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This beautiful car came to us for a concourse preperation for the Kirkland Concours' which is our local version of Pebble Beach. Some of the most expensive, and extravagant cars in the world are here on display. The detail was fairly straight forward. I sanded the paint with Trizact 3000...

I would love to have an autopian join our detailing team. If you are interested in a full time detail position, please send me a pm, or email from my website. Thanks, John Kleven

This Corvette came to us with some serious wash scratches and swirl marks. Like most Corvette corrections, a 3 stage machine polish was required. We started with Power Gloss with purple wool, followed by orange CCS and SIP, finished with white CCS pad and Super Finish. LSP used was Sonax...

How does one become a forum sponsor? I'm interested, and have emailed them, but no reply. Thanks, John

This Corvette came in to us with some serious swirling and scratches. We did a 3 step correction using purple wool/powergloss, orange CCS/SIP and white CCS/Super Finish. Cleaned paint with Lime Prime, and topped with 2 coats of Dodo Juice Supernatural.

This Mustang came to us because 3 other detailers were not able to get the deeper scratches out from the paint. Not to mention the heavy swirling. I quickly found out the only way to make this perfect was a Trizact 3000 damp sanding, followed by 4 stage machine polish. I used PG and a purple...

This dead paint job came to use looking for a new life. This one owner Lemans was determined to stay away from the body shop. As you can see, it was severely sun damaged. I wetsanded the car using 1500 grit, and polished using Purple Foamed Wool pad with PG, orange CCS pad with SIP and 85rd...

This was a very limited edition 6.0 Diablo in brown. These limited edition models also came in gold. Only a few were made. A little bit of wetsanding, and a 2 step polish were required on this one. All topped off with Dodo Supernatural.

This one came to us with some bad swirls and water spotting. Some of the water spotting even required wetsanding. I polished this one using orange ccs pad and SIP followed by white ccs pad and Super Finish. Nanoskin Hydrophobic and SHIELD were used to seal it all in.

This one came to us with some tough swirls, and scratches. We polished the entire car using orange CCS pads with SIP, then finished with white CCS pads and Super Finish. Waxed using Sonax Premium Class Carnauba Wax. Interior detailed using all 1z products. As you can see, some disassembly...

This old beast came to us for one reason. To win the biggest and best car show here in the Northwest. This car has had a lot of bad experiences with previous detailers, leaving so much crud and compound in the cracks, combined with heavy swirling, it was a mess. It required a small amount...

This yellow Murcielago came to us with swirls and scratches all over, but the owner didn't notice too much, as they really hide in the yellow paint. After the detail was done, however it became very clear to him that the car was dull, swirled, and dingy before. Two step machine polish using...

This 360 came to us with some minor swirls and scratches. We performed a full detail on the car with a single step machine polish. I used Super Finish with white CCS pad, then topped off with Nanoskin Hydrophobic and SHIELD. The next day I topped off with Dodo Juice Supernatural for an even...

This one came to us with major swirls and scratches. It also had an ugly decal on the side that the owner wanted removed. I started this off in the prep bay, using SONAX Full Effect Wheel Cleaner with Envy brushes, 1z Anti-Insekt, and W99 to clean all wheel wells, engine compartment, and bugs...

This Carrera GT came to us with massive swirls and scratches all over the vehicle. Several of the lower pieces were also covered in 3M PPF, that looked about the same age as the car. I would have liked to 3000 grit the entire car, but didn't want to lose any of the carbon fiber weave texture...

This recently purchased GT3RS came to us with an old 3M Clear Mask on the front end. It was well worn, and needed replacement. This time however, our customer opted to wrap the entire vehicle, since it will be spending a lot of time on the racetrack. The old 3M was peeled off, and replaced with...

One of my good clients brought me his newly acquired 911 last week. A beautiful example Carrera, with low miles. This car had not seen any real detail work for a long time. The leather was stiff, the paint was swirled up, and needed a nice overhaul. Having owned several older 911's before, this...

I first learned how to polish on a rotary buffer. I still use a rotary buffer 5-6 days a week. After reading through 1000's of posts on online forums I find that people are very timid or afraid to use a rotary buffer. I know there are great alternatives such as Flex and Porter Cable which can...

Hopefully we all can make enough money to get away every once in a while. I thought it might be a fun idea that people post where they're going, and detailers can chime in. We're certainly not stealing business from one another, so why not get a chance to put a face to your avatar. John

An employee of mine has the perfect test vehicle for a wax test. His car is parked outside, here in Seattle we do get the "occasional" rain drop also. Since he has worked for me in the last 8 months, he hasn't found a day to finally correct his paint. That still has not happened. I corrected...