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What is Detailing?
- What is detailing?
- Why should I detail my car?
- How often should I detail my vehicle?
- Why choose a mobile detailer?
- Why should I choose Water Spot Mobile Detailing?
- How does your mileage thing work? How far will you drive?
- What about those prices of yours?
- I have a motorcycle/RV/boat/limousine etc. How much would you charge to detail it?
- Will you try sell me something my car doesn't need?
- What about those nasty chemicals you detailers use?
- I've been cleaning my own cars for years. How could you possibly do a better job?
- I'm thinking of selling my car. Why bother detailing it?
- I lease my vehicle. Should I bother doing the leasing company a favor by detailing it?
Prepping and Washing
- I have bugs/tar/grease/gum/worms on my car-how do I get it off?
- Can I use kerosene, lacquer thinner, or acetone on my paint?
- How do you get those doorjambs & door hinges so clean?
- I heard you shouldn't wash or wax a car in the sun?
- Is it okay to use dish soap to wash my car? What kind of wash soap do you recommend?
- Do you prefer wash brushes, sponges, or wash mitts?
- What is the best way to dry my car after washing?
Waxing, Buffing, Paint, and Plastic Care
- Someone told me that buffing is bad. Is that true?
- What are swirl marks, and how can I get rid of them?
- How often should I wax my car? What kind of wax do you use?
- I heard you shouldn't wash or wax a car in the sun?
- What kind of wax is best?
- What about sealants?
- What about the lifetime sealant the dealer put on my car? Or the lifetime sealant I saw on TV?
- What about that wax with Teflon I saw in the store?
- My car is clearcoated. What does that mean? Does it need wax?
- What is a gel-coat fiberglass? What about other types of fiberglass and composite panels?
- What is glaze?
- Is it okay to wax or buff a car that was just painted?
- How can I tell if my car has been repainted?
- I have streaks & cloudiness in my car's paint. Can you remove it?
- When removing wax, I always miss spots. How do the pros avoid this?
- What's the deal with those microfiber towels that are all the rage?
- I waxed my car, and now the plastic trim has wax on it that won't come off. What do I do?
- I have a scratch/chip in my paint. Can you take care of it?
- Do you recommend rubbing compound for scratches?
- Do you do wet sanding and paint touch-ups?
- What is claying?
- What is orange peel?
- What is oxidation?
- What are crow's feet? What is crazing?
- What is spiderwebbing?
- The paint is peeling off of my car! What can I do?
- My plastic trim is faded and dull-what can be done to rejuvenate it?
- I have plastic parts that need polishing. Can you do that?
Paint Problems and Paint Contaminants
- What is etching?
- I have tree sap on my car. Can you remove it?
- I have stubborn brown specks (rail dust) on my car. Can you remove them?
- I have baked-on brake dust on my car. Can you remove it?
- I have overspray on my car. Can you remove it?
- I have road paint on my car. Can you remove it?
- I have lime spots on my car. Can you remove them?
- I have water spots on my car. Can you remove them?
- I have fallout/acid rain damage on my car. Can you remove it?
- I heard that bird droppings are bad for paint-is this true?
- My car was covered with wet leaves for half of autumn and now it has etch marks and stains on the paint. What's up with that?
- I want to throw eggs at cars on Halloween. Can this cause damage?
- I have stickers/pinstripes on my car. Can you get them off?
Engines, Tops, Wheels, Tires, and Trim
- I thought getting my engine wet was bad. How do you clean engines? And are silicone dressings bad?
- Is it true that chrome isn't really chrome anymore? Why is the chrome peeling off of my emblems?
- How do you care for gold plating?
- What do you use to clean wheels? Do you remove wheels for detailing?
- What can you do for aluminum rims?
- What about mag wheels? How do you care for those?
- What about other types of rims, and hubcaps?
- How do you clean tires? How about whitewalls and white letters?
- Should I have my car undercoated/rust proofed?
- How do you care for convertible tops?
Interior Care
- I can't get the pet hair off my upholstery when vacuuming. What's the cure?
- I have gum/candy/etc. on my carpeting. What can you do?
- What's the best way to clean seat belts?
- After cleaning my seats/getting my seats wet, there are white marks and powder on the fabric. What is that from?
- What can you do about bleach marks on upholstery?
- What about carpet dyes?
- Do you remove seats for shampooing?
- My buddy puked in the back seat. Will you clean it?
- My car got wet/had a spill/etc and now has an odor I can't get rid of. What can I do?
- What can you tell me about that lifetime fabric protector someone tried to sell me?
- What is ozone odor treatment?
- What about cigarette smoke odors?
- How are headliners cleaned?
- What's the best way to clean the windows?
- I broke off the defroster tab/rear view mirror while cleaning the glass. What do I do?
- I used a razor on my windows and now there are scratches in the glass. How the heck did I do that? How do I remove scratches in glass?
- What is your opinion on Rain-X and similar products?
- What can you tell me about steam cleaning?
- Do you use Armor All? What do you use for dressings?
- I have shoe scuff marks on my door panels. How do I get them off?
- My leather seats need TLC. What can you do for leather?
Minimum purchase of $2 / mile driven round trip; please inquire for mileage distance from your location. Small / Medium / Large / X-Large pricing applies to vehicle size; please inquire as to which size your vehicle fits. Boat, RV, & Motorcycle pricing done by estimate only.
