Heavy Pet Hair Removal
December 11, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · 3 Comments
Choosing the Right Mobile Detailing in Gainesville Florida
December 2, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · Leave a Comment
There are lots of companies that do mobile detailing in Gainesville Florida. Not only are there a lot of mobile detailing companies in gainesville but there are many that have shops. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both? Let’s take a look at the similarities and differences between gainesville florida mobile detailing companies and ones with a shop.
Full Detail on a Chevy HHR
November 9, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · 2 Comments
Today i had the opportunity of detailing a Chevy HHR. These vehicles are kind of funny looking to me. I believe it was a remake of an older version or something. The vehicle has a dark blue paint with metallic flecks in it. The paint was not in too good of shape. After washing it really good with the two bucket wash method I gave it a clay treatment. Here is a picture of what the clay looked like after a few passes in a two by two foot section on the hood. Needless to say this vehicle needed paint cleaning really bad. All I was going to do today though was wash, clay, and polish then wax. All of these steps were done by hand. It is going to need some paint correction with a machine, but for now it needed these hand steps at the least.
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Blacked Out Infiniti QX56
November 3, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · 1 Comment
Today I had the pleasure of getting to detail a black Infiniti QX56. For those of you that don’t know these are the really large Infiniti suv’s. This one was a really nice black one with aftermarket 22 inch rims wrapped with some nice low profile tires. This one had a clear bra on the front, and I don’t really recommend it because it takes away from the beauty of the paint job. After giving the vehicle a really good spray and cleaning the tires I washed it with a microfiber wash mit. The truck was then dried. After it was completely dry a nice coat of wax was put on it to bring that deep black shine out. I will quit talking about it and let you see for yourself. Here are some pictures of the truck after getting a full detail. Most all of my pictures are taken from my Iphone. I do this so I can send them to my flickr account which is linked to my photo gallery.
How to Get Stains Out of Floor Mats
October 30, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · 1 Comment
Today I came across some floor mats that had definitely seen some better days. They had dirt and various other stains ground into them. Well I got to thinking, and decided this would be a great set to get some pictures of. I am going to walk through what it takes to get the stains out the first time. So for you to get an idea of what I was working with this is what the before picture looked like.
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Top 3 Detailing Resources
October 23, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · Leave a Comment
So I have looked over the web and have decided to compile a top 3 Detailing Resources list for those that are interested. I looked far and wide and clicked on hundreds of pages. So here we go. Just continue to read to see if your favorite place made the top 3.
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Love Bugs Before and After
October 21, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · Leave a Comment
Water Based vs. Oil Based Protectant
October 20, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · Leave a Comment
Both water based and oil based protectant work great. Although both of these types of products work well, they work for different applications. You let the situation determine what type of product that you will use and what part of the vehicle it is. Your water based protectants will attract less dust and lint to the surfaces that they are applied. Although water based may attract less dirt and dust it will also wash away a lot faster than the oil based products. This should be taken into consideration when applying products to the outside. For outside trim, tires and wheel well area I prefer to use a good oil based product. Not only will the oil based product provide a nice deep gloss it will also last longer when exposed to the elements. The reason behind this is due to oil not liking to mix with water.
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Quick Rundown on Microfibers
October 19, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · Leave a Comment
Many people have heard of and even used a microfiber cloth. In the auto detailing industry these are pretty much the choice of professionals. They can be used for just about any task involved with detailing.
What is a microfiber? A microfiber is a material that is made up of two different fibers: Polyester, and Polyamide. It is very densely woven with strands that measure 1 denier. What is a denier? A unit of measurement of linear mass-density of textile fiber calculated as one gram per 9000 meters. (Wiki) Human hair measures at 20. So the fibers used are 1/20th the density of a human hair. What does this mean? Some of the highest quality microfibers have upwards of 200 thousand strands per square inch! This provides for an ultra soft, super strong cloth that can stand up to the demands of cleaning and washing.
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Proper Wheel Cleaning
October 17, 2009 by Gainesville Detailing · Leave a Comment
Many people take this task for granted when detailing their vehicles. Not only do most people take it for granted but they usually do it at the worst time. Either the wheel is cleaned while they are in the middle of washing the car or they do after the body of the car is washed.
Two reasons to not wash at either of those times is 1.) The wheels are the dirtiest part of the vehicle.
2.) Chemicals used on the wheels/tires/wheel-well area are much harsher than ones used on the rest of the vehicle
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