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Hi everybody!! Old timer gone missing.... It's cool to pop in here to see what's been going on and to see if I recognize anyone and see quite a few old timers still on here. Oh my how much has changed since I been here last. Besides myself getting older, fatter and less tolerant, my Dad...

Hi everybody!!! Happy Holidays to all!!! It looks like maybe a lot has changed since i was last on here. Hopefully everyone is well.

Last I purchased pads these were what I was buying. Seems now they're no longer available. Anyone know why they are no longer available? What a disappointment... I've perfected my correction techniques using these pads.. What are people recommending now to work on 5" backing plates for DA...

Hi everyone and a Happy Holidays to all members and staff!! It's been quite a while since I've posted to the forum. I've been working diligently to grow my Handicap accessible vehicle repair and service business, balance in a personal life, be a great dog owner, son, brother etc. etc. Doesn't...

Hi all. A little about what I'm working on. I'm currently doing a wheelchair van conversion on a 2014 Chevy Express Explorer Limited SE conversion van. My client brought me the van with 350 miles on it and asked me to gut the entire back of the van and turn it into a wheelchair van. The job is...

Hi all you Geeks. As stated in the title, This is my fishing thread where I'll occasionally post photos of photo worthy catches. I've just recently obtained my PA fishing license and mostly fish the mighty Susquehanna river but do venture off into some of it's tributary streams from time to...

Hi all. Does anyone here know what wheel manufacturer uses this center cap logo? Hopefully someone out there can help me here. One of our handicap accessible rental vans has these aftermarket rims on it. Somehow very mysteriously, one of the center caps ended up broken off of one of the...

Had a fleet management company contact me about installing one of these Mobileye 560 units. Anyone here ever install one? If so, how long did it take you to do the install?

I have a client who is taking delivery of a brand spanking new $165,000 40 some foot bus in black paint. The client is near Newark and the delivery transport company stopped at a truckwash along the way and had a real bad wash brush swirl option installed. My shop landlord (Tim) is taking a...

Hello everyone. For quite some time I've been practicing with stone chip and general paint touch-up repair. Being my own worst critic, I'm rarely happy with my results, though my results have definitely improved over time. I've used sanding pens, hole punch sized peel and stick sand paper...

Has anyone come out with a semi-permanent coating that conceals light paint defects? As I see it, us detailers are the anal retentive 1%ers out there that tote around ridiculous swirl finding flashlights and have the ability to spot a swirled out paint job from a mile away. The 99%ers out there...

Hi all. Running a little behind here in starting this thread. Preparing for this event was definitely a challenge, the event itself was very nice with great weather great people and a great turnout. I had a fantastic time!! Putting things back to normal at the shop today, combined with my...

Hi all, Uncle Jeff is my neighbor (not my uncle) who helps me out at the shop, usually cleaning interiors and doing washes on rental returns. This is usually very quick work as there's not much in the budget for cleaning them. Typically these jobs consist of a quick wash, vacuum interior, check...

Hi Everyone. In the not so distant past I held a few "one on one" Detailing Days where a forum member would come out to my shop and spend the better part of the day talking in depth about detailing, asking questions, getting some hands on experience with different polishers and some techniques...

I have a 2014 dark gray Volkswagen TDI coming in on Sunay. The client wants "the scratches buffed out of the clear" and a coat of Opti-Coat applied. Just wondering if any VW guys here could tell me anything about the clear they're using for 2014? This would be an opportunity for any PA members...

Hi AGO members. I know I've commented on my torture testing of the coat of Opti-Coat 2.0 that's on my personal vehicle. I walked outside today and noticed that the snow had slid off of the hood of my car and the remaining snow had been melting on the hood to form beading and sheeting. I got to...

This process is new to me. Wondering all about how to get started in doing this as an upsell. Any thoughts or experience? Please share it here. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKuXyeAGzEU]Water Transfer Printing - Hydrographics - Wassertransferdruck Process | HG Arts (www.hgarts.com) -...

Hi Mike and the rest of the AGO members. I'm looking for experienced suggestions from Mike or anyone who has a working knowledge of caring for vinyl wraps, specifically about what Last Step Products (LSP) works well on them that's basically a wipe on and go process. I'm thinking something like...

Hi AGO. Anyone who knows me here for a length of time knows that I'm a real dog lover. I had "My Girl Jack" for 16 years and never really knew anything about dog training or the energy that dogs will follow and how to get them to want to really please the master. Then along came "Kinzer" who...

I had 5 vans to get washed up yesterday after finishing up a Mustang GT detail so I was really hustling through the washes when I heard a loud "Fiberglass sounding" CRASH!!! and my helper Jeff yelling "Oh My God Did You See That?!!?!!!" Anyway...this guy in a fairly new burgundy Corvette...