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This topic is not discussed all too often and I was hoping for some other feedback from mobile detailers. I'll start by sharing my experience On days where I am not terribly busy or when on a mobile job I like to cold call surrounding offices & business parks. My experience has been you have to...

I have done a couple of 80-90% corrections. Sometimes I ask myself, is this car even worth correcting? If a car has multiple dings, large scratches, paint transfers, chips, and just other defects that cannot really be repaired. I ask myself, is this car worth correcting? Thoughts?

By basic detail, I mean wash, clay, AIO cleaner wax, interior detailed, tires, trim and wheelwells cleaned and dressed, glass cleaned etc. small car? midsize car? SUV? Truck? For a smaller car I think starting at $150 for 5-6 hours of work is at least "good". Maybe I am wrong though.

Can the Lake Country 5.5" CCS pads be machine washed?

For those of you that do this for a living or part time, do you like all of your customers? Are some of your customers just really dumb and expect everything to be done for dirt cheap? I do this on the side, and I refuse to do business with this trashy waitress that wants me to do a full...

Is this product as good as some folks claim it is? I know it gets a lot of talk on another forum. I never tried the product but would be interested to hear what everyone thinks of it. Seems a little over hyped IMO.

Is the current Armor All a water based dressing? Anyone have a picture of what it looks like on tires?

So, I noticed that there were a couple other threads on the topic of dissappointing products, but they were about five years old. I would like to generate another discussion on products that did not meet expectations or we were left disappointed with. A lot of new products have been released...

All of the white cars I have detailed have those little rust spots on them, I can remove them with clay but it takes a long time. Is there a better way to remove them? Anyone else know what I am talking about?

Just finished this car up today, took about thirteen hours. This is my client's wifes vette and she uses it as a daily driver. It gets pretty dirty and I usually wash it for her twice a week. I have not done anything to the paint since May so it was in need of a good clay and an AIO. She was not...

After a good cleaning, I usually dress the engine with Meguiars Hyperdressing or M40. What do you use?

Which form of tire dressing do you prefer?

Didnt plan on posting any pictures but after looking at them when I got home I just had to post something since it looks great for just a monthly wash/clay/wax. No sunshots, just reflections. Could not pull the car outside since it was raining, but this car was de-swirled a long time ago...

Just finished this van yesterday evening, I have been working on it on and off and finally got it done. I did the exterior, interior and engine but forgot to take pictures of the engine. Customer wanted a smooth and shiny van and was not really interested in correction work. So I washed, clayed...

I just finished this Lexus up today. I took pictures of the exterior and engine only. Total time spent was about fifteen hours ( Im slow, I know) The proud owner:

I did this car about two months ago, I planned on sharing it over here with you guys but just never got around to it, well its here now. Anyways, all the owner wanted was a wash/clay/wax, but I did a light polish with M205 on the D.A since the car deserved it. I then sealed the paint in with...

Hey everyone, I did this car a few weeks ago and thought I would share it here. Its five years old and has about 500 miles on it, she never drives it and just likes it looking good when its parked. Exterior: Gold Class Shampoo Clay with Meguiars blue clay and LT M20 on the D.A at speed 4 ASD...

When going to wash the vechile this the the first thing I do are the wheels and tires. I actually like cleaning wheels and tires for some odd reason. For the wheels I prepare a bucket of NXT Generation or Deep Crystal Car Wash or even sometimes I use a cheaper car wash soap, and then dip a...

Hello everyone, the past two days I have been working on this car, heres my process: Wash with Gold Class Clay with Meguiars Mild Clay Remove swirls with M205 on the D.A NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 All Season Dressing on the tires and wells Quik Interior Detailer and Natural Shine on the...

I do not think anyone has cleaned the engine bay on this truck in its four years of life, to make things wose it was a dirty ole work truck. Oh well it was still fun. APC, Purple Power, Deep Crystal Car Wash, Hyperdressing and two tire brushes were used. Before: 30 minutes later