Category Archives: Interior Detailing

Classic car covered with a silver protective cover in an indoor parking garage during winter storage.
06
Nov
Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, Interior Detailing

Winter Car Storage Mistakes That Can Leave You With Problems in Spring

Posted on by Jim Lafeber

After over 22 years of owning a detail shop, I’ve seen what can happen when a car isn’t properly prepared for winter storage. Every April and May, prized Porsches, Ferraris, Corvettes and classic muscle cars come out of the garage needing more work than their owners expected. One car I still think about is a […]

Continue reading →
Detailing a car
24
Mar
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, Interior Detailing, Paint Correction, Tips

Top 50 Best Detailing Tips for Professional Results

Posted on by Victor Espeland

When it comes to keeping your car looking good, there are an endless number of different tips and tricks you should know. In this article I’ve written out 50 of the most useful tips I rely on when detailing my own cars or a friend’s. Take some time to read through them and educate yourself […]

Continue reading →
urfactant Chemistry: How the Right Cleaner Matches the Soil
10
Sep
Guides & Tips, Interior Detailing, Professional Detailing

Lab Notes: Surfactant Class Alone Doesn’t Tell You What a Cleaner Is Good At

Posted on by Jim Lafeber

In the piece on why one interior cleaner can’t clean every stain, I made the case that strength is the wrong axis to think about. The real variable is chemistry matched to soil. That piece stayed at the practical level on purpose. This one goes underneath it, into the formulation chemistry that actually explains why […]

Continue reading →
Back-to-school car messes and the right cleaners for each
10
Sep
Guides & Tips, Interior Detailing, Professional Detailing

Back to School: 3 Messes That Need 3 Specific Cleaners

Posted on by Jim Lafeber

Early in the days of Simon’s Shine Shop, a detailer brought me a car that was almost finished. The interior looked immaculate except for one stain on the headliner that the team could not get out. They had already tried the strongest cleaner in the shop, and it hadn’t touched it. Their next move was […]

Continue reading →
Blue sports car hood with black racing stripes
20
Aug
Ceramic Coatings, Exterior Detailing, Featured, Guides & Tips, Interior Detailing, Professional Detailing

August Sun: Does Ceramic Technology Really Protect Against UV?

Posted on by Jim Lafeber

Park a vehicle outside on a sunny August afternoon and you can feel what the sun is doing before you ever see it. The paint becomes almost too hot to touch. The dashboard heats up. Leather, vinyl, plastics, rubber and exterior trim spend hours exposed to sunlight and elevated temperatures. Do that occasionally and very […]

Continue reading →
Gloved hand sprays cleaner on wet car exterior
17
Jul
Exterior Detailing, Featured, Guides & Tips, Interior Detailing, Professional Detailing

When Does Cleaning Chemistry Actually Stop?

Posted on by Jim Lafeber

The Science Behind Dr. Beasley’s Adaptive Buffer Technology™  Every product we retire teaches us something.  Sometimes it means the product wasn’t good enough, and sometimes it means we’ve found a better way to solve a problem an existing product already solved well. pH Neutralizer falls firmly into the  second category: it worked exactly as intended, […]

Continue reading →
Person cleaning a car windshield with a blue microfiber cloth.
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 […]

Continue reading →
30
Aug
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, How To, Interior Detailing, Videos & Media

How to Clean Windshields Inside & Out | Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Transcript You know, back in the 70s and the 80s and even into the ’90s, people were always talking about how newspaper was the best way to get streak-free glass. Well, let me dispel that myth and share with you a lifetime of tips and techniques for getting glass optically clear and streak-free. So, first […]

Continue reading →
Comparing the original aniline leather of the King Ranch Ford F-150 with the new semi-aniline leather.
17
Oct
Behind the Detail, Guides & Tips, How To, Interior Detailing

King Ranch Ford F-150: Our Ultimate Leather Interior Care Guide

Posted on by Victor Espeland

The King Ranch interior option in the Ford F-150 offers a blend of rugged luxury and craftsmanship, making it one of the most distinctive trim options for the truck.  Made in partnership with the legendary King Ranch of southeast Texas, this trim embodies the rugged romance of ranch life, with premium leather seats embossed with […]

Continue reading →