Monthly Archives: April 2014

The Biggest Questions about Touching Up Car Paint, Answered
18
Apr
Behind the Detail, Featured, Professional Detailing, Tips

The Biggest Questions About Touching Up Car Paint, Answered

Posted on by Victor Espeland

When you have a chip or a scratch in your car’s paint, your first instinct might be to apply some touch-up paint. Applying touch-up paint to a chip or scratch in a car’s paint helps hide the blemish and protects the underlying body metal from rust and corrosion.  Sounds simple enough, right? Not quite. While […]

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01
Apr
Behind the Detail, Featured, Matte Car Care, Matte PPF & Vinyl Wraps, Professional Detailing, Tips

How Do Self-Healing Vinyl Wraps Work?

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Self-healing vinyl wraps are amazing because they don’t just protect car paint against scratches, rock chips, and road debris — they can also self-heal fine scratches and swirl marks. The self-healing process is activated by heat and causes the wrap to “bounce back” from fine scratches. Let’s explore how self-healing vinyl wraps and self-healing paint […]

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Reflection of a matte finish before and after polishing.
29
Apr
Behind the Detail, Featured, Guides & Tips, Professional Detailing, The Detail, Tips

If You Buff Matte Paint, You Will RUIN Your Finish!

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Got a scratch in your matte finish car? You may be wondering if it can be removed with polish. The fact is, you should NEVER polish matte paint — polishing will RUIN the matte appearance, creating a splotchy semi-gloss mess. Why is that? Let’s explain.  Why Polishing a Matte Finish Ruins the Matte Appearance Polishing […]

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Dog Proof, Cleaning, Protection, Car, Vehicle, Pets
03
Apr
Behind the Detail, Featured, Guides & Tips, How To, The Detail, Tips

How to Dog Proof Your Car to Save the Interior

Posted on by Dr. Beasley's

A couple of years ago, a fellow detailer and myself were discussing the dirtiest interiors we had ever had to clean.  He told me about a Honda whose back windshield was covered in an unidentifiable substance that appeared to have been smeared across the entire glass, completely blurring visibility. Whatever it was came off relatively […]

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Patina, Car, Paint Care
11
Apr
Behind the Detail, Featured, How To, Tips

Patina Paint Care: ICON 4×4 and eGarage

Posted on by Dr. Beasley's

A couple of weeks ago we posted an article about Dr. Beasley’s partnership with ICON 4×4. This week eGarage posted a video about ICON and Jonathan Ward’s story behind these beautiful machines. Instead of blushing over these amazing vehicles…AGAIN, I want to dig a little deeper into the paint finishes. Powder Coated Matte Finishes: Powder […]

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Matte Paint, Manufacturers, OEM,
25
Apr
Behind the Detail, Featured, The Detail, The Future of Detailing

The Detail: The Matte Surge in the World Today

Posted on by Will MacNeil

Maybe it’s because I work in the industry of cars and automotive paint, but I thought that matte finished vehicles were more popular than they are.  I’ve spent the past few weeks in conversations with lots of different groups of people and the question of, ‘what do you do for work?’ comes around quite often. […]

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