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Automotive Detailing: A Complete Car Guide for Auto Enthusiasts and Detailing Professionals

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I found the book a little on the general side for the more experienced automotive car care enthusiast such as myself. Ultimate Auto Detailing is probably a little better book in my opinion. The few detailing books that are available don't readily give anymore information than most of the detailing product websites (which seem to be very thorough). If you don't have any basics on detailing consider it, if you already know that there are no true detailing secrets, skip it.

This book is probably better suited for the average person wanting to know how to get their car REALLY clean. Pro deatailers may not get as much out of this as they would like. This book concentrates on what to do, in what order it should be done, and what products to use....and relies mostly on the directions on the products to give you instructions. The high points were the chapters on Wheels & Tires and Interior Detailing. I found they were the most detailed with the instructions given. This book also contains a chapter about Detailing as a Business. Gives the basics about how a detail business is operated. If you haven't read a detailing book before, I would recommend starting with this one before moving on.

Mr. Taylor has good general knowledge of detailing. How that knowledge would translate into information for experienced professionals is not clear. I can see an auto enthusiast gaining some good general knowledge from this book, however, the knowledge shared is both too general and lacks suffecient explanation. I still haven't found a book that truly shows how the professional detailers make a car into a work of art. Maybe this book comes close, but I was hoping for some honest to goodness tricks and insider techniques!

A "newer" book on autodetailing, pictures are actually well exposed and sharp. Better organized, helpful explanations, but again not enough for the novice. I.e.: says not to used silicon-based dressing on ragtops - why?

Great intro to auto detailing, primarily for shade tree and driveway detailers. Technique, equipment and chemical suggestions are all first rate and affordable.

I found the book to be a good general guide for a beginning home detailer. As a car enthusiasts, many of my questions were not answered. I also feel that product and tool recommendations are outdated. The book is well-written and easy to read. A good start for beginners

This book collects a lot of basic information in one place. I didn't discover much, though, that couldn't be found just by purchasing some detailing products at your local auto store and reading the packages. A nice introductory guide to detailing, but not much more than common sense.

being an automotive detailing student, this book was helpful with useful information about a varity of topics. I found the chapters helpful in looking up the different topics. I recommand this book for anyone who's getting into learning about automotive detailing.