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Can someone recommend a good dressing that could be used for interior vinyl as well as exterior trim and tires? Ive been using megs endurance for the tires and exterior trim, not sure about using it in side the car as it is pretty greasy, but i could water it down some and then buff it off? i...

I recently had my car painted by a shop, the paint is developing fisheyes all over the hood, what is the proper way of fixing this? I took it by today and they said they would wetsand it, is it possible to fix this by wetsanding the whole hood? should i let them fix it that way? i thought the...

This may i had my car repainted, i have noticed on the hood what looks to be like they painted over rock chips, the hood was supposedly a new one in which they painted, it may just be me but i think these 'painted over chips' are getting more numerous, what are these things? i cant believe they...

Is so painful, i was at the local ford dealership tonite w/ my g/f and was looking at a black expedition, had buffer swirls all down the side of it, i showed my g/f and she was like "at least you could fix it when we get it home". That and when she said that my paint looked better than the new...

"Note, when you work a painted area or windshield; polish the area first, clay it second and when you come back and polish again, watch the results because you may need to flip the washcloth several times and continue to smooth out the paint until the desired results are met. Watch for a gray...

Im beginning to detail on the side for a few friends of the family and such, im wanting to start advertising, and have a few questions, on my interior/exterior full details i will charge $150, interior or exterior only will be 80, does this seem fair? The products that i have are: DACP Scratch...

This is after clay, mppp, dacp(yellow pad), light cut(white pad), washed w/ dawn, 3 coats SG, then s100. the car is a little dusty and has light water marks due to it raining last night, but these pics do show the awesome reflections. thanks for looking

I have some light Cut from HI-Temp, the instructions say that after applying it and buffing off the residue that the panel needs to be washed, is this so? I called them and the man said that the oils need to be washed away so that the wax can bond correctly, but dont all products(ex. meguiars 9)...

I just got my 7424 yesterday and my topoftheline pads as well, i washed/dried the car, then went to work on the roof, it had the most swirls/light scratches so i started there, i used meguiars fine cut #2 w/ a yellow pad, did this about 3 times over buffing off the product w/ a clean MF towel in...

I just bought a new PC from coastal, and was wondering if there are any illinois detailers who could teach me the finer points of using this new tool. Id really appreciate it, thanks guys. Oh, im in quincy, illinois if that helps any, thanks again

Not really, but ever since i have found this place i have been amazed at the lengths people will go to have a clean car, well, today i went on that journey. I woke up around 8 and had layed aside the WHOLE day to cleaning the interior of my car. I disassembled the entire interior, dash,console...

Thursday im go ing to be picking u p my car from the shop, what things should i look for before i pay them? They replaced the hood, fender, bumper and then they 'blended' all the areas areound what they replaced, can someone explain orange peel to me so i can be on the lookout for that, what...

Just did my first paying detail job today. It was on my future mother in laws car. it's a 01 malibu and in pretty good condition, anyways, i was going to charge her 70, for a full detail, i got it all dont, took 7 hours, and dropped it off at her house and she was extremely pleased, she said it...

I recently bought some Meguiars 26 paste wax, the consistency of the wax is somewhat grainy, i get little yellow grains of wax when applying it, i used s100 b4 this and it was very smooth to apply and had no 'grains' to it at all, did i just get a bad can or is this what 26 is like? Thanks

This was the result of MPPP, 9, 7, and S100 on the hood of a 96 lumina with the pearl blue paint. Im still a newbie, oh, u can also see all my supplies in the background, What do ya think?

Ive somewhat new to detailing, been doing this less than a year. Here is my current problem, the products i use are meguiars, and s100 for wax, my problem is this, i have some light scratches and swirls, about 6 months ago, i did #9, #7 and then s100, the results were very pleasing because i...