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My father lives in Clayton, MO and he needs a good detailer to wash his cars every other week, with the occasional wax and machine polish if it needs it. The main concern is a Porsche 997, which needs special attention. The clear is very soft so improper washing easily swirls it up and it has...

This is my coworker's bike, which he has had for about a year now. It doesn't get ridden in bad weather or anything so it was pretty clean, but the painted areas needed some love. The bike is all black and the clearcoat is very soft, which meant it was covered in swirls but also easy to...

I got this car from a local client after another detailer had a go at correcting the paint. It sounded like the typical hack job, car looked great when he picked it up but after a wash removed the fillers, the paint looked terrible again. It was covered in swirls, buffer trails, and some water...

Today I decided to do my Spring detail on my STi. The car was in good shape since we had a mild winter so it wasn't ever driven in snow. No real paint correction needed, just a good cleanup. For this one I used several of the new Optimum products and I'm really impressed with them. They work...

This is my dad's car. It's garage kept and not driven much, but the clearcoat is extremely soft and marring is tough to avoid. Because the clear is soft and the swirling wasn't very deep, I decided to go light on the polishing. However, 106FF didn't want to cooperate for some reason so I had...

I'm in the middle of doing a one step polish on a Porsche 997 and I'm using 106FF on a LC CCS White pad with my makita at 1600rpm. The 106 is behaving very strangely though. After a very short time it seems to be breaking down and the pad starts skipping like crazy. This has never happened to...

I just noticed this rotary on the Pakshak site and it looks very nice. Almost identical to a Metabo but a lot less expensive. Has anyone used one before? Flex L3403VRG "Light-Weight" Rotary Polisher

This is my 05 STi track and street beast. It has way too many mods to list, but to make a long story short it makes over 400whp on 93 oct. pump. I detailed it a couple months ago (LSP is CG Jetseal 109) and it seems to be holding up pretty well. I'm going to detail it again shortly and...

I'm looking to sample some 1000P, 215, and 425. If anyone can spare some it would be much appreciated. I have lots of products to offer in trade. -Dan

My sister lives in Miami and she's looking for someone to detail her black Audi A4. It's pretty beat up and will definitely need some paint correction. If I wanted to set her up with the best I'd send Todd her way but she doesn't care enough about the car to pay for that. She's probably...

I did this car yesterday, and it turned out to be quite a process. The paint was badly swirled but there were also some deep scratches and leaves etched into the hood. I did my best to get them out but some were just too deep so I settled for about 90% correction. The process was...

Since I was home and bored I decided to detail my mom's 08 R32 yesterday. It's pretty new but clearly she doesn't get it washed very often so it looked terrible. Once I got the grime off the paint actually looked fine, just a few very stubborn scratches on the roof from a tree branch (whoever...

I was browsing the Meguiars website today looking at their new products for 08 and it looks like in addition to NXT 2.0 there will also be a Synthetic Sealant (#21) 2.0. Anyone know anything about what kind of improvements they made over the original #21?

I have been using the old Pinnacle claybars for years (the yellow ones) but they recently went to a less aggressive composition so I have decided to try out some new claybars. For my own cars I ordered some Sonus green since I don't ever let my paint get too contaminated but for customer cars I...

I have a Makita PV7001C vertical polisher that I've been using but I'm a bit confused about the actual speed settings. It has a dual stage speed system, where stage one is a fixed 600rpm and stage 2 is adjustable via a dial with numbers 1-5. However, the owner's manual has conflicting info...