Just remembering the old days......
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Vegas1
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broker99
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Who could forget this epic thread
Who could forget this epic thread
Poorboy
Founder Poorboy's World
Poorboy
Founder Poorboy's World
and let`s not forget the Whaler aka rabbi
Pats300zx
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Accumulator
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Heh heh, still can`t tell mine apart (well, gee...of course not once the weights & plates have been swapped a few times).
I remember when Griot`s was, uhm...not so popular here (to put it politely). Nice to see they`re now mainstream-Autopia.
Concourswanna b
New member
Memories... well the posts that really made me laugh back in the day were some of those "detailed my dog" write-ups... at the end, they would show "afters" with a Brinkman light. Good stuff...
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
danlc95
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You guys realize that CCS pads are ten years old this fall?!?
From the old days, it`s some of the classic you-said-I-said, you-do-not-know-what-you-are-doing, you`re-an-idiot, name-calling-fights and discourse bantering that read like a detailing soap-opera. I HATED them, but I laughed at some of the truly ignorant things "hacks (and I do mean HACKS) wrote about detailing that (were) are considered as "gospel" methodologies (to them) and what products where "better" than others. There is still a lot of that going on today. (like wools pads and rotaries with rocks-in-a-bottle compounds are the ONLY way to "buff out" a car. Sorry, Stokdgs if you still do this; you are an exception to the rule!).
Really miss reading post and looking at pictures from absent/missing-in-action members Ron Ketchum`s (AKA Grumpy) and Scottwax`s . Also do not hear or see much of my detailing hero Barry Theal of Presidential Detail.
Probably one of the BEST threads I liked from not that long ago was Dave Fermani`s photo expose about the plight of former detailing shops in the Detroit area and what they look like now. It`s a sad reminder of what a once great city of Detroit has become. I still find in difficult to believe that this is happening in America until I visitied Detroit two years ago and saw it first hand just outside a Catholic novitiate for the Capsian? order of priest in the heart of Detroit. I saw a poor African-American lady picking up nuts from a tree that had fallen next to cemetery across the street from this church and assumed that she was going to eat them some time later. Made me cringe and wonder if this is America and not Nigeria or Somalia.
Really miss reading post and looking at pictures from absent/missing-in-action members Ron Ketchum`s (AKA Grumpy) and Scottwax`s . Also do not hear or see much of my detailing hero Barry Theal of Presidential Detail.
Probably one of the BEST threads I liked from not that long ago was Dave Fermani`s photo expose about the plight of former detailing shops in the Detroit area and what they look like now. It`s a sad reminder of what a once great city of Detroit has become. I still find in difficult to believe that this is happening in America until I visitied Detroit two years ago and saw it first hand just outside a Catholic novitiate for the Capsian? order of priest in the heart of Detroit. I saw a poor African-American lady picking up nuts from a tree that had fallen next to cemetery across the street from this church and assumed that she was going to eat them some time later. Made me cringe and wonder if this is America and not Nigeria or Somalia.
Stokdgs
dansautodetailing.com
Lonnie -
YES ! Those days of the past were incredible to live through..
And the old habits - really old habits - of using wool or wool blend - huge - dirty pads with a good rocks in the bottle compound will unfortunately continue to be the "norm" at a few zillion body shops across this country because it is to them, the cheapest, fastest way to cut down newly painted panels, get them shiny and move that vehicle out the door..
And while there are great older men out there that can still do this without installing a lot of swirls, etc., the number of these guys is decreasing rapidly since the average age would probably now be in the mid-late-60`s or older...
I also read that beautiful piece David Fermani posted of his town and state and it was indeed, very, very, sad to see how it had deteriorated even back then..
Yes, there is much poverty right here - among us - and most don`t even notice..
This is why the Savior once said that if you do something good even for the poorest of the poor wretched of society, it is as if you did unto Him...
Hey, no problem with me being the only full-time Rotary Power Representative here - I love it and am just finishing my incredibly clear and glossy Black Pearl 2009 Grand Cherokee using my trusty Makita 9227C with 5.25" L/Country Tangerine Hydro-Shreds and Optimum Finish Compound, in prep for one of my last new Syringes of Optimum 2.0 ! It is turning out beautiful !!!
My last Syringe of the ancient Optimum Opti-Guard finally hardened up in the used syringe a couple years ago..
But I know how to use the 2.0 old stuff and it will look great and last another bunch of years too..
Dan F
YES ! Those days of the past were incredible to live through..
And the old habits - really old habits - of using wool or wool blend - huge - dirty pads with a good rocks in the bottle compound will unfortunately continue to be the "norm" at a few zillion body shops across this country because it is to them, the cheapest, fastest way to cut down newly painted panels, get them shiny and move that vehicle out the door..
