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Hey guys, trying to help out a guy on another forum. He's in Huntington, WV and he's got a white '05 Tacoma. He's having some issues with dullness in the paint. I've worked with him as much as I can through PM on the other forum but I've done all I can without being there. So, if there's...

This car belongs to a guy I went to high school and played football with. It's a 2008 Accord and he wanted to get a complete interior detail. I only waxed the outside because he's currently fighting with Honda about a rust issue on the front of the hood so it would have been pointless to do...

I've been trying all day to post a new Before/After thread and it keeps dying on me when I hit submit or even preview. Anyone else having trouble?

I've been trying to post a new C&B thread for the last few hours and it always dies after clicking submit. Can't even get it to preview. So this is just a test thread that I'll delete if it actually works....

This is a 2008 BMW M3 show car. As you'll see from the pictures, this car has a few modifications. Some of those include a Ventureshield clear bra that covers about 75% of the paint, tuned ECU, carbon fiber cold air intake, a complete exhaust with high flow cats and x-pipe, BBS wheels &...

Hey guys! I placed my order for the PC 7424xp last Friday from DetailedImage.com and it arrived via FedEx truck today. I have to give George at DI two big thumbs up for his great service and fast delivery! Anyway, I snapped a few pics and a couple short video's with my Blackberry Bold for...

I was fortunate enough to be covered by our local newspaper recently. The article came out in this past Saturday's paper and I've already had a handful of calls and new details scheduled because of it. I would encourage anyone that details for money to contact your newspaper to take advantage...

Last weekend I sponsored Midwest Mazdafest 2009. The event coordinator asked that I detail his '04 RX-8 for the event. Since this is more of a show car, it was already in pretty good condition. The paint had some swirls but I was able to knock most of them out with a 2-step. On to the...

I sponsored a regional Mazda car show called Mazdafest this past Saturday. After detailing the event coordinator's RX-8 prior to the event, which I'll post later, his friend decided to have his RX-8 detailed for Mazdafest as well. -PREP- Pressure-rinse entire vehicle. Pre-treat door...

I met this client at our last Chamber of Commerce luncheon. It's an '06 Grand Prix GXP. It was in pretty good condition overall but had never been detailed to my knowledge. Pretty simple job nonetheless. -PREP- Pressure-rinse entire vehicle. Pre-treat door shuts, wheel wells, and front...

This 2009 Mercedes E350 4-Matic was one of the very first cars to come through my new facility. It only had approximately 2500 miles on the ODO. The owner was one of my professors in college, whom I am still friends with. -WASH- Pressure-rinse entire vehicle. Pre-treat door shuts, wheel...

As I pointed out in my other thread (Belated Recap of 2008), last year was a year I'm glad to put behind me. For 2009 I have transitioned from being mobile to a fixed location. My new shop is 1.5 miles from my house (25 minute walk, 5-minute bike ride) and it's right downtown Brownsburg on...

It's been a while since I've posted any of my work. Much has gone on in my life over the last 6 months. Last August I attempted to move my mobile operation indoors. I had worked out a deal to move into a building that a guy was in the process of buying. Three weeks after moving into the...

Hopefully this isn't a re-post. If so, I apologize. Just received this in my email. Looks like it has finally been released. Although, after reading the article and seeing the product picture, I think there's some confusion between the naming. Is it Optimum Finish or is it Optimum Final...

Like the title says, what are you charging for pick-up and delivery service? Do you charge by the mile, by the time, etc.? Do you offer free service w/in a certain radius to your shop or charge for any and all service?

Hey guys, trying to help out a fellow Mazda3 owner in Miami, FL. He wanted to get his car detailed and he was going to go to a dealership for a "$100 detail". When I saw this on the message board we frequent, I warned him of the dealership hacks out there. After talking to him about his car...

Pricing detail services always seems to be a good topic of discussion whenever it comes up. I just found this article on Auto Laundry about pricing so I thought I'd post it here.

I was browsing through some past articles on Auto Laundry News Magazine and came across this one. Glass cleaning seems to be one of the hardest, most hated parts of detailing (at least for some of us). I think it's a good read so I thought I'd post it for others here. Having used surgical...

Hey guys, I'm selling my Aztec water extractor. I'm ditching the mobile detailing business to open up my own fixed location so I want to go with an extractor much bigger than the Aztec. I've probably used the extractor less than a dozen times since purchasing it in March of this year. It...

Hey guys, I need some assistance. I got an email from a guy this morning asking me to wash and polish the wheels on his Freightliner and a 46' enclosed 4-car trailer this week. He's bringing some cars to a car show here in Indy. I plan on going with ONR and maybe throwing in some OCW as...