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In light of Todds recent thread on high end detailing, (done very well) that got me thinking about something. Are we suppose to treat expensive cars like the exotics with more attention than a regular cars like Chevy's and Fords, let say of equal years? Its obvious there is a difference in...

My shop vac is starting to make a high screeching noise. Still works OK but its starting to go.I've been a fan of shop vac, but open to Something new. Suggestions?

I polish quite a bit of metal on the Harley Davidson's I work on. The go to that I like are Poorboys Pro Polish2 and Semi-Chrome. I'm not dissatisfied with either of these product, but would be interested in what others are using. My primary interest is in non-coated aluminum polish, currently...

My son is playing on the HS tennis team this year. With budget cuts and all the transportation of the players, sort of falls back on the parents. I suggested having a car wash to raise money so they could rent a van, or compensate the parents that have large SUV's that could transport the...

For those of us old enough to recall, the Monkeys singing / TV group and program News just broke that Davey Jones passed away at 66 today. Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dead at 66 - Yahoo! Music

For a new person trying to decide what car care line to use, some of the terms that are used by mfgers can be WAY confusing. I think "glaze" is one of the most misused words in auto care products. I see companies that use it with polishes, LSP products, etc. For me a glaze is a step that...

I had this green machine on Saturday, its one I've done before. This times its up for sale. With all the bikes I post, they are cleaned, sometimes with water or PB S&W...De-greased with Stoners Tarmanator, then everything is polished and I use PB wheel sealant on all metal parts (non-painted)...

All of a sudden I'm getting emails on threads I've posted / subscribed to. This is a feature that I have turned off, because I get to much email. One less thing to sort threw. Why am I getting them now? I've not changed anything in my settings.

In reading a post this morning, someone was looking for a good detailer in So Cal. There where a couple of suggestions for detailers in his area. One was at 5 to 6 hundred and another upwards of 8 to 9 hundred. My full details hoover around 3 hundred plus and minus depending on condition and...

I've been an avid road bicyclist since the early 80's when I stopped running marathons. Was a category 3 (serious amateur) road racer during the late 80's for four years. Today I ride 25 miles a day Monday to Friday, and weekends if there are no details. I clocked 3800 miles last year. Here is...

Over the years I have posted on many detail forums. I find one thing very consistence. That either a product, process or equipment take on a almost hype level. Where the posters all rally around whatever it is. I then become suspect especially if, its a product or equipment. I wonder is this...

Today I had one of those moments that made the hair stand up on my arms. I inherited my father’s jewelry several years ago after my Mom’s passing. For years I have worn his wedding ring, it gives me power and strength. Several years back while staying at a friend’s house overnight, I took my...

This was Saturday's detail. I really enjoy working on bikes, especially at this shop where I can use the lift and raise the wheel up and dial them in. The front wheel is polished aluminum. The bike was polished with PB PP2 and Semi-Chrome polish, then I put a coat of PB wheel sealant on those...

I used a pneumatic buffer for some metal polishing over the weekend. I was way impressed with the control and speed of the machine. Anyone here using pneumatic as a buffer?

Over the weekend the Harley shop I detail for, asked me to detail this bike and polish the aluminum rims. The bike was in for some motor work, new tires and paint. The fenders came in the day I was there, the tank is coming in on Tuesday. Cool part is I was able to work on the rims without the...

I don't condone the use of products that are designed to fill or mask. However I can certainly see where they can be useful on some jobs. Currently I use glazes for this function in part. The one I like is PB BH decent fill and shoine when needed. Let me explain my asking: there are jobs that...

On Christmas eve while driving to my SIL house, our Camry started to run hot, temp gauge was running about 3/4 up...watched it for a while then it ran into the red. We where about to approach the golden gate bridge. Onto the side of the road called AAA and with in any hour or so, had the car...

My SIL wanted to get her car detailed before they put it up for sale. I had the car for several days, which was nice. After I washed it, I used clay to get it super clean. Pulled out my rotary with a light cut edge pad, using Presta Ultra Cutting cream ( love this stuff) I cut the paint pretty...

This was a good customers daughters car. Needless to say she's not one to take care of the car.:D:D They ended up taking this car back from her and I was prepping it for sale. This was hands down the worst interior that I've ever worked on. There was no nap in the drivers side carpet, just caked...

This is a job that I did several years ago. I was going threw some pics and ran across these. The SUV was my next door neighbors, she hit a can of white stripping paint you can see the results. I remove almost all of the paint using acetone, some lacquer thinner and APC. Then followed up with...