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Post, go to read a post, says it does not exist. WTF?

When I click on the first one in the thread, says it is not available or found? So, Moderators, please inform us.

If you "really' want to know and learn about your vehicles finish, go to the Wiki section and read. Forget most of what "your buddy" told you or the guy who sold you a bottle of "magic".  Just go, spend the time to read and then ask questions on that forum area. You may be amazed at just...

I miss it, and am sure that many who come in do not have a clue about things, etc.  Something needs to be done to make this site "welcoming" to the new people finding it.

So, Ben, David, Paul, you are the lead guys and I wish to know when you fellows are going to re-start and promote the one night a week, open chat sessions. Yes, I know that some come in that cause some concerns, as they fail to understand that the chat is for "everyone", not just the "pro's"...

Once this old guy get's use to finding his way around, it is sure to be a real improvement over the old site platform. Heck, even the chatroom works without having to do a dance or drink a half a liter of JD to get in! :D 

Around my little part of the world, S.E Iowa, been a different summer. We were in a strange one from the middle of July until the last few days. Mid to low 70's/80's and now, for the last few days and for the next week "plus" mid to high 90's. I finally put the top up on the convertible...

The company I retired from has an Inspection and Customer Sign-Off form available for free. Apparently, some have called Beth at Automotive International requesting the form be emailed to them and failed to either provide a correct email address or she got it wrong. This lady, Beth, is very...

The latest issue of Professional Car Washing and Detailing magazine has a lead article regarding OSHA's latest move to conduct more inspections of car care businesses. Founded in 1970, OSHA is responsible for insuring work place safety. The article may be read on line at carwash.com

The numbers are out for the top 6 color choices by car buyers for 2012. 1.White-22% 2.Silver-20% 3.Black-19% 4.Red-9% 5.Blue-7% 6.Green-2% These percents have remained fairly stable for the last few years.

Curious to hear from everyone regarding what is "logic" or "logical" thinking regarding the detailing of a vehicle, products, processes, etc. Do you base your "logical" thinking on what you read on a forum, do you base it on some education in chemistry, do you base it on internet searches, do...

Just received a FedX tracking from Harbor Frieght that my DA has been shipped. It appears they are back in stock. Grumpy

29 foot SeaRay, built in 1989, all white gel coat with tape stripes on top and sides, some "checked", some not, upper decks very heavy oxidation of gel coat, sides, just slightly chalked, a few "gel coat" nicks to be filled and worked out to fit surface. What would you charge to do the...

Ran on to a nice 75 Ranchero GT this morning, very little rust issues, new interior, new radiator, new exhaust system, a 351 Cleveland with less than 10,000 and a C6 auto, 9 inch rear end, new shocks, good tires, aftermarket mags, etc trans was recently rebuilt by a quality shop in the area...

Finished up one wheel. Wanted to make sure that my process would work before going to far. Was necessary to work down the curb rash deep marks on the edge of the rims, remove all the years of built up corrosion, etc before polishing and then painting and clearing. These will go on a 1956...

Finish up, in the morning, now that the parts are here to complete the front brake job, on the Charger and then off for an hour or so drive to pick up the back glass/windshield for the T-Bird! Found one, actually two, but the other guy had no idea of how he could make some bucks, so of to the...

A few years ago while doing a national program for Chrysler Canada as well as Driver's Mart (folded into AutoNation later) Automotive International (ValuGard) put together a form for the detailers to use when a customer brings a vehicle in for a detail. It has places for all the important...

For those of you who only think that "cars" can go down a drag strip or "round and round", you probably don't follow Formula One racing, so this race today you never saw. F1 is something else, and requires a true understanding of many things that fly by the average American motor sports...

Yesterday, jacked up the Bird, set the jack stands, pulled the front wheels off and away I went! Pulled the shocks, disconnected all the right parts, put in the spring compressor, pulled the front coil springs and cut 1/2 a coil off of each, put it all back together, installing the new gas...

I don't attempt to fix, work on, etc any of my vehicles without a good "mechanical/electrical/suspension, etc, manual" before I start the repair. Recently I aquired a Haynes manual for one of my vehicles. Then, after reading through it, bought a Chilton for the same vehicle. I was amazed at...