Recent content by vecdran

Sorry, I know there are a lot of these. :( What started out as a side job I did out of my parents house for friends has blossomed into an occupation, so as such I now need business cards. I whipped this card up tonight, and I was hoping to get the opinion of ye kind Autopians. I tried to keep...

I need some advice Autopians. I recently got asked to quote a boat. It's some 23' foot beast or something of that nature. I've never done a boat before. I'm scared. :scared: It has already been cleaned with marine wash, but my concern is the polishing...or as I'm rapidly reading, the...

This thread got me thinking, what other car brands should a relative newbie be careful about? I recently discovered the "joys" of correcting Mercedes Ceramiclear, and I'm glad I read the aforementioned thread about Infinity. God knows the wonderful surprise that would have been in store for me...

This is one of the first truly expensive cars I have ever detailed, one of only twenty in the US if I understand correctly. Didn't help that it was a car belonging to my new boss. ;) Took several days to complete, as I was going for perfection with the paint correction. The color is this crazy...

Phew. First hired job. I really need to work on my speed. Unfortunately, since I was still sorting out some techniques and pressed for time, I wasn't able to take a good collection of WIP pictures. This was still a rather lengthy detail at 23 hours, but I took my time to do everything above and...

So I recently detailed a Lincoln Navigator. Started claying the car, and my Swissvax clay start smearing like crazy. Rubbed it off, sniffed the area, and it smelled strongly of pine sap. As far as I could tell, some smart person had layered wax onto barely cleaned up tree sap. I even found a few...

So I recently detailed a Lincoln Navigator. Started claying the car, and my Swissvax clay start smearing like crazy. Rubbed it off, sniffed the area, and it smelled strongly of pine sap. As far as I could tell, some smart person had layered wax onto barely cleaned up tree sap. I even found a few...

Phew. First hired job. I really need to work on my speed. Unfortunately, since I was still sorting out some techniques and pressed for time, I wasn't able to take a good collection of WIP pictures. This detail took 23 hours. Much faster than my very first 33 hour detail. Just did a Lincoln...

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I did a lot of searching and I wasn't very satisfied with the information I found. I'm receiving some 1Z Glanz in the mail today and am going to be stripping my current coat of wax and applying the 1Z to seal it for the winter. My question...

Since my car has been needing a detail for a very long time, I borrowed all of my friends random orbital gear and did a LOT of paint correction. The car is six years old and has never been detailed. Judging by the swirl marks, the previous owner had used a machine wash more than a few times...