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Thanks so much. I polished the cover. It's in the trunk. He utilizes the threads to screw in a license plate mount. Ugly, but waaaay better than mounting directly to the bumper.

This is an excellent and educated response. Too often, guys seek carpet cleaning advice from auto detailing forums, when, in most cases they should probably be going over to reputable carpet cleaning forums to learn the basics. That's not to say that there isn't good advice on AG. APC's are...

Hello all, It's been a very long time since I last posted, so it's about time. I haven't forgot about everyone, I've just been way too busy with my business. I've been detailing full time for a little over 3 years, but the past year has been a major transition for me as I've been focusing more...

There definitely is something unique about the smell.

I've always felt like "dressings" are a form of interior detail cheating...especially in places like vents. You can have cruddy, dusty vents, spray some dressing on them and they look great...for about a week. I prefer a laser clean, undressed interior, over a glossy interior. When adding...

What, you guys don't detail an interior like that? Looks normal to me.

I'm booked up next week, but I'm taking off through the weekend. I hate working Holidays and it's one of the main reasons I started my detailing business.

Sweet, glad it worked. I've come across paint that the blades couldn't remove, but it usually works on lighter stuff. I buy the plastic razor blades, 100 at a time. I can't live without them. Oddly enough. I have a road paint removal coming in this coming Tuesday. The spots are super small...

I've heard that If you wash it off immediately when you get home, it isn't too bad. When it's cured...good luck. I get my blades from a local Meguiars/detailing supply distributer. You might try a body shop supply warehouse. My local lowes, home depot, hardware stores etc never carry them. I...

First you need to inform the client of the severity of the issue and charge accordingly or just don't do it. From what I understand there are different types of road paint, and the epoxy type is the worst to get off. That may be what you have. There are products out there for road paint...

When you consider vacation time, no shows, slow weeks, that $72k turns into 50k really quick, but if you are really good at upselling coatings, and add ons you can make it back. I've found that people will only pay so much for a detail. The $300 threshold is hard to get past. Doable, but...

Hey dude, I feel bad. I wasn't trying to scare you off or be negative. It's a tough business to get started, but you can definitely make money. It will probably take you a couple years, but with a ton of hard work you can get in the 40 to 50k range. If you are really good at networking and...

I started without any loans, I've gotta tell you, it was very very difficult. I lived with roommates and scraped by for a couple years, using all my spare money to buy equipment. In the summer I had weeks that were so hard and grueling that I wanted to lay down and die. In the winter, I nearly...

Ammo, or the 300 gsm red eurow towel, which I actually think are the same towel. Ammo sells the 16x24 version which is nice.

I heard this same rumor from a local meg's distributer. I guess it's true. Not sure. Also, at a Meg's seminar that I attended a while back, I remember Rod Craft mentioning that they were developing a spotter.

It looks like there are snaps or grooves or something on the sides of that connector. Try to squeeze those or push something in there, like a punch or screwdriver, while you pull the two pieces apart. Might be tricky.

I wonder if clear bra is already an option. Perhaps it would work.

Decals look awesome, but like everybody else said, you can't fix them. Maybe a few years down the road, have them removed and painted on. I have a client with a Shelby GT, and he had his vinyl stripes removed and painted on. I'm sure it wasn't cheap. You could just have them removed. I'm sure...

You're right, Iron X definitely has an edge over of Sonax, but at a cost. Every once in a great while, Iron X will stain wheels. It's never caused any damaged that couldn't be polished out, but annoying nevertheless. Sonax gives me peace of mind, and that's why it's my go to wheel cleaner for...

Excellent response, and I can totally understand now, why somebody would chose the cleansing polish over IPA, for example. Lubrication is something that I haven't seen brought up yet, but it's a big deal. If you've spent all day or even multiple days, correcting a paint job to perfection...