<HTML>Gary- Now that is what I mean by testimony folks... how about some pictures to boot? By the way, whereabouts in chicagoland are you located? You can email me if you don't wish to advertise publicly. -Rob</HTML>by Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Actually Gary, I believe you might be off on your analogy. Ford and McD's produce a product centrally and send it to their restaurants/dealerships. Thus they retain full quality control of the products. Also, Emeril built every one of his chains from the ground up. He goes in and personally creates the menu items, trains the chefs/waitstaff/management and periodically stops iby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>OOPS! I forgot: www.startupjournal.com/franchising/franchising/200010110904-morse.html The only positive things I've found are by his organizations... strange</HTML>by Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I think this is all kind of humorous. Anthony, you're right. People will hang themselves if you give them enough rope they will hang themselves. I'm sorry but unless someone is impersonating Mr. Winslow his attitude as reflected by his post will serve as evidence. I wish him all the luck in the world hustling to get Ferraris and Porches to a $5 wash. Being a VW isnby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I would say off hand nothing, it's just messy to clean. Try 3M adhesive remover on the old dried stuff. As with any product, try in a inconspicuous place if you have any doubts. Let us know how it turned out for you. -Rob</HTML>by Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Hey John, hope this can answer your questions: Also my two cents: Ozone is not proven conclusively (cause and effect type study) to cause lung damage or cancer. However it is linked, which means more cases of pulmonary disease occur in people when they are exposed to high levels of ozone. What I would advise is that if you don't need to expose your family to something that mby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>A few thoughts on the acrylic questions and comments. First, I have to admit that Mr. Gonzales' post looks a little like a cut and paste from a reference book of some sort. If it's not, perhaps he could go into a couple details and explain, perhaps with examples or analogies, just what the significance is of the information you shared with us Second, I think I could shedby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>I have used JB Weld with great success. You can get it pretty much anywhere. Apply vaseline on the paint around the piece to be glued while holding it in place (or just pressure to keep it flush in your case. Then apply the JB Weld or other adhesive. After it has finished curing, wash vaseline off. This will keep adhesive off the nice paint. Waxing before vaseline helps the vaseby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Jerry, you should have taken pictures of the "juice" running down the window! That would have been a great ad to keep kids off of cigarettes! LOL That resin Jerry describes is in every nook and cranny of the car and a complete clean is really the appropriate way to deal with it. A word on ozone, it works by oxidizing the offensive compound to change the chemical structuby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Well, I am flattered by the response to my post. It's nice to give back to the professionals who have given me so much great information. As for my background, you guys are correct. I do have a chemistry background, and unfortunately that's all I have to contribute as I have no detailing experience. I am a car enthusiast and clean freak who likes to see old, tired, wornby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Okay guys, time for a little chemistry. Here goes: Polymers are by definition any substance natural or synthetic that are made up of monomers covalently bonded together. They can be a single monomer like styrene (hence when bonded polystyrene) or mixed monomers like protein or DNA. Acrylic acid or acrylonitrile is one type of monomer, thus when they bond to each other you get acby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>Hey all, I was wondering what type of durability you guys have been getting from your towels? I have noticed that the velcro like stickiness to them are gone and that the structure of the towel is breaking down (fraying etc.). I have only had them 4 months and I only wash them with dawn or laundry soap- no bleach, no fabric softener, no hot water. I use the towels in question forby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts
<HTML>For the morbid... or curious: As for the stench, it is mostly sulfur compounds produced by anaerobic bacteria which freely penetrate vinyl, plastic, cloth, foam, and leather (even coated) much like the plasticizers that coat the inside window of a new car after evaporating from vinyl/plastic. Bud is correct, you have to kill the bacteria. However, the odorous compounds must alsoby Robert H. - Auto Detailing: Secrets of the Experts