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my friend has an 06 mercedes and does a good amount of highway driving, during his last wash, he noticed some rock chips on the hood. he has contemplated the 3m clear bra, and i told him about auto-skin. but he told be about langka. www.langka.com anyone familiar with this product /...

thinking about purchasing a couple pc's for the detail dept for the dealer i know work at. we are going to try to detail about 80 -100 cars per month, so the pc's are going to be getting a workout. although the detail quality will not be up to autopian standards, we are still going to be...

hey guys, my bro-in-law just bought a used grand cherokee laredo, '99 i have been working at a chrysler / jeep svc dept for over 3 years now and i do nto have an answer for him. his bumpers, and door panels are slightly faded and his mirrors and door handles have wax on them. what is a...

i am going to be heading up the detail dept. for a dealer. i am going to be in charge of putting orders through for supplies and products. do any of you have any sites that you deal with ?? i have been on detailking.com and some others, rightlook.com and chemicalguys.com anyone use...

for those of you who park your cars over winter, what stpes do you take in order to ready the car ?? i am going to be doing an oil change, trans fluid change, and a diff fluid change this saturday. so what about the battery ?? i have read about trickle chargers, does anyone have any specific...

ok guys, i have had my PC for a year now and i have not done an amazing amount of details, so i was wondering if anyone has experienced this problem, sometimes when i turn it on, it will not start and then it will start, kind of like a delayed reaction. i have noticed that in certain...

ok, this is an awesome product. i used it on my car a little over a month ago and topped it with CMW. now i may put the car in a show, and would like to use it again, since it is a "hand glaze" there should not be a problem right ?? how often can you use it ?? 2nd, since i topped it...

hey guys. since i have moved it has been hard to keep all of the households cars clean. so today was a perfect morning. i know i will get the usuallu scolding for you fellow autopians about detailing the wheel wells, but these were just a qash and a QD. besides, they are still building in my...

hey guys, a tech here at work is buying a 1994 volvo and since the owner had it sitting around for over a year, he wants it detailed once he buys it. so does this paint have a clear coat ?? i am just curious, i would like to use the menzerna twins and maybe some wolfgang :grinno:

i was just wondering what lsp's can be layered, i have read about zaino being layered, but i am not using that. i have also heard about SG being layered. I am currently using # 26 ( liquid ), Wolfgang, and CK Carnauba Moose. I have applied multiple coats of WG on my car last year, 2nd...

some of you may have seen my recent purchase of a daily driver, 2002 sentra. i was reading the owners manual in the section for paint care, they advised to polish after waxing, and also, to use a mild soap - ( they used dish liquid as an example ) :nervous: just thought it was kinda...

i bought some # 26 to use on my dad's durango, kind of a larger vehicle to wax by hand, so i wanted to use my PC. i did not have any gray finishing pads ( cma / LC ) so i used a white polishing pad, it went on ok and came off ok, as long as it worked should i continue to use it ?? can...

hey guys, i got a daily driver a couple weeks ago so that the camaro can go in the garage for a winters nap, when the time comes. so here it is 2002 sentra. the previous owner took care of the maintenance aspect of things but in terms of paint and interior :angry not soo good. exterior...

Hey guys. I finally got my hands on my g/f's car. I had it in tip top shape last year but a minor fender bender ( overspray and orange peel ) and totally different schedule has led the car down a path of destruction. I told her that now that the car is clean she has to get it to me once a...

i have seen a couple different writeups on cleaning yellow headlights. wetsanding seems to be the best way. a friend of mine used flitz on his g/f's headlights and he says they came out clean. i do not know if he used a towel or what, but i was thinking, can i use some flitz and #0000 steel...

Hey guys, The first car is a maxima that I detailed for the brother of a co-worker. I took some before shots of the swirls but they kind of blend in since the color of the car is charcoal gray. The lighting for the pics of the mats when finished makes them look dirty but the carpet looks...

Hey guys, I had a busy weekend, so much for having 2 days off after 5 days of the "everyday job" The first set of pictures is a maxima i detailed for the brother of a co-worker. Not too bad, you can't really see too much swirling due to the charcoal color of the paint. A couple pics...

Hey guys, I detailed this Camaro for a member on a local F-Body Board. Super nice guy. He bought the car used about 2 years ago. It has some minor imperfections like dents,scratches and a good amount of swirling but it is still his baby and we wanted it to look good. So I gave it my all...

i have a simple green thread going, and i have been doing some investigating. i have come to realize that woolite can be used for carpets, dashboards, leather, i mean what else can you use it for, does it have limits ? as long as it is diluted correctly it seems like it has no boundaries...