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Since I work at Kragen part time for the free health insurance (and it's nice being around car parts), I put myself in charge of the wash and wax aisle every monday night. Lot of new stuff came in. Most of the Meg's Gold Class tools (water magnet, microfiber, etc). We got the mini powerball...

Any input, comments, etc is more than welcome. I'm going to add a few more brands and adjust the structure a bit. http://danosdetailing.com/products/

Gosh, 5th black car in a row I think. My back hates me. Anyways, this thing was swirl city. Always got bathed once a week at the local hand wash. Needed full exterior/full interior. Didn't take any pictures of the interior because my card was almost full, wanted to get as many good exterior...

At least, I think it's a 1997. Moderate swirl marks and many light scratches. Anyways, first time using the Optimum Rinse Free Wash (QEW type product). Worked GREAT. I'll definetly be using this a lot in the future. #80 with rotary and polishing pad NXT by hand Autoglym plastic...

Ordered some Natty's Blue and Optimum waterless wash from ExcelDetail, got it yesterday. Noticed there was no invoice in the package, didn't think much of it, as I could always print one out. Today, I recieved an envelope with my address, handwritten from ExcelDetail. Inside, was the invoice...

Ordered the Makita rotary from Coastal tools, and some Chemical Guys compounds. Then I saw the Hitachi for $95. What are the big pros the Makita has over the Hitachi? Since I'll be using it quite a few times a week, I'd like to know.

Pictures speak a thousand words:

Finally got around to taking some pictures. This car has been through a lot. Wetsanded it a few months back, stripped the paint off the wheels (and now I get to polish them every week), all sorts of fun. Everything I've learned about detailing I've learned on this. #80 Autoglym Super Resin...

Doing a Land Rover Discovery on Sunday. Just got the two driver side doors repainted (neighbor hit it). So it will be about a week after the repaint when I detail it. I know I shouldn't use any wax or anything on those panels, but what about wet-sanding or compounding (highly doubt the bodyshop...

Not sure on the color code, it isn't black. Just very shiny. Basically, wash, Autoglym Pure Resin Polish, and #26. Tarminator all over the front end, as he just drove a couple hundred miles through the central valley, which means bugs everywhere.

Had to have a couple hundred scratches on it. Neighbors car, which made it easy. I was able to do it in my garage. But this car is an outdoor car through the hot california summers, and has been in the family since it was new, always as the teens first car. And there were five of them. Thank...

Always bothered me that the roof of my car seems kind of dull. Well, I looked at it really closely last night and was shocked to see this: After some research on this board, it turns out that the term for this is crazing. No idea what could've caused it though. I wetsanded the whole car...

Did a few searches, can't find any exact answers. I've been thinking about buying a gallon each of the CG compounds and maybe the lazer buff. How do they stand up to other products, such as the SSR line? I'm looking for something good for rotary work, as the PC just takes too long for bad swirls...

Did a bit of a job on this one today. Wash, clay, DACP with PC, #26 on most of the car, NXT on the bumpers and skirts. Last time I'll be using DACP with the PC, it's just such a pain to use correctly. I love using it with the rotary, however. A lot of the swirls still present, and some of those...

Got this in my work mailbox. Hmm.