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This Firestorm Red 2013 Scion FR-S recently came into my shop for an Opti-Coat treatment about two weeks after it was picked up from the dealer. I began with an ONR wash and clay. Even for only a two week old car, there was quite a bit of bonded contamination. This was from only the hood...

These online directories cannot make it any more difficult to update your info! I've been trying for days to update my info on Yelp and each time I do, it switches back to my old address the next day and locks the fields so I cannot update them again without contacting support. It says you've...

'07 Audi A4, the driver seat had what appeared to be dirt right under where your butt would be. Took some Meg's leather cleaner and started wiping a pot with medium pressure and up came the dye. This is the first time something like this has ever happened and I'm trying to figure out what to...

I interviewed at BMW of Ridgefield last week and I have to say I am very impressed with their brand new facility and also the people there. I won't be taking the job because I have come to far with my own business to go back to work for someone else at this point, but if I were to go work for...

I thought it would be fun to share some of our best customer reviews with each other. Not as a contest to see who has the best reviews, but to take a minute and pat ourselves on the back for being some of the best detailers out there. We all work hard to do the best job we can and make our...

I have gotten a few customers just by following people on Twitter, including a local celebrity news reporter. Anyone on there? Mine is @ExplicitDetail. Follow me and I'll follow you back. Every bit of marketing helps, especially when it's free.

I'm not one to ever get into political discussions, I try to avoid them at all costs, but I found this to be very powerful in it's message. If anyone can blow this up so it can be seen in better detail, please do.

I detail alot of Jettas, and there is an annoying issue I have noticed with I think the late 90's, early 2000's models or thereabout. The plastic around the climate controls and a few other places almost always has this thick kind of film that almost looks like grease from people's hands. At...

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I was talking with a detail manager at a dealership the other day and he mentioned that a detailer that used to work there started to get them into "drawing out" defects from the paint using the heat from an infrared lamp. He didn't go into much detail, just that the heat somehow did something...

I would like to hear any thoughts anyone may have on this subject. Any experience you may have, how much to charge, whatever. Would a high end dealer (or any dealer) want to hire someone to come in and analyze their current detailing dept and make changes to make it more efficient, higher...

Since I'm starting to put together a new mobile rig, which will be an S10 pickup for now, I need to figure out what size power inverter to use. I only need to run my shop vac and my DA with it regularly. Maybe some other small stuff like a heat gun. I don't want to use a generator if I don't...

The main reason I opened my shop where I did was because of the plethora of dealer work. But no longer... Looks like I may be closing up shop here in the near future and going back to doing mobile work for now. I started getting less and less dealer work over the past couple months so I...

I've got a VW Eos in the shop right now, and have had some other cars that do the same thing. When you open the door, the window automatically lowers itself about an inch to clear the roof, and then rolls itself back up when you close the door. Usually these cars are convertibles. So when you...

So someone left me this awesome review on Yelp a few weeks ago: "My car is 2 years old and he made it look like it just came from the factory . That man can detail like he has OCD. The car is spotless and my leather interior is now brighter . I will definitely come back, but probably won't...

I've got a 1993 ASC Celica in the shop with badly oxidized red single stage paint. Has anyone used MF pads on single stage? I've got my guy knocking the oxidation off it now with foam pads because the dead paint won't allow a MF pad to clean up half a panel before it gets too gummed up. I did...

I ordered a bottle of the Optimum G-P-S AIO (GPS = Glaze, polish, seal) to try out and had to use it in a pinch the other day when I ran out of D151. I must say I like it alot. The cut is a little lighter than the 151 but the depth and gloss is far better. Not very slick though, but the looks...

I was just offered a shop which will be available July 1st, two doors down from where I am now that I would like to get into but would like to go into it with another business. I'm looking for something like car audio, someone who does vehicle wraps, maybe a powder coater or something else...

I need to touch up a very small cigarette burn stain smaller than a dime on the back seat of a BMW. Just a stain, did not burn through or do any real damage. Anyone know what kind of local store would carry one of these kits? I don't have time to order something, just looking for one of those...

Anyone ever have problems with customers not wanting to pay an SUV price for their SUV? I've had a few different people in the past few months get upset when I tell them their Rav-4, CR-V, Ford Escape, etc is going to cost x amount because it's an SUV. I know they are small, compact SUV's but...