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• Restore
• Clean
  Fabric & Carpet
  23-Sep-2011 | Clean

  Keep Fabric & Upholstery TOTALLY Clean!

  As you drive your car, the interior will inevitably need cleaning. Depending upon how careful you are in the car not to spill and make messes, you may have a little soiling or you may have a significant amount. The Sonus ALL-IN-1 Total Auto Cleaner is an environmentally friendly, multi-surface, water-activated cleaning concentrate. Sonus ALL-IN-1 Total Auto Cleaner is not a detergent. It is an ionic cleaner that works by breaking the bond between soil and the car's finish so it can be wiped or rinsed away.

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  23-Sep-2011 | Maintain

  Interior Car Care Made Easy!

  

  Compare your car’s interior with the living room in your house. Do you spend a lot of time there? Probably that is a yes so, keeping it clean and protected will save you a lot of time, money and will maintain the integrity of your car. Remember, it’s the inside that counts!

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  Paint
  10-Oct-2011 | Clean

  Waterless Wash- An Alternative To The Bucket & Hose

  

  Ultima Waterless Wash Plus is available as both a Concentrate and a Ready-to-Use formula. The lubricity encapsulates dirt and other contaminates allowing them to be safely wiped away. And because Ultima Wateless Wash Plus is Boosted by Polycharger™ it it enhances sealant protection and gloss.

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  17-May-2011 | Clean

  How To Wash Your Car

  

  You’ve spent plenty of money on the purchase of your car or truck. Now the question arises, “How do I take care of it?” The answer is vital to retaining the value of your vehicle and reducing future costs due to premature deterioration.

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  23-May-2011 | Detailing Clay

  How To Use Sonus Detail Clay

  

  For those who have never done it, rubbing a detail clay bar on your car does sound a little strange but it is actually very effective, quick, super easy and extremely safe! If you have never clayed your paint, you will see what you have been missing within the first few passes with the clay bar. It’s actually kind of fun!

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  Metal
  27-Apr-2012 | Clean

  How to Clean, Polish & Protect Your Wheels and Tires

  

  How To Clean, Protect and Polish Your Wheels and Tires - To Clean, Polish and Protect Aluminum Wheels, you need the right products and processes. Regular driving of your car naturally and constantly produces brake dust. This brake dust is a corrosive mixture of tiny metal shavings, adhesives and carbon fibers. This definitely does not look good on your car and, of course, not a good thing for the long-term life of your wheels. So, take a little time.

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  Glass
  15-Jun-2011 | Glass & Clear Plastic

  How To Clean Your Windshield and Glass

  

  There are times that no matter how well you clean the windshield and glass with a glass cleaner, that dirt and grime won’t budge! A dirty windshield is not only unsafe, it detracts from the look of your freshly detailed car or truck. This article will teach you how to clean your windshield and glass, leaving it so clear it may look as if the glass is invisible!

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  Gel Coat & Fiberglass
  01-Jun-2011 | Marine Care

  How to Detail Your Boat Using Gel Coat Labs All Marine Products

  

  Gel Coat Labs offers a complete line of vessel care products specifically designed to meet all of your marine Bow to Stern Vessel Care needs. Developed and refined by marine enthusiasts for marine enthusiasts! Gel Coat Labs understands that whether you have a yacht or a personal watercraft, you need a full line of products developed for washing, cleaning, polishing, protecting and maintaining that will withstand the harsh marine environment.

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• Polish
  Paint
  24-Oct-2011 | Polish

  How To Use The Porter Cable Dual-Action Car Polisher

  

  Working by hand just can’t produce the brilliant shine you can achieve by machine but many are afraid to take the step up as they fear the machine will do more harm than good. Set your mind at ease! There are no worries when it comes to the Porter Cable 7424 XP Dual-Action Car Polisher damaging your paint, even if you have never used a car polisher before! This machine offers variable speeds and a random orbit dual action for safe, swirl free polishing.

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  10-Jun-2011 | Polish

  Sonus System Paint Care

  

  You’ve spent plenty of money on the purchase of your car or truck. Now the question arises, "How do I take care of it?” The answer is vital to retaining the value of your vehicle and reducing future costs. This article will help walk through the Sonus Complete Paint Care System of washing, claying, polishing, protecting and the final maintaining processes, step by step. Don’t worry, it’s pretty easy and you don’t need to be a detailer to do it yourself!

