Recent content by landshark

I've been experimenting with new products lately and was wondering if anyone here used ONLY the full line from Poorboy's or Chemical Guys. I'm not considering this, but it seems that they do offer a full compliment of products. At the moment, I'm using CG's Pure Leather Conditioner (thoughts?)...

A little back-story: years and years (and YEARS :D) ago, I had a small, un-official mobile detailing business (talking high school years). I had a lot of clients and made excellent money. Fast-forward about 20 years and I started to get back into really taking good care of my cars. I explored...

Hi Folks, Well, this weekend I've got my first paid job (okay, it's been about 25 years since I last charged for detailing :yay) Anyway, the client is a friend, and on a budget. Her car is a 2008 Sonata, silver, and is garage kept and washed weekly. She isn't after a total correction, but...

Looking for suggestions for products or methods to treat exterior plastic cladding. I've got a 2011 Subaru Outback. I just usually wash these parts with regular shampoo, but after about a year, it looks like they need a little something like an LSP. I know a wax is not likely to produce the...

Hi All, I need some help. My wife's car, a 2004 Toyota Echo 5-Door is our/her baby. We take good care of it (it gets an annual claying, full exterior treatment). The inside is immaculate, but...last summer the interior developed a rather rancid smell. In my wife's words "the car smells like...

Last week I spent a good 10 hours on the exterior of my wife's car. I washed it, decontaminated the paint with Iron-X, used Pinnacle Ultra Poly on all of the painted surfaces (glass and light lenses too) and polished with M105 on a yellow pad. The paint wasn't awful, but it wasn't up to my...

Hi All, As I stated in my intro post a few weeks ago, I'm just now getting back into detailing my own cars as well as cars owned by a few friends and co-workers. After about a 10 year hiatus, it's obvious that the products and equipment have changed quite a bit. I have spent several hours...

Hi Everyone, I've got another question and I know several of the forum members can offer some guidance. Pictured below is the roof of my 2004 Toyota Echo 5-Door hatch. I'm sorry about the crummy cell phone picture but hopefully the full-size image can show some of the issues with this car...

What's the secret to cleaning IP lenses without scratching them? It never fails...I get a new car and after a few weeks the IP lens gets dusty or dirty and I get the urge to clean it. It seems that no matter how soft of a MF towel I use, I wind up with scratches. Is there a method that is...

Howdy Folks, I'm just now getting back into detailing my cars again after a 6 year hiatus. I've even tackled a few friends cars with great results but I have a question about liquid wax application. My LSP of choice lately has been 845. I have been using the CCS red foam applicators but it...

Howdy. I'm a fairly recent lurker and just joined to hopefully participate. I'm an old-school detailer...actually had my own mobile detailing business in high school back when I lived in Southern California. Things sure have changed since then! As a young lad I was taught by my uncle that a car...