uses so much product I got tired of having to keep refilling the bottle and just use All Clean like I used to.
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    Sealants, what are the differences?

    I think the exact opposite. I've used jet seal for about two years and won't go back after using Wolfgang Deep Gloss Sealant 3.0. If you're trying to compare it to the spray sealant, that's not even comparing two similar products. I've used both products on customer cars and my own. WG is MUCH...
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    Most regretted detailing product purchase

    Those blue bristled interior detailing brushes. Complete junk. Bristles fell out left and right on the first use. Took longer cleaning up the mess from the bristles than it took to clean the stuff it was meant to.
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    Interior Dressing?

    Just for a little more info, I apply it using a paint brush first in all the corners and switches, including the entire stereo and window switches. I just spray it right on the brush. Then I use a terry cloth sponge applicator to wipe it along the rest. I avoid spraying it directly because I...
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    Pricing questions

    Haha, yeah, they have every car make that you see in the rest of the US. I specifically quoted that price for that particular vehicle. A 2 door coupe would be about $100 less for comparison.
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    Pricing questions

    For a reference, when I was in Hawaii, which is not necessarily more expensive for services as you might think, we would have charged $350 for our full service detail. That included rinseless wash, clay bar, single stage polish, and wax, then exterior dressing applied to trim, door and window...
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    Interior dressing

    This is all I use for interior and engine. Easy on, easy off with the ideal satin finish, and probably 90% of my customers comment on how good their car smells afterwards.
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    Cloudy paint - can I buff this out? (guitar)

    It'll probably just dull up again from playing. My uke has the same thing, except opposite where my finger oils polished the wood where I strum. (Strumming is done over the fretboard, not over the tone hole like a guitar)
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    Chemical Guys NONSENsE

    I would recommend against it. The paint should be easy to clean with any wash designed for cars or detail sprays, and anything stuck like tar or sap probably won't be dissolved by an all purpose cleaner. I think the biggest problem is the lack of lubricants in the cleaner which is necessary for...
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    Chemical Guys NONSENsE

    Haha, I didn't even notice how old this was.
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    Chemical Guys NONSENsE

    I generally use 1:4-1:5 with tap water with All Clean. I just eyeball the measurement and mostly go by color since I've been using it so long. I use it on all interior plastics, and it specifically works great getting make-up off the steering wheel and controls, which is really common with any...
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    Chemical Guys NONSENsE

    Are any of you familiar with their Stain Extract and All-Clean? My first bulk purchase was through chemical guys and I have only used Stain Extract for carpets so far. But I hate the smell. I don't think I'll ever stop using the All-Clean though because it works awesome as an all purpose...
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