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Thanks to the lovely winter season we get here in RI/New England, I've been mostly shut down for a few months now. The detailing season really is only April(ish) to October. Much outside of that, it's too cold outside to wash cars. I decided the other day that in order to build on some decent...

I bought a bunch of the Rupes wool pads recently and decided to try them out on a black GTR I was working on. Being brand new pads I expected them to shed a bit, so I spun them up and brushed them lightly to get some stuff out of them. Once I primed it as I would a Microfiber, and started...

Title says it. After a disappointing result with only CSL, it’s obvious to me that it is best paired with EXO for maximum result. The obvious competitors are Gyeon’s Syncro offering, or CQUK + Gliss. Most reports I’ve heard on gliss are less than stellar. So I’m focused on CSL Black (CSL...

So I got a call from my father in a minor panic over the jag. He’s taking it to have PPF done tomorrow at 9am and after rinsing it and wiping it down with ONR QD like I told him, he found a bunch of very stubborn, dark water spots. Aside from my instinct that he’s not 100% following my...

I recently invested in a good bit of OCW after seeing the level of gloss and 'pop' factor it imparts. However, what I've found is that it's EXTREMELY attractive to dust and pollen. So much so that an unprotected vehicle had less dust/pollen on it than the vehicle with OCW. So I'm considering...

So, Rupes has released new coarse and medium wool pads for their DAs. LC has had some wool options for DAs for a while now as well, in the Blue and Purple foamed variety. What is the benefit behind the wool pads like Rupes vs your standard megs or LC microfiber? Do they cut better? Finish...

So, as a result of completing a few jobs for happy customers, my base of contact is expanding pretty steadily. "Nice cars bring more nice cars" and all that. Seeing mostly newer luxury vehicles popping onto the radar. A job that has come up as a result of this that has me really excited is a...

Well I've been talking about it long enough, but yesterday I finally got around to working on my father's new toy for him: A British Racing Green Metallic over two-tone tan/black Jaguar F-Type R. A little background on the car. It's a 2015 with right around 4300 miles on it. My father...

So, I had a job come up and for the first time I was trying to figure out what bucket it fell into. On one end of the extreme I have the easy stuff; express wash/wax, clay/wax and AIO jobs. Other end; scratch removal, real correction, and coatings. This particular job is going to be more...

While doing some work for my uncle, both he and my ‘uncle in law’ I guess is the technical term, asked if I work on bikes at all. Truthfully I didn’t really have a great answer for them, but it got me to thinking. Especially since it seems to be a niche that isn’t really filled in my area. A...

I'm noticing something with my pads that I'm wondering if I should be concerned about or if anyone's experienced the same type of problem. Primarily, I do AIO jobs. HD speed is my product of choice though I've used 360 in the past. I clean pads via a LC System 3000D pad washer which...

Another double header this last saturday gave me a chance to stretch legs on a few things I'd been waiting to try. I also have a polishing pad question but I'll get the easy stuff out of the way first. First, the AR610 pressure washer. Hand-carry form factor, 1350psi and 1.9gpm. Lotta ass...

I'm certainly well aware of the no selling rule, but as the majority of members here purchase their stuff from AG anyway, I wonder whether there's a possibility of having a swap meet type forum, similar to Autopia's. The main thing I'm thinking, if the general swap meet forum isn't possible...

Ok. Finally convinced pops to let me coat the jag. I had a previous thread requesting assistance from the collective brainpower on which way to go. At this point I’ve settled on Crystal Serum Light. It seems to me to be the best balance of hardness, durability, ease of application and ease of...

Yesterday I went to work on a pair of SUVs that gave me a great opportunity to try some new products I’d picked up. A 14 Escalade and a 12 GLK. On initial inspection: GLK was just really dirty on the outside. Never been detailed or protected, but under the thick layer of dirt it wasn’t...

I've run up against quite a tough decision point here that I'm hoping I can square away using the collective brainpower. For someone like myself, or a couple of my more 'enthusiats' level clients, I wouldn't think twice if they asked for a coating. My suggestions would range from Gyeon...

So today I did a thing...got to take something from idea to reality. Yup, your eyes do not deceive you. That’s a griots g15 with a yellow rupes Mille pad on it. I imagine this is the detailing equivalent of putting a ford engine in a chevy hot rod [emoji51] I ordered up a Mille pad pack (2...

Hey all, Right now my leather cleaner of choice is Gyeon Leather cleaner. While I love that it works well, it's not terribly economical for lower cost production jobs. I'm not interested in a cleaner/conditioner product. IMO most leather needs no conditioning with the poly coating they all...

Super excited to out of nowhere see the banner highlighting the new Jescar medium polish and AIO. Already placed my order for a couple small bottles to test. If it's anything like their other products, I'm sure the results will be awesome! I did email over to Jeff at Jescar to follow up on...

Hey guys, A separate part of my planning for the upcoming season is to really get my arms wrapped around coatings. Though I'll be doing mostly mobile work, I figure the customers that will be interested in coatings will likely have their own garages that they keep their cars in, which I will...