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My customer has a black Porsche Panamera. He says that he recently drove over a wet fog line stripe and the white paint splashed up on his car. Obviously he brought the car to me and asked me to remove the white paint from his black car. First, while I have no reason to doubt him and I doubt...

I figured this had to be a topic on here somewhere but 15 minutes of searching didn't turn up anything definitive. I've got a car with a clear bra on the nose and it has lots of little pieces of the film scattered about the wheel wells, door sills, and mirrors. I'm about to coat it. I'm using...

I've seen coatings that say you can apply it to anything including trim. But I've got Wolfgang Uber Ceramic sitting in front of me. The product write-up mentions painted surfaces, glass, and wheels. But what about trim and other bits and pieces? The car I'm about to do has: - Pebble...

A good customer dropped off a Lincoln Zephyr at the shop today. I think it's a '37. It's been converted to a street rod, complete with a Ford Lightning engine. I've worked on this guy's cars before but this one is different. He's taking it to auction in late April and wants it looking it's...

Looking for some guidance. It looks like there are at least 4 choices for coatings from GTechniq (not counting the professionally applied stuff). Crystal Serum Light Crystal Lacquer EXO EXO and CSL I've read the descriptions and it's not clear to me why I should pick one over the other...

A customer brought a Porsche 928 into the auto repair side of our shop this week. The interior is so moldy that the mechanics won't get into the car. I predict that on Monday, I'll be asked to give a price to clean the interior. I suspect that I'll only be asked to clean it well enough that...

Last week a customer brought in a 2011 Jaguar XJS. He said the paint was "trashed" and nothing else (I didn't book the job so I didn't talk to him). He paid for a 3-step paint correction package. As I started to wash the car, I noticed the paint was beading water like nobody's business...

Here in the Northwest, spring brings pollen so thick, it turns cars green if they're stationary for a few days. If that coat of pollen gets wet it can eat into clear coat and more. My Prius has a black plastic wing on the back. I think it's plastic. The wing is circled in red in the picture...

I recently did my first two SUV's. Two Porsche Cayenne's. Ouch. It took me a long time to detail those vehicles and compared to the time I take and what I charge, SUV's look unattractive cars right now. Here's the data. I'm currently charging the following for a basic (single step) exterior...

I'm new to the business. I know I can do really good work. What I'm unsure of is how fast I am. If I'm slow, I'm leaving money on the table. So read on and share your thoughts. The car - The car for this example is a Mercedes CLK 63 AMG Black Series. It's silver. The car was well kept but...