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I've been detailing for 11 years and had my own shop for a few years. Like others have said, that first customer is not one to feel bad about loosing. As far as the second one goes, in my experience many customers have no clue what is involved in detailing a vehicle. So they often say something...

Ok cool thanks for the reply! I was thinking it was probably just excess grease, and hoping that was the case. I was just super paranoid when I saw the grease because of the carnage that happened with my first 3401!

Nice to see some Menzerna love around here! I used 85rd yesterday with my flex 3401 and it worked fantastic.

I bought my first flex 3401 a few years back when I owned a detail shop. Well it was running pretty much daily for a couple years until it had enough and died a horrible death! So for a year after that I was using a porter cable 7424xp which was ok but I really wanted another flex. Anyway I...

Ah yes that makes sense! They are cobras as a matter of fact, thanks for clearing that up!

I can believe that, GM doesn't seem too interested in coming up with their own stuff anymore!

That fixed up nice! Hey I've got a bit of an off topic question, I noticed on your bumper you have a 905 sticker. Where I live there are a bunch of mustangs attending shows with stickers like that on their front bumpers too, is that to do with a car club or an online community type thing? Just a...

Thanks for the help! I had no idea Menzerna was changing things around so it was a bit of a surprise when I opened the box. Hopefully they will stick to this new system, its just too confusing to keep changing it!

I have been using Menzerna for 4 years now and I love it. I've got a big job coming up so I figured I better stock up on my polish! Anyway I was completely out of 106FA, so I ordered a new bottle. (not from here, from a canadian store!) What I got was a black bottle that says super finish 4500...

I still haven't sent the machine in to find out exactly how much damage there is, but I have had to retire it. I tried to get the backing plate off but the bolt is stripped so thats one more issue to add to the list! So i'm back to using my dewalt, and my employer picked up a 7424xp. I'm still...

Ok I've got a Flex 3401 that I've had for a year and use it almost daily. So pretty much it has lived a hard life! Anyway a couple days ago I was polishing an 09 ferarri, I noticed every once in a while small blobs of grease hitting the paint. I assumed it was maybe due to a truck getting...

Thank you Mike for taking the time to give a great explanation on wet sanding! That helped me out big time coming up with questions for the guys at the body shop. I looked at the camaro tonight, it has been sanded with 2000 grit for sure. The painter said he sprayed 3 very heavy coats of clear...

Thank you very much everyone for the advice! I was thinking I better see if they can leave the camaro with me for a week or so just in case. Guess the best thing is to go see it first before I try to plan anything. I will take lots of pictures of the job!

I got a call today from a restoration shop and they want me to come look at a camaro they are working on. I haven't seen it yet but they said it has just been painted red and they have fully wet sanded the entire car. Their issue is the guy they had doing the polishing has quit. Anyway I have...

Thanks, yes I told him it would look so much better with a polish but he was very insistent. He told me he has not seen a polish job that wasn't swirled, I think by swirled he was meaning holograms. I explained that if a person knows how to polish, the final results are outstanding. His response...

So a while back I asked a question on here about what the best wax would be for use in a detail shop. I recieved a lot of great suggestions, and decided to go with wolfgang deep gloss sealant, and collinite 845 for a wax. Had a customer come in on friday, he didn't want any polishing done cause...

wow thank you for the help everyone!! really appreciate it, you all have pointed me in the right direction!

Hi everyone! I need some help, I recently discovered that the products I've been using through my supplier for polishing/waxing are not what I want at all. The big problem I am having is the results do not last for very long at all, like less than a month, guess they are for high volume shops. I...

Thanks everyone! I have a feeling I'm going to be hanging around for a long time!!

Hi everyone! I joined the site a week ago, and wanted to introduce myself! My name is Chris. I started detailing full time 8 years ago for a honda dealership but have had the vehicle care bug for most of my life. I can remember being 4 or 5 years old and trying to wash the dirt off the door of...