Recent content by MaThGr82

Hi all, It has been a few years since I was an active member here. Things have changed along the way and I am not detailing like I was. What I am looking for now, is someone to detail my wifes 2006 GMC Envoy Denali. It is kept fairly clean, but needs a good detailing. If anyone can...

This morning I detailed two Cars for a repeat customer of mine. The first was a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant that was pretty uneventful. The second was a 1992 Range Rover. His dog was sleeping on the tailgate of the Range Rover while I was doing the Galant and then I moved on to the RR. I did the...

Well this weekend I painted the Garage and installed new lighting and installed a garage door opener. I still have to finish installing the TV on the mount and some shelves for the stereo. I really like the lights so far. I went from two 100 watt light bulbs to eight four foot 32 watt T8...

I just finished applying the coating a few hours ago and I am very pleased with the results so far. Since we are usually very interested in the process used, here was mine. On Friday I cleared out the garage and stuck everything inside my house or in the backyard. I cleaned out the garage...

My truck barely fits in the garage. I have maybe 1/2 inch in the back and an inch in the front. I actually have to back it in too. Most people would say "just park in the driveway". But I do not want to do that because I am in Phoenix and the summers can get unbearable in a car. Plus I want...

An older friend of mine at work has a 1970 Karmann Ghia that he loves. He thinks he takes great care of it. He has been talking to me about getting a new paint job because his old one is completely oxidized. The old paint job is only about 7 years old too:D . I told him to let me at least...

A very good friend of mine just bought a black 98 VW Passat that is swirled and oxidized like crazy. When I found out he got a black car, I was very excited and wanted to go to his garage immediately to check out the paints condition. When I saw the paints condition, I told him immediately...

My wife and I close on a new home on the 29th of March and the new home has a 3 car garage (a prerequisite for me). I want to do a garage floor coating. The house we are moving into is only 7 years old and the condition of the garage floor is pretty clean. I know I could do the epoxy...

I'll tell you what...I love my truck to death but detailing a lifted truck is a major PITA. I can do my wifes BMW twice as fast as my truck. Anyone have any tips or tricks to do the hood and roof. They are hard to access. Currently I just use a ladder. Anyways. I had today off of work so...

My wife was driving behind a big truck last week and she got hit by a rock thrown up in the air. It took her a week to tell me. I was somewhat wondering why she was backing into the garage. :nixweiss Well she didn't want me to see the hood I suppose. I have read the tutorial on this site...

Okay, I have a stupid question. How do you guys dry your pads? I wash them by soaking them in a bucket of hot water and Dawn, I then leave them out to dry but it seems like it takes a day or sometimes longer. I am tenative to put them in the dryer though. Should I just do it and to the...

Well, I was doing my truck today with the intention of removing my swirl marks that have accumulated over the last five years (it is a 2000). I started with a Green Sonus pad and SSR1.0 and did a 2x2 section of my hood twice. It helped but not all of the swirls. So I took my Orange Cutting...

I got my Sonus velcro backing plate last week. I have used it on two vehicles so far and was using it on my third car when the plate tore off the base. Did I get a defective one and should I ask for a replacement or is this something I should expect to have happen and therefor should stock up...

When it rains and your car is out in it, whether you are driving or at work or whatever, how long do you usually take to wash it? I work a lot so I only get the chance to wash my cars on the weekends. How long do you wait?

Well I just got my Sonus Pads in yesterday and I haven't got any of the polishes in or the AIO. Still waiting for the packages. I had to do my truck though. So I used some #9 with a Blue pad and some #26 by hand. It didn't do a whole lot with the few swirls I have but it looks better than it...