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Geez, in regards to all those auto-correct failures in the previous post, I would just like to say my phone is the one that's tired, not me, not ever... :-P Lucky Joe, Wannabe Detailer Sent from my HTC DNA

I'm still new to detailing and have never heard of the term "over glorified shoe shine boy" before however, having seen it three times today I thought I would share how I've been cleaning my interior fire the last year for some feedback. Maybe it's a great idea, maybe it's stupid, but it send...

Just as a caveat, pregnant women have very sensitive senses of smell and inversely proportionate amounts of tolerance/reason so if you're currently harboring one you may want to find out if she has an aversion to the smell of vinegar in the laundry room. Trust me, the dirty laundry machine...

...after reading everyone else's posts, I should have just +1'd it since I didn't really add much except slightly different spin on the same msg. Lucky Joe, Wannabe Detailer Sent from my HTC DNA

Here's my take on Groupon & LivingSocial deals, purely on the consumer level... I do not buy from service-based businesses anymore. If it's a deal off admission to a venue or a restaurant, I'm fine with it. But after several experiences with service based deals (including a car detailing...

Turtle Wax Black Detailer is one that is sold everywhere, but it's a spray detailer like you've already been using that contains black pigments that settle into and hides the swirls and minor imperfections. Not a solution, but it's a cheap and easy way to hide the problem until you have the...

First, figure out what's causing the swirls. Do you have a lit of bonded contaminates that your pushing with your towels or are your towels causing them, themselves. Cheater: Black tinted detailer of your choice, or... Get a waterless wash and clean the worst area. Using the ziploc baggie...

Allow me to expose my ignorance but aren't the terms "synthetic wax" and "paint sealant" synonymous? I thought all pure synthetics were sealants? Lucky Joe, Wannabe Detailer Sent from my HTC DNA

I know. Interestingly, my grandma taught me this trick almost 30yrs ago so even though its a great idea for protecting our new-age microfiber towels, it's really just old school wisdom. And considering it's only $2.50 a gallon at Wal-Mart, it's still cost effective as well... Lucky Joe...

I taught my son that lesson just last year when he just turned five... Just as my dad did to me when he had to replace serveral broken windows in a neighbor's house. Lucky Joe, Wannabe Detailer Sent from my HTC DNA

In most cases, Costco is not cheaper than your average regular store, however they have a couple killer deals and a great warranty (only ever buy a Kuerig from Costco, if it breaks you get a free replacement off the shelf). Their optical department always tops consumer reports lists for price...

I have only been in one "obviously my fault" accident in my life and of course it would have to have been in my 2008 550i after only having for two months... but I was on my way to my divorce hearing to argue against my ex's petition for $1750 a month in temporary alimony and couldn't be late so...

Random Tip: 2-3 cups of vinegar in an empty large, hot-water cycle of your washing machine will dissolve all the built up detergent, fabric softener and grime in and outside the drum. This is great for making sure the machine is safe for your MF towels beforehand or to get rid of all the...

Here's my take on them, since I go through a (36 count) bag of them every couple months... - The hemline will scratch your finish it applied with pressure. But, by being aware if it, I haven't had that problem in months. - They need to be washed with an MF reconditioner right out of the bag...

Here's a dumb trick I picked when I was a plumber's apprentice... Teflon Tape, the kind used on your water pipes, can be wrapped around any screw's threading before being screwed into it's fixture to permanently prevent it from rusting. This saves you from not only having to keep penetrating...

I learned this a while ago from a woodworker... Remove glue from tape using a little hair of the dog that bit it. ...in your case take a fresh roll of duct tape and apply it over the glue residue, press firmly and then remove it and repeat. The fresh adhesive will grab onto the old glue and...

I grew up in Detroit and when I was about 12yrs old, the morning after we got an inch of freezing rain, I thought I would be "helpful" by de-icing my father's work truck by throwing a pot of boiling hot salt-water on the ice covering the windshield. I apologized everyday for two weeks, or at...

OK, while I may have been born & raised in the Motor City, I've been living in Tennessee so please forgive my recheck ingenuity, this idea just came to me so i fashioned the prototype with items on hand. I think, when I get some time, I'm going to rework this to use a rounded piece of a...

I was at Costco and I noticed these between all the rolls of toilet paper and, after asking for some of them, walked out with fifteen of them for free. Since it's hard to tell from the picture, it's about 3' x 4.5' and they make for great disposable mats when doing dirtywork under your car...

Yes, it's my Daily Driver and if you look in the Introduce Yourself forum for my "are you kidding me..." thread you can see a picture of what it looked like as I cleaned and buffed out the paint the job by hand. It took like 30+ man hours but other than the bits I was complaining about it came...