Category Archives: Guides & Tips

How to Clean Leather Seats with Holes
10
Mar
Behind the Detail, Guides & Tips, How To, Interior Detailing

How to Clean Leather Seats with Holes

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Over the past decades perforated leather seats have become more and more common, especially in luxury and higher-end vehicles.  These perforations provide passageways for the HVAC system to push hot or cold air through, providing the highest level of comfort for the driver and their passengers.  The tiny holes, however, pose a problem for those […]

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How to Restore Headlights by Machine Sanding
21
Feb
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To, Videos & Media

How to Restore Headlights by Machine Sanding

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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How to Restore Headlights by Hand Sanding
21
Feb
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To

How to Restore Headlights by Hand Sanding

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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6 Tips to Detail a Car FAST for Date Night
14
Feb
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To

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

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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10 Tips for Keeping a Black Car Clean
31
Jan
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To

10 Tips for Keeping a Black Car Clean

Posted on by Victor Espeland

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 […]

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30
Jan
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To, Videos & Media

The Fastest Way to Clean & Dress Tires

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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The Three Detailing Packages Every Detailer Should Offer
30
Jan
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, How To, Paint Correction, Professional Detailing

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

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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How to Clean Tires Faster
09
Sep
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, How To, Live Detailing Classes, Videos & Media

The Fastest Way to Clean Tires

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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How to Replace Polisher Grease
12
Jul
Behind the Detail, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, How To, Paint Correction

How to Change Grease in Polishers

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Polishers like the Harbor Freight Bauer Dual Action 6″ Polisher come packed with grease to keep the tool running smoothly. Unfortunately, the grease the manufacturers use is of low quality. This creates a lot of noise and vibration and can even cause premature failure. If you want to minimize all that noise and vibration while […]

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19
Jul
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To, Interior Detailing

How to Clean Car Windshields, Interior Windows & More

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Clean glass means a clear view and not only is this important for safe driving, it’s so much more enjoyable to drive your car when you can see clearly out of the front windshield and also the side glass windows. There are right ways and wrong ways to clean automotive glass windows.  In the below […]

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