When you apply compound or polish on your car, you might take the extra step of taping off the trim to prevent the compound/polish from getting stuck on your trim. To prevent this, taping off the trim can be an option, albeit it can be a time-consuming step. It’s also not totally necessary to tape off the car prior to polishing your car; you just have to know how to remove the polish if it does get on the trim of your car.

If you’ve ever wondered whether or not you can apply a decal on your car when it already has a ceramic coating, the answer is yes but it may not last very long. Of course, you can physically stick a decal right over a ceramic coated car and it will stick on the ceramic coated paint, but because the ceramic coating is intended to be a barrier that repels water and other contaminants with its slick surface, it may be difficult for a decal to adhere properly and stay on for very long. To properly apply a decal on a ceramic coating, you’d need to remove the ceramic coating in the area, apply the decal, and then reapply the coating.

There are a few different ways of approaching the cleaning of your engine bay and this depends on how aggressive you want to get. In most cases, simple wiping down of the surfaces with cleaner and rags may be sufficient. In more severe cases, you’ll need to use stronger chemicals along with agitation with brushes, and then wiping away or rinsing away with water.

One of the worst feelings you can have is driving a car with a sticky steering wheel. Personally, I’ve driven company vehicles for my day job with several that were more than 10 years old and have been changed hands many times. Some of them had some really tacky-feeling steering wheels. Although the steering wheel might be tacky due to the steering wheel material itself, in most cases it is simply due to the steering wheel being dirty.

If you’re thinking about removing decals from your car’s paint, you have to look at a few variables before deciding on if and how you are going to remove the decals. If your car is brand new or fairly new, the decals may come off easily with minimal work. If the decals have been on for quite a long time (say a few years or longer), it will more difficult the longer it has stayed on your car’s paint. Sometimes you just have to weigh the potential risks of removing old decals with the benefit of how your car will look afterwards. The older the vehicle, the more likely the possibility of you causing more damage to the car’s paint from removing the decal.

Car detailing is sometimes really all about the details. These small details when looking at them individually may seem inconsequential, but taking a step back it can make a dramatic difference. Take the typical seat belt buckle with the little red button on it. These little plastic buttons look great when they’re new, but over many years, the plastic oxidizes and eventually the red color fades. Then, you’re left with a faded red seat belt button that is commonly found on older vehicles.

When removing old decals off of your car, there are two stages to doing it. The first is the safe and effective removal of the decal, and the second is the elimination of decal residue. The decal residue can make a “ghost image” appear even though the window looks clean and free of residue. The longer the decal has been on the glass, the more likely you will having this “ghosting” effect left behind.

The question that is always asked is, can you repair crow’s feet? The short answer is no, you cannot just repair it. Typically people ask if they can repair crow’s feet with the idea that it could potentially be polished, filled in with something to improve the appearance, or basically do some quick fix to resolve the issue. This is simply not possible as crows feet is the phenomenon where the clear coat has delaminated from the underlying base coat. The only way to fix crow’s feet in car paint is to sand down all of the loose clear coat, and to repaint the panel.

After washing and detailing cars for 20-odd years, I’ve tried wearing all kinds of footwear over this time. When we didn’t have many options in the beginning, people would just wear sandals, regular sneakers, work boots, or even go barefoot! Heck, even today people still use these options. But in the past decade, we’ve seen so many more options come into the playing field, so there’s much more of a selection to choose from if you are looking for footwear to use when you’re washing your car.