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Hey Everyone! It seems that I am always looking for pictures of car beading just to see what products produce what type of beads. I know that beading isn't a good way to test protection but a freshly waxed vehicle with beads on it looks great but you can surely tell its well protected. Well...

Hey everyone & Steve! Just wanted to post up some more pics of my Polish with Sealant experience. This is the 1st round of PwS (orange color and scent) with little to no correction ability. Works great as a paint cleaner with protection and my last experience holds the truth to that. My Jeep...

Up today was a 2002 Buick Park Avenue. There was about 75,000 miles on the odometer but the paint didn’t show it, that’s for sure. It was a basic detail for me but a nice break to work on something in good condition. Over the last week I’ve had 2 Dodge vans and another dirty interior detail. So...

It's supposed to rain the next 10 days here but I have a car lined up for Tuesday. The owners are taking the car on vacation and want it cleaned up before then (leave on Thursday). I have a garage to work in but they don't. I know that I'd be able to do a good interior detail but I think I am...

Clean Dean started a thread that introduced me to a new product, Rim Juice. I didn't want to order a wheel cleaner online from them but when I stumbled upon it at VIP Auto, I decided to test it out. 1. Packaging & Labeling. Is it well packaged? Are the labels durable? It came in a clear spray...

Hello again. I just finished up detailing a 2005 Toyota Highlander. Overall the truck was dirty, had moderate swirling but other than that it was in good shape. There were only 2 or 3 paint chips and no scratches. The interior was dirty but that was just loose gravel. This is the first time that...

Thankfully the rain has stopped over the past few days so I got a few details done. Well first up is a Toyota Pruis which I did a few weeks ago. It recieved 50:50 mix of OHC and OCP, polishing pad and rotary and then UPP, I think (short memory). There's that color again! Very glossy and...

Good evening everyone. I was doing my normal reading about detailing and stumbled upon the PC 7424 HD from Autogeek: http://www.autogeek.net/poca74hdpl.html This is the first that I've heard of it, has anyone tried it? For those of you that didn't go to the link this new version is the same...

Has anyone tried to fill or fix any cracks in plastic dashboards? We have a 4 inch long crack on the dash of our motorhome and was wondering if anyone has fixed this problem before? I haven't really seen any dash repair kits that fill in the cracks. Any ideas? The only ones that I have seen...

Hope everyone is having a good weekend! Wee I just finished up detailing a 1996 Corolla with 184,000 miles on it. Well the car sure showed it! I split this up over 2 days which was about 5 hours total. Just a warning- some pictures below may cause damage to some detailer's eyes. Before...

Yesterday I got 2 more details done. They were neighbors so I was able to zip down the street and detail the second. I didn't get any pics of the Sequoia but it took 4 hours inside and out with the same process below. What a big vehicle that was. Next up was the F150. It was in decent condition...

Well I guess that April is the National Car Care Month and I found this site which has the basics for car care and pretty much everything else you can imagine about car care. There is a lot of information there which could be useful to everyone. There are suggestions, how to do things, articles...

Last year I posted my troubles with Natty's. No I didn't have any troubles with the wax but it's what happens after I put it on cars. So about two years ago when I first tried Natty's, 3 days later I got backed into and caused $1300 in damage. (posted here about 1/2 way down...

Hey Everyone. I did a "refresher" on this Mustang today. I did the full routine in November before it went into storage for the winter. I think I did clay, SSR 2.5, SSR1 or PwC and EX-P (or UPP), It was a while ago. So it got covered in dust (stored in a temporary garage) and a cat decided to...

Hey everybody. Is it just me or does it seem like every company that has clay lists it in either grams or ounces and it's always hard to find whats a better value? Well look no further! I have made up a database of all of the clay bars that I could think of to make it easier on everyone! This...

Budman3's original post was a fine piece of work (worthy of a Sticky). I've cleaned up the original post and placed it here: Clay Bar/Lube Pricing Comparision http://www.detailcity.org/forums/detailing-clay-and-clay-lubricant/17156-clay-bar-lube-pricing-comparison.html We've kind of made a...

I'm not a big fan of the new Google Ads between the posts. Not only does it confuse me when the posts are separated but the content on the links are not so great. I can see a new member coming to DC and see "Never wax your car again", buy that system provided and get poor results and never come...

Well my sister just got a new car. She's happy because it's her first car that she actually bought and it's her birthday today.Well it's a 2006 Ford Focus and I washed, clayed, Polish with Sealant (PC, polishing pad on 5) and EX (finishing pad, PC on 3). This was my first time using PwS with the...

I see that Edge Buffing Pads has become a sponsor of DC and wanted to give a warm welcome to them! :yay I can't wait to have someone from a pad manufacturer for their input, to know about upcoming technologies and a place to go if there are any issues that need resolving. Welcome to DC and...

Since there is a lot of questioning about PwS, I figured I would do a test to help some of you out. But here’s the catch- I don't know what exactly what people want to see. I have a test vehicle in the garage that is all clayed and ready to be polished and divided up into 4 parts to do a...