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I figured I'd throw out my experience and what I've learned over the last few years from owning a separate business and working on a detailing related business at the same time. First off, Social Media has helped land some jobs, but it easily becomes a place to spend way too much time watching...

This is more of a show than "shine". I wanted to post up my results with this beat up truck which my buddy bought at an auction. When he text me a pic of it, I literally told him it needed a paint job and not a detail. Well my curiosity got the best of me, so I took on the project to work on...

I have several small airports near me which I drive past everyday. I'd like to add detailing a plane to my bucket list. I would like to get info straight from the source. The planes near me are small Cessna type. Id like to know about a maintenance program, what to not touch, and so on. I...

Just curious if anyone specializes in one basic area like headlight restoration or glass coatings just to invite customers in. I'd like to hear about your experiences.

Some scuffs were stubborn so after a waterless wash and clay, I went to 2500,3000, M101, and then Essence since I already had that on a pad for another car I was working on. I was in a hurry and this was a quick job. My question is about alternative methods to remove the transfer. A guy...

Trying a new way to load photos since the upload photo link is still giving me issues so please bare with me.... I got this customer in for a Smog Check and noticed their scuff. Long story short, they agreed to have me do it while they waited in line. It was a quick job but I did my best to...

There's a few instances where I'm against fillers. -If you're trying to pass off "paint correction" by using them to mask your incomplete set of skills. -Lack of durability with fillers, and can affect LSP(until recently). The Pro side of thinking. -Reduces amount of paint being removed. This...

For me, learning to detail cars the proper way has taught me to have more patience and pay attention to the fine print when using new products. Like many others, this form of art can be an outlet. It's become a way to handle road blocks and my personal life is becoming a little more organized...

I have an interesting problem on a long term project car for a customer. I used PBL original coating on it after several weeks of correction off and on. I worked on it in between my other projects so I ended up coating a couple panels at a time. At any rate, I used the booster on the car a...

Hello all, I am trying to find out if the color Channel green or Monterey green for a 1950 Plymouth Suburban is actually single stage white that's tinted one of these two shades of green. It appears the car has been repainted, but it's been painted to match the original single stage color...

Hello Mike and fellow detailers. I have a question about these funky chicken scratches (well thats the name i've given them). Close up shot is the last pic. So I'm working on a 1950 Pymouth Suburban. My process so far on this test spot has been; waterless wash clay M#7 applied with terry...

This is my first time posting pics like this, so hopefully all of them show up properly. Bike is an early 2000 Harley Davidson Electraglide. It's had a lot of daily use and the paint showed. Every paint surface was swirled like this. I didn't chase all the RIDS since this was suppose to be a...

Discuss your opinions and ideas on this. Is it possible to serve the "quick wash" customers and still establish a reputation to handle the higher end custom detailing? Keep in mind, this is leaning more towards a brick and mortar set up.

I've read a few articles by Mike on single stage paint restoration but I'm curious about how long the process would take for a "production" style detail. If i do the job, I'll probably stop after a few applications of Meg's 7 and wax. Owner is usually someone I would turn down since he's...

I'm in a bind and I'm tired of trying to squeeze by using M105 for scratches on a black car. First layer of haze removed easily but brought out deeper scratches. I'm running out of sanity doing 20 or more passes to get out enough scratches for my liking. I'm using the Torq DA with 5.5 inch BS...

In an effort to try and establish myself as "different" in my area my campaign has been around using long lasting products, and trying to push the fact that my protection will last longer than budget wash/wax places. Many people still only know of wax and don't have a clue about sealants or...

I tried accessing AGO last night and was met with a note saying the site was being worked on. I honestly had a withdrawal as a twinge of anger went through me. Haha...I must of reloaded the page a half dozen times within 3 minutes. I've always enjoyed taking an object that's beat up and...

I've tried posting this and one other post two times so hopefully it works this time....Anyways I could of sworn I saw someone in a post mention some small sample sized spray bottles they used. I searched the online store and could only find squeeze bottles. There is a plastic manufacturer but...

So I tried to contact pinnacle directly for my PBL diamond paint coating questions, but had an error with sending the email. I got a message saying it was rejected by the server permanently. I used [email protected] Is that not a valid contact anymore?

I did an advanced search but didn't find anything. I'm trying to get some ideas of a service I can add on that requires 30 min max. My scenario is that I own a small automotive business and so far my detailing customers have been local business owners and all word of mouth. I'd like to open...