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Since I found AutoGeek, I've been hand washing both of our vehicles with the 2 bucket method. I'd seal/wax them both, a couple times a year, and last summer I used a coating for the first time on my car. I've found that my motivation to get out in the garage has lessened significantly in the...

I'm taking my wife and kids on a small trip, and when we get back I'll finally detail the car I bought last April. In preparation, I had a dent pulled that came with the car, and just today I had some rock chips in the painted wheels, repaired. There were enough chips in one wheel that they...

I'm a hobby detailer and have been polishing our vehicles for a few years now. Last year I bought a newer car that I haven't had a chance to touch, so later this month I want to polish the car and use a few products I've never used before. I have the McKee's 37 trio of coatings...

It's been a little while since I posted, last. I've washed, clayed and waxed and/or sealed both of our vehicles within the last few weeks, and my clay bar is finally looking a little worse for wear. Is there a new consensus on what people prefer in the clay department? Still using clay bars and...

Fellow AG'ers, The time has come that I make this part time gig official. This will still be part time, but I'd like to start marketing myself, with a broader approach than just word of mouth. So I'm wanting to come up with an official business name that "reflects" what I do. I have a...

I've got someone asking if I can polish the tunnel on his snowmobile. I'm assuming it's aluminum. So for all you metal polishers, what do you recommend? If I can get away from doing it all by hand, that'd be awesome. It's a Polaris Assault 800 and looks very similar to this. Any advice is...

Thank Goodness For The 2 Bucket Method!!! It's been about 2 years now since I polished my wife's 2006 Hyundai Elantra. I removed the pin stripe and proceeded with M105 and then M205 which achieved a stunning finish. After nearly 2 years, I haven't needed to perform even a light polish on the...

I just had an interesting (at least to me) question come up in my mind. If a vehicle's paint has, say, OptiCoat on it and is involved in an accident, there are times where a body shop needs to blend paint into adjacent panels that weren't damaged. If that's the case, and they don't realize...

Hey guys. My buddy just text me a couple of pictures of a new-to-him jet ski he just picked up and asked if I could buff it out for him. He'd need it done tonight, but I don't know if I have the tools I need as I've never worked on gel coat. At my current disposal, I have a PC7424XP with...

How does the Finish Kare paint decontamination kit stack up to Iron X? Anyone tried both?

I'd say that 99.99% of the people in my area take their vehicles through the tunnel wash, if they wash their vehicles at all. It's evidently too difficult/time consuming to hand wash a vehicle anymore. With everything I've read, OptiCoat is scratch resistant, but obviously not scratch proof...

I'm looking at the Carpro sample pack that includes 10ml of Cquartz. My question for those who have used it, will that be enough to coat an entire car? I'm looking at coating a 2006 Hyundai Elantra. How much are you guys using on an average sized car?

This client came to me via word of mouth. She needed an interior detail; something her husband wouldn't even consider attempting. With two young daughters, I knew I was in for a treat. My car is an almost twin to this, so I knew every little nook and cranny. Even being familiar with the car, it...

So tomorrow I've agreed to detail the interior of a car that belongs to a friend of my sister. From what I understand, it's not bad inside but she wants it to "feel new again." I'm set when it comes to the vinyl, plastic, leather, and windows, but I don't have much experience with really...

On my desktop and my work laptop, I can add items to my cart and they stay in there until I either remove them or purchase those items. On the laptop at home, I'll add an item and it shows in the cart, but as soon as I add a second item, the first item is no longer in there. Is there a setting...

Since my mother-in-law purchased this Escape a few months back, I told her I'd detail it for her. Of course, I get the keys on a 90+ degree weekend. She dropped the car off on Friday, so it was there when I arrived home from work. Here's what it looked like. Could it be that I wouldn't have any...

What is the consensus on waxing with a DA? I've heard most everyone say they don't apply any pressure when applying wax with their machine on speed 3 or 4. When I do this, using only the weight of the polisher, the pad does not spin smoothly on the surface of the paint and doesn't really apply...

So we just sold our old house and bought a newer home just over two weeks ago. I washed my wife's car for the first time on Sunday since living there. I used the two bucket method with the hose attached off the spiggot on the back of the house. It is a local water company that supplies the...

Hey guys. Who here has used, or still uses Wheelwax on their wheels? I'm talking the specific brand "Wheelwax." I'm hoping this isn't one of those purchases I regret buying. I remember reading positive reviews last year, so I went ahead and bought some earlier this month. Now I'm curious if...

Okay, so a recent question on here got me thinking. How can you distinguish between real chrome, and something like a piece of trim that is really just plastic with a chrome film? To expand on that question, if you're able to tell that what you're working on isn't actually chrome, and is...