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What is gloss? How do we define it, and how do we achieve it?  There’s no other term in the detailing world and scene that is (mis)used as much as “gloss”. If we were to believe car care brands or manufacturers and what they promise us, they sell us “gloss in a bottle”. Heck, we do it too with Stjärnagloss Bubblor, Fantastisk or Silke. However, in this blog post, we want to be perfectly honest with you and, more importantly, want to provide you with the knowledge necessary to see behind those promises of glossy cars – and understand what gloss actually...

How paint defects are created and how to prevent them? In a previous blog post, we told you all about (different) paint defects. So, after you know what paint defects are, let’s now talk about how they occur in the first place – so that you know how to prevent them. So, how do paint defects occur, how are they created? The answer will be shocking or at least surprising to some: pretty much by anything and everything. Even if you never touch or wash your car and just drive it down the road, everything that touches your car’s paint...

What are paint defects (swirls, holograms, haze, pig tails, etchings, …) After an amazing couple of days with the man, the myth, the legend Kelly Harris from Lake Country, we thought it was right to really break down all the types of paint defects and take the fear out of the unknown. Have a tea, suggest a digestive with it and enjoy the below. Before you even think about starting with paint correction and polishing, you first need to understand the baseline of knowledge about why paint correction and polishing is done in the first place. The majority of people think polishing is equal to making cars...

Do "scratch and shines“ or automated car washes destroy car paint? Tough question, this one. And the answer depends on your very own definition of the term “destroy”. Because if you don’t care about (light) paint defects, swirls and scratches, then by all means, no. Automated car washes don’t destroy your car’s paint. However, from a purely objective standpoint, the answer could also very much be yes. In order to understand this, we need to take a step back and think about why cars are painted in the first place. Yes, they are painted to visually please us – especially...

What do I need to start with car care? You want to stop using those horrible automated car washes, jokingly called “scratch and shines”? Because caring for your own car not only is better for your rides paint, it is also a hell of a lot of fun. At least if you use the right products, but you have come to the right place, so don’t worry. In order to understand our recommendations on what you need to start with car care, you first need to understand the basics. Put simply, everything – and we really mean everything – in...