Category Archives: Behind the Detail

How to Restore Headlights by Machine Sanding

How to Restore Headlights by Machine Sanding

As I showed in my previous article and video, working by hand to sand off years of oxidation, yellowing and cloudiness from headlights works perfectly fine. I also shared how to remove the sanding marks by hand in that video and article for those that simply have no other alternative.   But for those of you […]

How to Restore Headlights by Hand Sanding

How to Restore Headlights by Hand Sanding

Gone are the days of the simple General Electric or Wagner brand round sealed beam headlamps. These old headlights were made from glass which meant they would never fade, oxidize or turn yellow. You could purchase a replacement back in the day for around $5.00 and install it in the parking lot of the auto […]

6 Tips to Detail a Car FAST for Date Night

6 Tips to Detail Your Car Fast (For Date Night!)

TRANSCRIPT Have you ever been in a situation where you got something coming up — it’s date night, or you got a car show — your car’s dirty, you don’t have a lot of time, but you want to get it looking as good as you can?  You know, you never have a second chance […]

How to Clean Touch Screens in Cars

How to Clean Touchscreens in Cars

Touch screens have become standard in almost every car on the market over the past 15 years. They’re also one of the most high traffic areas in a car—you touch them everyday to do everything from adjusting the A/C to turning on the ignition, leaving them covered in a film of dried sweat, oil and […]

Pictures: February 2024 3-Day Class – Car & Boat Detailing Class in Stuart, Florida

Here’s the graduating class for the February 2024 3-Day Car & Boat Detailing Class! Day 1 – Morning Session – Extreme Prep Wash This class had a VERY RARE OPPORTUNITY – and that is they get to work on a Barn Find with severely stained and oxidized single stage paint. So the first thing the […]

How Long Does a Car Wash Take?

How long does a car wash take? 15 minutes? 45 minutes? Two hours? If you’re new to washing cars, it can be tough to guess. How do you know what you’re getting into before you spend an entire Saturday afternoon in the driveway with a soap-filled bucket? The answer isn’t obvious. That’s because how long […]

10 Tips for Keeping a Black Car Clean

10 Tips for Keeping a Black Car Clean

Keeping a black car clean can seem like a fool’s errand. Deep black paints contrast with light-colored water spots, bird droppings, dust and dirt, making stains and grime impossible to hide.  How do you maintain pristine black paint when they look so much dirtier than other paints? Ultimately it comes down to protecting the paint […]

The Fastest Way to Clean & Dress Tires

When it comes to getting severely neglected and dirty tires factory clean again, there’s the old-school way of doing it working by hand using a tire scrub brush and the modern way of doing it, and that’s machine scrubbing using cordless rotary polishers.   SAFETY WARNING: Because washing a car and cleaning wheel and tires falls […]

The Three Detailing Packages Every Detailer Should Offer

The 3 Basic Paint Correction & Ceramic Coating Packages Every Detailer Should Offer

Starting and running a successful detailing business has a lot of moving parts and it can become overwhelming without a plan.  In this article, we will take a look at one of the most important aspects of any detailing business that far too many newbies fail to implement at the very start: figuring out their […]