Should I start with clay bar or try a polish first?

Edit: thank you all for your replies. I’m lining up a repaint in the near future.

Hey, i am about to start a detailing business with a friend, i plan on having it as a side hustle till it grows. But I also want to know if i could potentially have this as a my main job for the rest of my life once it gets big enough. I know I’ll make it i have the patience and will put in the work needed to improve if it means i can do this for a living.

Is there any chance that placing business flyers under cars wipers will lead to any negative perceptions (due to annoyance) in the UK. Trying to push out my headlight restoration business using flyers (putting them on cars with dull headlights/peeling clear coats) and was wondering if it would result in more annoyed people than potential customers? Has anyone had any similar experiences before?

please no judgement, i've been having a rough go of it with my depression recently. i've also had a really weird cough (ominous foreshadowing) for the past week, but i started feeling better today so i decided to finally clean my car out. i suspect a coffee cup spilled and i just didn't notice/care, cause after i got all the trash out of the way i found a napkin covered in what looked like dirt?? and im super smart so i brought it to my face and smelled it. smelled like a whole lot of nothing, so i tossed it. reached the bottom and realized it wasn't dirt, it was mold. maybe that's what's been causing my cough, i guess! it's orange and green and brown and FUZZY. i'm just at a loss for what to do now. i can't afford to get my car cleaned by a professional. what do i even do in this situation? right now ive taken out the cover thing cause that's also made of carpet cause it was covered in the stuff. it's just sitting in my driveway. i rolled down all my windows to hopefully air it out somehow?? idk man, i have no idea where to start here. i also can't just not drive it, i have work and i live in the middle of nowhere so getting a ride or uber or ANYTHING isn't really doable.

when i look into mold in cars online, it brings up cars that clearly have some kind of ventilation issue with mold everywhere. i feel like cause mines a smaller patch for a very specific and obvious reason, it should be easier to deal with. i just don't know how. i've looked throughout the car, it's nowhere else. there's no issue causing mold here, it's just my own dumb fault.

Just got my brand new crown debaged and it left these spots on the paint where it’s showing the old emblems. It’s honestly annoying me. I cleaned the area and all. On one of the pictures it even looks a bit like clear coat overspray. What products and what can I use to remove and make it all smooth.

Hello guys i bought this nilfisk e150.2 and it started leaking from the gun. Is the problem in o rings or i need to replace whole handle?

I have been messing with a lot of different ceramic coats. I am now looking at gyeon but not sure which to try out? Any suggestions?

Good morning,

I hope this is okay to post here. Just looking for a bit of direction.

I recently bought an M4 in tanzanite blue and the bodywork had a lot of swirls, scratches and hologramming etc, which is sad because it’s such a gorgeous colour. I took it to my local detailers and was quoted £1200 to sort it out, I decided I’d rather give this a go at home first. I spoke to a couple people who just said “just pay the £1200 love, you’ll burn through your paint” love being a woman 😂 (also, I didn’t burn through my paint… winner).

This is the process I went through:

1. Citrus prewash
   
2. Snow foamed
   
3. Shampooed
   
4. Autoglym Magma as fallout remover
   
5. Clay barred
   
6. Cut with Meguiars ultimate compound
   
7. Polished with Stjarna Gloss’s Skära
   
8. Wax with Meguiars Carnauba.

I’ve posted my results (I don’t have a garage/unit so apologies for the reflections in the photos), and also a comparison video of the swirls in the door compared to the rear quarter during the process (one video in comments)

I’ve got some deeper scratches that I don’t think are going to come out with the compound and polish I have - should I be looking into something harsher?

Overall, I’m pretty happy with the results, it looks 10x better than it did, but it’s not perfect.

Basically I’m just asking for any tips to make the finish even better (at home), or anything you’d change in the prep etc!

My friend brought out a red micro fiber towel, and began using it on the rear of my car, and some pink staining came out and it won’t come off easily. Is there anything I can do to get it off ?

First time car owner here went to a car wash and noticed this after (no my car was not very dirty) and am deviated. They lay flat on the paint and you cannot feel them. Is there any way to get these out? If so how and what can I use? I am scared to make it worse so any advice or help is appreciated!

It looks like I'm outside the extended warranty. What would be the best approach for preventing the roof from getting worse? I don't mind how it is, I just don't want it to get worse if I can help it. Thanks.