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The New Porter Cable How-To Video is Live! Autogeek's Show Car Garage Video Library! How to use the Porter Cable 7424XP to Remove Swirls This new video shows a 3 step process to remove swirls out of a clear coat finish PLUS how to do a TEST SPOT to make sure you're getting GREAT results...

Pro Blend Bottle Proportioners - Accurately Measure Concentrates If you purchase your detailing supplies in bulk concentrates, then here's very handy tool to have around, it's called the Pro Blend Bottle Proportioner. Order the Pro Blend Bottle Proportioners on Autogeek.net Assembly The Pro...

Brand Yourself, Brand your Forum Nickname and Brand your Business Name Copyright ©PBMA - AutogeekOnline.net® All Rights Reserved Here's some free advice that I use myself and have found it to be immeasurably beneficial at least in my own circumstances. If your into detailing as a business...

How to safely remove a dried bird dropping Copyright ©PBMA - AutogeekOnline.net® All Rights Reserved If you have a completely dried bird dropping on your car's finish, and you DON'T have access to a water hose with free flowing water, then instead of wiping it off with a spray detailer or...

Tips & Techniques for using a Spray Detailer to Remove Light Dust, Fingerprints and Smudges Spray Detailers are for removing, Light dust Fingerprints Smudges And most can also be used as a clay lubricant (Read Manufactures Recommendations first) Spray detailers are wonderful, time-saving...

The Edge 8" Black 100% Domestic Wool Heavy Cut Pad Copyright ©PBMA - AutogeekOnline.net® All Rights Reserved Classification: Cutting Pad Yarn: 100% Domestic (U.S.) 4-Ply Twisted Wool Pile Length: 1.5" Cut: Very Aggressive Working Face of Pad Diameter: i inches Tool: Rotary Buffer...

Meguiar's Double Sided 100% Wool Cutting Pad Copyright ©PBMA - Autogeekonline.net® All Rights Reserved Classification:Cutting Pad Yarn: 100% 4-Ply Twisted Wool Pile Length: 1.5" Cut: Very Aggressive Working Face of Pad Diameter: 7 1/2 inches Tool: Rotary Buffer Attachment: Double Sided Pad...

The Reverse Test Spot One time I had a chance to work on a very cool 1954 Corvette for Corvette Mike. I had never met Mike before and he hired me based upon a recommendation by Mike Kennedy from Meguiar's. I showed up for the job with my Brinkman Swirl Finder Light to inspect the finish...

How to choose a name for your detailing business Here's a few tips to help you choose a name for your part-time or full-time detailing business. Choose a name that tells your prospective customer what's in it for them Choose a name that's easy to spell, pronounce, remember, type and write...

Fight or Flight Method for Gaging Surface Temperature The topic of heat comes up often when talking about using a rotary buffer to machine compound or polish paint. For decades now I read comments by people where they state heat is necessary when using a rotary buffer with a compound, or any...

The Cruel Test Spot - This or that? - Reverse Bait & Switch The Cruel Test Spot One thing I've done a lot of in my detailing career that's a little cruel, a little risky but sometimes very effective and that's to do a little test spot on the hood of a potential customer's car to show them...

How to choose the right polisher for your detailing project This is just a general guide to help you choose the right polisher for your detailing needs. Power Tools are to guys like shoes are to women, you can never have too many. So perhaps don't limit yourself to just one category of tool...

Tracers Tracers - RIDS - Pigtails - Cobweb Swirls - Rotary Buffer Swirls - Holograms - Water Spots - Bird Drooping Etchings - Micro-Marring Copyright ©PBMA - Autogeekonline.net® All Rights Reserved Here's a list of the most common types of "Below Surface Defects" in the detailing world...

Two Schools of Thought when Hand Sanding - Straight-lines or Crosshatch Pattern Copyright ©PBMA - Autogeekonline.net® All Rights Reserved There's two schools of thought on the correct method or best method on which direction to move your hand and backing pad when hand-sanding...

Wolfgang Tire & Wheel Cleaner - Review and How-to Review Tested out the Wolfgang Tire & Wheel Cleaner and the number one thing I liked about it is that it's both safe and effective on both tires and wheels . Whenever you use a wheel cleaner you need to first know what your wheels are made out...

***NEW*** Mother's Professional Line! This just in... Mother's new Professional Line! To do this new product line justice I really need a fresh paint job that needs to be sanded then cut and polished.

Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher - Extreme Demo - Warning! Warning! Please don't try this on your own car. I've had a number of people ask me about the power offered by the new Generation II Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher and so after scratching my head and trying to think of some kind of...

PJ from Dodo Juice at Autogeek today! Hey everyone, we has a special guest swing by the Autogeek facilities today and it was none other than half the Dynamic Duo from Dodo Juice.... Drumroll............ PJ !!!!! Meghan parks her Chrysler 300 under the HUGE Autogeek sign on our building so...

How long will a half sheet of wet/dry sandpaper last before it stops cutting and you need to replace it? As for how long a single sheet of paper will last there is no hard answer, different brands will vary in how long they will last due to their physical make-up of both backing material...

Basic Hand Sanding Techniques Soak your papers at least 15 minutes before use. The Nikken Finishing papers have a latex rubber impregnated paper backing that is waterproof and this prevents the finishing paper from breaking-down into pulp from over soaking. I've personally soaked these paper in...