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If you've already got all-clean then give it a try, it will absolutely not harm wheels and does very well getting the brown out of tires. If it isnt effective enough then give Diablo a try.

We got going by appealing to friends that are in the car scene with us. After a few cheap paint corrections/details word starts spreading. Instagram and facebook are invaluable marketing tools and have made a huge difference. Take before/afters, leave business cards at auto-supply stores and...

Diablo is the pre-wash wheel cleaner I was referring to. Great stuff and comes in a 1gal-plunger container. We hit it while CG Diablo and an assortment of brushes, finish our wash, and wipe them down with All-Clean before return to customer. Plus it smells like bubble-gym, so yeah.

Well, at $120 thats a good 'deal.' However, i cant imagine their "low power polishing" does anything but further swirl and damage the paint. Are you set up to correct paint or are you staying with washes/details?

The color changing products are typically de-ironizers which is another good add-on for general car cleaning; not just wheels. I'd use a wheel cleaner w/ water before the wash, then wash the car like you normally would, then after drying, all-clean or equivalent to remove anything you missed.

If theyre big theyre probably doing work not on par with most of the stuff members here are doing. Since theyre big theyre probably charging a considerable amount for it as well. What are their prices? I also see Autobell uses Armor-All....so youre already leaps and bounds ahead..

We use all-clean on the tires during the initial wash process and on the wheels before it is returned to the customer; never had an issue (probably why its called all-clean). Spray on a microfiber, wipe wheel, win. Have yet to see it spot/blotch anything. We use a different wheel cleaner...

It checks out...

Thank you for mentioning this. Just watched them. Apalled.

Start slow and at minimum wage. You need to build a reputation for good work and slowly develop a customer base that brings in business. The pay will suck for some time; but its the only way to get enough work done on enough vehicles to create some buzz. Most people have never seen a fully...

I suppose if you had a well-prepped waxed vehicle with a perfectly flat or fully concave surface and left it out in the rain and allowed that water to pool and it never dried up im sure it would take its toll. Will that ever happen? Even rolling a well waxed car forces the beads into motion. He...

This is what i was referring to. Getting a uniform polish by hand can be difficult and if it doesnt match your machine finish it may not be worth the trouble. Could always get the bad ones by hand then re-polish with a machine...

If youre willing to go the extra step and it has no effect on the work you've already done then why not? Especially for your own vehicle; car guys understand the need for perfection.

Would depend on its effect on the surrounding area, no?

As for your main question, no idea. But as for knowing if you did, could compare beading on a surface before and after?

This. No armor-all look. Its actually a pain in the ass to drive on clear/sunny days with a high shine dressing on there. We stay on the very low end of dressings in DD cars to avoid the blotchiness and that feeling of running your hands through a 60's Italian guy's hair..

Ive been doing the interiors on the cars from Clarity Houston that have been on here recently. The tips depend upon the vehicle. Ill do my best to sum up what ive found works best in general. Wont be limiting this to 3, sorry. 1. Just like during a wash, clean from the top down (i also tend to...

If your surface is well prepped and you arent just waxing without prep work then no. Cars for shows use several layers of wax. Casvg5 had mentioned some detailers he knew applying so much for a show car finish that he had to wipe the surface with cold water to prevent from smudging the layers of...

That car is gorgeous!!!