Recent content by The Gloss Boss

I am looking at doing some radio advertising for my detail business. The current offer that would closely fit in with my budget would include 120 commercials played over 3 months on 3 different radio stations. I would also be one of 5 businesses in my area that would be a sponsor of a complete...

A buddy of mine who has done some graphic design work for me asked me to do a major detail on his ’12 CTS-4. Despite being only 2 years old with 27k miles, the car appeared to have been treated with less than adequate care and had never been properly detailed. The interior wasn’t too bad except...

My dad recently took delivery of a brand new Ford Escape SE with the 2.0 Ecoboost motor. These things have come a long way over the years. My mom had a ’05 model and much has improved. Once he ordered the car I talked to him about getting it coated and he agreed to let me get my hands dirty...

Recently finished up this cool resto-mod 1957 Bel Air. Did a two-step paint correction, sanded heavy texture out of the trunk lid, did some chip repairs, and buffed out the stainless trim. Didn't really do very much photo documenting because using a cell phone is a paint to do so. Here are some...

This beauty came in for a 1-step paint correction and interior service. Interior was super clean and just needed a dusting and vacuum, but "steam-scrubbed" the carpets for good measure anyway. In my rush to get photos of the vehicle I forgot to take pictures of the interior. I almost always do...

Was BMW putting scratch resistant clear on their cars in 2006? More specifically a 2006 metallic black 750?

A guy I do some work for on a regular basis brought me a 2004 Thunderbird to "clean up". The car was repainted some time ago, and there was plenty of evidence left behind to prove it. Holograms, normal swirl marks, and what I think were runs in the paint. I say "I think" because there were both...

Thanks for looking! I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas (or whatever you prefer to celebrate) tomorrow!

Hey fellow detailers! I haven't been active on here in a while unfortunately, but I'd like to start posting more on here once again. To kick my new activity off, I'd like to present, for everyone's viewing pleasure, a restoration I did this morning on a nasty pair of headlights. These...

I have a buddy who is looking for a detailer in the Twin Cities. He called Rasky's, but he is booked too far in advance. Does anyone know of any high quality alternatives?

Recently I teamed up with Nathan (mrclean81) on a detail, and he introduced me to the dry foam/jumbo vent brush cleaning method for interior detailing. I've been using it on all my details since, and feel it has brought my interior quality up. Dry foam has excelled for me as a pre-treatment on...

I wanted to share this interior detail with you all since this is probably one of the worst I have ever done. Let me paint you a picture of what we're dealing with. A woman calls me a couple of days ago and lets me know that her boyfriend hauled a dead dear in the back of their GMC Envoy, so...

I'm pretty excited about a purchase I'm making tomorrow and wanted to share it with you all and see possibly if anyone else on here had one of these. It's a Dupray Carmen Super Inox Steam Cleaner/Extraction system. It's continuous refill with both boiling water and super-heated detergent...

Here is a set of headlights on a Toyota Corolla I restored for a customer. This is only the second time I have done this. I used the following process. -Cleaned headlights with Meg's APC+ -Clayed with Detailed Image clay using ONR at QD ratio as lube -Wet sanded with 3M 1000 grit (by hand)...

So I've decided to learn wetsanding. After being bored with just reading about it I decided to go to my local auto parts store and buy some sanding paper. I purchased 1000, 1500, 2000, 3000 grit 3M wet/dry papers and a 3M sanding block. Yesterday I recieved a package that included some OPT wool...