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Every once in awhile, I think of some of the things I do just out of habit that have worked well for me over the years, and I do mean years.  I'm 62 years old and I've been detailing cars since I was in my twenties and I work every day, often six days a week.    Sometimes, more often now...

This year at SEMA, Red Kap had a display and one of the items was a slightly different style of work/shop pants.  I've been waiting since then for them to become available and now they are, so I bought some to try.   Up till now, I've been wearing the Dickies double knee pants with the phone...

I found this video interesting because this guy tried to get failures and shows just how effective the various machines really are when it comes to removing paint.  He measured paint thickness before and after. <span style="font-size:14px;">  <span style="font-size:14px;">Eric Huff, the guy...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231190913586?forcerRptr=true&item=231190913586&viewitem=   This is a car I did a couple of weeks ago for a client who's selling the car.  I didn't take the pictures or do the write up but it's an interesting car.  Those are real magnesium wheels.   Total time, with a...

This is a video I think I first saw here but couldn't find again so I decided it was important enough to re-post.   The video deals with different machines with the intention of showing how NOT to polish.  The purpose was to show how to burn paint, create a failure.  He uses a hood that's all...

This is an ad from Craigslist: Not mine but I thought it was interesting and outside the English requirement - mostly in the way it was worded - people called me thinking this was mine. I assure you it isn't, still, here it is for your entertainment. VERY EXPERIENCED Detailer VERY...

Here's a letter I wrote to Amazon. "I ordered a machine on the sixteenth, the delivery date range starts tomorrow but the machine is still being prepared for shipping. I opted for free shipping but didn't expect Amazon to sit on the order. The method of shipping is one thing, artificially...

Years ago, I was a salesman for Klasse and I made a call on a local detailing shop. I asked the owner if I could show him the product and he said, "Nope, not interested." I asked why and he told me he'd been detailing for twenty years, had twenty years of experience and knew what he was doing...

BMW F30 3-Series Factory Production Tour (1080p HD, 15:00) - YouTube In a few years, the last warm bloods standing will be the guys who tend to and clean up after the machines. Then the question is, what will we do with all the surplus humans? Robert

I know the rep of the El Camino is sort of trailer park - but being from the trailer park I have a soft spot for them - particularly when they're done up like this one

A few months ago, Makita went on an adventure. Makita wanted to go, thought it would be a good time to go see other parts of the country, get some new experiences, meet new people, make new friends, you know the story. So, I helped him pack up and took him to the post office and away he went...

If anyone else will be there Monday, IM me and we can walk the floor together and see what other people are doing. Robert

Aug 21/2012 Good for a short time only. Tomorrow, I'm going to be doing a paint correction and full detail on an older Rolls Royce. The car is black, has a lot of problems, scratches, oxidation and water spots. The stainless grill had gouges, but I cut those out today. In any case. If...

These are the Hitachi buffer, the Makita BO6040 true dual action, and the Hitachi right angle drill with a small polishing pad. My channel. I've been running these machines or ones like them for 35 years, your mileage may vary. Robert

This is a 275 Ferrari, cut with 1200 and a hard block over a previously done colorsand followed by 2000 SIA Carat on a random orbital electric sander then polished. The pictures are after the sanding and then after the polishing. There is no wax or glaze on this car because I want it clean...

I use the term rotary for any machine that has forced rotation only. The typical buffer is a rotary machine. For the machines that have an orbit but let the pad float free I use the term random orbital. For machines that have both forced rotation, the pad is driven by planetary gears as...

No matter what glass cleaner or cloth you like, next time you're doing a set of windows try wearing grip type gloves. The ones I use are the cloth dipped in rubber. (There are also some painters gloves covered in nitrile that work well, as long as they're some combination of cloth and coating...

I've been using a Fein 9-11-55 vacuum for a long time and I think it's a great machine, it lasted, it was quiet and it's not huge but I just got a new vehicle to work out of and it didn't fit as well as I wanted. So, I decided to try and find a smaller but still powerful replacement. I settled...

I'm not sure if this album will be visible but I took a few shots of a colorsand in process. Not nearly enough before shots because it didn't occur to me to take pictures until after I'd started working but some of you might find this interesting. Colorsanding. I'm doing it this way so...

And from the sublime to the mundane, here are a couple of pictures of the Hitachi right angle drill being used to polish in a tight area on a 1941 Cadillac. Here's the link to the web album if you're interested in more detail. Robert