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Our New Detailing Van
We recently invested in a new detailing van So we bit the bullet and said goodbye to the trusted Caddy, she had served us well over the previous four and a half years only breaking down once. But every time I needed to get a piece of equipment it was like doing a Rubic’s Cube you had to move three squares to get to the one you wanted. We have been looking for a suitable replacement for a while now and we decided that it had to be a VW Transporter due to there reliability, bu
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We now use Spotless Water for our Valeting Services.
Since fitting out our new Detailing Van we have started using Spotless Water for all of our Valeting services! Below we list what it is, why and the benefits to you. What is water hardness? Tap water across the UK has differing levels of mineral content within it, I am sure you have been on holiday and found the tap water tastes different, furs up the inside of your kettle and you need more washing up liquid to produce all of those lovely bubbles. This is due to the miner
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Ceramic Coating a £240k Porsche GT3 RS
A regular customer of mine managed to get himself an invite to buy a new Porsche 992.1 GT3 RS! He originally thought that he would get...
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Ceramic Coatings: Your Questions Answered!
The Porsche Macan pictured above was coated with 2 coats of Garage Therapy (GT) Typhon (a 5 year GT Professional coating) topped off...
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Protective Coatings for your Car
The Range Rover pictured above had 2 coats of Garage Therapy TYPHON 5 year ceramic coating applied, then a single layer of Garage Therapy...
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How to Wash your Car
A lot of our customers ask us after we have machine polished their pride and joy "how should we wash our car to avoid damaging the paint...
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Machine Polishing. What results can I expect?
The paint on our cars is not as robust as we might think and can be marked in a number of ways and by a various different causes (not...
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Cloudy Headlights! Can they be Restored?
I have cloudy headlights can they be restored? I see lots of cars with cloudy oxidised headlights which is caused by exposure to the...
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Leather repairs: What is involved?
We recently had to repair a rip in a leather seat. The seat was fitted into our customer's pride and joy: an 11 year-old Mercedes Vito...
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Carrying Out a Safe Wash
You might have heard the term "Safe Wash" before but wondered what it meant, and how you could use this technique when washing your car. ...
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Microfibre Cloths! What's all the fuss about?
What is a Microfibre cloth? Do you need them when cleaning your car? A combination of two, synthetic materials: Polyester and Polyamide....
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Chemical Decontamination: what is it?
Chemical Decontamination is the process of removing foreign objects from your cars paintwork that washing with a Microfibre Mitt will not...
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