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For My Liberal Friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the...

I had someone call me saying he had a lot of swirls on his black Jeep Cherokee. After looking at it, I found that they weren't swirls as much as they are the marks left by the orbital sander used befroe it was painted (he had it re-painted a few years ago after hailstone damage) Is there a...

Has anyone ever had a situation like this? I live in a fairly small town (pop. 4000) and there are two detailing services, one guy who has a full shop, mobile service, a staff, the works, and one guy who does it part-time out of his garage (me). Over the past few months, we’ve gotten to be...

I have a question about a car that has been repainted. This weekend, I am going to work on a car, and the owner said that she had to have the hood and roof repainted due to hailstone damage. It was an insurance job that she had done at the dealership where she bought it. My questions are, when...

I recently ordered some PB products, SSR1 and ProPolish. After looking at a few more threads on these products, it seems like either would acheive about the same results. Am I correct in this assumption? Would I be better off to send one back and order something else, or hold onto both? My...

This weekend, I am giving an estimate to the owner of a catering business to do their van, and the sides are one huge logo and lettering. Most likely it is vinyl, and my question is, can I go over this with a PC in order to get the paint not covered with signage? It is a very detailed design...

I know there are a couple of stickys here that have the list, but none of them seem to have the file attached (or maybe it's just me) Does anyone know where I can find this? Or do you have the list you could e-mail/PM me?

I was wondering if anyone here has had much success with 3M. I haven't heard too much chatter about it here or anywhere else, and I was curious. Today, I stopped by a local auto body supply place and they had a ton of Meg's stuff, and some other brand (Wizard?) and a little bit of 3M. The guy...

Recently, we bought a Grand Caravan (2002), and it was professionally detailed at the dealership before we took delivery. It's been about 6 weeks, but looking at it from different angles and under different light sources, there don't seem to be swirls and/or scratches (in fact, none that we...

OK, I spent several hours last Sunday washing my truck. No polishing or anything as it had been done right before I bought it about 3 weeks ago, so the finish is still good. I washed and dried it good, then used meg's QD on it, and it looks great. The problem is, 2 days later, it is covered in a...

Hi all, This past weekend, I just finished detailing our new van and truck, to pleasing results. Of course, being up here in the Pacific Northwest, it started raining almost the second I finished. But let me tell you, the water rolllls off of those cars. But more that getting our cars looking...

I know that you should only wash and/or detail on a cool car, but what about a cold surface? Not freezing, but upper 30's-lower 40's. I want to take advantage of the break in the rain we're having, but it's supposed to be cooler this weekend. Will cold effect how the products work? Should I just...

Last week I bought a black 1997 Ford F150, and the week before I bought it, the seller had it detailed, and it came out perfect. A few days after I bought it, I took it to my mechanic to have some minor repairs, and they did me the "favor" of washing it, and I don't know what they used, but now...

Hi everyone, My wife and I just bought 2 new (new to us anyway) vehicles, a 2002 Grand Caravan, magnesium blue, and a 1997 F-150, black. They were both professionally detailed before we bought them, and they look better than the new models. And I want to keep them looking that way. I've never...