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Had a guy from a local car club drop this off the other day for some work. Didn't look too bad until I washed it and got a good look at it in the sun... Washed with Dawn to strip off recent wax. Wheels cleaned up easy with soap and water. Polished with UDM, Orange and white CCS pads, Menzerna...

Over the last few days I have seen a couple HORRIBLE examples of both bad paint and some terrible buffer trails, figured I would share :) WARNING.... if you have a weak stomach, click the "Back" button! Second gen CTS at Meijer earlier today. I was hoping they would be out about the same...

I have a 2003 Bonneville SSEi and it has the same boring dash as all the other 2000+ Bonnevilles except the 2004 and 2005 GXP. The GXP had a carbon fiber look to the dash vents which really sticks out and looks very sporty and just overall different and not so plain / boring, but are hard to...

Currently I work full time and make ok money for the area ~$55,000 / year. However, to make that money I am working in a shop as a machine operator and in the summer it gets about 110 degrees in there and is overall miserable even on the super easy days. I have been detailing as a hobby now...

Picked up a UDM from here a few years ago from all the hype it received, of course, I then found out shortly after about all the problems everyone was having with theirs with brushes and switch issues. I have used my UDM on 30 or so details as well as a couple boats including my dad's 32'...

I picked up a 1982 Cutlass just after the snow went away here in Michigan. Went down to look at it and fell in love with it, the paint was beautiful, engine sounded mean, only problem was the interior looked bad. The day I bought it Put a different wheel / tire package on it Now, when I...

I am very tired of water spots every time I wash a car if I don't immediately dry it. I have city water, but still get terrible water spots. I purchased a water filter with a charcoal filter cartridge hoping that it might take care of it, but still get them. Any suggestion as to what type...

Peyton seen me detailing a Trailblazer the other day and was pretty jealous, so we had to do his up as well. He is still new to this, but you can't convince him that a rim brush is not for the body and a carpet brush is not for plastic seats Spraying it down Wash time He already knows...

We bought my wife's car with 125,000 miles on it two years ago and the headlight were pretty bad. Fast forward to now, it has 165,000 on it and the headlights of course aren't any better. The previous owner must have done a lot of highway tailgating as the entire front end is sandblasted like...

We recently had a company come in and paint five of our silos at work. Of course, everyone was told to park at the far end of the parking lot to avoid overspray, and of course, one day the wind was just right and coated 42 vehicles with overspray. Luckily, I am on midnights so I didn't get any...

Someone that I work with just picked this up a few days ago and brought it to me right away. He wasn't really concerned with the exterior, but wanted the interior and under the hood done, and mentioned he wanted the tires to be really shiny a few times. Here is what I did INTERIOR Vacuum...

Washed with Gold Class Polished with UDM, LC CCS pads, SIP, and Micro Polish Waxed with Fuzion Aluminum and chrome polished with Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish with Mothers PowerBall Mini There was some greasy spots on it as well that I used Dawn on. I thought about using my Meg's Super...

This was dropped off for a detail to get done before a bridal shower today. Took about 15 hours over two days. EXTERIOR The outside of this was full of swirls, but not much work for the clay bar. I was amazed at how the paint really looked after the swirls were gone. I was not able to get...

I am working on an '07 Lincoln Navigator right now and am torn on which LSP to use for it. I have Fuzion, Souveran, and Megs #21 2.0 sealant. The reason that I am confused is the color. It is like a dark cherry color, but it has a large amount of flake in it of all different colors. The...

Last year, I snagged up some Meguiar's Wheel Brightener. I love the cleaner and still have over half of the bottle left, but I was running into problems with my sprayers. I just could not find one that could hold up to the wheel cleaner. I tried several sprayers that were chemical resistant...

Well, I got it done finally. After the setback yesterday with the cracked paint, I finished it up today and he was VERY happy with the end result! PAINT Wash -- Meguiar's Gold Class Clay -- Mothers Wash -- Gold Class Polish -- SIP / Orange CCS with UDM then Micro Polish / White CCS with UDM...

I am detailing a black 2000 S10 Extreme for my soon to be brother-in-law, wedding is this Saturday. He bought the truck new and it is his summer toy. Anyways, I went through the normal process, wash, clay, dry then inspect it and begin to polish. I used my usual 5.5" orange CCS pad with SIP...

I am working on a 2001 S10 Extreme and it has a tonneau cover on it that is loaded with pine sap. Any idea what would work to remove the sap from the cover?

A guy I work with heard that I detail and wanted his truck done up. He brought it over last night and wanted a quick once over, nothing serious as he lives down a dirt road. First up Rims -- Meguiar's Wheel Brightener 4:1 -- Meguiar's Gold Class car wash Wheel wells -- Meguiar's Gold Class...

Dealer installed swirls, this is where they come from! 2009 ZO6 Corvettes,I have 2 new Another Craigslist add I found today. I just can't believe the lack of knowledge/care some people have. It doesn't do much good to have a car in the showroom away from the weather if the salesman sits on...