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    First Paid Detail. Corvette Z06

    I finally decided to start detailing part-time after spending countless hours researching on the forums these past few months. After putting together a detailing menu the next step was to just go out there and start working! I realized that no matter how much you know or read about detailing...
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    Help restoring this trim piece?

    I'm in the process of detailing a Z06 and I can't seem to restore the black plastic trim piece directly behind the front wheels. I first cleaned it with Megs Degreaser along with Megs APC cleaner. I also used my steamer and gave it a final wipe down with IPO to make sure the trim was...
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    Paint coating? On bare aluminum

    So I am planing on purchasing a paint coating like Car Pro CQuartz or Detailers Paint Coating to use on my car but I also wanted to coat my wheels. My question is: Can you apply a ceramic paint coating to BARE(un-coated) metals like in my case aluminum? I would like to using a coating...
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    Metal Polishing Advice.

    Can some one with aluminum polishing experience suggest a good plan of attack on these wheel lips? ***These lips are bare aluminum with no coating on them*** I have already removed the bolts holding the wheels together and taped off the face of the wheel. But before I begin sanding...
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    Etched clear coat. Help

    I had beer spilled on the front end of my car this past weekend and what do you know.....it etched my paint. I first tried to polish it out with some klasse all-in-one and a orange Lake Country pad with my PC. Helped a little bit. Then I switched to a White LC compounding pad and Megs...
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    Rust repair on Trunk Lid

    Hey guys! I just wanted to see what your professional opinions are about the rust that has occurred on this 2013 Nissan Altima. It's a friends car and they asked me to see what I can do for them. In this first pic I started to rub off all the rust drip marks off with some rubbing compound...
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    Hopefully someone learns from my mistake!

    Hey Guys! I just wanted to post up some pics & videos of my horrible experience with 3M Clear Bra removal process. I didn't think that I was going to have everything go wrong but that's exactly what happened. First, I'm not a professional detailer but I do love everything about it and I have...
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    Help: Removing clear bra line

    After removing an old clear bra from a 2005 BMW M3 I noticed that it left an outline/edgeline on the paint. I tried polishing & compounding but neither helped out. The paint looks great but the line is still there! I can't feel the line with my finger nail at all but it is definately visable...
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