Drying Your Vehicle

When I write on something I write it on how I work outside in the heat so if someone reads something who works indoors in a shop may be different from what I do.

I’m writing on drying your vehicle. I have been asked about drying your vehicle with some sort of blow dryer that’s a good idea if you work inside working outside is different. Because working outside in the heat and sun you pretty much have to wash and dry one side at a time and most of the time the side your washing is going to be almost dry anyway. You could haul one of these around and use it to get water out of the outside mirrors or from behind the door handle but most of the time it drys to quickly. So it’s best to take a drying agent to help dry and provide a lubricating layer between the microfiber towel and the paint. Do not use only a microfiber towel you may cause scratches. Any comments love to hear them. Thanks for reading

Wheel Brushes

I just wanted to share my opinion with everyone about what type of wheel brush I use. I use brushes called Wheel Woolies I will include the link for them. I like these brushes because they are super soft they wont scratch your wheels whatever type you may have. Also the handle is made flexible so you can bend them around the wheel into the tiniest of areas. They come in three sizes so you can clean any wheel. They are a bit pricy but I think you will be satisfied in them. If anyone has tries these let me know what you thought about them. If not what kind are you using. I would love to hear it. Thanks for reading

 

 

 

How To Clean Those Hard To Reach Spots

I’m going to teach you an easy way to clean those hard to reach spots as in cup holders or the inside the door panels or any other small place you really can’t reach your hand into. First spray your interior cleaner into where your going to clean let it sit for a minute or two to let it breakdown whatever is in there. The interior cleaner I use is awesome for this just check out my interior cleaning post. After its sat for a minute take you vacuum and suck it all out you will amazed how great this works. For more tip and tricks follow me. Thanks for reading.

Shine Interior Plastic

As I mentioned in my other posts I don’t like to use armorall or meguiars interior cleaner because these have scents to them everybody has their own scent. So the cleaner I use for interior doesn’t add a shine because most cars have a matte finish but for those that do not I have the product for you to make the dash and other interior parts shine. This is a product you spray on and walk away from. You can even use it to shine up the plastic on the outside of a vehicle. Until next time happy detailing

 

Wheel Cleaner

I want to give you the truth about using wheel cleaners. Wheels cleaner are a very powerful cleaner that you really don’t need to use most of the time. Your wheels are just as important to protect as your paint. When I start to wash wheels I get a bucket with clean water and soap in it with a sponge I only use for cleaning wheels. This is all you need to use to clean your wheels unless you never wash your car and brake dust is caked on your wheels. I have seen many of vehicles most with chrome wheels that people will use wheel cleaner on and let it sit because that’s what most of the bottles say to do spray and let sit for 3 to 5 minutes. After this when they wash it off it has eaten through some of the chrome and damaged the wheel. I mean who really feels safe doing that with wheels you just spent 600 a piece on. There is something a little safer I use rather than wheel cleaner. I’m sure most of you has heard of it a degreaser called totally awesome. It’s great spray it on the wheels and tires then take your soapy water and sponge scrub the wheel and rinse off. Do only 1 wheel at a time. Thanks for reading

Looking To Start A Detailing Business

Are you wanting to start your auto detailing business need some help on how to do something follow my blog and I will teach you through my experiences. I’m not like the other I’m not paid by anyone just showing the products I use and explain why I use them and why they are a great product to use.

How Often To Wax My Vehicle

If you follow my blog I like to keep my writing to the point and not carry on and on about something. I have read some and watched some videos about things and by the person writing or demonstrating for so long I’ve done forgot what was going on. So I like mine to the point I know this day and time people are very busy including myself. So with that being said how often should you wax your vehicle. The answer is depends on how much you wash it. And what type of wax your using. If your using a spray wax you will need to wax sooner than you would with a paste wax. I recommend every 2 weeks this keeps a good layer on your vehicle and when you go to wash it it a lot easier. A spray wax can last up to 2 weeks and a paste around 3 to 4 weeks. I have some customers I will paste wax a good layer about 3 or 4 times a year the rest of the time I use spray wax. Does great. One more thing I am a mobile detailer so I’m in the sun most of the time in parking lots or wherever. I have spent a lot of time trying to find waxes I can do this with these products I post are great to use even if you use them in direct sunlight you still have to be careful and do a smaller portion than if you had shade. Happy detailing any questions feel free to ask. Thanks for reading

Part Of My Arsenal

I would like to share with you one of the products I use when I detail a car. Back when I first started cleaning I would buy interior cleaners that I thought smelled good but I quickly learned what you think smells good the next person might not necessarily think the same. So I did a lot of searching for an odorless cleaner and ran across nonsense cleaner by chemical guys. Now I don’t recommend chemical guys if your running a business because their stuff is for the person who cleans their own car the stuff is just to expensive to run a business. But this cleaner is very good at a good price because its concentrated I use about 1 oz to a 32 Oz sprayer. But you can play around with different strengths to see what suits your needs.  This stuff will clean just about anything with no smell. That way if your customer has their own airfreshner or is just sensitive to smells this is a very good cleaner. Another reason I use it is because a bunch of newer  vehicles I clean have a matte finish interior and the customer wants to keep it that way. If they want shine I have another product for that, but that’s for another time. Thanks for reading

One Of The Top Questions I Get Asked

If anyone considers their self a detailer then they should do what I’m about to talk about. One of the top questions I get asked that I shouldn’t is when I go to wax a vehicle “Do you wax the top” because the company before me just wanted to save a little time and I guess product or was simply to lazy to wax the top of a vehicle. How do you not do that think about or do that. Think about this where is the sun and every other element constantly hitting? “The top of a vehicle” This is the most important part of a vehicle to give a really good wax layer to. I also have another question I get asked a lot about the interior but that’s a whole different subject. But that’s the world we live in there will always be someone out there trying to swindle someone out of some money any way they can. I believe different if you pay someone to do something then you want it done same as the swindlers pay someone I’m pretty sure they want it done right also what if the job they paid for got done halfway. Just saying if someone pays you to do a job do it right the old saying anything worth doing is worth doing right. Thanks for reading.

The Right Way To Apply Tire Shine

Applying tire shine isn’t as hard as you may think. You will need an applicator it’s best if you can find one that contours to the tire. You have to be sure the tire is completely clean if you don’t then the shine won’t last. I always start out by spraying some shine on the applicator putting it right where the tire and rim meet and go around the center. You don’t want to spray this area because of it getting all over the wheel it won’t hurt it if you get on there but it’s very time consuming having to reclean the wheel. After that depending on the tire size you may have to spray this area to get between the treads if it’s a large tire smaller tires you should be OK with just the applicator. After all this then the most important part you have to roll the vehicle up or back so you can dress the bottom of the tires very important. Thanks for reading.