And while there are great older men out there that can still do this without installing a lot of swirls, etc., the number of these guys is decreasing rapidly since the average age would probably now be in the mid-late-60`s or older...
I also read that beautiful piece David Fermani posted of his town and state and it was indeed, very, very, sad to see how it had deteriorated even back then..
Yes, there is much poverty right here - among us - and most don`t even notice..
This is why the Savior once said that if you do something good even for the poorest of the poor wretched of society, it is as if you did unto Him...
Hey, no problem with me being the only full-time Rotary Power Representative here - I love it and am just finishing my incredibly clear and glossy Black Pearl 2009 Grand Cherokee using my trusty Makita 9227C with 5.25" L/Country Tangerine Hydro-Shreds and Optimum Finish Compound, in prep for one of my last new Syringes of Optimum 2.0 ! It is turning out beautiful !!!
My last Syringe of the ancient Optimum Opti-Guard finally hardened up in the used syringe a couple years ago..
But I know how to use the 2.0 old stuff and it will look great and last another bunch of years too..
Dan F
Old Pirate
AMG Classic Car Detailing
Ron, you are much older than me to remember that far back.
He remember`s when his ride was on Noah`s Ark........................
h34r:
Old Pirate
AMG Classic Car Detailing
I remember when Seal It and Apple Sealants were the bomb in the 80`s.
Before the Internet and digital media, there were libraries and book stores which lent or sold books, respectively, for information.
Motorbooks International in Osceloa, Wisconsin (my home state) published two books on detailing by David H. Jacobs, Jr.. One is entitled Ultimate Auto Detailing and the other Engine Detailing. Both were (I do mean "were", as in past tense) great reads and sources of information relating to detailing. There are a few tips and tricks from those books that I still use today (like cotton swabs (AKA Q-tips). When I look back at the products and equipment/tools available then to what is available now, it`s SOOOO much better and easier today to get good detailing results, even for the novice and hobbyist, such as myself. However, one thing detailing is not is "inexpensive". I suppose like ANY hobby from golf, to fishing, to even running, the more serious/passionate/dedicated you are about your interest, the more you are willing to spend, both time and money. Nothing is cheap (AKA inexpensive) these days, BUT as my father would say, "If you want to run with the big dogs, you gotta pay like the big dogs."
Motorbooks International in Osceloa, Wisconsin (my home state) published two books on detailing by David H. Jacobs, Jr.. One is entitled Ultimate Auto Detailing and the other Engine Detailing. Both were (I do mean "were", as in past tense) great reads and sources of information relating to detailing. There are a few tips and tricks from those books that I still use today (like cotton swabs (AKA Q-tips). When I look back at the products and equipment/tools available then to what is available now, it`s SOOOO much better and easier today to get good detailing results, even for the novice and hobbyist, such as myself. However, one thing detailing is not is "inexpensive". I suppose like ANY hobby from golf, to fishing, to even running, the more serious/passionate/dedicated you are about your interest, the more you are willing to spend, both time and money. Nothing is cheap (AKA inexpensive) these days, BUT as my father would say, "If you want to run with the big dogs, you gotta pay like the big dogs."
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
My favorites:
Zaino wars
Zymol wars
ScottWax vs (insert name)
Todd vs Jeff Silver
Jeff Suggs beat down
Accumulator holding his ground about SRP
Rotary vs DA
Holden_C4 hackage exposed
1st coming of Opti-Coat
Joh Ross threads
David Bynon era of banning (I actually unbanned many of them)
Please take a stroll into the Epic Threads section for some additional great threads!!
I never really frequented/liked the Detail City forum. Seemed very biased and clicky. Seemed like the misfits of Autopia. Posts/threads of mine got deleted which was bull````. I did however like The Fuzz which was actually a couple of people who shared the profile to stir the pot.
Zaino wars
Zymol wars
ScottWax vs (insert name)
Todd vs Jeff Silver
Jeff Suggs beat down
Accumulator holding his ground about SRP
Rotary vs DA
Holden_C4 hackage exposed
1st coming of Opti-Coat
Joh Ross threads
David Bynon era of banning (I actually unbanned many of them)
Please take a stroll into the Epic Threads section for some additional great threads!!
I never really frequented/liked the Detail City forum. Seemed very biased and clicky. Seemed like the misfits of Autopia. Posts/threads of mine got deleted which was bull````. I did however like The Fuzz which was actually a couple of people who shared the profile to stir the pot.
David Fermani
Forza Auto Salon
Also, you can forget that crazy son of a ````` Flash Gordon aka .......
Ronkh
Wax Waster
and the 34 reincarnations.........
Pats300zx
Super Moderator
OMG I completely forgot the Holden saga !!!! I still remember the pictures with the cigar lmao