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May someone refer me a mobile detailer in Brickell? Looking for monthly maintenance and new car prep. I looked on yelp and google but perhaps the most trusted can be found here. thank you! Jason

Hi guys, This past week I detailed my audi and after a test panel I noticed a black rubber type material spots all over. I immediately look at the backing plate and it seems the protective rubber backing attached to the polisher somehow began rubbing on the backing plate causing it to "shed"...

Hey guys, I'm a weekend warrior detailer. I recently treated myself to a paint meter gauge, Positest DFC. I have compounded my car, Audi S5, twice before with little cut occurring due to the hardness of my car's paint. I took reading all over the car and it ranged from 167 microns to 216...

Hey guys, long time no see! Been busy with work so haven't had a great opportunity to get details in. I've been excited for months to try out my new collection of Polish Angel polishes, compounds, waxes, and sealants so I was glad i was able to get this detail in. Today, I got in a ferrari...

I've been looking for an effective and fun interior cleaner for a while now. Recently, I found out about Ultima's Interior Shampoo Gel. I've always hated detailing interiors, so I thought I'd give it a shot and try using it with an interior brush. Suds make everything more fun, right? I was...

I really enjoy the rupes pad, but for some reason when I'm getting major wax splatter from the rupes pads. I put 3 dime size dots on the outer portion of the pad, put it on 1 and work my way to 3... by the time I'm at 3, the wax is spitting everywhere. Any reason way to fix this????

Hey Guys, Haven't posted in awhile. A friend of mines father has a 1967 GTO Triple Black Convertible stickshift that he's been asking me to detail for months. I've been busy at work, but I had an opening this weekend so we scheduled it in. I was told, as we often are that the car is immaculate...

I'm a weekend warrior... Enjoy doing cars on the weekend once in awhile and maintaining my own car. I am not a professional, but let me say I was thoroughly impressed with the rupes systems this past weekend. I took a gamble last week and pulled the trigger on all the rupes polishes and pads to...

I ordered the Zephir Compound and Gloss to go along with the purchase of their Microfiber pads. I'm tired of the meguires pads falling apart (regardless if its improper usage or defective pads). I've been reading and everyone seems to be saying to "stick to the brand", whether this applies to...

Im purchasing a boat in the next week or two. The gelcoat is not faded too bad, so im trying to determine which marine 31 product to buy. I already have all the foam pads you could possibly want plus turkish hd wool pad (to use with rupres 21lhr) and I also have a standard wool pad with the...

Ok so story is.... I agreed to do this boat for a friend for a Poker Run. I originally thought I would do full paint correction.... but after attacking the deck, and talking with my friend that was helping me with the detail, we agreed a full paint correction was unnecessary as the boat was...

I know the more established detailers can price an hourly rate. I do this more as a hobby, but I've recently been getting the large high performance boats in. Not sure how to quote these guys as its such a massive project. Has any quoted as a per foot basis? How else would you be able to...

This one is a doozy guys. Boat is a 39 Outerlimits, twin 650 EFI motors topping out just a tick under a 100mph. Belongs to a very good friend of mine. After two long years of waiting, I will finally have the opportunity to get her in for some paint correction. Its a 2004 and it has seen better...

Funny how that goes.... I'm having trouble correcting my own car. I correct friends/customers cars without a problem, but for some reason my own car seems to be giving me trouble. It seems as if nothing will cut. I've tried the following, FG400 on a mf pad, FG400 on a yellow uber pad, M101 on...

Friend came in and wanted his Camaro done. He had asked me to look at this car during a BBQ at July 4th. After I showed him the damage he'd be doing to his car by taking it to automatic car washes he was pretty unhappy. I assured him everything would come out without a problem........until I...

I had the oppotunity to work on a very special jeep yesterday. It belongs to my mechanic, pushing 1100hp+ 426ci forged twin turbo set up. This thing sounded angry just starting it up and moving it into the garage. As you would expect for a mechanics car, it was not well cared for on the...

Can someone make a how to for a microfiber pad? No matter how hard I try i simply cannot get one to work properly. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong (i.e.. priming the pad incorrectly?) but every time I use it the product starts to almost bake into the paint and I have to rub it off almost...

Hello all, This is my first shot at posting a full walkthrough. Special thank you to PureShine who has kindly given me his advise and always answered any questions I may have had. Today I present to you a 2007 Ferrari F430. It belongs to a friend of mine who thought he was taking "very good...

As with many of you, I began getting into detailing by working on my own vehicle. Not long after, I had friends and neighbors asking me if I could do their car. I'm an accountant by day, so I take on the cars on the weekend as a hobby. I'm very fortunate to have an AGO member, "Pureshine" aka...

Ok guys, first of all thank you to everyone posting informative threads, reviews, product information, and how to articles. It truly makes it easy and a pleasure to get into this hobby/sport/art with ease. I have always been into detailing, however I was generally more into boats/gelcoat which...