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Clear Bra Meets Ceramic Coatings: New Products

Greetings detailing enthusiasts! It was great seeing our shop on the opening episode of Competition Ready’s second season. If you haven’t had a chance to see the show, Competition Ready airs Fridays at 7:30PM on Velocity. We are also proud to mention that we are the featured detailer in the June issue of DuPont REGISTRY magazine. And lastly, DetailCon 2017 is coming to Columbus, Ohio, in September, and I have

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Mike Cardenas June 5, 2017
two men in black shirts wiping a dark green Duesenberg automobile with cloths.

“Competition Ready” at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Our very own Mike Cardenas and Jared Griffiths were featured on Velocity’s car detailing television show Competition Ready! If you missed them, you can find them on Competition Ready: season 2, episode 9 “Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.” Mike and Jared kicked off this awesome opportunity with a three day SONAX detailer’s workshop at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, lead by Head Detailer of Autogeek and Co-host of Competition Ready, Mike Phillips. After

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Mike Cardenas May 3, 2017

Spend More Time Riding and Less Time Cleaning

Keeping a motorcycle clean can be difficult, and doing the actual cleaning is even harder to do. I you would like to keep your motorcycle looking great for years and make it easy to clean, then consider Ceramic Pro on your bike. Using an airbrush approach, the coating is applied to the various surfaces of a motorcycle which give it the following benefits: Self-Cleaning Effect, with hydrophobic properties Permanent Protection

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Mike Cardenas April 17, 2017

SweetCars Lunch is April 22

REMINDER: On April 22, our traditional SweetCars breakfast will become a SweetCars lunch — with hot dogs, brats, fruit, coleslaw, chips, and cookies being served from 11AM–1PM. While all types of vehicles are welcome, we’ll be featuring cars from two local car clubs: the Corvette Club and the wildly enthusiastic group of MINI Cooper owners. Guests will be asked to vote for their favorites in each group with ballots also

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Michael Barney April 7, 2017

Clear Answers to Common Questions

Questions — I get asked a lot of them, many times the same question from multiple people. For a change of pace, I’ll start adding a few of these to our newsletters. Often people just need an explanation of services performed or why a part failed. We’ll take the time to explain the reason for a repair, while not baffling you with technical jargon. Can I just put new brake

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Service March 9, 2017
row of motorcycles parked next to each other in a parking lot

Motorcycles Are Everywhere

Spring is nearly upon us, and things at the SweetCars detail studios have been busy, getting cars ready after their winter hibernation. We’re also getting some great feedback about SunTek Ultra, the latest addition to our paint protection film lineup. It offers a 10-year warranty against yellowing and cracking, and it features built-in hydrophobic properties. And the clarity, wow! Add to that its self-healing magic, and you’ve got one of

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Mike Cardenas March 4, 2017

10 Ways to Ruin Your Paint

Greetings fellow detailing enthusiasts! Judging by the many car events on social media and the fliers going around, it appears the car show season has officially begun. As Bill mentioned, boats have also come out of their hibernation and will be out soon on the lakes. We have been protecting watercraft with Ceramic Pro all winter long, so if cleaning your boat is too much of a chore, give us

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Mike Cardenas April 28, 2016

Maintaining Marine Gel Coat

It’s been a busy winter here at SweetCars, and there are a lot of exciting things going on in the shop. We’re proud to be the host for the Ceramic Pro Installer Training Event. Detailers from all over the United States will be attending this special three day training event. SweetCars and Ceramic Pro will be hosting a free detail clinic for the public on Sunday, March 20, from 10:30AM

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Mike Cardenas March 1, 2016

SweetCars: Featured in March Issue of dupont Registry Magazine!

SweetCars is currently featured in the March issue of duPont Registry Magazine as the featured detailer and part of the duPont Registry Elite Detailer Alliance. SweetCars has been a proud member for the last 3 years and has gained both national and international recognition as a premier detailing studio in North America by duPont Registry magazine. The team at SweetCars has detailed vehicles at their studio in Fort Wayne, Indiana

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Mike Cardenas February 25, 2016

1985 Mercedes-Benz 380SL Paint Restoration

Sometimes it makes sense to repaint a vehicle who’s finish is long far gone from ever being its former glossy look. Other times its to change a color from someone’s previous failed approach to restore a vehicle, and so a repaint to its original color is in order. In either case the finish in question has been determined no longer suitable or in bad shape. In this detailers opinion, no

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Mike Cardenas February 25, 2016

Gallery: Ceramic Pro Highlights at SweetCars

SweetCars is proud to be an approved installation center for one of the most remarkable protective coatings ever, Ceramic Pro. With only about 2 factory trained and approved Ceramic Pro installers per state, we are part of an elite group of detailers that can install Ceramic Pro and provide Ceramic Pro’s warranty. All installers are required to maintain the highest level of quality in installations of Ceramic Pro and must keep up to date on

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Mike Cardenas February 24, 2016

Lamborghini Huracan XPEL/Ceramic Pro Detail

We’ve done our fair share of Lamborghinis over the years, but when a client of ours in Michigan purchased the newest bull to come from Lamborghini, we were excited to work with the latest model. This 2016 Lamborghini Huracan was in for protection, and so naturally we installed XPEL Ultimate and Ceramic Pro to protect the rest. With a full front clip and rockers installed in XPEL Ultimate, this Huracan

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Mike Cardenas February 24, 2016

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