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Besides Opti Bond what tire shine do or have you used with an air gun?

I was asked by the used car sales manager to detail a 2010 Maxima they have sold. The customer agreed to purchase the car but wanted the swirls and scratches gone and some interior touch up done. Interior Magic did the interior and drove the car into the service drive for me to look at. As I...

I have a Griots Garage DA I have been using for about a year now, zero problems with it until my last detail. I was using the Meguiars Microfiber cutting disc, like I have since the release, and I melted the velcro. No biggie a lot of people have done so, well melted my second one right after...

First a thank you to Mikenap for the referral on Autopia and Richy for allowing me to test the DG beta polish The owner just picked this car, it is in great shape but the dealer detail prep was not up to par. So he wanted it look better we agreed on a 1 step detail, exterior only. Main concern...

Well it has been a long time since the car got a thorough exterior clean. It has been atleast 2 years since I polished and clayed. Last July I did a thorough wash and then tested AG HD and BH AB, both held up great. Since then just ONR washes until a few weeks ago I applied CG Blacklight and...

About a month ago one of the service advisors I work with at Nissan had a customer come in for a service had the vehicle cleaned and she asked if there was anything they could do about the bird poop stain on the door and the white mark left on the trunk from a magnet. The detailers cleaned and...

One of the techs at my job purchased this vehicle little over a year ago. It has 94k on it and he drive it daily. He told me no matter how much he washes and waxes the car still feels "grainy". So we opted for a wash, clay, the most correction we can get with just a one step polish and seal...

A co-worker/buddy of mine has a red Nissan Rogue that he has the "detailers" at work clean for him often, very often. Well we had a bad T Storm the other day and some leaves got onto the Rogue and left some weird marks. Well I was off that day and he asked one of the detailers to remove it and...

Background info I am a service advisor for a Nissan dealer full time. I have a customer that has a 350z that was having a clutch problem after getting frustrated that the problem was not fixed he decided to trade in the 350 for a 2010 370, Jan 2011. We had one grey one on the lot he wanted...

Ok I need to vent to others that understand why I want to cry lol, my wife thinks Im crazy. I cleaned my windshield tonight and applied DP poly coat just to see how it does and then I applied some Collinite vinyl wax to my door seals so I do not have to fight with my door at 530am. Well I...

Any use the new wool and foam pads from optimum? Your opinions?

In one of the Dodo samples Rubbish Boys OE is offered. Is there anyway I can buy just that wax without the other 3?

The shop forman at the dealership I work at asked me to detail his sons Kia Spectra for his prom. This car is washed by the forman once in a while, drivin through our swirl tunnel at work or have one of the dealer detailers wash it. Last time it was waxed was last sumer with Meg #26. The paint...

I talked to the customer about the car. He wanted it cleaned up nicely. Im not sure how he has been taking care of it but for the most part it was in good shape. Minor swirls, waterspots and rims were DIRTY. So we agreeded on a 1 step detail. The BMW was washed with ONR and 2 buckets using a...

The owner of the Iron Horse motorcycle I detailed last weekend set up an appointment today to have his SS Silverado 1 step detail outside only, headlights restored and Engine detail (the engine detail was free because I had to cancel an appointment we had because my fiance had to go into the ER)...

ONR PC 4" White LC pad Meg 205 #0000 Steel Wool FK 1000p Hi Temp Wax Wet Obsession wax Opt Opti Seal Meg Hot Rim Chrome Polish Duragloss 501 Meguairs Ultimate Compound SC Grime Destroyer 1:1 MS SGS 8:1 Vroom Drying towel Shag Rag Superfly towels Walmart MF towels Lots of different brushes...

This car belongs to a member on MOL. He lives in the same area as I do and we started talking about his 02 Civic. He said he enters in a lot of the local shows here in the area, and wanted to learn how to polish his car. I told him to come over, so we started saturday at about 8am finished lil...

This is a daily drive 2002 Accent with 160k on it. It looked really good from a distance. Once you get up close you can see it was swirled like no other. In the last 3 years it has never been properly washed. Driven through car washes and the "wax" of choice was Meguiars Quick Detailer wiped off...

99 Accord Daily Drive with 91k on it. Washed with ONR Clayed with Clay Magic Blue Polished the Hood with PC 4" LC Flat Orange pad M105 speed 6 Went over the hood and rest of the car with M205 4" white LC flat pad speed 5 then down to speed 3 FK 217 with PC speed 4 with LC flat Black 4" pad...

I have tried a couple differnt things on my windshield for repelling rain. Well I think I found a winner. Wolfgang Sealant, put it on a couple days ago to test and after driving through a swirl o matic car wash and some rain it has performed great. Just thought I would let those of you that have...