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Took a trip up to Aberdeen today to meet a couple of guys looking for a little bit of rotary tuition.. I have to say I do enjoy travelling around showing folk how to use the PC or the rotary (or at least how I use the tools), its great to meet like minded folk in detailing and set them on their...

Todays detail for Bryan and me was yet another red car, but this time a much more faded one than yesterdays Clio... Yet another flame red Vauxhall to have turned candyfloss pink over the years and the owner was looking to sell her car so wanted it looking its best again. Here's the car on...

Todays detail for the Dundee Tag Team (The Krankies) was a solid red Renault Clio 1.2 S that has been slightly modified externally by the owner with a couple of skirts and spoilers, and the paintwork had been resprayed in places, but more on this later. First of all, the white wheels were...

Bryan and I decided to give my car a quick tidy up today and try out a new (to us) wax... Zymol Glasur. (Yes, I know, they say its for Porsche paint, but I've never believed in this marque specific wax stuff, and have already seen Glasur perform well on cars that aren't Porsche) Now I know...

Some people collect stamps... I collect carnauba waxes!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: My carnuaba collection to date: Swissvax Mystery Swissvax Best of Show Swissvax Saphir Swissvax Onyx Victoria Concours Victoria Collectors Victoria Cruising Zymol Concours Zymol Glasur Zymol...

Another detail for the Krankies today, as bryan and I set to work on a fifteen yearold Jaguar Daimler 4.0 litre... Bryan prepped the car ready for machining and waxing last night by washing and claying the car so it was ready to get a running start this morning, as its a big car. The...

Todays detail was one of my favourtie cars of all time - the legendary Escort Cosworth, herein referred to as Cossie! :cool: :thumb: The Cossie turned up last night, and in fairness already looked pretty good for itself in the dim evening light. However, under the the brihgt lights of the...

Finally a nice dry day to allow me to try out the Victoria Concours Wax. This wax is priced at nearly £30 for 6oz, which in terms of cost is putting it right into Pinnacle Souveran, Swissol Onyx and Zymol Carbon territory so to compete it would have to be very good indeed. First up was my...

Looked a nice evening from the lab window so decided to take my car along west sands for a few photographs... I added a second layer of Victoria Concours wax to the car as I am very impressed with glossy depth it produced with the first layer and the second layer deepened the finish further...

Today was Bryan and I's first run out with the new CCS Technology pads from LakeCountry. Many thanks to Tim at CYC for the excellent service in sending out these pads. :thumb: The pads use periodic recesses in the foam where the foam is closed cell to help prevent the polish from soaking...

The first detail of 2007 for the Krankies - A VW Golf R32. The car arrived this morning looking pretty clean considering the recent weather. While I took the owner into Dundee town centre so he could spend the day doing a little sight seeing, Bryan set to work on the wheels and arches using...

A nice big box was delivered to me today containing nice new products for my detailing in the coming year, most of these Swissvax products which I am really looking forward to using on future details. With great thanks to a fellow detailer who lives near me, he let me try out the Swissvax...

Went out for a wander in St Andrews after work today, and decided to take a few pics as the lighting seemed really nice... pity I didn't have my good camera with me, these shots are taken from a mobile phone (Nokia N73): Not bad I thought, though, so I thought I'd share...

Bryan and I took a trip down to Dunblane today for a mini detailing demo session for BM-Stu, who is looking to get a PC, so we decided to let him see the tool in action. Stu owns a rather nice mid-blue BMW E46 coupe, that was showing traditional swirls - nothing too severe here, just a lot...

Well, after a busy week, the car was looking (to my eyes anyway) an absolute state: Thats what salty motorways do to your car... So I though this would be a nice opportunity for a quick wash and an update on how the Collinite 476S wax is surviving on the car...

Well, as christmas approaches fast I was sitting at the computer with a nice glass of mulled wine (or five!) and looking through the pics of my past details thorughout the year and looking back on it, for me its been an excellent year where my hobby has taken off and allowed me to work on some...

First off, I hope I am not treading on toes by posting this guide. I produced these a little while back for another detailing forum which I enjoy spending a lot of time on and they have proved helpful there so I thought they may well be a worthwhile addition here too... In this thread I...

You know the situation - your own car, or someone else's car is sitting in front of you with swirls you want to remove... But what products and pads to do it? How hard or soft is the paint, what products are needed?? In this thread I present a generic set of possible product combos for...

I'm not a god photographer, but was leafing through all of my year's pictures on my computer before I burn them to disk and store them for the year and I thought I'd sahre a few of my favourites with you. Just point and click photography, using a 3.2 Megapixel Olympus digital camera.

It was a 530am start for the Dundee detailing tag team today to head south to Galashiels to tackle a vehicle type we haven't detailed before - a van! The owner contacted us after old sign writing was removed from the van and new sign writing put on - the paint had faded around the old...