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First… Why clay your car? Over time the contaminants in the air land on your car and if not removed in a timely manner they bond so tightly to the exterior surfaces that washing will not remover them.  These contaminants create surface texture, which reduces gloss because gloss comes from a smooth surface.  Because normal washing with car wash soap and a wash mitt won’t remove bonded contaminants - the most effective way to remove these contaminants is via a mechanical means called mechanical decontamination. Mechanical decontamination is done to a car after first washing and drying the car and...

Clean engines run cooler and are easier to diagnose when there’s problems Keeping your engine and engine compartment clean is important because it helps to keep the engine and engine compartment cooler as heat is one of the top enemies to your engine and drivetrain.  Keeping the engine and engine compartment clean also helps to identify and locate problems like leaks or broken components simply because it’s easier to see problems when the engine is clean versus covered in a layer of oily grime and sludge. Wet Wash Engine Detail versus Cosmetic Engine Detail There are two different ways to...

What are Ceramic Paint Coatings? Ceramic paint coatings are defined as any paint protection product that contains nano-sized particles of SiO2 or Silicon Dioxide.   True ceramic paint coatings use nano-sized particles of Silicon Dioxide to create a paint protection product that dramatically outlasts and out-protects conventional and traditional car waxes and synthetic paint sealants.  Due to their pure concentrated form and the fact when exposed to air they will solidify, most real or true ceramic coatings come in tiny glass vials. What is SiO2? SiO2 is the abbreviated element name for Silicon Dioxide, and it is one of 118...

Car Pro Detail finished this Honda CBX Motorcycle detail with beautiful results! They cleaned it nicely with HD Products. After washing it down, they worked on the paint correction. The products they used: HD Cut HD Polish Then followed with a paint sealant, HD Poxy You can see the results of the paint correction and auto detail on this motorcycle through the pictures below. Check out the stunning results!

Many professional detailers and novices as well are plagued by the amount of time spent just to prep a vehicle before performing a full detailing. Many spend 2, 3 and even 4 hours just to prepare a car for the detailing process!! I can’t help but to scratch my head when I read how in-depth a person feels they need to go just to prep a car for a detailing operation. Even though properly prepping a car is unarguably the most important step in the detail process, some are under the false notion that the vehicle has to be surgically...

Product Review by: House of Wax on Autopia “Got a chance to finally mess with HD Polish… I’m trying it out on my 2007 Dodge Ram that is in the process of getting prepped for winter. I will be doing a full correction on the entire vehicle, but for the purposes of evaluating this product I tested it on one of my doors without any compounding so I could see how much defect it would remove on its own. The weather outside today isn’t being cooperative to get good defect shots, so I’m making due with my garage lighting. Fortunately...

Testarossa Tuesday courtesy of Platinum Motor Cars. This beaut has only 500 original miles! HD Touch wipe down followed by a few squirts of HD Express woke up this 30 year old original single stage Rosso Corsa finish! Check out the pictures..

Check out some of the photos from our January 2015 3D Auto Detailing Training Academy – Certification Course! Each student got hands-on training from our detailing instructors and were tested before becoming certified. This is great for professionals who want to become certified, beginners who want more knowledge before jumping into the automotive detail industry and any car enthusiast. Check out some of the photos…

Check out this review on Autopia by Top189h, he was testing HD Wash and gave a great honest opinion on the product he received as part of our Free Gift Giveaway this past holiday season. With my giveaway of HD Poxy, I also received HD wash. I’ve tried several different soaps, and except for a few, I haven’t really enjoyed any of them to pay much attention to them. This soap is one of the few that I really enjoyed, so much so that I had to do a review on it. Price: 7.99 for 16oz (a pretty good deal...

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What’s most interesting about HD and now 3D polishing compounds that contain this special technology is that it extends what is possible in both cutting and finishing characteristics because of not just the unique abrasives used, but also a special chemical booster that allows the abrasive package to cut harder and quicker while also finishing better. It’s almost as if this creates a multidimensional symmetry of sorts by pushing the boundaries of what a compound and polish are capable of achieving. Many manufacturers source their abrasives from similar sources. However, these abrasives can only do so much by themselves .Giving...