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Hey Geeks, I've have someone offer to make a couple of free shirts for me and asked for my logo, but I don't have one! I like the vehicle silhouette design most detailers use but I strictly do headlight resto's, so I need some ideas. Looking for something simple and black/white. Here are a few...

Well, business has been great recently. I've been getting a lot of referrals from a used Volvo dealer. I also found out an old friend is a manager at a body shop so he's sending referrals to me or having me do them for customers while they have other work done. Needless to say it's been the...

This is the THIRD time in about 8 months of me coming across a website using my stuff (verbatim intro and a customer's vehicle pic again). This time they're local and live about 3-4 miles from me. I sent them an email last night and no response. Called today and the guy said he didn't know what...

Hey guys, I recently picked up a beater set of Grand Cherokee headlights off Craigslist for a few bucks to do a periodic review for everyone (3/6/9/12 months and so forth). I currently use Opti-Lens and wanting to see if anyone would be willing to trade out a small amount for some Cquartz, DLux...

I don't ever plan on charging fees since CC usage is just part of the territory. Plus, I use Square and the fee is under $3 for most jobs so it's no big deal. I'm sure some of you pros are doing $400-$500 (or more) paint correction/coating/etc. jobs. Just curious who is passing them onto the...

Here's one of the loose ends I tackled after detailing my wife's Pilot this weekend (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/91298-2011-honda-pilot-test-subject.html) The exhaust tips were an eyesore and it's a pet peeve of mine to see chrome/steel ones un-polished. Plus they look...

Got this Pilot used last year with high mileage and of course, lots of swirls. Not much as far as supplies go since I mainly do headlight restorations. This is my wife's daily and although it's garaged for all but a few hours a day, she's not very OCD like me. It's seen many swirl-matic washes...

Here's a few restorations I've done the last couple of months. Several lights had some severe pitting and some had some pretty deep scratches from previous attempts at cleaning them up, so it wasn't cost effective to address. Please excuse some pics being a tad blurry since I was rushing and...

I'm sure you've all had them at some point in time so feel free to share how you deal with them or your stories. This may apply mostly to the mobile guys but I see it as crucial when you have several jobs lined up and one late customer early in the day can snowball your schedule even with a good...

What are you guys sporting when it comes to detailing outside when it's bloody cold? I'm currently doubling up nitrile gloves (1 thick/1 thin) but doesn't help much when wetsanding a lot. I have thin running gloves but they're not waterproof and still too big to fit a a nitrile glove over them...

Here's a few of the recent jobs I knocked out. Some fun facts: The red Mercedes I ended up doing as a donation for the Bank Of Oklahoma's United Way fundraiser. The touch up on the black X-series BMW belongs to one of the VP's at BOK as well. After some small talk, I found out the black Lexus...

For the past couple of years I've been using Square's CC reader. A 2.75% fee isn't too bad IMO. For those considering it, I think they're super easy to use and customers love it. Just yesterday, I realized I lost my newer-style reader so I used my older, back up one. This morning I ordered a...

Customer came up from Houston and a local Mazda dealer quoted her about $900 for a new pair of lights but looked me up online for her to save some money. She mentioned on the phone someone had cleaned them up before and they were pretty scratched so I told her most moderate scratches can be...

These are some of the worst "before" conditions. Most were easy to average on a difficulty scale except the Corvette, which holds the record by far.

Just completely overhauled my website design and layout to something a little more sleek. Let me know what you guys think. Hopefully images don't take too long to load (like with my older design). OKC Headlights So here's my question: I used the "logo" option which places the OKC Headlights...

So I'm browsing my Analytics app for website traffic details. I see the usual list of spam sources from places like semalt.com but see an entry from "lookcrystalclear.com". I look it up and it has a similar CF background as mine (no biggie) but his FAQ (FAQ Headlight Restoration ? Crystal Clear...

Didn't know where to post this so hope General Discussion is okay. As many of you know, Oklahoma got hit with a lot of tornadoes this past weekend with Moore being the worst area. We live in Edmond and had a couple of close calls on Sunday, which were enough to get in our storm shelter, but...

I edited my cards a bit since I started carrying the Opti-Lens coating and is more of my focus now. What do you guys think? I thought about going with a more colorful card that stands out, but I usually like to keep things simple and it's going on a matte finish and heavy stock. Should I go with...

Hey guys, I'll be cleaning up the car soon and got the 3rd gen GG6 & WG duo kit so I'm working with what came in the kit and a few other things. Car is a DD silver 2005 G35 with quite a few scratches and swirls 70k miles and never been corrected. Not looking for perfection, just getting it...

We have countless threads showing how immaculate a vehicle can be in experienced hands with the right tools. This of course comes with making mistakes along the way. Anyone humble enough to share your disasters or funny stories with others to learn from? I know there's good write-ups with...