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Hello all we've been discussing on "dealer one steppers" before on what chemical to use and a lot of you said use d151=m66. But i feel like my Griots Garage pc is not powerful enough for removing more serious defects considering the time polishing the car with pc for volume work. When i press on...

Hey all! 3 other guys and me (leather repair guy, window tint and audio installer- and me as detailing. all of us are pro/very good in what we do want to open a shop for 4 of us, its like an auto salon you know. We want to open in about 3-4 months. also cheap advertisements for all of us on the...

watsup guys, if any one of you have a used carpet extractor that you never use anymore i would like to buy one. I dont have too much money right now (new business project coming) but if its a good price i will buy one. thanks!

How to know if the this "--type of--" wax will bond to this "--type of--" sealant? like would auto glym high definition wax would bond to black fire w. d. sealant? Im just asking. or would black fire sealant bond to the meguiars m66 or m80? how to know this things? thanks to all

Our work is hard, actually its not just hard but VERY HARD. About a year ago i didnt know what are swirls are on my black BMW, i didnt even know that something like that exists i just washed it and waxed my hood and i was done. I didnt know how to even use clay and didnt think it was needed at...

Hey all i got this request from my casein at 7 pm m to do a quick one step to make it "shiny" this car was painted this year and had very very small amount of swirls that were hard to see. (light swirl removal and jewel was the goal) so i started the detail at 8 pm so here it is...

so i was delivering the car to my friend/customer and my brother was driving my car, he went to gas station and was suppose to pick me up but later heres what i found out. slippery road, tight turn+young driver=this: :bawling::bawling::bawling: the other car was towing truck which had no...

Hey guys i started get more and more dealer cars for one steppers. I did 2 cars yesterday one is $80 and other one is $90 (a bit of wet sanding) and one car took me like 4 hours but the other one took me about 8 hours. am cool with that since i made around 170 a day i did wash, quick clay then i...

Hey guys, sorry fir sucha long post but what exactly do you do in their full details, and how much? I might creep in into a high volume work as a part time job into a big street of dealerships and the dealer was telling me they charge 80 bucks but they do crappy work even by dealers standards...

Has any one tried it with any success? Buying cars with blown head gaskets, fixing them, detailing them to a full potential (paint correction, touch ups, maybe some painting, interior clean up) my dad is a mechanic (am learning). he will help me on the mechanical side. i do the detailing...

Man ive been checking out you tube lately and finding this "detailers" showing "how to do"videos, am watching and almost crying to see Bentley/other cars gets power washed door jambs, trunk jambs with water literally splashing inside! what the ? this is just a port of it, this is so crazy...

If customer requested 2 step polish, how do you do it with a two step with rotary? m105 orange pad and m205 white pad?(some clears react differently and need a 3 step to remove swirls, daily driver type (lots of scratches). If he doesn't want to pay more for more correction, how do you finish...

Hey guys, i was a big rotary user but one time Ive tried my G.G. D.A. and got in love with it, no swirls, descent cut. Very good one stepper.. and etc.. even thought i still use my makita but am still impressed every time i use with my griots. But i was wondering if the flex 3401 vrg, or 7424 is...

Hello all! I was just wondering how many paint corrections (if you own a detail shop) you do a week? or month? 1 step, 2 step, 3 step. And also how much do you charge for a wash, clay and seal? thanks for all help!

My cousin is a mechanic (sometimes he does body work) invited to be a part of the shop he just got, him, his dad will do their work w/e and theire giving me space for one car space for detailing, but the problem is that i will have to use waterless wash methods or just use minimal water because...

Hey everyone! Of course its not as good as Barry Theal famous blue Mercedes paint restoration, :) (sup Barry! u inspired me a lot! thanks.) and a lot of you guys did projects that had worser conditions turned into mirror like finish than this, but check it out maybe you will like it! I...

Hey guys, how is everyone is doing, i introdused myself but if anyone havent read it, my name is Alex, am 19 years old, am from sacramento CA. now lets see about the car: it has 129 thousand miles daily driver, seen 10000 tunnel car washes. no before pics because i didn't have a camera but...

Hello everyone, my name is Alex, am 19, i drive a silver bmw 328ci. Am half russian half Ukrainian. I love detailing and do it as my part time job which is hobby. Am not new to detailing, i came from Autopia. but i decided to come here too. :cheers: watsup!

Hey everybody, this is a 2002 (i think) mercedes with 129 thousand miles on it, the paint was in very bad shape but i haven't found a camera so afters only. took me about 17-18 hours of correction. Took multiple tests and that the only best result comes from this steps. alcohol wipe downs...

I think its an 03, scheduled for paint correction. I heard the clear coat is really hard but i haven't done one yet, give me some tips and what kind of combos i should use, thank you very much everybody! Do you think its possible to do a 2 step? it had seen probably 1000 tunnel car washes in its...