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I´ve invited some carclubs of various sorts to show them some detailing techniches. I just wonder if that pays of in the long run. It does consume some time and preparations and a whole lot of sandwiches...and beer. I had this brilliant idee that if I show them how hard and how much time it...

Thinking of investing in a Kirby but is it so much better than a regular vacum-cleaner?

I reasently did an "investigation" of my costumars what they really thought about my detailing business. It was just a plain paper with some questions to ask. I basicly took the questions from the book "Costumars for life" by the american Carl Sewell (has a dealership in Dallas etc). I can...

I got a clay from Carbrite (Britestick) but I´m always getting it to grab and leave parts that is hard to remove. Do I got the wrong clay?? I use a regular schampoo as a lube.. hoho..I thought that Carbrite was the only one that did clays...

There are some detail-shops here in sweden that do the "safety-groove". I wonder if that is common in the USA? The safety groove is a 0,3 mm deep cut in the front window on each side and is supposed to remove dust etc and sharpen the rubber. It makes the window and the rubber last longer...

I´m using a blowgun when we remove decals, I´m satisfied with the results, the decal and the glue is removed (most of the time) but it is sooo time consuming. Do you guys know a better way (faster) to work? I mean sometimes it can be a 5 hour work, just so frusturating. I once...

Well..some cardealers still do the actual detailwork themselves and I just wonder why that can be when they can outsource that job to professionals. In the long run the professional car detailers do a hell lot of better work for probably lower costs than they do. Cardealers should work with...

We´re thinking of starting off with dent repairs BUT how long time does it takes to learn it? Is a lot of stuff needed and dies it costs a lot? How is the result of the dent repair, will it be invisible? Are there some dents that cant be repaired? What can you charge for fixing a dent? Can...

Hi, Im kinda new on this so lets see how this works. We use 3M polish here it is called 5995 and 5996 white and black stuff. The supplier here tells me that they have stopped doing these and replaced it with something else that is not so good. Is there someone that knows anything of this...

How do you mobile guys survive the winter? Isn´t it too cold to wash the cars or do you bring some kind of tent with a heater?Do you wash the textiles as well? It all sounds very strange to me to work as a mobile detailer. It must take you a lot longer time to fix an ordinairy car compared to...