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I sometimes get "fog" after my usual final polishing step. Can't see swirls, but the finish is not perfect. Menzerna SF3800 takes care of it.

If you blast the door jambs with a power washer or garden hose, doesn't water end up in the interior?

The ONR with wax works great. I don't know how long it lasts by itself. It really only needs to last until the next wash, but I know it lasts longer than that. It's an Optimum polymer, that's not chopped liver.

Some combination of detailing brushes, paint brushes, foam paint brushes, keep playing with different sizes until you find one or two that work for your grill.

I find it easiest to apply wax (sealant) by machine. It's faster and it allows me to apply a very thin coat.

MF gloves? Never heard of them, but they sound brilliant.

Good to know, thanks for the tip.

I applied Optimum Opti-Coat two years ago to the front half of my car. To this day, it is still shiny, looks great from a few feet away. However, the moment after I applied the coating, it got bird-bombed, swirled, tarred, sapped and hit with embedded particles just like any clear-coat would...

Meg's All Season Dressing is the Meg's product needed for wheel wells (and engines). It's a goopy oily mess and it has all kinds of unattractive characteristics. It does one thing well - it turns stationary black plastic/vinyl even blacker and it hangs around unless you work to remove it -...

Where are the pinstripes? :)

You're business model fits your clientele, nothing negative about it. For your premium package, instead of using a machine wax, use an AIO like HD Speed. Voila, you are now correcting paint without doing anything different.

He could turn around and sell it now for $3,000, nice work.

Personally, I just use it when I clay, and I only clay when I'm going to polish, which is 1-2 times per year.

I don't detail professionally, but for athletics, I have to "force" myself to hydrate. Something like a gallon milk jug, filled with water. Keep it lukewarm so you can pound it. It's not necessarily an enjoyable experience, you have to guzzle it down.

Throw a little ONR in with your IPA/water mixture, takes care of much of the grabby issue.

I want one, and I only do my own cars.

I have not had that problem, two people getting different results, happens all the time, let's leave it at that.

Nice work, the transformation of the tires alone probably made the customer happy.

Agreed. The best way to never induce a swirl is to have an unlimited supply of clean towels. I own nicer towels, but only because I like them, not because I need them.

Thanks for the update. Do you do any filtering? Also, do you pump the water out of the barrel, gravity feed, or just dip a bucket in it?