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Hopefully my wife doesn't read that... This car belongs to the wife of a good client of mine; the agreement was a single-step polish exterior, with full interior. The expectations were for some minor swirls and imperfections to be bettered or corrected. My prep process was... well, my...

2005 Mazda 6 This was a one-step polish and exterior detail; what a curveball this car was... Most of the car was a repaint, and pretty much each section was done by a different shop at a different time. Some area's corrected very nicely via single-step polish, while other sections laughed...

First off, being a Mustang guy... this car was AWESOME. 16 years old and only 72k kilometers on it. Stroked to 306, aggressive cams, all forged bottom end and internals, vortech supercharger, etc... 450+ rwhp. And leave it up to me to forget to take a pic of the motor lol... Idiot...

Auto car wash special: 2008 Benz C350. Beautiful car, abused like clockwork every Friday at the local Autospa drive-through car wash. For a car less than a year old, it was in pretty rough shape: Test spot using Optimum Polish II / white. No go. OPII/orange. No go. Stepped up to...

Client recently purchased this V8 LS400, and it was in need of a gentleman's touch! Either a previous detailer or possibly the used car dealer went to town on this thing and just butchered it... Buffer trails, swirls, deep scratches, bird crap etching, you name it it was on there... Here is...

So, I've been reading a lot of marketing books and papers, and they've given me quite a few good ideas, one which really stood out to me so I figured why not... I found a charity event that raises money for one of the local hospitals here in Toronto, and offered to donate my 'Italian' package...

I picked up some extra supplies from a detailing shop in Mississauga that was closing up. I've got 4 x Megs 105 (new da version) and 4 x 205 32oz bottles that I can get rid of. Not shipping, local pickup! $35 each. Thats about $10 less than the online price for 205 and $5 less than 105, and...

2007 F150 Products Used: Blackfire clay Optimum no rinse Chemical Guys rim cleaner Megs 105 Optimum Polish II Bissell Carpet clean solution Obsessive Details Silk Shine dressing VRP Dressing OD All purpose cleaner, diluted 4:1 and 8:1 for heavy and light cleaning OD Wet Wax...

Client found me here on Autopia in the Canadian subforum (Thanks Autopia:up) Car was recently detailed by someone who has no business detailing and the result was this: Ended up compounding with 105 and white in some places and 105/orange in other areas. With the...

2004 Jaguar XJ Vanden Plas Wow what a gongshow of a detail… Please be sure to read the ‘subsections’ within the photos, or else you will miss the reasons why this Jag was my archnemisis for almost 30 hours… It’s a long read but I really needed to vent… This...

I wanted to ask my fellow brethren a question, as I have mixed emotions on this and want to hear some feedback from you who have maybe gone through this before; When looking to break into a demographic where you currently have no market-share, do you ever consider comp’ing 1 or 2...

Mercury Milan V6 Background: Client bought this Mercury Milan a couple months ago. The previous owner had no interest in taking car of the car lol. This thing was a MESS, and was head to toe covered in swirls, marring, water etching and deep isolated scratches. Time was limited to a...

2007 Roush 427R Background: My clients 427R is a well kept car, and it shows; at first glance, the car is mint! But upon closer inspection (and under the scrutiny of 1000w of Halogen and LED) we found a different story... This QUICKLY developed from a maintenance detail into a full 2 and 3...

Canadian Tire has their 8-packs of microfiber towels on sale for $5 per package (half price!). They are not the best quality and I would use them for buffing off LSP but they are great for quick detailing and interior work. Microfibre Cloths, 8-pack | Canadian Tire

Hi Autopia! My name is Chris - I run Defining Details here in the GTA region; I just recently found this site, and I can't believe I hadn't found it sooner LOL! Anyways, looking forward to chatting with you all and exchanging tips!