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Got a message last Tuesday, asking if I was available ... OF COURSE I said YES!!!

After watching several videos from Yvan Lacroix, I got the courage to give my rotary a fair chance ... here's the process and results.

I did a full-blown Spring Cleaning on the exterior of the wife's Escape yesterday and this morning. The sealants I had used in the Fall had given it up, and there was nothing left on the car, so I just let it air dry instead of using my drying towel (I hate drying an unprotected paint job - it...

I had nicknamed my black Camaro 'Darth,' because when I first saw the picture on the dealer's website, it reminded me of Darth Vader - an all-black car in a white room. I was washing the new one a few days ago, wondering if I would have a nickname for it, when Loony Tunes suddenly popped into my...

Paint Prep Video for coating Coating Application/Removal and Thoughts

Last month, on the 18th, a distracted (being nice) driver totaled my black 2013 Camaro, and I was found "at fault" for swerving to keep him from t-boning me. I still get MAGOR POed even thinking about it. Fast-forward, and my wife (bless her), who found the black one as a Christmas present to...

Phil Miranda (from Miranda Detailing - YouTube) put out a video on GTECHNIQ C1 ceramic coating. His demonstration made the process look so insanely easy, that it convinced me I need to try. Of course it is January and snowing + no heat in the garage, so I figure I have until April to deeply...

This book (the 1st Edition) came out in 1988 - JUST BEFORE I started working at a shop and the detailing bug really took hold. I was "cleaning and waxing" car before then, but you couldn't call it 'Detailing.' The 2nd Edition (pictured here), came out in 1995, long after the shop and 3 years...

So, for Christmas, my well-meaning nephew bought me an RO polisher ... It is one of those so-called "wax spreader" polishers available at Walmart. With a 10" pad from *AutoSpa. It comes with 1 foam bonnet for wax application and 1 microfiber bonnet for polish application/product removal. I plan...

I am on a few detailing pages on FarceBook and I was explaining to someone the 3-step process I recently used on my Camaro and the wife's Escape that have yielded good results and was advised by someone else that by doing this it will "clog" the pores of the paint and CAUSE/trigger oxidation (at...

This car belongs to a close friend. He is my polar opposite when it comes to car-care - he doesn`t do it at ALL! This is a black, 2013 Challenger, that`s SUPPOSED to be black, but unfortunately is more of a grey-ish and LOADED with scratches and swirls

For the "Old Schoolers" who prefer the original blue bowtie, I did this today with cheap vinyl tape to see how it looks. What do you think?

I did this a few years ago with RUSTOLEUM "Peel Coat" and it lasted quite a while before the "paint" started wearing off and peeling. This time I used FLEX Tape (yes, the stuff you see on TV). I had bought a small roll to fix a leak in my shower, and when I was looking up vinyl sheets to redo...

Sorry, this video ended up a lot longer than I thought it would. I filmed it in sections, and when I put them all together, well ....

I recently (finally) got a Urofiber 50/50 pad for my orbital polisher and used it yesterday (that thing is AWESOME BTW) to finally get rid of some of the deeper imperfections on the Camaro. I used my air compressor to blow it out after every few panels and when I was finished with it, I took...

I'm sure this is a 90% ME issue, and a 5% microfiber towel issue and a 5% glossy as all get-out BLACK CAR issue, but I've noticed, particularly when removing a spray sealant, that there is micro-lint over large portions of my Camaro. I'm using the Turtle Wax Spray Waxes, primarily the Ceramic...

After roughly 40 years of cleaning cars, starting as a total NEWB, to where I am now, I have noticed ONE CONSISTANT thing.... Out of EVERY SINGLE CAR, that I have detailed, the ones that ALWAYS have the absolutely NASTIEST windows (interior), have ALL been owned by younger (typically)...

Three months ago, I complete a full compound (1&Done) and waxing (To The Max Wax) of my niece's Kia Soul. I was left unattended with it yesterday, and my wife "volunteered me" to do a maintenance wash. This was it's FIRST wash for three months, so I got to see how well (or not) the Max Wax did...