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• Clean
  Paint
  11-Feb-2013 | Clean

  Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+ Ready-to-Use: Clean & Protect in A Single Step!

  

  Ultima Waterless Wash Plus+ Ready-to-Use quickly and safely cleans up your vehicle without the use of water. No hoses! No rinsing! No drying! It’s also an easy to use detailing spray for touch ups on painted surfaces, chrome, plastic, glass and wheels.

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  18-Mar-2013 | Clean

  Ultima Paint Guard Wash: Premium Auto Wash at A Great Price

  

  Whether it is the special paint conditioners to resist water spotting, the specialty cleaning agents to make your life easier, or the Polycharger® boost to restore a high-gloss shine; by the time you’ve washed your vehicle once with Ultima Paint Guard Wash you can be assured the quality of wash your dealing with will shine through!

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  05-Feb-2013 | Clean

  Ultima Paint Guard Wash: Excellence in Vehicle Cleaning & Protecting

  

  Paint Guard Wash by Ultima isa no-streak, free rinsing, car wash formula made to easily clear away bugs, bird droppings, and chemicals from the atmosphere that can strip away wax and eventually eat into your car’s paint. Specially formulated paint conditioners resist water spotting and restore a high-gloss shine with every use.

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  10-Oct-2011 | Clean

  ULTIMA: 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

  SONUS: 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

  SONUS: How To Use 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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  16-Nov-2012 | Clean

  Cycle Armor Waterless Wash by Ultima: Eco-Friendly and Simple to Use

  A proud owner beside a shiny motorcycle attracts attention anywhere. Keeping your bike looking good doesn’t have to be hard work when you find the right products.

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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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  Metal
  27-Apr-2012 | Clean

  SONUS & ULTIMA: 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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  Fabric & Carpet
  23-Sep-2011 | Clean

  SONUS: 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

  ULTIMA: 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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  Glass
  15-Jun-2011 | Glass & Clear Plastic

  ULTIMA & SONUS: 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

  GEL COAT LABS: How to Detail Your Boat

  

  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
  05-Feb-2013 | Cleaning

  Cleaning Vehicle Paint Using Ultima Cleaning Lube & Elastrofoam Block

  

  Ultima Cleaning Lubricant Gel and the Ultima Elastrofoam Block work together as the Ultima Elastrofoam Paint Cleaning System to smooth your paint to an ultra-slick and bright finish and prepare it for polishing and sealing

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  05-Feb-2013 | Polish

  Enhance Gloss and Shine with Ultima Paint Prep Plus!

  

  Ultima Paint Prep Plus is a non-abrasive pre-wax cleanser and polish that deep cleans vehicle paint, smoothes away swirl marks, shallow water spots and fine surface scratches, and leaves a flawless professionally detailed look.

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  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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  Gel Coat
  24-Apr-2013 | Polish

  Four Star Marine: Guide to Clear Finish on Gel Coat Surface

  

  Four Star Products Compounds and polishes are formulated using low percentage of VOV petroleum distillates as well as diminishing abrasive powders. Low VOC petroleum distillates are safer for both the user, gelcoat surface and our environment. Diminishing abrasives create a scratch free finish and not a cover up which reappear after washing.

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  Metal
• Protect
  Paint
  26-Feb-2013 | Protect

  Ultima Paint Guard Plus: Better than Wax, Easy Application

  

  Protecting vehicle finish helps keep the value over time. While many options are available today for paint protection, none are less labor intensive than applying Ultima Paint Guard Plus. Not only is it simple but it also protects far better than wax.

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  26-Feb-2013 | Protect

  Ultima Paint Guard Plus: Better than Wax, Easy Application

  

  Protecting vehicle finish helps keep the value over time. While many options are available today for paint protection, none are less labor intensive than applying Ultima Paint Guard Plus. Not only is it simple but it also protects far better than wax.

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  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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  09-Nov-2012 | Clean

  Cycle Armor Cycle Guard Plus+ by Ultima, Clean, Protect and Ride for Entire Season!

  Cycle Armor Waterless Wash by Ultima is created with top quality chlorine-free water so that you can Spray On, Wipe Off, and Walk Away. It’s going to do the work for you. No water needed. No Mess. No Rinsing. No Drying.

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  Interiors
  06-Mar-2013 | Protect

  Ultima Interior Guard Plus: Long Lasting Interior Protection

  

  Ultima Interior Guard Plus seals and protects every surface in the cockpit except glass! Finished leather, fabric seats, carpet, vinyl, wood trim, painted surfaces, instrument cluster, chrome, plastic are among a few interior surfaces protected… Not only can it be used on, but it also excels in protecting every one of those surfaces.

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  Tires and Trim
  26-Feb-2013 | Protect Tires and Trim

  Ultima Tire & Trim Guard: Results Are Exactly What You Get!

  

  Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus is not only used on trim and tires but wheels and engine bays as well! In fact with its ability to withstand temperatures of over 500 degrees F, UTTG is more durable on metal, chrome, and clear coat wheels than even dedicated wheel waxes are.

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• Supplement
  21-Mar-2013 | Clean Protect

  Ultima: "Clearly Different"! What makes it so?

  

  Many detailing products are quite similar. I'm sure you know what I mean. You're looking for something better so you buy another sealant, trim, interior, car shampoo, or waterless wash product. When you see the words "Clearly Different" on a bottle of an Ultima product you might wonder, "How is it clearly different?"

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  06-Jun-2011 | Best Sellers

  ULTIMA: 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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  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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  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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