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The last few vehicles I have detailed have been in horrible shape. The marring is very deep (RIDS) and I cannot get as much removed as I would like. I am using HTEC with a yellow LC pad via rotary at 1500-1900rpms and it still takes multiple passes to remove a decent amount of marring. The...

Sunday I received this 2005 Z4 to detail inside and out. The owner had recently purchased the car about 2 months ago. The previous owner worked at a restaurant and the drivers side carpets and door were nasty. The previous owner also let tree sap get on the paint and soft top and never bothered...

Saturday morning Ray and his wife brought over their Titantium silver M3 convertible for a detail. Ray had recently treated the top with Raggtop so I just spot cleaned some bird bombs on it. The main issues were some RIDS and a few ice removal scratches. I also detailed the engine but it was not...

My buddy picked up this Blue Lagoon GLi about a month ago. It has under 30k on it but looks like someone was washing it with a broom. :angry It had some of the worst marring I've come across since the black Saab 9-5 I did(...

My g/f's family was visiting from Buffalo. Buffalo has been snow covered for a while now and the car was already nasty but the road trip down made sure every last inch was white. I sprayed it down at a DIY car wash the day before to knock off the heavy salt and sand deposits. Process DIY...

Saturday I had the pleasure of working on this beautiful M3. The temperature was a warm 28* when I started. Luckily my little electric heater brought the garage up to around 56* for most of the detail. The M was in good shape. It had some RIDS that could not be completely removed. Lots of...

Last weekend I did this Beetle. The owner was looking to take it to Carmax to get rid of it so I did a 1 step exterior and quick interior. I think it cleaned up well considering the car had not been cleaned in a long time. The color is red with a hint a orange so it looks weird in some pictures...

Well, 2 days after Christmas my girlfriend moved down to Virginia from Buffalo. I wanted to keep her Rabbit's front end safe until it warms up and I can apply a clear bra so I used some blue painters tape. Here is my process and some pics. Process 12/25/06 Wash and wax car. Megs deep...

I had the pleasure of working on both of these cars over the weekend. First up the Mini Cooper S. The owner contacted me via a car forum (EastcoastEuro.net). The car was in great shape. Light swirls, a few RIDS and light contamination. Not many befores because it was hard to capture...

The Audi owner found my information on Autopia after he was sent here from Audiworld. He contacted me to fix what a detail shop had done to his A4. He asked me to make his not so brillant black paint brillant once more. The front bumper and driver side fender had just been repainted due to a...

This car was purchased in June. It has just over 7000 miles and I don't think it has been washed more than a few times since it was purchased. Little washing resulted in few swirls, but to make up for lack of swirls were deep scratches and sap on everything! It was on the fabric top, paint...

Well, I had this car from Monday night until wednesday night. I worked on it 3 nights after work. The exterior wasn't too bad, but the marring was deep. The owner still uses a leather chamois to dry it. I'm going to try to get him to get some nice WWMF's. Process: Exterior: Nxt wash...

A new X3 with 10,000. Has been repaired and the paint looked good. There was little to no overspray on the paint but the fender liners had a lot on them. Hard to capture defects most of them were hologramming from the body shop buffing it. The main problem was huge gobs of sap all over...

Sunday I did a 330Ci. Wash/wax and full interior. Paint was in very good shape swirl wise, but needed claying. That will be done next time. Process: 303 Vinyl/fabric top cleaner with Megs versa interior brush Nxt wash Megs WB x2 front wheels with megs wheel spoke brush WB x1 rear wheels...

Saturday I did this 2001 Millenium Yellow Vette. Owner picked it up about a month ago. It has about 30,000 on it and is in very good shape. I knew Vette clear was hard, but I think the marring was much deeper than expected. I started at 8am and finished at 10:30pm. I took two 30 minute food...

2002 VW Getta 1.8T. A Getta is when you swap a Golf or Gti front clip. Everything gets swapped from the fenders forward. His sister blew one of his front tires and he didn't get new ones yet hence the different front and rears. Thomas, you might like the look! I traded him some labor for...

I moved to Northern Virginia for work at the end of May after graduating from the University at Buffalo. My g/f is still living in Buffalo for school. I went up to visit her at the beginning of September and had a few cars lined up to detail. I packed one suitcase full of almost all my...

I did these two about 3-4 weeks ago. First up my GTI. I had the car almost 2 years now. It has only received 3 details, and only two were with the PC. It sat on a dealer lot in Buffalo (very high acid rain area) and as a result the horizontal panels are etched and the glass as well (mainly the...

I did these two back in early May while I was still in Buffalo. The CTS is my g/f's mothers car and the Cavalier was my g/f's (Stay tuned to find out why it was) First up the CTS, its an 03 or 04. She used Zaino on it about 2 years ago. Other than weekly washes it hasn't seen any protection...

I have used FMJ on several vehicles. Here are the different applications: 1. wash, clay, IP, FPII, FTG, FMJX3, high gloss acrylic shieldX1 (HGAS) about 2 months later 2. wash, clay, IP, FPII, FMJX1 3. wash, clay, IP, FMJX1 4. wash, clay, IP, FPII, FMJx2, high gloss acrylic shieldX1 about 2...