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  29-Sep-2011 | Polish

  Ultima Elastrofoam System Instead of Detailing Clay

  

  Does your car need to be clayed? First of all, age does not matter! Many people think that a new car does not need to be clayed. This is not necessarily true! Contamination doesn’t care if your car is new or old. If your car is subjected to airborne contamination and it has bonded to the surface it needs to be clayed. Just remember, even a new car has been subjected to many types environments prior to the salesman handing you the keys.

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  Metal
• Protect
  Paint
  19-May-2011 | Protect

  How To Wax Your Car

  

  How To Wax Your Car - Many new car owners look at the clear coat as a protective layer that shields their car against harm. This is simply not true. The clear coat is a tough clear paint that is there to protect your color coat and add depth in shine. Although harder than single stage paints, it is not a super high tech protectant. It is just clear paint and needs to be protected just like the older single stage paints.

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• Maintain
  Paint
  18-Oct-2011 | Maintain

  How To Quick Detail Your Car

  

  Washing your car every week is a chore and can be very time consuming. Between our busy work schedules and family time, it is difficult to find the time for things like washing our car.
  
  If you are like most people, you hate to have a dirty car, so what do you do? The answer is quick detailing!

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  30-Jun-2011 | Maintain

  Some Car Washing Tips and Techniques

  

  Washing and Drying is a key step in vehicle maintenance. Using the right techniques and products makes the job quicker and easier.

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  14-Sep-2011 | Maintain

  The DO’s and DON'TS of Washing your Car…The Ultima Way!

  

  Ultima provides a complete line of vehicle care products that make maintaining your vehicle's appearance easier than ever. Ultima Paint Guard Wash, Ultima Detail Spray Plus and Ultima Paint Guard Plus are the perfect combination for ease of use and results!

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  Leather & Vinyl
  08-Jun-2011 | Maintain

  How To Clean & Condition Your Leather Interior

  

  Cleaning, conditioning and protecting your leather are vitally important when it comes to preventing premature aging, which can be irreversible. Deterioration of your fine leather is caused by dirt, oil from your skin, sweat, lotions, accidental spills and the harsh UV rays from the sun.

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• Supplement
  25-May-2011 | Microfiber Towels

  Choosing The Best Microfiber Detailing Towel For The Job

  

  Microfiber detailing towels come in a variety of types, colors, sizes and quality. Choosing the right towel for the job is the key to the successful performance of the microfiber detailing towel. Some work great for one job, but for another job, you will want to reach for a different type of towel. This article will define the different types of towels and help you with choosing the best microfiber towel for each detailing process.

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  13-Jun-2011 | Microfiber Towels

  Compare Microfiber Detailing Towels

  

  The market for microfiber towel products, especially automotive towels, is fierce. With the demand for microfiber increasing in both retail and professional channels, dozens of small factories in Korea and China have sprung up, seemingly overnight, to compete solely on cost. These factories are flooding the American market with low-cost, inferior products.

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  10-Jun-2011 | Wax & Sealants

  Ultima Finish Care Beats Zaino Bros.

  

  Zaino Show Car Polish products are among the very best in the world. We're not knocking them. In fact, the goal was to make the Ultima Finish Care product line better than Zaino. How did Ultima do it? Ultima Finish Care products were engineered to work easier, faster and offer longer-lasting protection

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  20-Jun-2011 | Car Wax & Sealants

  Understanding Auto Detailing Cleaning Chemicals

  

  Understanding the chemistry in car detailing will help you find the right auto detailing products. In the science of car detailing, dirt can be classified as organic soil, non-organic soil and petroleum soil. Not much else exists in the car world. If you can figure out the type of soil, you can select the proper cleaner. With the proper cleaner, 99% of all stains will come out.

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  06-Jun-2011 | Best Sellers

  What is the Value of Using Quality Car Care Products?

  

  The cost of automotive appearance care keeps going up, or does it? Let's do a little car wax comparison! What is a bottle or jar of car wax really worth? What is the true cost of car wax, that is, the cost per application? Let's explore these questions. As the cost of new vehicles continues to increase, so does the potential cost of automotive appearance care.

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